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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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[Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order (1:15-cv-00936-LJO-SAB)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JARED M. VILLERY,

Plaintiff,

v.

EDWARD GARCIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00936-LJO-SAB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Plaintiff Jared M. Villery, pro se; Defendants B. Da Gama, R. Miller, and D. Stewart, by 

and through their counsel of record; and Defendants E. Granillo, B. Lindsey, and G. Rodriguez, 

by and through their counsel of record (individually, “a Party”; collectively, “the Parties”), have 

stipulate to and requested that the Court enter their stipulated protective order. Based on the 

stipulation, and for good cause, the Court makes the following orders:

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, a Party who produces a 

document or documents to another Party may designate any document, or other information 

derived from them, as “CONFIDENTIAL” under the terms of this stipulated protective order.

2. A document designated “CONFIDENTIAL” contains information that has not been 

made public; that has been maintained as confidential; or that concerns or relates to the processes, 

operations, investigations, or other information relating to the California Department of 

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Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), unfettered disclosure of which may have the effect of 

causing harm to the safety and security of CDCR prisons, staff, inmates, the public, and/or the 

Parties.

3. A document that a Party deems to comprise or contain confidential information shall 

be designated by prominently stamping or marking the documents or things with the term 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” Documents will only be labeled “CONFIDENTIAL” based on a good-faith 

belief and basis in law and in fact that it should be withheld from public disclosure. Documents 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” and the information contained in them, may be disclosed only to 

the Court under seal, to the Parties and their counsel (including paralegals, clerical, and secretarial 

staff employed by counsel), and to “qualified persons” listed in Paragraph 6 below.

4. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing, or trial may be designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” by making a statement to that effect on the record at the deposition or other 

proceeding. Arrangements will be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing the 

proceeding to separately bind portions of the transcript containing information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” and to label the separately bound portions appropriately.

5. Documents designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” the information contained in them, and 

any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from them, may 

only be used for the purposes of prosecuting, defending, or settling this litigation, and shall not be 

produced to or shared with any person, or published in any other manner except as authorized by 

this stipulated protective order or any subsequent order of the Court.

6. Documents designated “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this Protective Order 

(including any copies, summaries, excerpts, and abstracts derived from them) may be disclosed, 

directly or indirectly, only to the following qualified persons:

(a) Experts or other persons necessarily retained by a Party to assist in the 

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, provided that said experts and consultants 

expressly agree to be bound by the terms of this stipulated protective order;

(b) Any non-party individual who could have had access to the document 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” within the course and scope of his or her employment;

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(c) Any court reporter at a deposition or other proceeding in this matter;

(d) Any mediator or other neutral party that is mutually selected by the Parties or 

appointed by the Court for the purpose of assisting in the settlement or other resolution of this 

action; and

(e) Such other persons as the Parties may agree to in writing or who may be 

designated by the Court.

7. If a document designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” including any portion of a deposition 

transcript designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” is included in any papers to be filed with the Court, 

such papers will be labeled “Confidential – Subject to Court Order” and filed under seal, 

according to the applicable provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local 

Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

8. In the event that any document designated “CONFIDENTIAL” is used in any court 

proceeding in this action, it will not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party 

using the material will take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use.

9. If necessary, the Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of 

“CONFIDENTIAL” material at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate order.

10. This stipulated protective order shall not expand or restrict the rights of any Party to 

either demand the production of any documents, things, or information, or to object to any 

demand for any documents, things, or information, or to withhold any documents, things, or 

information (for example, through redaction of a produced document, even if that document is 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL”) under an applicable asserted privilege. Nor shall this stipulated 

protective order expand or restrict the rights of any Party to seek to have the Court compel the 

production of any documents, things, or information, or to seek to have the Court bar the 

production of any documents, things, or information. Nor shall this stipulated protective order 

prejudice the Parties in any way from seeking a modification of this stipulated protective order.

11. This stipulated protective order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the 

exchange of documents and information between the Parties. Nothing in this stipulated protective 

order, or the production of any information or document under the terms of this stipulated 

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protective order, shall be deemed as an admission or a waiver by any Party, and will not alter the 

confidentiality or non-confidentiality or any such document or information in any other context 

beyond the scope of this action, or alter any existing obligation of any Party or the absence of 

such an obligation.

12. If any Party violates the terms of this stipulated protective order, the Court may issue 

any just order, on motion or its own, including imposing sanctions authorized by Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A)(ii)–(vii).

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The protective order is approved and entered;

2. The parties are advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States 

District Court, Eastern District of California, any documents which are to be filed under 

seal will require a written request which complies with Local Rule 141; and

3. The party making a request to file documents under seal shall be required to 

show good cause for documents attached to a nondispositive motion or compelling reasons 

for documents attached to a dispositive motion. Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 

665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2009). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 24, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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