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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Stipulation Re: Discovery Documents and Materials CASE NO. C-0300359MMC 1

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General

 of the State of California

MIGUEL A. NERI,

FIEL D. TIGNO, Supervising

 Deputy Attorney’s General

KAREN L. DONALD

 Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 166437

P.O. Box 70550

1515 Clay Street, Suite 2000

Oakland, California 94612-0550

Telephone: (510) 622-2202

Fax: (510) 622-2121

Email: karen.donald@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Craig Franklin and Joseph Reynoso 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID G. LEWIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CRAIG FRANKLIN; JOSEPH REYNOSO;

STANLEY WALKER and DOES 1 through

50,

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Defendant.

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CASE No. C 03-00359 MMC

STIPULATION FOR

CONFIDENTIALITY OF DOCUMENTS

PRODUCED IN DISCOVERY BY

DEFENDANTS’ REYNOSO AND

FRANKLIN; AND ORDER 

It is hereby stipulated between defendants, Craig Franklin (Franklin) and Joseph Reynoso

(Reynoso), and their attorneys and plaintiff David G. Lewis, and his attorneys, and defendant

Stanley Walker (Walker), and his attorneys, as follows:

1. Although defendants Franklin and Reynoso individually do not have any documents

or materials that are responsive to Plaintiff’s Request for Production of Documents,

Set Number One, several documents and other things in the custody of the California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will produced on their behalf

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in the course of this litigation. Plaintiff and his attorneys, as well as defendant

Walker and his attorneys, agree that such documents and information are confidential

and will be stored and treated as such. However, this stipulation does not waive the

rights of Franklin, Reynoso, or CDCR of the right to take appropriate legal recourse.

2. Plaintiff and his attorneys, as well as Walker and his attorneys, agree that documents

and information produced by defendants Franklin and Reynoso in this action

pursuant to this stipulation will be used only in this case (i.e., Northern District of

California Case No. C 03-00359MMC).

3. Plaintiff and his attorneys, as well as Walker and his attorneys, agree that the

documents and other materials, as well as the information and names contained

within the documents or other materials produced pursuant to this stipulation, will

not be shared with any other parties or used for any purpose other than the litigation

of the captioned matter and as provided herein.

4. Plaintiff’s counsel agrees to provide a fully signed copy of this stipulation and order

to plaintiff and to explain the terms of this stipulation and order to plaintiff prior to

giving plaintiff any documents or information produced on behalf of Franklin and

Reynoso in this litigation pursuant to this stipulation.

5. Plaintiff and his attorneys agree that they will not disseminate the documents and

information produced pursuant to this stipulation to anyone other than plaintiff,

plaintiff’s attorneys and persons retained or employed by them, any witnesses or

potential witnesses in this litigation, and plaintiff’s legitimate litigation consultants

in this case. To disseminate means to transmit, either directly or indirectly, by any

method, including, but not limited to, oral, written, or electronic transmissions.

Plaintiff’s counsel may use the produced documents and information at depositions

or trial in this case and may submit such materials to alternative dispute resolution

providers approved by both parties in this case. Plaintiff and his attorneys agree to

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instruct each person receiving produced documents and/or information that such

person is not to publish or disseminate, in any way, the documents and/or

information to others. Plaintiff and his attorneys will provide such instruction, along

with a fully signed copy of this stipulation and order, prior to delivering the produced

documents or information to each such person. Plaintiff and his attorneys agree to

obtain from each person who receives documents and/or information produced

pursuant to this stipulation in this matter, a written agreement to abide by the terms

of this stipulation and order prior to giving such person any documents and/or

information.

6. Within 20 days of the conclusion of this litigation, plaintiff and his attorneys agree

to return all documents (including all copies, indices, and summaries of such

documents) to counsel for Franklin and Reynoso. Plaintiff and his attorneys agree

to destroy, at the earliest opportunity following this litigation, all documents

describing information provided by Franklin, Reynoso, or CDCR in this litigation.

The parties understand that plaintiff’s counsel may keep attorney work-product

documents following this litigation and that such documents may be required to be

preserved for a period of five years pursuant to California Rule of Professional

Conduct 4-100(b)(3). Plaintiff and his counsel agree to use such documents, and

information derived from such documents, only for purposes of this action and to

destroy such documents upon the completion of the appropriate time period.

7. Plaintiff and his attorneys agree to notify counsel for Franklin or Reynoso within 24

hours of discovery that any of the produced documents or things are missing, lost or

stolen.

8. If plaintiff files any CDCR documents or documents containing CDCR confidential

information produced pursuant to this stipulation with the court, such documents

shall be filed under seal with the court.

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9. This stipulation shall not apply to any CDCR documents or information obtained by

Plaintiff and/or his attorneys by lawful means other than pursuant to this stipulation.

Plaintiff’s counsel agree to provide a copy of this fully signed stipulation and order

to new attorneys obtained by plaintiff.

10. Plaintiff’s counsel agrees to provide a copy of this fully signed stipulation and

order to new attorneys obtained by plaintiff. 

Respectfully submitted,

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General

of the State of California

MIGUEL A. NERI,

FIEL D. TIGNO, Supervising

Deputy Attorney’s General

DATED: ____________

KAREN L. DONALD

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants 

Craig Franklin and Jose Reynoso

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

DATED: ____________

ALEX TSE, ESQ.

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendant Stanley Walker

CARROLL, BURDICK & McDONOUGH, LLP

DATED: ____________

JAMES HENDERSON 

Attorney for Plaintiff David G. Lewis

Pursuant to Stipulation, it is so ordered.

DATED: _____________

HON. MAXINE M. CHESNEY

U.S. District Court Judge

, with the exception that no document shall be filed under

June 9, 2006

seal unless the filing party first complies with the requirements of Civil Local Rule 79-5.

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