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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMIE LEE MORSE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

COUNTY OF SONOMA, a municipal

corporation, DEPUTY GARZA or DOE 1,

DEPUTY LANDS or DOE 2, 

DOES 1–100, inclusive,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-01119 WHA

ORDER APPROVING

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

ORDER AS MODIFIED

The stipulated protective order submitted by the parties is hereby APPROVED, as

modified below:

Definitions

1. The “Action” means Jamie Lee Morse v. County of Sonoma, et al., Case No. C05-01119

WHA, including, but not limited to, the pending civil action, any appeal(s) therefrom and/or any

subsequent litigation in State Court resulting from any decision by the federal court(s) to

decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s state law claims.

2. “Confidential Discovery Material” means any documents or other information produced

or disclosed in this Action by the Defendants which they, in good faith, claim is subject to

certain state law police records privileges, including under California Evidence Code Sections

1040, 1043, and 1045; Penal Code Sections 832.7 and 832.8 and/or under Federal Rule of

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Evidence 501 and which has been maintained as confidential by the Defendants at all times

prior to this Action.

3. “Document” means any written or tangible matter, no matter how produced, recorded,

stored or reproduced, and includes writings, tape recordings or other electronically-stored data.

4. “Party” means the Parties to this Action.

5. “Qualified Persons” means:

(a) the Court;

(b) consultants and experts for the Parties in this Action;

(c) attorneys for the Parties and their employees;

(d) court reporters; and

(e) Witnesses who the parties jointly agree may have information that is

relevant to the Action, or have information that is likely to lead to the discovery

of relevant information, pertaining to the Action.

6. “Third Party” means any person or other entity not named as a Party to this Action and

who is not listed as a Qualified Person in section 5 above.

General Provisions

7. This Protective Order applies, until the Court enters a superseding Protective Order,

to all Confidential Discovery Material produced by Defendants, whether produced specifically

in response to a formal discovery requests or otherwise.

8. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prejudice any Party or Third Non-Party from

seeking amendments hereto or to seek other modifications.

9. Until such time as this Protective Order has been entered by the Court, the Parties

agree that upon execution by the Parties it will be treated as though it had been entered.

10. Confidential Discovery Material shall not be used for any purpose other than this

Action.

11. All Confidential Discovery Material shall be clearly marked by Defendants as

“Confidential.”

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12. Confidential Discovery Material shall not be copied or reproduced except to the

extent such copying or reproduction is reasonably necessary to the conduct of this action. All

such copies or reproductions shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order and shall be

returned to Defendants’ counsel, upon request, upon the final conclusion of the Action.

13. Qualified Persons defined in section 5, above, shall be deemed bound by the terms of

this Protective Order and shall not use any Confidential Discovery Material for purposes

unrelated to this Action. In the event that any Confidential Discovery Material is shown to any

qualified person under paragraph 5(e), such person must agree to maintain the confidentiality of

the Confidential Discovery Material by signing a form containing the following statement:

“I hereby acknowledge that I am about to receive Confidential Discovery

Material. I certify my understanding that such information is to be provided to me

pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order [date entered] in

Jamie Lee Morse v. County of Sonoma, et al, I have been given a copy of and

have read this Order and agree to be bound by its terms.”

14. The parties must make a good-faith determination that any information designated

“Confidential” warrants protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

Designations of material as “Confidential” must be narrowly tailored to include only material

for which there is good cause. A pattern of over-designation may lead to an order

de-designating all or most materials on a wholesale basis.

15. In order to be treated as confidential, any materials filed with the Court must be

lodged with a request for filing under seal and a proposed sealing order in compliance with

Civil Local Rule 79-5. The parties are to limit requests for sealing to only those narrowlytailored portions of materials for which good cause to seal exists. The parties are to file all other

portions of the materials in the public file and clearly indicate therein where material has been

redacted and sealed. Each filing requires an individualized sealing order; blanket prospective

authorizations are not longer allowed by Civil Local Rule 79-5.

16. Chambers copies should include all material — both redacted and unredacted — so that

the chambers staff does not have to re-assemble the whole brief or declaration. Although

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chambers copies should clearly designate which portions are confidential, chambers copies with

confidential materials will be handled like all other chambers copies of materials without

special restriction, and will typically be recycled, not shredded.

17. Any confidential materials used openly in court hearings or trial will not be treated in

any special manner absent a further order.

18. This order does not preclude any party from moving to de-designate information or

documents that have been designated as confidential. The party seeking to designate material as

confidential has the burden of establishing that the material is entitled to protection.

19. The Court will retain jurisdiction over disputes arising from the proposed and stipulated

protective order for only 45 days after final termination of the action.

Termination of Protective Order

20. The protection of Confidential Discovery Material produced pursuant to, and in

conformity with this Protective Order, shall remain in effect until the Court has issued a

superseding Protective Order in this Action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2005 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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