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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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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

NIRAV K. DESAI 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

United States of America 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

VIRENDRA P. MAHARAJ,

 aka VIRENDRA PRASAD MAHARAJ,

 aka VIC MAHARAJ,

 aka VIREN SHAMBHU DUTT; and

ROSALIN R. PRASAD,

 aka ROSALIN RADHIKA PRASAD,

 

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:16-CR-0094 TLN

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendants Virendra 

P. Maharaj and Rosalin R. Prasad, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby jointly 

request, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16(d)(1), that the Court approve the parties’ 

stipulation and enter the proposed protective order below (“Protective Order”) governing the disclosure 

by the government of certain documents and information implicating the private information, including 

tax return and return information, of third parties. By this stipulation, the parties agree and stipulate as 

follows: 

1. Defendant Virendra P. Maharaj is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the 

United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and three counts of an attempt to evade or defeat a tax in 

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violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Defendant Rosalin R. Prasad is charged with one count of conspiracy to 

defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. 

 2. The government possesses, and in the future may come into possession of, discovery 

materials in this case that contain, among other things, private financial information about individuals 

other than the defendants; other private information of individuals other than the defendants, including 

social security numbers, addresses, and birth dates; and confidential tax returns and taxpayer return 

information of third parties within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 6103(b). Disclosure of such tax return 

and taxpayer return information is governed by 26 U.S.C. § 6103(a), which mandates that return and 

return information will be confidential except as authorized by § 6103. Section 6103(h)(4)(D) permits 

disclosure to the defense of such tax return and taxpayer return information in accord with Federal Rule 

of Criminal Procedure 16 and 18 U.S.C. § 3500, but further disclosure of this tax return and taxpayer 

return information by the defendants or their respective counsel is restricted by § 6103. 

 3. The government wishes to make available to the defendants and their respective counsel 

the documents and information described above, or similar material that may come into the 

government’s possession in the future, but believes that because of the nature of such documents and 

information, it is appropriate for the Court to enter a protective order containing the provisions below. 

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, and defendants Virendra 

P. Maharaj and Rosalin R. Prasad, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby agree and 

stipulate to a Protective Order with the following provisions: 

1. Some materials to be provided or made available by the government to the defendants as 

discovery or out of an abundance of caution (hereinafter “discovery materials”) relate to, or contain 

private and sensitive information about, individuals other than the defendants, are not public 

information, and include but are not limited to: individuals’ records, investigators or agency memoranda 

or reports, witness statements, memoranda of interviews, tax returns or return information, and

correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service. Accordingly, these discovery materials and all 

copies thereof should be protected from unnecessary dissemination. 

2. Such discovery materials shall be identified as being subject to a protective order at the 

time of disclosure, whether on the documents or other materials (e.g., CDs/DVDs, documents) 

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themselves or in an accompanying cover letter. 

3. The materials produced or made available by the government pursuant to this Protective 

Order may be used by the defendants, the defendants’ respective counsel and any employees or agents 

of the defendants’ respective counsel solely in the defense of this case. 

4. The defendants’ respective counsel and each of the defendants shall not disclose the tax 

return information or other private information contained in the discovery material directly or indirectly 

to any person except those assisting the defense, persons who are interviewed as potential witnesses, 

potential experts, or other authorized persons, during the course of the investigation and defense of this 

case. 

5. The discovery material produced by the government shall not be copied or reproduced 

unless the material is copied or reproduced for authorized persons to assist in the defense, and in the 

event copies are made, the copies shall be treated in the same manner as the original material. 

6. When providing the discovery materials to an authorized person, the defendants’ 

respective counsel must inform the authorized person that the materials are provided subject to the terms 

of this Protective Order and that the authorized person must comply with the terms of this Protective 

Order. 

7. The defendants’ respective counsel shall inform the defendants of the provisions of this 

Protective Order, and each defendant shall be required to review the discovery in his or her respective 

counsel’s office, and defendants’ respective counsel shall direct the defendants not to disclose or use any 

information contained in the government’s discovery in violation of this Protective Order. However, 

nothing contained in the Protective Order will preclude any party from applying to the Court for further 

relief or for modification of any provision hereof. 

8. The defendants and the defendant’s respective counsel shall store the discovery in a 

secure place and shall use reasonable care to ensure that it is not disclosed to third persons or their 

respective clients in violation of this agreement. 

9. In the event that either defendant obtains substitute counsel, that defendant’s undersigned 

counsel agrees to withhold the protected discovery materials from new counsel unless and until 

substituted counsel agrees to be bound by the Protective Order. 

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10. The defendants’ respective counsel shall be responsible for advising his or her respective 

clients, employees, and other members of the defense team of the contents of this Stipulation and the 

Protective Order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: May 23, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Nirav K. Desai

NIRAV K. DESAI

Assistant United States Attorney

Dated: May 23, 2016 /s/ David D. Fischer

(as authorized on May 20, 2016)

David D. Fischer, Esq. 

Counsel for Defendant Virendra 

P. Maharaj

Dated: May 23, 2016 /s/ Bruce Locke, Esq.

(as authorized on May 17, 2016)

Bruce Locke, Esq. 

Counsel for Defendant Rosalin 

R. Prasad

ORDER 

The Court has reviewed the parties’ proposed Stipulation and Protective Order and, for good 

cause shown, HEREBY ORDERS that the parties’ proposed Stipulation and Protective Order is 

APPROVED with the above stated-terms. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 23, 2016 

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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