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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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Petitioner’s Proposed Protective Order No. 2:01:cv-01290-MCE-GGH Page 1

BRUCE ERIC COHEN, Bar No. 87544

101 Second Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 495-0500

Facsimile: (415) 495-5616

E-mail: bcohen@capsf.org

DANIEL J. BRODERICK, Bar No. 89424

Federal Defender

JENNIFER MANN, Bar No. 215737

Assistant Federal Defender

801 I Street, 3rd Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-6666 

Facsimile: (916) 498-6656

E-mail: jennifer_mann@fd.org

Attorneys for Petitioner

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HERBERT J. CODDINGTON, )

)

Petitioner, )

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vs. )

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VINCENT CULLEN, Acting Warden of )

the California State Prison at San Quentin, )

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Respondent. )

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No. 2:01:cv-01290-KJM-GGH

DEATH PENALTY CASE

PROTECTIVE ORDER

On December 21, 2010, Petitioner filed a motion for discovery (Doc. 107) and a

supplemental motion for discovery (Doc. 110). Petitioner requested that the supplemental

discovery motion be filed under seal (Doc. 108).

On December 22, 2010, this Court granted the request, ordering that Petitioner’s

supplemental discovery motion and Exhibits 103 and 104 in support of that motion be filed under

seal. Doc. 109. In that order, the Court directed the parties to file a “mutually agreed upon

protective order precluding dissemination from all except those with a need-to-know in this case, or

use of the documents to be sealed in matters outside the needs of this case.” This is that order.

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Exhibits 103 and 104 are subject to a protective order entered by the Superior Court

of El Dorado County on August 3, 2005. That order provides that, “ . . . regarding Juror [ ] , any 1/

material disclosed by the District Attorney shall be subject to a protective order limiting disclosure

to petitioner’s attorneys, petitioner’s attorney’s staff, and experts for purposes connected with this

litigation only, which shall include, but is not limited to, federal and state petitions for writ of

habeas corpus.”

The supplemental discovery motion and Exhibits 103 and 104 relate to Petitioner’s

claim 160(a) of his first amended federal petition (Doc. 59). In that claim, which is publicly filed,

Petitioner reveals the identity of the juror at issue in the claim and core facts regarding the claim of

juror misconduct, which are repeated in the supplemental discovery motion and in Exhibits 103 and

104. The identity of the juror and the core facts of the claim were publicly filed in the state habeas

petition, the informal response, and the reply to the informal response in the California Supreme

Court, No. S107502. The parties agree that it would be cumbersome and difficult to brief claim

160(a) if only those specific facts and allegations in the supplemental discovery motion and its

exhibits must be filed under seal, but those facts already in the public arena must be filed publicly,

requiring two briefs – one public and one under seal – each time the parties brief claim 160(a). The

parties agree that, at least until dispositive briefing, all briefing regarding claim 160(a) should be

filed under seal.

The following procedures will apply to briefing in non-dispositive proceedings. As

this Court made clear in its December 22, 2010, order, should either party seek to file under seal in

potentially dispositive proceedings the information contained in Petitioner’s supplemental

discovery motion and Exhibits 103 and 104, the party seeking to maintain confidentiality of the

information must demonstrate compelling reasons to do so. Order dated December 22, 2010, at 2-3

(Doc. 109). 

Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties file all non-dispositive briefing

related to Claim 160(a) under seal. 

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Petitioner’s Proposed Protective Order No. 2:01:cv-01290-MCE-GGH Page 3

Dated: January 18, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS BRUCE ERIC COHEN

Attorney General of California

DANIEL J. BRODERICK

Federal Defender

/s/ Christina Hitomi Simpson (approved 1/18/11)

CHRISTINA HITOMI SIMPSON

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Respondent /s/ Jennifer Mann 

JENNIFER MANN

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorneys for Petitioner

HERBERT J. CODDINGTON

DATED: January 20, 2011

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

United States Magistrate Judge

coddington.po

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