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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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GREGORY M. FOX, ESQ., SBN 070876

DANA L. SOONG, ESQ., SBN 168160

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT

The Waterfront Building

2749 Hyde Street

San Francisco, CA 94109

Telephone: (415) 353-0999

Facsimile: (415) 353-0990

HARVEY E. LEVINE, ESQ., SBN 61880

MICHAEL BARRETT, ESQ., SBN 155968

City of Fremont

3300 Capitol Avenue

P.O. Box 5006

Fremont, CA 94537-5006

Telephone: (510) 284-4030

Facsimile: (510) 284-4031

Attorneys for defendant CITY OF FREMONT,

CRAIG STECKLER, AND MICHAEL CHINN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JENNIFER SAMSON DAVID, by and 

through her attorneys-in-fact ROBERT 

NOVAK and CONSTANT NOVAK, 

individually and in her representative capacity 

as successor in interest to Glenn P. David,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF FREMONT, a municipal 

corporation; CRAIG STECKLER, individually 

and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the 

City of Fremont: OFFICER MICHAEL 

CHINN, individually; DOES 1- 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 05 00046 CW

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

 

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RACHEL DAVID; M. D., by and through his 

Guardian Ad Litem, LORI ALEMANIA,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF FREMONT, a municipal 

corporation; CRAIG STECKLER, in his 

capacity as Chief of Police for the CITY OF 

FREMONT; MICHAEL CHINN, individually, 

and in his capacity as a police officer for the 

CITY OF FREMONT; and DOES 1-25, 

inclusive, individually and in their capacities 

as police officers for the CITY OF 

FREMONT, 

 Defendants.

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WHEREAS, discovery in the above-captioned case (the “Litigation”) 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 such information;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiff JENNIFER SANSOM DAVID by and 

through her attorney in fact ROBERT NOVAK and CONSTANT NOVAK, individually and in 

her representative capacity as successor in interest to Glenn P. David and by and through her 

attorneys MICHAEL S. SORGEN and JOSHUA SONDHEIMER, individually and on behalf of 

the LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. SORGEN, Plaintiffs RACHEL DAVID and MD, by and 

through his Guardian Ad Litem LORI ALEMANIA, by and through their attorney JOHN L. 

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

Defendants CITY OF FREMONT, CRAIG STECKLER, and MICHAEL CHINN, by and 

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through their attorney GREGORY M. FOX, individually and on behalf of Bertrand, Fox & 

Elliot, as follows:

1. Any “document” (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 “Confidential.” 

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. 

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

sections 832.5, 832.7 regarding any officer of the Fremont Police Department.

(b) Records of the finances of individuals.

(c) Records of internal and/or personnel investigations by the Fremont Police

Department.

(d) Medical and/or psychiatric records.

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

department as restricted or confidential.

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(f) Confidential marital communications. Disclosure of marital communications

designated as confidential pursuant to this order shall not constitute a waiver of 

the marital communications or privacy privileges. 

(g) Any of the records listed above if produced by a nonparty without designation.

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

“Confidential Records.” The parties may not deem “confidential” any records that are already 

in the public domain or that have not been kept confidential by the parties except 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 “Confidential” or by 

notifying counsel for all parties to whom documents have been produced within fourteen (14) 

days of production that a particular document that has been produced is designated

“Confidential.” 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 “confidential” or by designation of the

deposition transcript, or portions thereof, as “confidential” within fourteen (14) days after 

counsel receives the deposition transcript. No person shall attend portions of the depositions 

designated “Confidential” 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 

‘confidential’ 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, 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 of record or filed under seal 

with the Court.

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

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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 “Confidential,” 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 “Confidential,” 

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 “Confidential,” 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 “Confidential” 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 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 “Confidential” 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 ‘A’ stating that he or 

she has read and understands its terms and shall abide by them. A file shall be maintained by 

the attorneys of record of all written agreements signed by persons to whom such documents 

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have been given, which file shall be available for inspection in camera by the Court upon a 

showing of good cause pursuant to a noticed motion.

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 any police department on any police officer.

(b) Records maintained by the Fremont 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.

10. The attorney for the party designating information as “Confidential” shall, in the 

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 of 

their objection.

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

(the ‘Meet 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 

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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 re-designated 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 

‘confidential’ 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.

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 of in some other manner that is mutually agreeable among the parties.

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.

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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: October 6, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURRIS

__________________/s/____________________________

JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, CA 94611

510-839-5200

Attorney for Plaintiffs RACHEL DAVID and M.D.

Dated: October 6, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. SORGEN

__________________/s/___________________________

Michael S. Sorgen

240 Stockton Street, 9th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108

T: 415-956-1360

Attorney for Plaintiffs JENNIFER SAMSON DAVID et al

Dated: October 6, 2005 BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT

____________________/s/__________________________

Gregory M. Fox

Attorney for Defendants CITY OF FREMONT, et al.

BY STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED.

10/11/05 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN

Dated: __________ ________________________________________________

Claudia S. Wilken

United States District Court Judge

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ATTESTATION REGARDING SIGNATURES

I hereby attest that I have on file all holographic signatures for any signatures indicated 

by a conformed signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.

Dated: October 6, 2005 /s/

Michael S. Sorgen

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Exhibit A

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 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 No. C 05 00046 

CW. 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 the 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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