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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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Stipulated Protective Order 1 Case No. 1:19-CV-00808-NONE-BAM

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DANIEL C. CEDERBORG

 County Counsel – State Bar No. 124260

CATHERINE E. BASHAM

 Chief Deputy County Counsel – State Bar No. 128408

KATWYN T. DELAROSA 

 Deputy County Counsel – State Bar No. 267157 

REBEKAH A. EROPKIN 

 Deputy County Counsel – State Bar No. 276416 

FRESNO COUNTY COUNSEL

2220 Tulare Street, Suite 500

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 600-3479

Facsimile: (559) 600-3480

Attorneys for Defendant

BRANDI L. ORTH, 

Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 

CHURCH OF FRESNO

 Plaintiff,

 v.

BRANDI L. ORTH, Fresno County 

Clerk/Registrar of Voters

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-CV-00808-NONE-BAM

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

RE DISCLOSURE OF COUNTY OF 

FRESNO PRECINCT OFFICER 

PRIVATE INFORMATION

 

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between legal counsel for 

Fresno County and Defendant BRANDI L. ORTH and for Plaintiff, THE UNITARIAN 

UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF FRESNO (hereinafter collectively the “Parties”), that:

The Parties intend to seek information about the selection and use of polling 

locations in Fresno County. Records or other information disclosed during discovery in 

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Stipulated Protective Order 2 Case No. 1:19-CV-00808-NONE-BAM

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this case may contain the names, addresses, phone numbers and other personal 

information concerning the Precinct Officers and/or Election Officers assigned to these 

polling locations (hereinafter “Precinct Officers”). In the interest of maintaining the privacy 

of the Precinct Officers, the Parties agree to the following restrictions regarding the use 

of Precinct Officers’ identifying information:

1. Precinct Officers’ addresses and phone numbers (hereinafter “Personal 

Information”) will not be shown or disclosed to any person or used in any fashion by any 

party to this action except in connection with this judicial proceeding and as may be 

directly necessary in the preparation for litigation and litigation of this action. 

2. The parties shall make all reasonable efforts to avoid disclosure of Personal 

Information of Precinct Officers including using redacted copies of records whenever 

possible in this litigation to avoid the disclosure of Precinct Officers’ Personal Information 

to the public.

3. Any records or information produced containing the Personal Information of 

Precinct Officers shall be used solely in connection with the case of Unitarian Universalist 

Church of Fresno v. Orth, case number 1:19-CV-00808-NONE-BAM, including 

associated appellate proceedings and collateral review, and not for any other purpose. 

4. This protective order/stipulation shall be applicable to the parties, and any 

attorney, investigator, expert witness, agent, or other representative of either Party. 

5. At the conclusion of this matter, all records containing Personal Information 

or copies of such records shall be destroyed or returned to the respective Party’s counsel, 

regardless of the outcome of the case. If said records are destroyed, notification of their 

destruction is to be given to counsel for Defendant by counsel for Plaintiff. 

6. This protective order/Stipulation shall be continuing in nature, and shall 

apply whether the case is pending before a trial or appellate court. 

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Dated: March 19, 2020 /s/ Katwyn T. DeLaRosa 

KATWYN T. DELAROSA

Deputy County Counsel 

Attorneys for Defendant

BRANDI L. ORTH, County Clerk/Registrar of 

Voters for the County of Fresno

Dated: March 19, 2020 /s/ Mollie Lee (as authorized on 3/19/20) 

MOLLIE LEE

Attorneys for Plaintiff The Unitarian Universalist 

Church of Fresno

ORDER

The Court adopts the stipulated protective order submitted by the parties. The 

parties are advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States District Court, 

Eastern District of California, any documents subject to this protective order to be filed 

under seal must be accompanied by a written request which complies with Local Rule 

141 prior to sealing. The party making a request to file documents under seal shall be 

required to show good cause for documents attached to a non-dispositive 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). Within five (5) days of any 

approved document filed under seal, the party shall file a redacted copy of the sealed 

document. The redactions shall be narrowly tailored to protect only the information that 

is confidential or was deemed confidential. Also, the parties shall consider resolving 

any dispute arising under this protective order according to the Court’s informal 

discovery dispute procedure.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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