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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Wrongful Death

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Federal Building, Room 3654

1130 “O” Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

Facsimile: (559) 498-7432

Attorneys for Defendant United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVA CERVANTES and FRANCISCO )

REVUELTA, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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1: 04 CV 6651 DLB

STIPULATION TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

RE DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION and

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Plaintiffs Eva Cervantes and Francisco Revuelta

(“plaintiffs”) and defendant United States of America

(“defendant”), through their counsel of record in this action,

stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, plaintiff seeks the production of information

relating to other lawsuits involving the U.S. Postal Service

which the United States maintains to be confidential and private

information;

WHEREAS, the parties also wish to prevent the possibility of

any misuse or unnecessary disclosure of the information plaintiff

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seeks, regardless of the existence of any such confidentiality

and/or privacy right;

THE PARTIES THEREFORE STIPULATE, pending further order of

the Court, that the following procedures designed to ensure the

protection of this confidential information shall govern all

forthcoming pre-trial and trial proceedings:

1. The United States’ information regarding other

lawsuits, as well as any information contained therein, are

hereby designated as "confidential information" that is privy to

rights of confidentiality and privacy and subject to this

stipulated Protective Order.

2. This confidential information may be shown, or its

contents disclosed only to the following persons:

(a) Counsel of record in this action and counsel’s 

agents and employees;

(b) Any expert used as a consultant or intended to be 

called as a witness who is retained by counsel of record to 

assist in the preparation and/or trial of this case; and

(c) The parties to this action and their agents and 

employees.

Confidential information designated as subject to this

Protective Order shall not be disclosed or shown to any other

person or entity. If any other person or entity seeks the

disclosure of such information, it must first obtain the United

States’ written consent or a court order.

3. Confidential information designated as subject to this

stipulated Protective Order or any information derived therefrom

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shall be used solely for the purpose of assisting counsel of

record in connection with this litigation. 

4. The parties’ respective counsel of record each agree to

make all reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with this

Protective Order. Any persons referred to in paragraphs 2(b) and

(c) of this stipulated Protective Order who receives information

designated as confidential information pursuant to this

stipulated Protective Order shall first read a copy of this

stipulated Protective Order and agree in writing to abide by the

terms thereof.

5. The parties enter into this stipulated Protective Order

without prejudice to any party's right to object to the

disclosure of any information on any ground that it/he/she may

deem appropriate, and any party or non-party may, upon motion,

seek relief from, or modification of, this Protective Order based

on a showing of good cause. 

6. The designation of any information as “confidential

information” pursuant to this Protective Order is intended solely

to facilitate the preparation of this case for trial. No party

shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation

by the opposing party, and a failure to do so shall not preclude

a subsequent attack on the propriety of any “confidential

information” designation.

7. If confidential information is improperly disclosed to

any person other than in the manner authorized by this Protective

Order, the party responsible for the disclosure must immediately

inform the other party of all pertinent facts relating to such

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disclosure (including the name and address of each person to whom

disclosure was made), promptly retrieve the improperly disclosed

confidential information and shall make reasonable efforts to

prevent further disclosure by said authorized person(s).

8. The parties agree that, prior to commencement of trial,

they will enter into mutually agreeable stipulations and

protective orders with respect to any confidential information to

be disclosed during trial. Any unresolved disputes shall be

resolved in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

and addressed within the parties' pretrial statements. Any party

intending to utilize any confidential information designated as

confidential in a law and motion matter or at trial should lodge

the document under seal so as to preserve its confidentiality

pending the Court’s determination regarding whether a privilege

exists that precludes the use of the document or other

information as evidence or determining what safeguards should be

utilized if the confidential information is to be considered as

evidence.

9. Upon final determination of this action, unless

otherwise agreed to in writing by opposing counsel, each party

shall either:

(a) Assemble and return all material designated as 

protected third party information under this Protective 

Order, including all copies thereof, to the producing party 

and certify in writing that all such material has been 

returned; or

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(b) Certify in writing that all such material has been

destroyed.

10. If any person breaches this stipulated Protective

Order, any person may notice a hearing to the District Court

requesting appropriate relief.

11. All parties to this Protective Order have participated

in drafting the Order.

Dated: September 27, 2005. September 27, 2005

Respectfully submitted,

DREYER, BABICH, BUCCOLA McGREGOR W. SCOTT

& CALLAHAM United States Attorney

(By Authority of 9/27/05)

/s/Hank G. Greenblatt /s/Brian W. Enos________

HANK G. GREENBLATT BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for Attorneys for

Eva Cervantes and United States of America

Francisco Revuelta

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 27, 2005 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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