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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq., SBN 69888

ADANTE D. POINTER, Esq., SBN 236229

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Center

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

John.Burris@johnburrislaw.com

Adante.Pointer@johnburrislaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

C.E.W., a minor, individually and as 

successor-in-interest for Decedent 

MOHAMMED SHAH, by and through his 

guardian ad litem VALERIE WEAVER; and 

JANIFER SHAH, individually and as the 

successor in interest to deceased plaintiff 

MOHAMMED SHAH

 Plaintiffs, 

 v.

CITY OF HAYWARD, a municipal 

corporation; ALLEN NEULA, individually;

and DOES 1-49, inclusive; individually and in 

their official capacities as Police Officers for 

the CITY OF HAYWARD,

 Defendants. 

 CASE NO.: CV 13-4516 (LB)

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

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

and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may 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 from public disclosure and use extends 

only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 

legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 

Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil 

Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied 

when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order.

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26(c).

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well 

as their support staff).

2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information in this matter.

2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium 

or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to 

discovery in this matter.

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2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action.

2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party 

would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.

2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action 

but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf 

of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.

2.11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action.

2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, 

storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.

2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as 

defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all 

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copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving 

Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of 

publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record 

through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the 

disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 

information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of 

Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 

otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and 

defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion 

and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time 

limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or 

Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit 

any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The 

Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or 

oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, 

or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit 

of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown 

to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily 

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encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on 

other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for 

protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties 

that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure 

or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated 

before the material is disclosed or produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party 

affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on 

a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 

(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it 

would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material 

made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the 

Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under 

this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 

appropriate legend ( “CONFIDENTIAL” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on 

a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 

(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 

Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding, all protected testimony. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of 

testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify 

for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days from receipt of the transcript to identify the specific 

portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being 

asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 

days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating 

Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the 

entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.”

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or other 

proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only authorized 

individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present 

at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect its 

designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that the 

transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages (including 

line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and the level of protection 

being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these 

requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall 

be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript 

shall be treated only as actually designated.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 

tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 

containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or 

item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 

portion(s).

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right 

to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the 

Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with 

the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, 

or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a 

confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 

designation is disclosed.

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process 

by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each 

challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite 

that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the 

Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the 

process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not 

sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must 

explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the 

Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, 

and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A 

Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in 

this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate 

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in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil 

Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the 

initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process 

will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements 

imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion 

including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive 

the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party 

may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for 

doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. 

Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the 

preceding paragraph.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. 

Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the 

Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain 

confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the 

level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules 

on the challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 

produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the 

categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been 

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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 

DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a 

secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by 

the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 

information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees 

of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for 

this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving 

Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 

unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 

deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately 

bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this 

Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” [Optional: 

and “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”] Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by 

the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information 

or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” [Optional: or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”] only to:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of said 

Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation 

and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit 

A;

 (b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as 

to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed];

(c) the court and its personnel;

(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants and Professional Vendors to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and

(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person 

who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to Experts.

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, a Party 

that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that has been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) 

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first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the Receiving Party seeks 

permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or 

her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current 

employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or 

funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, 

including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years,

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name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in connection with which the 

Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or 

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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding respective 

paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Expert unless, within 14 days of 

delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such 

objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.

(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the Designating 

Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement within seven days 

of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert 

may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if 

applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances 

with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, 

assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be 

used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

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 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a thirdparty, then the Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed 

without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert 

shall be available to meet and confer with the Designating Party regarding any such engagement.

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limited work prior to the termination of the litigation that could foreseeably result in an improper 

use of the Designating Party’s “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

information.

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describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet 

and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to 

approve the disclosure.

In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden of 

proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed) outweighs the 

Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert.

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 

LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the 

other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 

Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena or 

court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from 

which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. 

The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its 

confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or 

encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS 

LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this 

action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” ” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by 

the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a NonParty’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the 

Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or all 

of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in 

this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the 

information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or 

control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by 

the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of 

seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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 

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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized 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.

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 

MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced 

material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties 

are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to 

modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production 

without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 

parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by 

the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement 

in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek 

its modification by the court in the future.

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order 

no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 

Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by 

this Protective Order.

12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a 

court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public 

record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 

Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal 

pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant 

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to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected 

Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under 

the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local 

Rule 79-5(d) is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public 

record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. 

As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 

summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the 

Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to 

the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day 

deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 

returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 

Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, 

motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, 

deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work 

product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or 

constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 

(DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: March 5, 2015 /s/

Adanté D. Pointer, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff

DATED: March 5, 2015 /s/

Rafael E. Alvarado, Esq.

Attorney for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________

Honorable Laurel Beeler

United States District Judge

March 9, 2015

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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 in the case of C.E.W., et al. v. City of Hayward, CV 13-4516 

(LB). 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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