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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

DAVID S. CHANEY

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

TRACY S. HENDRICKSON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

BARRY D. ALVES, State Bar No. 232971

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-8212

Fax: (916) 324-5205

Email: Barry.Alves@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Armoskus, French,

Hickman,and Woodford

SA2006304062

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 SACRAMENTO DIVISION

MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

2:05 CV-1257 GEB KJM P

STIPULATION AND

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties hereby stipulate to the following

protective order:

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, Plaintiff has requested

documents which are confidential. This confidential information is not made public and

concerns or relates to processes, operations, sensitive information pertaining to individuals, and

security-related information unique to the California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation (CDCR) and its prison institutions, the disclosure of which may have the effect of

causing harm to prison employees or prisoners. 

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2. Specifically, Plaintiff has requested lockdown memoranda and portions of the

confidential section of the CDCR Operations Manual. Defendants have gathered the relevant

documents and stamped or otherwise marked them as confidential. 

3. The parties hereby designate as confidential under this order, the documents

stamped or otherwise marked as “confidential.” The documents stamped or otherwise marked as

“confidential” shall be used only for the purposes of the prosecution or defense of this action,

and for no other purpose. Plaintiff cannot copy, or otherwise reproduce, these documents. The

material designated as confidential may be disclosed, or made available, only to the Court. 

Otherwise, Plaintiff cannot show, disclose, or otherwise provide these document to anyone,

particularly other inmates. 

4. This order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties: (a) 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 (b) to present a motion to the Court under

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

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

prejudice the parties in any future application or modification of this order. This order shall not

be deemed to prevent the parties from objecting to this information at trial. 

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5. 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. This order does not affect the right of either party to redact

information. Nothing in this order nor the production of any information shall be deemed to

have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party or of altering the confidentiality or

nonconfidentiality or any such document or information. 

Dated: June 28, 2007

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

DAVID S. CHANEY

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

TRACY S. HENDRICKSON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Barry D. Alves BARRY D. ALVES

Deputy Attorney General

Counsel for Defendants

Dated: June 28, 2007 See Following Page for Signature 

MICHAEL SMITH

Plaintiff Pro Per

With the clarification that any requests to seal or redact information to be filed with the

court are governed by Local Rules 39-140 and 39-141, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 12, 2007. 

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