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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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Jeffrey R. Olson, # 120945 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Centre Plaza Office Tower 

1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200 

Modesto, CA 95354 

Telephone: (209) 524-1100 

Facsimile: (209) 524-1188 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merced City School District, Robert Frausto, and Leon 

Cope 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT 

DESERIE CRAVALHO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

and STEPHEN A. MENDYK, an 

individual, ROBERT FRAUSTO, an 

individual, LEON COPE, an individual, 

and DOES ONE through TWENTY, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:05-CV-00669-OWW-DLB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND ORDER 

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

counsel, pursuant to FRCP 26(c), that the court enter the following protective order. 

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Dated: _________________ Respectfully submitted, 

McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: /s/Jeffrey R. Olson 

Jeffrey R. Olson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merced City School District, Robert Frausto, 

and Leon Cope 

Dated: __________________ 

LAW OFFICES OF RAND L. STEPHENS 

By:__________/s/Rand L. Stephens_ 

RAND L. STEPHENS 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Deserie Cravalho 

1. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Defendants, Merced City School District 

(“MCSD”), Robert Frausto and Leon Cope; and MCSD employees, Pam Atkinson, Elida Silva 

and Trish Wylie, consider the following in good faith to constitute attorney-client privilege 

communications and confidential personal information subject to protection under California law: 

a. The November 12, 2003 interviews of Leon Cope, Pam Atkinson, Elida 

Silva and Trish Wylie by MCSD’s attorney, Stephen A. Mendyk, in 

connection with the investigation of a MCSD employee complaint, which 

consist of the following: 

(1) Audio tapes of said interviews; 

(2) Transcriptions of said interviews prepared by reporter Ray 

 Eggebraaten; 

(3) Robert Frausto’s notes taken during said interviews; and 

(4) Robert Frausto’s notes taken during the interview of Deserie 

 Cravalho. 

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2. PRODUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Promptly upon this 

order being entered, filed, and served on the parties, defendant, MCSD, shall provide a copy of 

said Confidential Information to Rand L. Stephens, attorney for plaintiff. Each page of Mr. 

Frausto’s notes shall be Bates stamped consecutively beginning with the number 5001. 

Defendants do not waive their right to assert the attorney-client privilege with respect to any other 

materials generated in connection with said investigation. 

3. PROCEDURE FOR FILING/LODGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

WITH THE COURT. The parties hereby agree that good cause exists for the Court to order the 

sealing of the Confidential Information. However, irrespective of the stipulation of the parties, it 

is recognized that the Court must independently determine if good cause in fact exists, balancing 

the potential harm to the moving party’s interests against the public’s right to access the court 

files. Therefore, a party that intends on filing or lodging Confidential Information with the Court 

in this case, shall promptly notify the opposing party(ies) of such intent, and provide opposing 

party(ies) the opportunity to apply to the Court for a protective order sealing the Confidential 

Information before it is submitted to the Court. The parties shall comply with FRCP 26(c) and 

this Court’s local rule 39-141. 

4. LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

Except with the prior written consent of all the other parties, or upon prior order of this Court 

obtained upon notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information must not be disclosed to any 

person other than: 

a. the Court and Court personnel; 

b. the court reporter and videographer (if any) present at any hearing or 

deposition; 

c. counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including employees and 

associates of counsel; 

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d. persons who authored, prepared, or received the Confidential Information 

in a context outside this litigation; 

e. the named parties to this litigation, to include any officer or employee of 

the MCSD, to the extent deemed necessary by counsel for the prosecution 

or defense of this litigation; 

f. percipient witnesses (other than expert witnesses and consultants). A 

witness must sign the Certification (see page 6 to this order) before being 

shown Confidential Information. Confidential Information may be 

disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a 

deposition at which the party who designated the Confidential Information 

has been given prior notice that Confidential Information produced by the 

party may be used. Confidential Information shall not be attached as an 

exhibit to any deposition. Witnesses shown Confidential Information are 

not allowed to retain copies. 

g. consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of 

this litigation. 

5. CERTIFICATION FORM. Except for persons identified in paragraph 4 (a), (b), 

(c), and (d), each person who is authorized by this order to inspect or have access to the 

Confidential Information and who in fact inspects such, must, before conducting the inspection 

or having access, execute the Certificate attached to this order and thereby agree to be bound by 

its provisions. The Certification form(s) must be retained by counsel of the party that disclosed 

the Confidential Information during the pendency of the action and for a period of five years after 

the conclusion of the action as defined in paragraph 9 below. The Certification forms need not be 

disclosed to opposing counsel, but opposing counsel may apply to the Court for an order 

compelling disclosure on a showing of good cause. 

6. LIMITATION ON USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Persons 

receiving Confidential Information must not reveal or discuss that information to or with any 

person who is not entitled to receive the information, except as set forth in this order. 

7. COPIES OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. This order does not restrict a 

person who is properly in the possession of Confidential Information from (1) making working 

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copies, abstracts, digests, and analyses of Confidential Information for use in connection with this 

litigation or (2) converting or translating Confidential Information into machine readable form for 

incorporation in a data retrieval system used in connection with this litigation. Any such copies, 

abstracts, digests, analyses, or data compilations have the same level of protection under the terms 

of this order as the Confidential Information from which they are derived. 

8. ALL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO BE USED ONLY FOR THIS 

CASE. All Confidential Information must be used by the party or parties to whom the 

Confidential Information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 

9. CONCLUSION OF LITIGATION. The conclusion of this action is defined as 30 

days after the expiration of the time to appeal or challenge any final judgment or settlement. All 

provisions of this order restricting the communication or use of Confidential Information continue 

to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. Upon 

conclusion of this action, a party who received Confidential Information in the context of this 

action, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition 

transcripts, must either (1) return such documents no later than 30 days after conclusion of this 

action to counsel for the party who provided such Confidential Information, or (2) destroy such 

documents within that time period upon written consent of the party who provided the 

Confidential Information and certify in writing to said party within 30 days thereafter that the 

documents have been destroyed. 

The Stipulation having been reviewed by the Court and good cause shown: 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: ___May 11, 2006____ __/s/ Dennis L. Beck_______________ 

HONORABLE DENNIS L. BECK 

U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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CERTIFICATION 

I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me 

pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _________________, in 

DESERIE CRAVALHO v. MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, and STEPHEN A. MENDYK, 

ROBERT FRAUSTO, LEON COPE, and Does 1-20, United States District Court, Eastern District, 

Case No. 1:05-CV-00669-OWE-DLB. I have been given a copy of that Protective Order and read 

it. I agree to be bound by the Protective Order. I will not reveal the Confidential Information to 

anyone, except as allowed by the Protective Order. I will maintain all the Confidential 

Information in a secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. No later than 30 days after 

the conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential Information to the counsel who 

provided me with the Confidential Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court, Eastern District, for the purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 

Date: _________________ ___________________________________ 712513.v1

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