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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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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

JAMES M. HUMES

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

STEPHEN P. ACQUISTO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

ALVIN GITTISRIBOONGUL, State Bar No. 170296

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 323-1997

Fax: (916) 324-5205

Attorneys for Defendants Adams, Alameida, Jr.,

Anthony, Ayers, Castillo, Hartfield, Huang, Kuberski,

McKesson, Pitts, Prud’homme, Steinberg, Vijaya,

Williams and Wilson

SA2005300056

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 FRESNO DIVISION

BALJIT KAUR, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ED ALAMEIDA, JR., et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:05-cv-0276 OWW DLB

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER

Subject to the approval of this court, the parties, through their respective counsel of

record, hereby stipulate to the following protective order:

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties may designate

any document, thing, material, testimony or other information derived therefrom, as

"Confidential" under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order (hereinafter "Order").

Confidential information is information which has not been made public and which concerns or

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relates to the processes, operations, sensitive information pertaining to individuals, and securityrelated information unique to the California Department of Corrections and its prison institutions,

the disclosure of which may have the effect of causing harm to the prison institutions, its

employees, and inmates.

2. Material designated as confidential under this Order, the information contained

therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part

from material designated as confidential (hereinafter "Confidential Material") shall be used only

for the purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no other purpose.

3. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made

available only to the Court, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial

staff employed by such counsel), and to the "qualified persons" designated below: 

(a) a party, or an officer, director, or employee of a party deemed necessary by

counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

(b) experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such

counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

(c) court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

(d) a non-inmate witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and

(e) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 

4. Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each "qualified person" shall be

provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of

Attachment A, a copy of which shall be provided forthwith to counsel for each other party and

for the parties. 

5. 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

FRCP 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.

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6. 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 an 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. 

7. To date, Defendants have produced or are in the process of producing confidential

documents including, but not limited to, Office of Internal Affairs’ Investigation Reports

concerning decedent’s death and allegations against individual officers; personnel-related

information pertaining to individual Defendants; and various individual reports bearing

information pertaining to inmates who are not parties to this action. These items are deemed

confidential information as defined in this agreement and protective order.

8. The parties have agreed to a site inspection that will take place at California

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) in Corcoran, California on October 25, 2006. The

parties further agree that the inspection will be recorded via video and audio equipment, and

photos may also be taken of the decedent’s cell, living unit and any evidence collected from

decedent after his death. The recording and photographing will be done by CSATF personnel. 

The video, audio, and photographs obtained through this inspection shall be deemed confidential

information. The parties agree that at the conclusion of this lawsuit whether through settlement,

verdict, and/or appeal. All video, audio, and photographs obtained through this inspection shall

be returned to Alvin Gittisriboongul, Deputy Attorney General, or his designee. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: September ___, 2006 _____________________________________

ALVIN GITTISRIBOONGUL

Attorney for Defendants

Adams, Alameida, Jr., Anthony, Ayers,

Castillo, Hartfield, Huang, Kuberski,

McKesson, Pitts, Prud’homme, Steinberg,

Vijaya, Williams and Wilson

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Dated: September ___, 2006 _____________________________________

CATHERINE CAMPBELL

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: September ___, 2006 _____________________________________

KATHLEEN WILLIAMS

Attorney for Defendants

Bhatt, Deering, Gonzales, Hirbour-Riveles,

and Underwood

Dated: September ___, 2006 _____________________________________

JOHN OHNSTAD, JR.

Attorney for Defendants

Carillo and Patterson

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 6, 2006 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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