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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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WILLIAM R. TAMAYO (CA Bar No. 084965)

DAVID OFFEN-BROWN (CA Bar No. 063321)

CINDY O’HARA (CA Bar No. 114555) 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

San Francisco District Office

350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone No. (415) 625-5653

Facsimile No. (415) 625-5657

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff,

and

BOWEN DEAN BLACK SWAN,

Plaintiff-Intervenor,

v.

DUDLEY PERKINS COMPANY,

Defendant. _______________________________________

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Civil Action No. C-08-4552-CW

SECOND STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action:

1. Disclosure and discovery activity in this action involve production of confidential,

proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from

use of any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation would be warranted. Accordingly, the

parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective

Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all

disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords extends only to the limited

information or items that are entitled under the applicable legal principles to treatment as

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confidential. The parties further acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order creates no

entitlement to file confidential information under seal: Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth

procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be subject to the approval of

this Court, the parties hereby stipulate to the following protective order:

2. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties agree that Plaintiff

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will produce the file of Dr. Jennifer

Cummings, M.D. (Cummings file), reflecting her treatment of Plaintiff Intervenor Bowen Dean

Black Swan (Black Swan). The parties agree that the production of these records does not

constitute a waiver of any other medical or psychotherapy records of Black Swan.

3. Should the Cummings file, or any portion thereof be filed with the Court prior to trial, the

parties agree that they will request to have the file or any portion thereof filed under seal. This

agreement does not preclude a party from seeking relief from this clause should a party deem it

necessary to submit into evidence the Cummings file or portions thereof during trial, nor does it

preclude a party from seeking to exclude the Cummings file or any portion thereof through a

motion in limine or other means to limit its introduction at trial.

4. Material subject to this Order, the information contained therein, and any summaries,

copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from said material shall be used

only for the purposes of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no other

purpose.

5. Material subject to this Order shall not be furnished, shown or revealed to any person

except "qualified persons," which, as used herein, shall refer collectively to (1) the individual

attorneys and paralegals handling the matter for the firm or agency which is counsel of record for

each of the parties; (2) any consultants and/or expert witnesses retained by any party or their

counsel; (3) any court reporter recording deposition testimony in this lawsuit; and (4) the parties

to this action, but only as necessary for such parties to be informed as to the evidence in the

litigation and /or for purposes of making decisions regarding the handling and disposition of

the litigation. All such “qualified persons” agree not to disseminate the material subject to this

order to any one else.

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6. Each “qualified person” to whom documents subject to this order will be produced will

be furnished a copy of this stipulation and shall agree to abide by the terms and conditions herein

in writing.

7. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive any objection based upon lack of relevancy or

any applicable privileges as authorized by Federal law.

8. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties (i) to bring before the

Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is confidential

or whether its use should be restricted or (ii) to present a motion to the Court under F.R.C.P.

26(c) for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information, including

restrictions differing from those as specified herein. This order shall not be deemed to prejudice

the parties in any way in any future application for modification of this Order.

9. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of documents and

information between the parties to this action without involving the Court unnecessarily in the

process. Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or document under the

terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect

of any admission or waiver by either party or of altering the confidentiality or nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering any existing obligation of any

party or the absence thereof.

10. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that the

information produced subject to this Order is not or does not become known to the public, and

the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information

disclosed herein. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall promptly assemble

and return to the disclosing party all documents, materials and deposition transcripts subject to

this Order and all copies of same, or shall certify the destruction thereof. However as to the

EEOC, nothing in this order shall be interpreted as limiting or overriding the EEOC's obligation

to maintain copies of files pursuant to the Federal Records Act."

E-filing concurrence: I, Cindy O’Hara, counsel for Plaintiff EEOC, certify that I have obtained

the concurrence of GayLynn Conant, counsel for Defendant, and Bowen Dean Black Swan,

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Intervenor in pro per, for the filing of this stipulated protective order.

DATED: April 2, 2010

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION

 /S/ 

CINDY O’HARA

Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC

DATED: April 2, 2010

 /S/ 

BOWEN DEAN BLACK

SWAN

Intervenor in Propria

Persona

DATED: April 2, 2010

LOMBARDI, LOPER &

CONANT, LLP

 /S/ 

GAYLYNN KIRN

CONANT

Attorneys for Defendant

Dudley Perkins

ORDER

Good cause appearing, the foregoing stipulated matters are so ORDERED.

DATED: 4/5/2010 __________________________________

United States District Court Judge

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