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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

ELIZABETH S. SALVESON, STATE BAR # 83788 

Chief Labor Attorney 

LISA B. BERKOWITZ, State Bar #167657 

Deputy City Attorney 

Fox Plaza 

1390 Market Street, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3825 

Facsimile: (415) 554-4248 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

KEVIN LYONS, DAN GILMAN, and MICHAEL SALDANHA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HATTIE M. FINN-CARTER, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO; PUBLIC UTILITIES 

COMMISSION; KEVIN LYON, in his 

individual and official capacities; DAN 

GILMAN, in his individual and official 

capacities; MICHAEL SALDANHA, in 

his individual and official capacities; and 

DOES 1 THROUGH 50, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C06-1067 JSW 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

STIPULATION 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Hattie Finn-Carter ("Plaintiff") and Defendant City and County of San 

Francisco ("Defendant") agree and hereby stipulate to a protective order that all information 

exchanged and/or discovered in this action shall be used only in the above-entitled action for the 

purpose of this litigation, and only in accordance with the terms of this stipulation and order; 

 WHEREAS, subject to this stipulation and order, Defendant is disclosing and producing 

certain copies of documents from Defendant's employee personnel files and other files; and whereas 

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Plaintiff seeks private information in discovery from Department employees and personal contact 

information in the City's possession regarding former City employees; 

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 The parties hereby STIPULATE to the following: 

 1. Designations: Either party may designate documents, files, records or other 

information as “CONFIDENTIAL ” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY.” 

 2. Scope and Access: 

 (A) Scope: The designation of documents, files, records or other information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” shall be used to protect privacy rights 

which may be implicated in producing the following, which includes but is not limited to: 

personnel records of PUC employees, personal addresses of former PUC employees to the extent 

the City has knowledge of such information, employee complaints and grievances against the 

named defendants, and other confidential information. Either party is entitled to designate material 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY.” 

 (B) Access To “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY”

Materials: Any documents, files, records or other information designated by one party as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” shall not be exhibited or disclosed by 

the other party’s counsel to other persons except as follows, unless authorized by further order of 

the Court: 

(i) the court and court reporters; 

(ii) the parties or authorized agent (as in the case of government entity) and their 

counsel and counsel’s secretaries and assistants; 

(iii) experts, investigators or consultants retained by counsel to assist in the 

evaluation, preparation or testimony of this case; and 

(iv) a witness who authored, received or can confirm the contents of document. 

Furthermore any documents, files, records or others information designated by one party as 

“ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY,” shall not be disclosed at any time or for any purpose to Plaintiff, 

Hattie Finn-Carter, or to any other persons except those authorized above. 

 3. Restricting Use To This Litigation: Documents, files, records or other information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” shall be used only in the 

above-entitled litigation for the purpose of this litigation, and only in accordance with the terms of 

this stipulation and order. 

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 4. Disputed Designations: Either party may contest at any time the designation by the 

other party of documents, files, records or other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or 

“ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY.” Nothing in this order shall impair the right of any party to seek 

appropriate judicial review or relief with respect to any ruling of the Court made pursuant to this 

order. 

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 5. Request to Disclose to a Prohibited Person: In the event either party desires to 

exhibit or disclose “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” documents, files, 

records or other information, to persons prohibited by this stipulation, the moving party shall meet 

and confer with opposing counsel in an attempt to reach an agreement. If an agreement cannot be 

reached by the parties, the moving party shall file the appropriate motion with the court seeking 

relief from this stipulation and order. 

 6. Duration: All documents, files, records and other information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” shall remain so until the Court 

specifically rules otherwise, including during the period a designation is disputed or a request to 

disclose to a person is disputed. 

 7. Pleadings and Other Court Filings: If counsel for either party refers to materials 

marked "CONFIDENTIAL" and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” in motion papers or pleadings 

filed with the Court, counsel must protect the confidentiality of those materials, may not quote or 

include those materials in public filings, but may file any documents under seal pursuant to the 

Court’s rules and procedures, and in accordance with this stipulation and order. 

 8. Use at Trial: In the event any party desires to exhibit documents or disclose material 

covered under this stipulation to witnesses during trial or pretrial proceedings, such party shall meet 

and confer with opposing counsel to reach an agreement, in accordance with the Court's rules and 

procedures, on an appropriate method for disclosure. If the parties cannot reach an agreement, the 

dispute shall be submitted to the Court. 

 9. Return of Documents: At the conclusion of this litigation, the parties shall return to 

the disclosing party all documents marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES 

ONLY” upon request. 

 10. Unauthorized Disclosure: If the Court finds that either party is responsible for the 

unauthorized disclosure of any “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” 

documents, files, records or information relating to this lawsuit, the parties and counsel may be 

subject to sanctions. 

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 11. Modification of this Order: This order is subject to modification pursuant to motion 

procedures by either party. 

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Dated: August 2, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

By:______/s/__________________ 

 LISA B. BERKOWITZ 

 Deputy City Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

Dated:________________________ By:________________________ 

 FANIA E. DAVIS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 Hattie Finn-Carter 

ORDER

 THE STIPULATION above regarding a protective order to govern disclosure of confidential 

and attorney’s eyes only materials is HEREBY ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________________ ______________________________ 

 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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