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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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[Proposed] Order Segdaghatpour, Zahra v. CHP

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

TOM BLAKE

Deputy Attorney General, State Bar No. 51885 

JOHN P. DEVINE

Deputy Attorney General, State Bar No. 170773

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5506

Fax: (415) 703-5480

Email: Tom.Blake@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants California Highway Patrol

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL DIVISION

ZAHRA SEDAGHATPOUR,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

A hearing on discovery matters was heard on September 17, 2007. Hunter Pyle appeared

for plaintiff, Zahra Sedaghatpour. Deputy Attorneys General John Devine and Tom Blake

appeared for defendants. After reviewing the papers filed by the parties and hearing the

argument of counsel, the Court orders as follows:

As to of Officer Jon Schatmeier’s statement to California Highway Patrol investigators, the

statement will be submitted to the Court under seal. The Court will review the officer’s

statement and the parties’ papers regarding the estoppel issue. The court will determine the

necessity for further hearing as to the discoverablity of Officer Schatmeier’s statement after

reviewing it. After reviewing the estoppel issue, the court will determine whether a further 

hearing is warranted to address the issue.

As to the hard drive of plaintiff Zahra Sedaghatpour’s computer, plaintiff’s counsel will

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produce the hard drive at counsel’s office to enable Jon Berryhill of Computer Forensics, Inc., a

forensic expert retained by the defense, to create an image of the hard drive. After the image of

the hard drive is created, it will be sealed by the defendants’ forensic expert and retained under

seal by counsel for plaintiff.

 By stipulation or by way of motion to protective order, the parties will arrange for Mr.

Berryhill to examine the hard drive as to notes and meta-data concerning the incident that is the

subject of the instant complaint without invading the contents of plaintiff’s private material on

the hard drive, including personal correspondence and financial data. The examination will be

conducted at the Offices of Berryhill Computer Forensics Inc. in Benecia, California or such

other place in the San Francisco Bay Area as Computer Forensics, Inc. may designate; plaintiff’s

counsel, or a representative of plaintiff’s counsel, and plaintiff will be allowed to be present for

the entire examination of the hard drive image by Mr. Berryhill.

After the defendants’ forensic expert has completed the examination of the mirror image,

the mirror image will be again placed under seal and retained in the custody of counsel for

plaintiff until the conclusion of this litigation and the passage of any period for appeal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

 

 William H. Alsup

United States District Judge 

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September 24, 2007

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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