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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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C 03-02961 TEH: STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) PROTECTIVE ORDER 1

GREGORY M. FOX, STATE BAR NO. 070876 

Bertrand, Fox & Elliot 

The Waterfront Building - 2749 Hyde Street 

San Francisco, California 94109 

Telephone: (415) 353-0999 

 FAX (415) 353-0990 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF OAKLAND 

and POLICE CHIEF RICHARD WORD 

(List of Additional Counsel Attached) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SRI LOUISE COLES, et al. 

 Plaintiffs 

vs. 

CITY OF OAKLAND, a municipal entity, et al. 

_____Defendants_______________________ 

LOCAL 10, INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE 

AND WAREHOUSE UNION, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

CITY OF OAKLAND; et al., 

 Defendants. 

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File No. C03-2961 TEH (JL) 

File No. No. C 03-2962 TEH (JL)

Hon. Thelton E. Henderson

CORRECTED STIPULATION AND 

(PROPOSED) PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

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C 03-02961 TEH: STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) PROTECTIVE ORDER 2

MICHAEL J. HADDAD, ESQ (State Bar No. 189114) 

JULIA SHERWIN, ESQ. (State Bar No. 189268) 

Haddad & Sherwin 

505 Seventeenth Street 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 452-5500 

FAX: (510) 452-5510 

WILLIAM H. GOODMAN, WG 1241 

Moore & Goodman, LLP 

740 Broadway, 5th Floor 

New York, NY 10003 

Telephone: (212) 353-9587 

 FAX (212) 254-0857 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sri Coles et al C03-2961 

JAMES B. CHANIN, SBN 76043 

JULIE M. HOUK, SBN 114968 

LAW OFFICES OF JAMES B. CHANIN 

3050 Shattuck Avenue 

Berkeley, California 94705 

Telephone: (510) 848-4752 

FAX (510) 848-5819 

JOHN L. BURRIS, SBN 69888 

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 

Oakland, CA 94621 

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 

 FAX (510) 839-3882 

RACHEL LEDERMAN, SBN 130192 

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD and 

Law Offices of Rachel Lederman and Alexsis C. Beach 

558 Capp Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone:(415) 282-9300 

 FAX (415) 285-5066 

ALAN L. SCHLOSSER, SBN 49957 

JULIA HARUMI MASS SBN 189649 

MARK SCHLOSBERG, SBN 209144 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, 1663 Mission Street, Suite 460 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

 FAX (415) 255-8437 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Local 10 Longshore and Wherehouse Union et al. 

C03-2962 THE (JL) 

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C 03-02961 TEH: STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) PROTECTIVE ORDER 3

John A. Russo Esq. State Bar No. 129729 

City Attorney 

Randolph W. Hall, Esq. State Bar No. 080142 

Chief Asst. City Attorney 

Office of the City Attorney 

One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 6th Floor 

Oakland CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 238-3601 

 FAX (510) 238-6500 

Counsel for defendant CITY OF OAKLAND et al 

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WHEREAS, discovery in the above-captioned case (the ALitigation@) is ongoing; and 

WHEREAS, information and documents which may be sought in discovery and which may 

be exchanged among the parties and their respective counsel may be of a confidential, private 

and/or proprietary nature and one of the purposes of the order is to protect the confidentiality of

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between all Plaintiffs and their attorneys, by and through 

their attorneys JAMES CHANIN, individually and on behalf of the LAW OFFICES OF JAMES 

B. CHANIN, JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq. individually and on behalf of the LAW OFFICES OF JOHN 

L. BURRIS, MICHAEL HADDAD, individually and on behalf of HADDAD & SHERWIN, and 

Defendant CITY OF OAKLAND, by and through its attorney GREGORY J. FOX, as follows: 

1. Any Adocument@ (defined herein as including documents, exhibits, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions and deposition transcripts) produced either by 

a party or by a nonparty to or for any of the parties shall be governed by this stipulation and 

protective order if it contains or comprises confidential or personal information relating to any 

individual. 

2. Any of the following categories of documents produced by any party or nonparty 

as part of discovery in this action can be designated by said producing entity as AConfidential.@ 

Absent a specific order by this Court, such information, once designated as such, shall be used by 

the parties solely in connection with the above-captioned proceeding, and not for any other 

purpose or function and such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided 

herein. Any of the following documents shall be defined as Aconfidential@ without the necessity of 

a prior designation: 

(a) Personnel files and/or personnel records as defined by California Penal 

Code sections 832.5, 832.7 regarding any officer of the Oakland Police 

Department. 

(b) Records of the finances of individuals. 

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(c) Records of investigations, including Shooting Review Boards, conducted by 

the Oakland Police Department for the purpose of evaluating the 

department=s training or policy (excluding all such records already produced 

as of the date of entry of this protective order). 

6 (d) Medical Records.

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(e) Any Oakland Police Department policy or procedure already designated by 

the department as ARestricted@. 

Parties to this action may agree at a future time to expand or narrow this definition of 

AConfidential Records.@ The parties may not deem Aconfidential@ any records that are already in 

the public domain or that have not been kept confidential by the Oakland Police Department, 

accept as otherwise provided herein. 

3. Any party or nonparty wishing to comply with the provisions of this stipulation 

and protective order shall designate the documents, or portions thereof, which are considered 

confidential at the time such documents are produced by marking them AConfidential@ or by 

notifying counsel for all parties to whom documents have been produced within ten (10) days of 

production that a particular document that has been produced is designated AConfidential.@ For 

deposition testimony, the witness or his counsel shall invoke the provisions of the stipulation and 

protective order by stating on the record during the deposition that testimony given at the 

deposition is designated AConfidential@ or by designation of the deposition transcript, or portions 

thereof, as AConfidential@ within fourteen (14) days after counsel receives the deposition transcript. 

 No person shall attend portions of the depositions designated AConfidential@ unless such person is 

an authorized recipient of documents containing such confidential information under the terms of 

the stipulation and protective order. Any court reporter who transcribes testimony in this action at 

a deposition shall agree that all AConfidential@ testimony is and shall remain confidential and shall 

not be disclosed except as provided in this stipulation and order, and that copies of any transcript, 

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reporter=s notes or any other transcription records of any such testimony will be retained in 

absolute confidentiality and safekeeping by such shorthand reporter or delivered to attorneys or 

4 record or filed under seal with the Court. 

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4. If any document designated to be confidential pursuant to this stipulation and 

order is used during the course of a deposition herein, that portion of the deposition record 

reflecting such confidential information shall be sealed and stamped as AConfidential,@ and 

access thereto shall be limited pursuant to the other terms of the stipulation and order. If counsel 

subsequently designates any deposition transcript, or portion thereof, as AConfidential,@ 

pursuant to paragraph 3, counsel shall inform the court reporter so that the court reporter will 

treat the transcript as confidential pursuant to their terms of this stipulation and order. 

5. Documents marked AConfidential,@ or copies or extracts therefrom and the 

information therein, may be given, shown, made available to, or communicated in any way only to 

parties, including an officer, director, manager, supervisor, or in-house counsel of a party; counsel 

for the parties, including certified law students, or an employee or contractor of such counsel to 

whom it is necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this litigation; other employees of

a party for the sole purpose of working directly on the litigation; and third party consultants and 

independent experts to whom it is necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this 

litigation. 

6. If an attorney for any party in this litigation desires to give, show, make available 

or communicate any document marked AConfidential@ to any person who is not specifically 

authorized to have access to such document pursuant to paragraph 5, the requesting attorney will 

disclose to the attorney for the party who produced the document the name of the person to whom

disclosure of the document is sought. The attorneys will then have ten (10) days to negotiate the 

terms of disclosure to that person and, if no agreement can be reached, the requesting attorney may 

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seek leave of court on notice to make the disclosure in question. 

7. Each person other than employees or contractors permitted by the parties or their 

counsel to have access to documents marked AConfidential@ pursuant to terms of this stipulation 

and order shall, prior to being afforded such access, be shown the stipulation and protective order 

and shall sign an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit AA@ stating that he or she has 

read and understands its terms and shall abide by them. A file shall be maintained by the attorneys 

or record of all written agreements signed by persons to whom such documents have been given, 

which file shall be available for inspection in camera by the Court upon a showing of good caused 

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8. In addition to the foregoing restrictions on access to documents, the parties agree 

that no person other than counsel shall have access to any of the following documents which are 

unrelated to job performance or which contain specific identity information (such as personal 

addresses or social security numbers): 

(a) Records maintained by a Oakland Police Department on any other police 

officer. 

(b) Records maintained by the Oakland Police Department on any of its 

employees. 

(c) Any record setting forth the address of any party or witness to the action. 

The documents referred to in this paragraph may be revealed only to counsel of record for 

the plaintiff, including certified law students, or an employee or contractor of such counsel to 

whom it is necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this litigation; third party 

consultants and independent experts to whom it is necessary that the material be shown for 

purposes of this litigation; and any other person as to whom the parties first agree in writing, 

which agreement will not be unreasonably withheld. 

9. The parties agree that the parties will follow Local Rule 79-5 with respect to the 

use of any documents covered by this stipulation. 

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10. The attorney for the party designating information as AConfidential@ shall, in the 

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first instance, in good faith determine whether information constitutes confidential information 

covered by the stipulation and protective order. The attorney for the receiving party is to make a 

good faith review of the designated materials. Should the attorney for the receiving party object to 

such confidential designation, that party must notify the producing party in writing within thirty 

(30) days of the date of service of written responses to interrogatories or requests for admissions, 

or thirty (30) days following the date of service or documents in response to a demand for 

production of documents. In the case of deposition testimony and/or exhibits thereto, the objecting 

party must notify the producing party in writing of its objection and proposed alternative 

designation within thirty (30) days of the date of service of the producing party=s designation. 

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Within fifteen (15) days following the service of the objecting party=s written objections 

(the AMeet and Confer Period@), the parties shall meet and confer in writing to resolve such 

objections. If the parties resolve such objections, the information shall reflect the designation, or 

lack thereof, as agreed by the parties. If, however, the parties are unable to resolve such 

objections, the producing party shall, within fifteen (15) days, following the termination of the 

Meet and Confer Period, apply to the Court to classify the designated information otherwise; 

provided however, that any information, the designation of which is subject to dispute, shall be 

treated as confidential subject to stipulation and protective order pending further order of the 

Court. If the producing party fails to apply to the Court within the allotted time, the information 

will be redesignated to conform to the objecting party=s last proposed alternative designation. The 

party who desires to have any document accorded confidentiality shall bear the burden of proving 

that each such document is entitled to the protection accorded to confidential documents. 

11. No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation of any 

Aconfidential@ information by the other party or person and the failure to do so shall not constitute 

a waiver or otherwise preclude a subsequent challenge to the designation. 

12. The attorneys of record for the parties are in accord with the above terms of this 

stipulation and protective order as acknowledged hereafter by their signatures, and have requested 

the Court to enter this stipulation and protective order. 

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13. The terms of this stipulation and protective order shall apply to all manner and 

means of discovery, including inspection of books, records and documents. 

14. This stipulation and protective order shall be effective from the date of the 

execution of the order. 

15. Upon termination of this litigation, the originals and all copies of confidential 

documents shall be turned over to counsel for the party who produced such documents or disposed 

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16. This stipulation and protective order is entirely without prejudice to the right of 

anyone to apply to the Court for an order modifying this stipulation and protective order in any 

respect. The Court retains jurisdiction for six (6) months after the termination of this action to 

enforce this order and, upon motion of any party hereto, to make amendments, modifications, 

deletions or additions to this order as the court may deem appropriate. 

17. The termination of proceedings in this action shall not thereafter relieve the 

parties from the obligations of maintaining the confidentiality of all material designated as 

confidential which is received pursuant to this stipulation and order; provided, however, that this 

paragraph shall not apply to any material which is or becomes publicly available. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 Dated: August 11, 2005 

 /s/ 

JOHN L. BURRIS, 

 Attorney for Local 10 Plaintiffs 

Dated: August 11, 2005 

/s/ 

 JULIE HOUK 

 Attorney for Local 10 Plaintiffs 

 (with JAMES CHANIN) 

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Dated: August 11, 2005 

/s/ 

MICHAEL J. HADDAD 

Attorney for Plaintiffs Sri Louise Coles” et al. 

Dated: August 11, 2005 /s/

GREGORY M. FOX 

Attorney for Defendants City of Oakland et al. 8

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I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. Dated: August 11, 2005. 

/s/ 

 MICHAEL J. HADDAD

 BY STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

________ ______________________________________ 

DATE THELTON E. HENDERSON 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, __________________________[print or type full name], of 

________________________________[print or type full address], declare that I have read in its 

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

for the Northern District of California on _____________________[date] in Case Nos. C-03-2961 

and 2962 TEH (JL). I agree to comply with and 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 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 compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further agree to submit to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District for the Northern 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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