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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Stip. & Protective Order Re Disclosure of

Confidential Information 1 Case No. C 05-02931 CW

BRIEN J. FARRELL, City Attorney (SBN 088318)

CAROLINE L. FOWLER, Assistant City Attorney (SBN 110313)

City of Santa Rosa

100 Santa Rosa Avenue

P. O. Box 1678

Santa Rosa, California 95402-1678

Telephone: (707) 543-3040

Attorneys for Defendants City of Santa Rosa

and Officer Matthew Sanchez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM LAMBERT, an individual, and

BEVERLY LAMBERT, an individual, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, a chartered city; 

MATTHEW A. SANCHEZ, individually

and as a Police Officer of the Santa Rosa

Police Department; ALISSA JOHNSON,

individually and as a Police Officer of the

Santa Rosa Police Department; and DOES 1

through 25,

 

Defendants.

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Case No. C 05-02931 CW

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER REGARDING DISCLOSURE

OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

The parties hereby stipulate that the Santa Rosa Police Department personnel report

prepared in response to the citizen’s complaint made by William and Beverly Lambert is

produced subject to the following conditions:

1. All such records shall be maintained by plaintiffs’ attorneys in strict confidence. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel shall not disclose the documents, copies of the documents, or the substance of

the documents to anyone, except as necessary, to office staff and any counsel, investigators or

consultants assisting in this litigation.

2. If these records are to be used in further discovery or proceedings, they are to be

designated as “Confidential Material.” Such designation shall be made by sealing and stamping

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the material prior to use in this litigation as follows: “Confidential Material Subject To

Protective Order.” 

3. The Confidential Material shall be used solely in connection with this litigation

and the preparation and trial of this case, or any related appellate proceeding, and not for any

other purpose.

4. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to prevent officials or employees of the City

of Santa Rosa or other authorized government officials from having access to the documents if

they would have had access in the normal course of their job duties. Nothing in this order

prevents a person from disclosing events or activities personal to them, i.e., a person can disclose

to others information given to the City of Santa Rosa with respect to what he or she saw, heard,

or otherwise sensed.

5. Each person to whom disclosure is made, with the exception of counsel who are

presumed to know of the contents of this protective order, shall, prior to the time of disclosure,

be provided by the person furnishing him/her such material a copy of this order, and shall agree

on the record or in writing that he/she has read the protective order, and that he/she understands

the provisions of the protective order. Such person also must consent to be subject to the

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California with respect

to any proceeding relating to enforcement of this order, including without limitation, any

proceeding for contempt. Unless made on the record in this litigation, counsel making disclosure

to any person described above shall retain the original executed copy of said agreement until final

termination of this litigation.

6. At the conclusion of the trial and of any appeal or upon other termination of this

litigation, all Confidential Material received under the provision of this order (including any

copies made) shall be tendered back to the City of Santa Rosa. Provisions of this order insofar as

they restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect until further order of this court.

7. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any party: (a) to apply to the

Court for a further protective order relating to any Confidential Material or relating to discovery

in this litigation; (b) to apply to the Court for an order removing the Confidential Material

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designation from any documents; and (c) to apply to the Court for an order compelling

production of documents or modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of

Confidential Material beyond the terms of this order.

8. Any document filed with the Court that reveals Confidential Material shall be

filed under seal, labeled with a cover sheet as follows: Lambert v. City of Santa Rosa and Police

Officer Matthew A. Sanchez, United States District Court Case No. C 05-02931 CW. “This

document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and may not be copied or examined

except in compliance with that order.” Documents so labeled shall be kept by the Clerk under

seal and shall be made available only to the Court or counsel. Upon failure of the filing party to

so file a document under seal, the producing party may request that the Court place the filing

under seal.

9. Any Confidential Material that is ruled by the Court to be admissible to the jury

shall be disclosed under whatever protective measures the Court deems necessary to protect the

privacy rights of the individuals described in the report. 

Dated: 

ERIC G. YOUNG, ESQ.

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: 

FRANK J. CHRISTY, JR., ESQ. 

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: 

CAROLINE L. FOWLER

Assistant City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

City of Santa Rosa and Officer 

Matthew Sanchez

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Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

BUT SEE LOCAL 

RULE 79-5. 5/24/06

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