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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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James D. Weakley, Esq. Bar No. 082853

Brande L. Gustafson, Esq. Bar No. 267130

WEAKLEY & ARENDT, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Attorneys for Defendant, COUNTY OF FRESNO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

I.R., a minor by and through her Guardian Ad

Litem, Claudia Nava; and H.R., a minor by

and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Nora

Nava,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF FRESNO; COUNTY OF

FRESNO; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:12-CV-00558-AWI-GSA

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER AUTHORIZING LIMITED

DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL 

RECORDS

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties, through their respective counsel, and

ordered by this Court, that the following documents will be disclosed pursuant to this stipulation

and protective order:

1. Autopsy photographs of Raul Ivan Rosas, Jr.; 

2. Medical records from Community Regional Medical Center regarding decedent

Raul Ivan Rosas, Jr.; and

3. PC 293 Reports identifying confidential victims of domestic violence by

decedent Raul Ivan Rosas, Jr. 

The above-named documents which are maintained by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office

and requested by the parties through discovery, may be disclosed to counsel for the parties pursuant

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to the protective order detailed below. The documents requested contain information which is

deemed confidential. The release of these documents pursuant to this Stipulation and Protective

Order does not waive the confidentiality privilege protecting the above-named documents from

general disclosure.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED:

1. The “Confidential” documents, and the information contained therein, shall be used

solely in connection with this litigation in the preparation and trial of this case, or any related

proceeding, and not for any other purpose or in any other litigation. The party producing the

documents described above may designate them by affixing a mark labeling the documents as

“Confidential Material - Subject to Protective Order” (with the exception of photographs) provided

that such marking does not obscure or obliterate the content of any document. In the event an issue

arises regarding a document’s designation, the parties will attempt to resolve it informally before

seeking the Court’s intervention. 

2. The documents identified in this protective order may be disclosed only to the

following persons: 

a) the counsel for any party to this action;

b) paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly employed by

counsel referred to in (a); 

c) court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in proceedings as are

necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this action; 

d) any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this action and not

otherwise employed by either party;

e) any in-house expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in this matter;

f) witnesses may have the information disclosed to them during deposition

proceedings; the witnesses shall agree to be bound by the provisions of paragraph 3;

g) the finder of fact at the time of trial subject to the court’s rulings on in limine

motions and objections of counsel;

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h) the named parties in this action may review the confidential documents identified

in this protective order but may not receive or retain any copies thereof.

3. Each person to whom the “confidential” documents or any portion thereof is 

provided, with the exception of counsel who are presumed to know of the contents of this protective

order shall, prior to the time of disclosure, be provided by the person furnishing him/her such

information, a copy of this order, and shall consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of California with respect to any proceeding related to

enforcement of this order, including without limitation, any proceeding for contempt. The parties’

attorneys shall be responsible for internally tracking the identities of those individuals to whom

copies of documents marked “Confidential” are given. Provisions of this order insofar as they

restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect until further order of this Court. Should

the case proceed to trial, the designation and treatment of the confidential information will be

revisited. This stipulation and protective order shall not be used as a basis for excluding any

evidence at the trial of this matter.

4. Confidential information and/or documents that a party intends to use in support of

or in opposition to a pre-trial filing with the Court must be filed in accordance with the Eastern

District of California Local Rule 141 relating to under seal filings. Any document filed with the

Court that includes confidential information shall be submitted under sealed label with a cover sheet

as follows: "This document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and may not be

copied or examined except in compliance with that order." Such document shall be kept by the

Court under seal and made available only to the Court or counsel.

5. Should any document designated confidential be disclosed, through inadvertence or

otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order, the disclosing

person(s) shall promptly (a) inform the County of Fresno of the recipient(s) and the circumstances

of the unauthorized disclosure to the relevant producing person(s) and (b) use best efforts to bind

the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No information shall lose its confidential status

because it was disclosed to a person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order.

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6. After the conclusion of this litigation, the documents, in whatever form stored or

reproduced, containing “confidential” information will remain confidential, and if filed with the

Court, shall remain under seal. All parties also ensure that all persons to whom “confidential”

documents were disclosed shall destroy those documents. The conclusion of this litigation means 

termination of the case following applicable post-trial motions, appeal and/or retrial. After the

conclusion of this litigation, all confidential documents received under the provisions of this

Protective Order, including all copies made, shall be destroyed.

Dated: February 20, 2013 WEAKLEY & ARENDT, LLP

By: /s/ Brande L. Gustafson 

James D. Weakley

Brande L. Gustafson

Attorneys for Defendant, County of Fresno

Dated: February 15, 2013 LAW OFFICES OF DALE K. GALIPO

 /s/ Melanie T. Partow 

Dale K. Galipo

Melanie T. Partow

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: February 15, 2013 THE CLAYPOOL LAW FIRM

 /s/ Brian E. Claypool 

Brian E. Claypool

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: February 20, 2012 FERGUSON, PRAET & SHERMAN, LLP

 /s/ Bruce D. Praet 

Bruce D. Praet

Attorneys for City of Fresno Defendants

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ORDER

Upon a review of the above stipulation by the parties, the protective order is adopted in full.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 21, 2013 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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