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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 05:552 Right to Privacy Act

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

C 05-1113 EDL 1

Peter S. Young CA SB No. 60219 

Attorney at Law

271 Miller Ave.

Mill Valley, CA 94941

(415) 388-2400; Facsimile (415) 388-2476

webtuner@pacbell.net

William C. Carpenter Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Oregon SB No. 90045

474 Willamette St., Suite 303

Eugene, OR 97401 

(541) 484-4436; Facsimile: (541) 683-1346

wcarpenter@igc.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DONNA STAFFORD, )

)

 ) C 05-01113 EDL

Plaintiff, )

v. ) STIPULATION AND

 ) [PROPOSED] ORDER RE

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, ) CONFIDENTIALITY

and THE UNITED STATES, )

 )

Defendants. )

)

Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiff Donna Stafford and defendant, the Social

Security Administration, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to the

following protective order:

The parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary in order to: (1)

facilitate discovery of information without document by document controversy concerning

confidentiality; (2) protect defendants’ employees’ privacy rights; (3) protect the plaintiff’s

private medical information, (4) protect the plaintiff’s daughter’s, Ms. Gina Stafford’s,

confidential information, and (5) avoid violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C.

§522a. The parties therefore request that the Court enter the following protective order pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

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STIPULATED ORDER

All documents obtained from the parties in response to discovery requests made under the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or made pursuant to any disclosure requirement, including

initial disclosure requirements, that are contained within any medical file, Social Security file,

related Court file, or any personnel file of any person (the “Documents”) shall be subject to the

following restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for purposes of

this litigation and not for any other purpose;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed to anyone

other than (a) the attorneys employed by parties and the attorneys’ staff; (b) the parties; (c) actual

or potential third-party witnesses; (d) outside experts or consultants retained by any of the parties

or their counsel for purposes of this litigation; (e) stenographic deposition reporters; and (f) other

persons whom the parties mutually agree upon in writing;

3. Each of the named persons in section 2 must also sign the “Agreement to Be Bound

by Protective Order” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A prior to having documents disclosed to

him or her;

4. However, the Documents or the information contained therein may be disclosed to

the Court in further proceedings herein, but those Documents or the information so disclosed

shall remain protected under this Order;

5. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents, except that, as required by the

litigation, copies, excerpts, or summaries may be shown to those authorized in Paragraph 2;

6. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 5, all of the Documents shall remain in

the custody of the receiving party’s attorney of record, including pro hac vice counsel, during the

pendency of the litigation;

7. Upon final determination of this litigation, including all appeals, all of the Documents,

including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, produced by defendant that pertains to any

person other than the plaintiff herein, shall be returned to defendant’s counsel. Likewise,

documents, including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, produced by plaintiff that pertains to

to the extent consistent with Local Rule 79-5 and the Court's 

standing order on confidential and sealed documents, attached

herewith.

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the plaintiff or plaintiff’s daughter’s juvenile case shall be returned to the plaintiff. 

Notwithstanding this paragraph, however, the parties’ attorneys may retain one copy of each

pleading and other document filed with the Court that contains any of the Documents covered by

this Order. Furthermore, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the receiving

party’s attorney to turn over any attorney work-product;

8. If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the

unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the Protected Material,

(c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of

this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and

Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and,

9. This Stipulation and Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to seek

modification of it from the Court. It shall remain in effect until such time as it is modified,

amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. The 

Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulation and

Protective Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 16, 2005 PETER S. YOUNG, Attorney At Law

 /s/

PETER S. YOUNG

Attorney for Plaintiff Donna Stafford

DATED: August 16, 2005 WILLIAM C. CARPENTER, JR., Attorney At Law

 /s/

WILLIAM C. CARPENTER, JR.

Attorney Pro Hac Vice for Plaintiff Donna Stafford

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KEVIN V. RYAN (CASB 118321)

United States Attorney

 /s/

JONATHAN U. LEE

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

Dated:

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

AS MODIFIED.

Encl. Standing Order on Confidential and Sealed 

Documents.

August 18, 2005

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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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 under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and

understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for

the Northern District of California on August __, 2005 in the case of Stafford v. Social Security

Administration, C 05-1113 EDF. I agree to comply with and to 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 solemnly

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 strict compliance with the

provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 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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