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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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KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (SBN 164613)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue,10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID LASIC, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

DANA MORENO.

Defendant.

 

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No. 2:05-cv-0161-MCE-DAD

No. 2:05-cv-2068-MCE-DAD

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER RE CONFIDENTIALITY 

Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiff David Lasic and defendants United States

of America and Dana Moreno (“Federal Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel,

hereby stipulate to the following protective order:

The parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary in order to: (1)

facilitate discovery of information without document by document controversy concerning

confidentiality; (2) protect employees or former employees of the United States Postal Service

(“USPS”) or Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) from undue annoyance, embarrassment,

oppression, burden and expense resulting from public disclosure or use for purposes other than

this litigation of confidential information that the parties will disclose in discovery; and (3) avoid

violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C. §522a. The parties therefore request that the

Court enter the following protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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STIPULATED ORDER

All documents obtained from defendant United States of America in response to

discovery requests made under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or made pursuant to any

disclosure requirement, including initial disclosure requirements, that are contained within any

EEO file, medical file, injury compensation file, or any personnel file of any person other than

the plaintiff (the “Documents”) shall be subject to the following restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for

purposes of this litigation and not for any other purpose;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed to

anyone other than (a) the attorney employed by plaintiff and the attorney’s staff; (b) the parties;

(c) actual or potential third-party witnesses; (d) outside experts or consultants retained by any of

the parties or their counsel for purposes of this litigation; (e) the Court in further proceedings

herein; (f) stenographic deposition reporters; and (g) other persons whom the parties mutually

agree upon in writing;

3. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents, except that, as required by the

litigation, copies, excerpts, or summaries may be shown to those authorized in Paragraph 2;

4. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, all of the Documents shall

remain in the custody of the plaintiff’s attorney of record during the pendency of the litigation;

5. Upon final determination of this litigation, including all appeals, all of the

Documents, including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, produced by defendant that pertains

to any person other than the plaintiff herein, shall be returned to defendant’s counsel. 

Notwithstanding this paragraph, however, the plaintiff’s attorneys may retain one copy of each

pleading and other document filed with the Court that contains any of the Documents covered by

this Order. Furthermore, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require plaintiff’s

attorney to turn over any attorney work-product; and

6. This Stipulation and Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party

to seek modification of it from the Court. It shall remain in effect until such time as it is

modified, amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. 

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The Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulation and

Protective Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Date: May 30, 2006 /s/ Andrew Y.S. Cheng 

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

FLYNN & STILLMAN

Date: May 25, 2006 /s/ Philip H. Stillman 

PHILIP STILLMAN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 6, 2006

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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