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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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KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI (State Bar #190111)

kbaghdadi@walkuplawoffice.com

VALERIE N. ROSE (State Bar #272566)

vrose@walkuplawoffice.com 

CLIFTON N. SMOOT (State Bar #305728)

csmoot@walkuplawoffice.com 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARIANA LYNN, A.E.S., a minor, by and 

through her guardian ad litem KRISTIN 

McKENZIE, N.S., a minor, by and 

through his guardian ad litem KIM 

SPURGEON, A.M.S., a minor, by and 

through her guardian ad litem KRISTIN 

McKENZIE, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF SOLANO, a public entity; 

JAMES HASKELL; EMILY HASKELL; 

and DOES 1 through 100, 

Defendants.

No. 2:23-cv-1738 JAM DB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production 

of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from 

public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 

may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court 

to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 

Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery 

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108-2615

T: (415) 981-7210 · F: (415) 391-6965

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the 

limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the 

applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section

12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file 

confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rules 141 and 141.1 set forth the 

procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party 

seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation 

of information or items under this Order.

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how

it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and includes, but is not limited to, parties’ 

personnel records and other records referencing employment or job performance,

parties’ student records, and parties’ medical records. Information and items already 

existing in public records or otherwise in the public domain are not "CONFIDENTIAL” 

under this agreement and will not be knowingly designated as such. 

2.3 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”: the parties agree that the following 

information or items may be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”: 

(a) Medical and psychological records pertaining to the Plaintiffs; 

(b) The Plaintiffs’ academic records; 

(c) Forensic interviews conducted with the Plaintiffs;

(d) Documents from minors’ juvenile case file;

(e) Background checks, assessments, profiles, evaluations, and testing done 

on James and Emily Haskell, including but not limited to those related to any 

adoptions and/or adoption proceedings, as well as any financial, medical records, 

mental health records, contact information and residential addresses, or other private 

information pertaining to the Haskells.

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

(f) Other highly sensitive information relating to physical or sexual abuse, 

or relating to the minor plaintiffs identifying or personal information.

2.4 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House 

Counsel (as well as their support staff).

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 

items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 

the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 

among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 

generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 

an expert witness or as a consultant in this action.

2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. 

House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 

counsel.

2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or 

other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to 

this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have 

appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which 

has appeared on behalf of that party.

2.11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 

support staffs).

2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 

Discovery Material in this action.

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 

services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 

demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 

and their employees and subcontractors.

2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 

from a Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 

Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from 

Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected 

Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their 

Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by 

this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information 

that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes 

part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of 

publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the 

public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the 

Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the 

disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no 

obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at 

trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 

otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 

deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with or 

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion 

of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time 

limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable 

law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 

Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 

this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 

qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 

protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 

communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, 

or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 

within the ambit of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 

that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 

purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to 

impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating 

Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 

designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 

promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 

this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 

stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 

under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 

produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the 

Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”

to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the 

material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 

identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 

margins).

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for 

inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has 

indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 

before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 

deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents 

it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, 

or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the 

specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If 

only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 

Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making 

appropriate markings in the margins).

(b) for testimony given in deposition, that the Designating Party shall either 

identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all protected testimony, or 

designate portions thereof “CONFIDENTIAL or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” within 

twenty (20) days after the receipt of the transcript in any form. No party may 

designate the entire deposition as “CONFIDENTIAL.” The Court Reporter will be 

instructed by designating counsel how the protected information shall be marked and 

bound. The Court Reporter shall operate in a manner consistent with this Protective 

Order and shall separately label the confidential portions of the deposition transcript, 

including documents and other exhibits containing protected information. Those pages 

in any transcript containing protected information shall include a stamp identifying 

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

such pages as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 

other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 

exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item 

warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 

protected portion(s).

(d) Nothing contained in this Order shall be deemed to limit or waive any right 

of the Parties to object to discovery with respect to any information or documents which 

may be claimed to be outside the scope of discovery for any reason, including without 

limitation the reason that is privileged, confidential, and/or protected by individual 

privacy rights which would not adequately be protected by the provisions of this Order. 

Identification of any documents or information as Confidential Information pursuant 

to this Order shall not constitute an admission or acknowledgement on the behalf of 

any Party that such documents or information are admissible as evidence in any 

proceeding in this action. The Parties further retain the right to use their own 

documents and information with complete discretion.

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 

failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the 

Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 

Material unintentionally disclosed without the requisite designation may be 

retroactively designated within twenty (20) days of its inadvertent production so 

designated in the same manner and shall be treated appropriately from the date 

written notice of the designation is provided to the other Party or Parties and/or 

counsel of record for the other Party or Parties. If an inadvertent failure to designate 

is discovered more than twenty (20) days after disclosure, the Party seeking to 

designate the records as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” may 

petition the court for leave to so designate.

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WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 

designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating 

Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial 

unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the 

litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by 

electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 

resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and 

describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge 

has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is 

being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The 

parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith by conferring directly 

within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party 

must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper 

and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, 

to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain 

the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next 

stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process 

first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet 

and confer process in a timely manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without 

court intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain 

confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 230 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rules

141 and 141.1, if applicable) within 45 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 

30 days of the start of the meet and confer process, whichever is earlier. Each such 

motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant 

has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding 

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the 

required declaration within 45 days (or 30 days, if applicable) shall automatically 

waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the 

Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any 

time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a 

deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this 

provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant 

has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding 

paragraph.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 

Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., 

to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose 

the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the 

confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as 

described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level 

of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the 

court rules on the challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case 

only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected 

Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions 

described in this Order. 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 

location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 

authorized under this Order.

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving 

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

(a) Attorneys of record herein (including House Counsel and Outside Counsel 

of Record) and their affiliated attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff 

employed by such attorneys who are actively involved in the Proceedings and are not 

employees of any Party. Provided, however, that each non-lawyer given access to 

Confidential Information shall be advised that such are being Disclosed pursuant to, 

and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and that they 

may not be disclosed other than pursuant to its terms; 

(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors 

to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(f) witnesses, during deposition or trial testimony;

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

(h) those categories of persons listed in paragraph 7.2(a) – (g) of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order in matters involving allegation of injury or harm caused by James 

Haskell, Emily Haskell, or County of Solano (and its employees and agents), however, 

that prior to the Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items, counsel for the 

Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order to such person, shall explain its terms to such person, and shall secure the 

signature of such person on the Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A); 

(i) any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 

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WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, 

Defendants James Haskell or Emily Haskell will not be given access to such material. 

Nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed to bar access by defendants James 

Haskell or Emily Haskell’s attorneys of record herein (who may access such records 

pursuant to Paragraph 7.2(a)) or those categories of individuals identified in 

Paragraph 7.2(b) – (h).

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 

IN OTHER LITIGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 

that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 

issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena 

or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 

this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 

the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 

the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action 

as “CONFIDENTIAL or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the 

court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the 

Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and 

expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing 

in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving 

Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 

PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced 

by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief 

provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting 

a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce 

a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an 

agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential 

information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 

that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement 

with a Non-Party;

(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 

specific description of the information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the NonParty.

(4) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this 

court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the 

Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to 

the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving 

Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to 

the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. 

Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense 

of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

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& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 

Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 

writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 

to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 

persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, 

and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 

inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 

the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure 

may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 

privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 

parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 

information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 

parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted 

to the court.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 

person to seek its modification by the court in the future.

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 

Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 

disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground. Similarly, no Party 

waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material 

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26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

covered by this Protective Order.

12.3 Filing Protected Material. No document will be sealed, nor shall a 

redacted document be filed, without the prior approval of the court. If a document for 

which sealing or redaction is sought relates to the record on a motion to be decided by 

Judge Mendez, the request to seal or redact should be directed to him and not the 

assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to seal or redact shall be governed by Local 

Rules 141 (sealing) and 140 (redaction); protective orders covering the discovery phase 

of litigation shall not govern the filing of sealed or redacted documents on the public 

docket. The court will only consider requests to seal or redact filed by the proponent of 

sealing or redaction. If a party plans to make a filing that includes material an 

opposing party has identified as confidential and potentially subject to sealing, the 

filing party shall provide the opposing party with sufficient notice in advance of filing 

to allow for the seeking of an order of sealing or redaction from the court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: January 8, 2024 WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

By: /s/ Clifton N. Smoot

KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI

VALERIE N. ROSE

CLIFTON N. SMOOT

Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS

Signatures Continued

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650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

Dated: January 3, 2024 SMITH LAW OFFICES, LLP

By: /s/ Douglas C.Smith

DOUGLAS C. SMITH

Attorney for Defendants 

JAMES HASKELL and EMILY HASKELL

Dated: January 3, 2024 ANGELO KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP

By: /s/ Ashley Riser

SERENA M. WARNER

ASHLEY RISER

Attorneys for Defendant

COUNTY OF SOLANO

Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) Attestation

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, Clifton N. Smoot, the ECF filer of this 

document, hereby attest that I obtained concurrence in the filing of this document 

from each of the other signatories.

By: /S/ CLIFTON N. SMOOT

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& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

ORDER

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

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who will 

decide the matter related to that request to seal.

2. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential 

pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document with the court 

under seal. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed by 

Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a written 

order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a mere 

request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires that 

“[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing, the 

requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the 

document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b). 

3. A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that 

“compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially 

related” to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.” 

Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana 

v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006). 

4. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of 

certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the court 

at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion. 

5. With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order which 

the parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in Local Rule 

251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery disputes on an ex parte basis 

or on shortened time. 

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& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

6. The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the court’s 

approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and 

proposed order for the court’s consideration. 

7. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement 

of the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.

8. Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this order is 

hereby DISAPPROVED.

DATED: January 8, 2024 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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650 CALIFORNIA STREET

26TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 981-7210

EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print 

or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety 

and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California in the case of Ariana Lynn v. 

County of Solano, Case No. 2:23-CV-01738-JAM-DB. I agree to comply with and to be 

bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 

acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in 

the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or 

entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after 

termination of this action.

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone 

number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or 

any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: ______________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

Printed name: _______________________________

Signature: __________________________________

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