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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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Leonard C, Herr, #081896 

DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER 

Attorneys at Law, LLP 

100 Willow Plaza, Suite 300 

Visalia, California 93291 

Telephone: (559) 636-0200 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

 RICHARD WILLIAMS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANDRA VALDEZ, 

Plaintiff. 

 

v. 

 

CITY OF WOODLAKE, WOODLAKE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT, RICHARD 

WILLIAMS, individually, and in his official 

capacity as Police Officer for the City of 

Woodlake Police Department, 

Defendants. 

SUSANNA LUCIA ORDONEZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF WOODLAKE, WOODLAKE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT, RICHARD 

WILLIAMS, individually, and in his official 

capacity as Police Officer for the City of 

Woodlake Police Department. 

Defendants. 

CASE NO: 1:05-CV-0326 AWI/SMS 

c/o 1:05-CV-01025 OWW/SMS 

AMENDED 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION; ORDER 

 

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RECITALS

WHEREAS, on or about July 2005 and August 2005, Plaintiff, Sandra Valdez and 

Plaintiff Susanna Lucia Ordonez, filed separate Complaints in this Court alleging various 

causes of action against the City of Woodlake and former police officer, Richard Williams; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel has sought various documents from the City of 

Woodlake and the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, which may be privileged and 

protected from disclosure; 

WHEREAS, on December 16, 2005, legal counsel for Plaintiffs, Defendant Richard 

Williams and Tulare County (County Counsel) met with the Court to resolve pending issues 

concerning discovery; and 

WHEREAS, after considering the arguments of counsel, the Court’s file and upon 

good cause being shown, the Court ordered the disclosure of certain documents, produced 

by Tulare County (County Counsel) subject to the Protective Order filed on January 19, 

2006. 

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties, through 

their undersigned counsel, that this Court enter into the following Amended Stipulated 

Protective Order (“Amended Stipulation” or “Amended Stipulated Protective Order”) with 

respect to pre-trial discovery. This Amended Stipulation shall govern the treatment of all 

documents produced by any party, including in response to any discovery request in this 

lawsuit entitled Valdez v. City of Woodlake, et al., and its member case entitled Ordonez v. 

City of Woodlake, et al., United States District (Eastern) Court Case No: 05-cv-01025,

which cases were consolidated on February 8, 2006, and all copies thereof (the “Discovery 

Materials”). 

A. Persons to Whom Confidential Documents May Be Disclosed

1. All of the documents produced by the Tulare County District 

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Attorney’s Office through County Counsel on December 16, 2005, although not specifically 

marked confidential, shall be deemed and designated as such by legal counsel for Defendant 

Richard Williams and Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. 

2. In the future, during the course of litigation, any party may 

seek to have other Discovery Materials classified as “Confidential.” Any party (“Designating 

Party”) may designate as “Confidential” any Discovery Materials if it/he/she in good faith 

believes that the Discovery Material contains confidential research, development or 

commercial information and/or trade secrets and/or protected information under federal 

or California law. Discovery Materials so designated are referred to herein as “Confidential 

Materials.” Each page of any document designated “Confidential” will be stamped as such 

by the producing party. Such designation shall be stamped or affixed so as not to obscure or 

deface the material or any portion of its contents. Should any party, counsel for any party, 

or any person or entity not a party to these actions, who obtains access to all or any material 

designated as confidential under this Amended Stipulated Protective Order, make copies, 

duplicates, or extracts of or from such Confidential Material, or any portion thereof, the 

designation “Confidential” shall also be stamped on or affixed to such copies, duplicates or 

extracts, and all references in this Amended Stipulated Protective Order shall be deemed to 

include and apply to such copies, duplicates and/or extracts of all information derived from 

Confidential Material and to Confidential Material marked as Exhibits at depositions or 

otherwise used during the litigation. Testimony generated from information designated as 

“Confidential” will be identified as such either by a statement on the record or stamping as 

“Confidential” documents or selected pages of documents containing such testimony. If 

either party, through inadvertence, does not designate certain Discovery Material as 

“Confidential,” but thereafter determines that such Discovery Material should have been so 

designated, it shall provide written notice within 60 days after production, of the 

designation thereof as Confidential Material from the date of receipt of such notice. If, later 

than 60 days after production, either party discovers that certain Discovery Materials 

should have been designated as “Confidential” but were not so designated, the parties shall 

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meet and confer regarding redesignation of the Discovery Materials as “Confidential” and, if 

the Parties are unable to reach an agreement, the parties shall follow the procedures for 

challenging a Confidential Designation in paragraph E herein. Likewise, if a party 

designates certain Discovery Material as “Confidential” and later determines that such 

Discovery Material should not have been so designated, it shall provide written notice of the 

removal of the designation along with a duplicate copy of the Discovery Material without 

the “Confidential” marking. 

3. All Confidential Material and any portion thereof, including 

copies thereof, information contained therein and any abstracts, extracts, indices, 

summaries, charts, notes or other information derived therefrom, shall be deemed 

confidential, shall be used solely for the purposes of preparation, trial, appeals or settlement 

of these actions, and shall not be disclosed, given, shown, made available discussed or 

otherwise communicated in any way to anyone other than: (a) the Court and Court 

personnel, (b) the parties’ legal counsel in these actions, (c) stenographic reporters, (d) any 

expert or consultant retained by the parties’ counsel in connection with these actions, and 

(e) outside vendors who perform microfiching, photocopying or similar clerical functions 

(“Outside Vendors”). Confidential Material may not be disclosed to any other person or 

entity without the written consent of the designating party or further order of the Court. 

Any disclosure should be only to the extent reasonably necessary to effective prosecution 

and defense of the parties’ claims in these actions, and for no other purpose. 

B. Conditions of Disclosure

1. Prior to disclosure of Confidential Material or any information 

contained therein to a person qualified to receive it under Paragraph A.2, counsel for the 

party making the disclosure shall secure from each such person an Acknowledgment in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” that he or she has read this Amended Stipulated 

Protective Order, he or she may not, and that he or she undertakes not to, divulge any 

Confidential Material or any information contained therein except in the preparation, trial 

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or appeal of these actions and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended 

Stipulated Protective Order, and that he or she will not use the material for any other 

purpose. 

2. Confidential Material shall be copied only by the parties’ 

counsel in these actions (or by clerical personnel or Outside Vendors assisting such counsel) 

and only for purposes permitted by this Amended Stipulated Protective Order, and control 

and distribution of Confidential Material and copies thereof shall be the responsibility of 

such counsel, who shall maintain a list of all persons to whom Confidential Material has 

been disclosed as well as the written assurances executed by such persons as provided in 

paragraph A.2. For good cause shown in connection with any question of improper 

disclosure, a designating party may request the Court to order a party to disclose in camera 

a list of all persons to whom Confidential Material has been disclosed as well as the written 

assurances executed by such persons. 

C. Protecting Confidential Information at Depositions

1. If either party determines that Confidential Material may be disclosed during 

the course of any deposition, counsel shall be entitled to request that any persona present at 

the deposition be required to sign an Acknowledgment in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit “A.” 

2. If any Confidential Material is marked as an exhibit in a deposition, or 

during a hearing herein, and/or its content are disclosed, wholly or partially, in the course 

of the testimony at such deposition or hearing of the portions of such testimony that refer to 

Confidential Material, and the exhibit itself; as well as the portions of the transcript 

containing such disclosure, shall be marked “Confidential” and shall be deemed 

Confidential Material. To this end, the report shall not furnish copies thereof to anyone 

other than counsel of record for the parties herein, and, if so requested by such counsel, the 

witness and/or the witness’ counsel. 

D. Use of Confidential Information in Court Filings

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submitted to the Court pursuant to this litigation under seal, except that the parties agree 

that any Confidential Material, or any portion thereof; quoted therein or appended thereto, 

shall be submitted to the Court under seal. 

E. Challenging a Confidential Designation

If at any time during this litigation a party (“Objecting Party”) disputes the 

confidentiality of material designated as Confidential Material, the Objecting Party shall 

notice the Designating Party in writing by facsimile of such dispute. The Objecting Party’s 

notice shall identify the material in dispute and shall explain the basis for the disputed 

designation. The Designating Party shall have 7 calendar days to provide a written response 

by facsimile to the notice, explaining the Designating Party’s reason for designating the 

material at issue as confidential. Should the Objecting Party dispute such reasons, the 

Objecting Party may submit to the Court or any officer of the Court designated by the Court 

to hear discovery matters in this litigation: (1) a copy of this Amended Stipulated Protective 

order; (2) the written notice of dispute; (3) the written response to the notice of dispute; (4) 

a reply in support of the written notice of dispute; (5) a copy of the material at issue (to be 

submitted under seal); and (6) a proposed order concerning the confidentiality of the 

material at issue for resolution by the Court or by any officer of the Court designated by the 

Court to hear discovery matters in this litigation. Throughout the dispute resolution 

procedure set out in this paragraph, the Designating Party shall have the burden of 

demonstrating the material designated is confidential under California law. In the event of a 

dispute over the confidentiality of particular material, all parties will continue to treat the 

disputed material as confidential until the Court or an officer of the Court duly designated 

to hear discovery matters may order otherwise. 

F. Non-Party Subpoenas

If any party receives a request or subpoena from any non-party to this Amended 

Stipulated Protective Order seeking production or disclosure or Confidential Material, that 

party (the ‘Subpoenaed Party”) shall give notice, as soon as practicable and in no event 

more than five business days after receiving the subpoena to counsel for the designating 

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party, which notice shall enclose a copy of the request or subpoena. The Subpoenaed Party 

shall not produce or disclose any of the designated documents or information for a period of 

five business days, if possible without violating the subpoena, after providing such notice to 

other party, and in not event shall such production or disclosure be made before such notice 

is given. If; within five business days of receiving such notice, the party objects to such 

production or disclosure, the Subpoenaed Party shall not make production or disclosure 

except pursuant to a Court order requiring compliance. 

G. No Restrictions

Nothing in this Amended Stipulated Protective Order shall (a) restrict either party’s 

rights with respect to its/his/her own documents or information, (b) restrict either party’s 

right with regard to Discovery Materials that have not been designated as Confidential, (c) 

prejudice either party’s rights to object to the production of documents or other information 

that it considers not subject to discovery, or (d) prejudice either party’s right to seek, either 

by agreement or by application to the Court, greater or lesser protection than that provided 

herein, or modification of the terms of this Amended Stipulated Protective Order. 

H. Return to Confidential Materials

Within 60 days after the conclusion of these actions and with notice from the 

respective producing party, all materials designated as Confidential Material shall be 

returned to the producing party. This provision shall not apply to court filings or file copies 

of pleadings, briefs or correspondence maintained by the parties’ respective counsel in the 

ordinary course of business. 

I. Binding Effect

This Stipulation shall remain in full force and effect at all times during which any 

party Amended Stipulated Protective Order or any person having executed the 

acknowledgement described above retains in his, her, or its possession, custody or control 

any Confidential Material. 

J. Additional Parties to Lawsuit

In the event that other parties may be added to these actions, no Confidential 

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Material previously exchanged, produced or used herein shall be disclosed to such 

additional parties or their counsel except upon their agreeing to be bound by the provisions 

of the original Stipulated Protective Order, filed on January 19, 2006 and this Amended 

Stipulated Protective Order. 

K. Additional Rights 

This Amended Stipulated Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any 

party to move the Court for an order for good cause shown for protection of Confidential 

Material sought by or produced through discovery, which protection is different form or in 

addition to that provided for in this Amended Stipulated Protective Order, and such right is 

expressly reserved. Similarly, each party expressly reserves the right at any time to request 

the Court to authorize disclosure other than contemplated hereunder of materials subject to 

this Amended Stipulated Protective Order. 

[Signatures follow on next page] 

Dated: March 9, 2006 KAPTETAN BROTHERS 

 By: _/s/Peter N. Kapetan___________ 

 PETER N. KAPETAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

SUSANNA LUCIA ORDONEZ 

Dated: March 9, 2006 DREYER, BABICH, BUCCOLA & CALLAHAM 

 By: __/s/Charles M. Barrett_________ 

 CHARLES M. BARRETT 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

SANDRA VALDEZ 

Dated: March 8, 2006 DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER, LLP 

 By: __/s/Leonard C. Herr____________ 

 LEONARD C. HERR 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

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RICHARD WILLIAMS 

Dated: March 13, 2006 TULARE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY 

 By: ___/s/ Teresa Saucedo___________ 

 TERESA SAUCEDO 

TULARE COUNTY COUNSEL 

DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL 

Dated: March 9, 2006 NELSON, ROZIER & BETTENCOURT 

 By: ___/s/ M. Robert Bettencourt____ 

 M. ROBERT BETTENCOURT 

 Attorneys for Defendant, 

 CITY OF WOODLAKE 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The terms of the above Stipulation are so ordered. 

Dated: 3/16/2006 By: /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 Judge of the United Stated District Court, 

Eastern District of California 

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EXHIBIT “A” 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I hereby acknowledge my understanding that confidential research, development or 

commercial information and/or trade secrets and/or protected information under California 

law (“Confidential Material”) is being provided to me under the terms and restrictions of the 

Protective Order dated ____________, 2006, in Valdez v. City of Woodlake, et al. and 

Ordonez v. City of Woodlake, et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:05-vs-0326 

AWI/SMS. I have been given a copy of that Protective Order and have read it. I agree to be 

bound by the Protective Order. I will not reveal the Confidential Material to anyone, or use 

the Confidential Material or information derived therefrom, in any capacity, except as 

allowed by the Protective Order. 

Dated: _________________ 2006 

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