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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Stipulated Protective Order

Sauer, et al., v. County of El Dorado, et al.

U.S. District Court – Eastern District

Case No. CV14-01269 JAM (CKD)

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ROBERT R. POWELL, ESQ. CSB# 159747

DENNIS R. INGOLS, ESQ. CSB# 236458

BRETT O. TERRY, ESQ. CSB# 270694

LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT R. POWELL

925 West Hedding Street

San Jose, California 95126

(408) 553-0200 Telephone

(408) 553-0203 Facsimile

E: rpowell@rrpassociates.com

JOSEPH B. WEINBERGER, ESQ. CSB# 136798

WEINBERGER LAW FIRM

1839 Iron Point Road #180

Folsom, California 95630

T: (916) 357-6767 F: (916) 357-6766

E: joe@weinbergerlaw.net

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(Sacramento Division)

CHRISTOPHER SAUER, et al.,

 

 Plaintiffs,

 vs.

COUNTY OF EL DORADO, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-cv-1269 JAM (CKD)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

STIPULATION

Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c), the parties have met and 

conferred and agree that the discovery of confidential documents in this matter be made 

pursuant to the terms of this protective order.

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Stipulated Protective Order

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U.S. District Court – Eastern District

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GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties stipulate, through their attorneys of record, to 

the entry of an order as follows:

1. All medical and psychological records, reports, evaluations, and related billing 

pertaining to Plaintiffs shall be deemed to be confidential documents.

2. All academic/educational documents related to the minor Plaintiffs shall be deemed to 

be confidential documents. The designation of documents or information as Confidential and 

the subsequent production thereof is without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose the 

admissibility of the designated document or information.

3. The confidential documents referenced above shall be used by defense counsel solely 

for the prosecution and/or defense of this action and shall be copied only as necessary for 

these purposes.

4. Unless otherwise stipulated to by the parties, if any party wishes to use the confidential 

documents covered by this protective order in any court filing, the confidential documents 

covered by this protective order shall be filed under seal pursuant to the Court’s rules and 

procedures.

5. If any person desires to exhibit documents or disclose the confidential documents 

covered under this stipulation during pretrial proceedings, other than at depositions, such 

person shall meet and confer with Plaintiffs’ counsel, in accordance with the Court’s rules 

and procedures, to reach an agreement on an appropriate method for disclosure. If Plaintiffs 

do not agree to such disclosure, the confidential documents shall not be disclosed unless 

authorized by order of the Court.

6. Any motion challenging the confidentiality of a document covered by this protective 

order must be filed under seal. The parties agree that the prevailing party in a motion to 

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remove the confidential designation shall waive any entitlement to monetary sanctions, 

including attorney’s fees. A party may apply to the Court for an order that information or 

materials designated as Confidential are not, in fact, confidential. Prior to applying to the 

Court for such an order, the party seeking to reclassify the Confidential information shall 

meet and confer with the producing party. Until the matter is resolved by the parties or the 

Court, the information in question shall continue to be treated according to its confidential 

designation under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. The producing party shall 

have the burden of establishing the propriety of the Confidential designation. A party shall 

not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a confidentiality designation at the time made 

and a failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge thereto. 

7. Except with the prior written consent of counsel for Plaintiffs, no confidential 

information or document and no information contained therein, may be disclosed to any 

person other than the following:

a. Parties to this action, including any employees and claims administrators of the 

Parties;

b. Counsel for the parties and secretaries, legal assistants, and other employees of such 

counsel who are actively engaged in assisting counsel in the preparation of this 

action;

c. Consultants and experts retained by the parties or their counsel for the purpose of 

assisting in the preparation of this action; 

d. Insurance carriers with an insurance exposure for liability/damages in this 

litigation; 

e. A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and/or

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f. Court personnel, including stenographic reporters or videographers engaged in 

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to the preparation of the trial of the civil 

action, and the finder of fact at the time of trial, subject to the Court’s ruling on any 

in limine motions and objections of counsel.

8. Other than Plaintiffs, individuals described in 7(c-f) must agree to comply with the 

terms of this protective order by executing the document attached as Exhibit A prior to 

receiving or reviewing or receiving information contained within, the confidential documents 

covered by this protective order. Defendants’ counsel shall serve the signed document 

(Exhibit A) to Plaintiffs’ counsel upon its execution; however, Defendants’ counsel shall not 

be required to serve any Agreement to Comply (Exhibit A) signed by any retained Expert or 

consultant any earlier than the date that Expert Disclosures are required to be made for all 

persons described in 7(c-f). Individuals described in 7(c-f) shall not have any power to 

authorize further disclosure of confidential documents to any other person. 

9. If any Defendant, or their counsel, who has received the confidential documents learns 

that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed confidential documents covered by this 

protective order to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this protective 

order, the party must immediately: (a) notify Plaintiffs’ counsel in writing of the unauthorized 

disclosures; (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the confidential documents; (c) 

inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of 

this Order, and; (d) request such person or persons execute the document that is attached 

hereto as Exhibit A.

10. Upon termination of this litigation, the originals and all copies of any documents 

containing confidential information shall be returned to counsel for the Plaintiffs or 

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destroyed, with their destruction being certified under oath in writing to counsel for the 

Plaintiffs.

11. The Court shall make any such amendments, modifications and additions to this 

Protective Order as it may deem appropriate upon good cause shown; and adjudicate any

dispute arising under it. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED

Dated: 9/8/14 __/S/ Brett O. Terry______________

 BRETT O. TERRY, ESQ.

 Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: 9/8/14 __/S/ Andrew T. Caulfield_________

 ANDREW T. CAULFIELD, ESQ.

Attorney for Defendants County of El 

Dorado, Lari McNeill, and Timothy Peterson

Dated: 9/8/14 __/S/ Kristina M. Hall_____________

 TERENCE J. CASSIDY, ESQ.

 KRISTINA M. HALL, ESQ.

 Attorney for Defendant Alicia Kinsey 

Dated: 9/8/14 __/S/ James T. Anwyl____________

 JAMES T. ANWYL, ESQ.

 Attorney for Defendant Nicole Williams

ORDER

Pursuant to this stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: September 9, 2014

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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