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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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BRANCART & BRANCART

 Christopher Brancart (SBN 128475)

 Elizabeth Brancart (SBN 122092)

Post Office Box 686

Pescadero, CA 94060

Tel: (650) 879-0141

Fax: (650) 879-1103

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHELLE EZELL, et al., ) 

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Plaintiffs, )

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vs. )

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EDWARDS THEATRES, INC., )

et al., )

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Defendants. ) 

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Case No. 1:04-CV-06533-SMS

JOINT APPLICATION AND

STIPULATION FOR ISSUANCE

OF PROTECTIVE ORDER RE

TURNER SECURITY

DOCUMENTS; ORDER

The parties to this action, by and through their respective counsel, hereby apply

for and stipulate to the issuance of the protective order attached hereto.

Respectfully submitted,

BRANCART & BRANCART

Dated: January 27, 2006.

/s/ Elizabeth Brancart 

Elizabeth Brancart

Attorney for Plaintiffs

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP

Dated: January 27, 2006.

 /s/ Christine A. Cantin 

Christine A. Cantin

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Attorney for Defendants

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

This protective order relates to the matter of Michelle Ezell, et al. v. Edwards

Theaters, Inc., et al. , United States District Court Case No. 04-CV-06533 SMS.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. As used in this Protective Order, "Confidential Information" means:

(a) Information or documents produced by defendant Turner

Security Systems, Inc. in response to plaintiffs’ Requests for Production

of Documents Nos. 5, 6 and 7, seeking (1) “[a]ny documents that reflect

the job duties of any of your agents or employees who have provided

security services to Edwards Theatres since January 1, 2000"; (2) “[a]ny

documents that reflect any job training provided by you to any of your

employees or agents who have provided security services to Edwards

Theatres since January 1, 2000"; and (3) “[a]ny documents that

constitute or reflect policies, procedures, and instructions of Turner

Security related to the provision of security services by its agents or

employees at any time since January 1, 2000, including but not limited

to, written rules, policy manuals, handbooks,notices,notes, memoranda,

or correspondence.”

2. Confidential Information produced to plaintiffs’ counsel shall not be

disclosed to the plaintiffs in this action. 

3. Confidential Information shall not be disclosed by plaintiffs’ counsel to

anyone other than

(a) the Court, its officers and employees, including mediators

and government officials associated with this action, if any;

and 

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(b) counsel for plaintiffs, their partners and associates, and

their employees who have been assigned to assist counsel

in the litigation or settlement of this action, 

all of whom shall be advised of, and bound by, the terms of this Protective Order; and

(c) Third persons, including investigators, experts or

consultants, used or retained by counsel for plaintiffs, to

the extent deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the

litigation or settlement of this action, provided that each

such person has read this stipulated Protective Order in

advance of disclosure and undertakes in writing to be

bound by its terms, as indicated by their execution of a

copy the declaration attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

4. All Confidential Information in produced in this case shall be used solely

for the purposes of this litigation as permitted hereunder and for no other purpose.

5. Prior to hearings or testimony before the Court in this case, the parties,

in the event that it is known reasonably in advance of such hearing or testimony that

matters involving Confidential Information will be raised, shall so advise the Court.

6. To the extent feasible, only such pages or exhibits or portions thereof

that are designated by the parties as Confidential Information shall be lodged under

seal.

7. Nothing in this Protective Order shall affect the admissibility of any

Confidential Information in this action.

8. Within 30 days after the termination of this action all Confidential

Information produced by defendant shall be returned to defendant's counsel.

9. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to unduly hamper the

rights of the parties to prosecute and defend this action. Nothing in this Protective

Order shall preclude any party from moving the Court for modification of any terms

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and conditions thereof. Any party may, at any time, move the Court for modification

of this Protective Order. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent disclosure

beyond the terms of the Order if the party designating any information or document

as Confidential Information consents in writing prior to that disclosure.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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