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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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24 Stipulated Protective Order; IME Hanna v. County of Fresno, et al., Case No. 1:14-cv-00142 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOMINIC HANNA, Case No. 1:14-cv-00142 LJO/SKO

Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO PROTECTIVE 

ORDER OF INDEPENDENT MENTAL 

EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF 

vs. HANNA

COUNTY OF FRESNO, et al., 

 Defendants.

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties, defendants by and through 

counsel Carey Johnson and Michelle Pepper, and plaintiff through his counsel of record 

Robert Navarro and Carolyn Phillips, hereby stipulate to the following protective order 

regarding the INDEPENDENT MENTAL EXAMINATION of Plaintiff Hanna by Dr. 

Alan A. Abrams. All psychological tests, mental health assessment, notes, video, 

reports, and all responses by plaintiff Hanna are confidential material which are 

governed by this PROTECTIVE ORDER.

1) Access to the Independent Mental Examination of Dominic Hanna by Dr. 

Alan A. Abrams, including all notes of Dr. Abrams, test results, video tape of the 

examination, and any and all responses of Dominic Hanna to the examination, 

including psychiatric records and reports, may be disclosed or made available only to 

the Court, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff 

employed by such counsel), and to the “qualified person” designated below:

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a) Fresno County Risk Management on behalf of the Fresno County 

Board of Supervisors;

b) experts, consultants, psychologists, psychiatrists, or other health 

care professionals retained by such counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or 

settlement of this action;

c) court reporter(s) employed in this action;

d) a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and

e) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

2) Each “qualified person” to whom disclosure of the confidential material is 

made shall prior to the time of disclosure be provided by the person furnishing such 

materials a copy of this Order, and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form 

of Attachment A, to be maintained by counsel.

3) Depositions shall be taken only in the presence of qualified persons. 

4) If any of the materials subject to this protective order are included in any 

papers to be filed in Court, such papers shall be labeled “Confidential—Subject to Court 

Order” and filed under seal until further order of this Court.

5) In the event that any of the above-described confidential material is used 

in any court proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through 

such use, and the party using such shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its 

confidentiality during such use.

6) Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or document 

under the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be 

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deemed to have the effect of an admissions or waiver by either party or of altering the 

confidentiality or nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering 

any existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof.

7) Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall assemble all 

protected records, all deposition transcripts, and all copies of same, and destroy these 

documents. Each party shall certify the destruction thereof.

ATTACHMENT A

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the terms of 

the Stipulated protective Order entered in Hanna v. The County of Fresno, et. al., United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 1:14-cv-00142 

LJO/SKO, and hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions 

of said Order unless and until modified by further Order of this Court. I hereby consent 

to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order.

Dated:

/s/

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: January 6, 2016 ROBERT NAVARRO

CAROLYN D. PHILLIPS

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By:/s/ Carolyn D. Phillips

Carolyn D. Phillips

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DOMINIC HANNA

Dated: January 6, 2016 STAMMER, McKNIGHT, BARNUM &

BAILEY

By:/s/ Carey Johnson

CAREY JOHNSON

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF

FRESNO, MARGARET MIMS, 

EDWARD MORENO, PRATAP 

NARAYEN, RICK HILL, MARILYNN 

WELDON, TRICIA NEKOLA, KAREN 

NUNEZ, and THAYIN VU

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, the terms of the above protective order are approved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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