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

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ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 

Attorney General of California 

CATHERINE WOODBRIDGE, State Bar No. 186186 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

LEEANN E. WHITMORE, State Bar No. 214870 

Deputy Attorney General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7515 

Fax: (916) 322-8288 

E-mail: LeeAnn.Whitmore@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants State of California by and 

through the California Highway Patrol 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRIANNE BRAFFORD; H.D.B.; and 

F.J.B., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, by and through, 

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL; and 

DOES 1-10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:24-CV-03405-DC-SCR 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER 

Action Filed: September 13, 2024 

1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 

Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on 

all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure 

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and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 

under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in paragraph 

12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 

information under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and 

the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material 

under seal. 

The following Stipulated Protective Order shall govern the use and disclosure of the 

documents and materials listed herein, and any other documents that are designated “confidential” 

by the producing party. 

B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), the Court recognizes that pre-trial 

discovery in this case is likely to include the production of information and/or documents that are 

confidential and/or privileged including the production of information and/or documents which 

the Court agrees includes: (1) Personal data, including social security numbers and similar 

sensitive identifying information, marital status, family members, educational and employment 

history, home addresses, or similar information; (2) Minor Plaintiffs’ photographs and/or 

identifying information; (3) Medical and/or mental health history; and (4) Autopsy Reports and 

Photographs. See Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana, 936 F.2d 1027, 1033 (9th Cir. 1990); see also 

Kerr v. United States Dist. Ct. for N.D. Cal., 511 F.2d 192, 198 (9th Cir. 1975), aff’d, 426 U.S. 

394 (1976). Further, the Court recognizes that discovery may require the production of certain 

law enforcement records, policies, and procedures not available to the public and the public 

disclosure of which could comprise officer safety, raise security issues, and/or impede 

investigations. 

Public disclosure of such material may pose a substantial risk of embarrassment, oppression 

and/or physical harm to the individuals whose Confidential Information is disclosed. 

Accordingly, good cause exists for entry of this Protective Order to facilitate pre-trial disclosure 

while assuring the safety of these sensitive disclosures. See Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(c). 

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2. DEFINITIONS 

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order. 

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c) and for which public disclosure is likely to result in particularized harm, 

or is privileged under law, and/or violates privacy or official information interests recognized by 

law, or is otherwise entitled to protection. 

Except by stipulation or court order, this information may not include records that would 

have to be disclosed pursuant to Cal. Penal Code Section 832.7(b)(1)(A)(ii). 

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as 

well as their support staff). 

2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter. 

2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action. 

2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action. 

2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 

action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action 

on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 

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2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action. 

2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

subcontractors. 

2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party. 

3. SCOPE 

3.1 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Confidential 

material (as defined above), but also: (1) any information copied or extracted from Confidential 

material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Confidential material, including 

that which reveals the source of the Confidential material or that reveals specific information 

entitled to confidentiality as a matter of law; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 

presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Confidential material. However, the 

protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) 

any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or 

becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of 

publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record 

through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the 

disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 

information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use 

of Confidential material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 

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3.2 The documents, materials, and their contents may be used by the parties and their 

counsel only in this litigation and may not be used in separate proceedings or actions at this time 

or in the future without first being obtained through proper discovery procedures or court orders 

in those separate proceedings or actions. 

4. DURATION 

Once a case proceeds to trial, all the information and documents used during trial that was 

designated as confidential or maintained under this Order becomes public and will be 

presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless the trial judge 

finds compelling reasons to proceed otherwise. See Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 

F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006) (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents 

produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” needed for merits-related documents). 

Accordingly, the terms of this Order do not extend beyond the beginning of trial. 

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 

otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of: (1) dismissal of all claims 

and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the 

completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law. 

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or 

Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to 

limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The 

Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or 

oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, 

items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within 

the ambit of this Order. 

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 

shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for 

protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other 

Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order, or 

as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 

under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If 

only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing 

Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate 

markings in the margins). If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies 

for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., 

by making appropriate markings in the margins). A Party or Non-Party that makes original 

documents or materials available for inspection need not designate them for protection until 

after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. 

During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for 

inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified 

the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which 

documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before 

producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” 

legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the 

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material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 

the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that 

the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or 

other proceeding, all protected testimony. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 

other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of 

the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant 

protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 

portion(s). 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 

treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 

challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 

original designation is disclosed. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process 

by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each 

challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must 

recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific 

paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good 

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faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of 

communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, 

the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was 

not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, 

to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis 

for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge 

process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the 

Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner. 

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If disagreements remain regarding a designation, the parties 

shall file a Joint Discovery Dispute Statement under Eastern District Local Rule 230 and 251 (and 

in compliance with Eastern District Local Rules 141 and 141.1, if applicable). 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 

sanctions. Until the court rules on the challenge, all parties shall continue to treat the material in 

question as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 

produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only 

to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation 

has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below 

(RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a 

secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered 

by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 

information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees 

of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 

for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that 

is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving 

Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 

unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 

deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately 

bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this 

Stipulated Protective Order. 

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 

LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party 

must: 

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the 

other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 

Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena 

or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” 

before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has 

obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and 

expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these 

provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to 

disobey a lawful directive from another court. 

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS 

LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this 

action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in 

connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. 

Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 

additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a NonParty’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with 

the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or 

all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 

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 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order 

in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the 

information requested; and 

 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession 

or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately: (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 

unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the 

Protected Material, (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 to execute the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 

MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 

provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 

order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d) and (e), privilege or protection is not waived by disclosures connected with the 

litigation pending before the court, and not waived in any other federal or state proceedings. 

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12. MISCELLANEOUS 

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek 

its modification by the court in the future. 

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order 

no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, 

no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material 

covered by this Protective Order. 

12.3 Filing Confidential material. Without written permission from the Designating Party 

or a court order, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Confidential material. 

A Party that seeks to file under seal any Confidential material must comply with Civil Local Rule 

141. Confidential material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the 

sealing of the specific Confidential material at issue. If a Receiving Party's request to file 

Confidential material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 141(b) is denied by the court, then 

the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

141(e)(1) unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

13. RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 

Within 90 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in Section 4, upon written 

notification served by Producing or Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return or 

destroy all Confidential material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 

subdivision, “all Confidential material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, 

and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Confidential material. Whether the 

Confidential material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written 

certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating 

Party) by the 90 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the 

Confidential material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 

not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 

capturing any of the Confidential material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel is entitled to 

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retain an archival copy of all pleadings; motion papers; trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts; 

legal memoranda; correspondence; deposition and trial exhibits; expert reports; attorney work 

product; and consultant and expert work product even if such materials contain Protected 

Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 

this Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

14. REMEDIES 

Any party believing that this order is being violated may move for a court order of 

enforcement. The motion shall be subject to all local rules governing motions concerning 

discovery disputes, including but not limited to meet and confer requirements. Said motion may 

be brought at any time up to final entry of judgment in this matter. 

15. LOCAL RULE 141.1 STATEMENT 

In accordance with the provisions of Local Rule 141.1, the parties state as follows: 

 (1) The information eligible for a protective order in this case is: 

 a. personal data, including social security numbers and similar sensitive 

identifying information, marital status, family members, and educational history, home addresses, 

or similar information; 

 b. employment records that would otherwise be privileged; 

 c. minor Plaintiffs’ photographs and/or identifying information; 

 d. medical and/or mental health history; 

 e. autopsy reports and photographs; 

 c. law enforcement evaluative information; and 

d. confidential information concerning the privacy of parties and third 

parties to this lawsuit. 

 (2) A particularized need exists as to these categories as follows: 

 a. These records contain confidential and personal information; 

b. These records contain information that may constitute official information 

and could risk the safety and security of law enforcement officers if publicly 

disseminated; 

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c. These records contain information of third parties to this lawsuit that are 

confidential and personal in nature. 

(3) A court order is needed to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of this 

 information is enforceable after the litigation has ended. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: January 7, 2025 LAW OFFICES OF DALE K. GALIPO 

 

 

 By: /s/ Dale K. Galipo

 Dale K. Galipo 

 Marcel Sincich 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: January 7, 2025 ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California 

CATHERINE WOODBRIDGE

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/S/ LEEANN E. WHITMORE

LEEANN E. WHITMORE

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

State of California by and through the 

California Highway Patrol

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 13, 2025 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of __________________________ 

[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 

understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California on ____________________[date] in the case of Barrett et al v. 

State of California et al, Case No. 2:24-CV-03405-DC-SCR. I agree to comply with and to be 

bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that 

failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 

solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to 

this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 

provisions of this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even 

if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] 

as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings 

related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: ______________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: _______________________________ 

Signature: __________________________________

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