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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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PLACER COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE

David K. Huskey (SBN 109329)

Clayton T. Cook (SBN 260891)

175 Fulweiler Avenue

Auburn, California 95603

Telephone: (530) 889-4044

Facsimile: (530) 889-4069

Attorneys for Defendants Placer County,

Scott Myers and Gloria Sutton

Patrick H. Dwyer (SBN 137743)

P.O. Box 1705

Penn Valley, CA 95946

Telephone: (530) 432-5407

Facsimile: (530) 432-9122

Attorney for Plaintiffs Rachael Akey, 

N.D., a minor, Ryan Cornacchioli, and Linda Clayton 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Rachael Akey, an individual, and N.D., a minor, 

by Rachel Akey as Guardian ad litem, and Ryan 

Cornacchioli, an individual, and Linda Clayton

an individual, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

Placer County, California, a county government, 

and Scott Myers, in his official capacity as a 

social worker supervisor and as an individual, 

and Gloria Sutton in her official capacity as a 

social worker and as an individual, and Does 1 

through 10, 

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:14-cv-02402-KJM-KJN

STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY 

AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs N.D., a minor, by Rachel Akey as guardian ad litem, Rachel Akey, an 

individual, Ryan Cornacchioli, an individual, and Linda Clayton, an individual (hereinafter 

"Plaintiffs") and Defendants Placer County, Scott Myers and Gloria Sutton (hereinafter 

"Defendants") have agreed to exchange certain confidential and private information (e.g., 

information contained in the files of Placer County Superior Court, Case No. SDR-3557);

WHEREAS, the aforementioned information and/or documents are subject to limitations on 

disclosure under federal laws, state laws, and privacy rights;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the undersigned 

Parties ("Stipulating Parties), by and through their respective counsel of record, in order to facilitate 

the exchange of information and documents which may be subject to confidentiality limitations on 

disclosure, as follows:

1. Definitions

In this Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order ("Agreement"), the words 

set forth below shall have the following meanings:

a. "Stipulating Parties" means Plaintiffs, Defendants, and any other party that 

later joins this Agreement.

b. "Designating Party" means the Stipulating Party that designates any 

information as “Confidential Information,” as the term is defined below, subject to the terms 

of this Agreement.

c. "Producing Party" shall mean the person that produces any information that is 

subject to the terms of this Agreement including persons who are not parties to this action 

but who agree in writing to produce Confidential Information subject to the terms of this 

Agreement. 

d. "Proceeding" means and refers to the lawsuit Rachel Akey, et al. v. Placer 

County, et al., United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 

2:14-CV-2402 KJM KJN. 

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e. "Court" means any judge to which this Proceeding may be assigned, 

including Court staff participating in such proceedings.

f. "Documents" means any "Writings," "Recordings," and "Photographs" as 

those terms are defined by Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 1001(1) and (2), and any copies, 

reproductions, or summaries of all or any part of the foregoing.

g. "Testimony" means declarations or other testimony provided which relates to, 

evidences, or concerns information that is the subject of this Agreement.

h. "Information" means the contents of Documents or Testimony.

i. "Disclose" or "Disclosed" or "Disclosure" means to reveal, divulge, give, or 

make available Documents, Testimony or Information, or any part thereof, or any 

information contained therein.

j. "Confidential" means any information that the Designating Party in good 

faith believes contains, reflects, regards, or discloses private or confidential information 

including, but not limited to, documents filed in a juvenile court case, reports by social 

workers of child welfare services programs, documents made available to social workers of 

child welfare services programs, and all other "juvenile case file" documents as the term is 

defined in California Rules of Court, rule 5.552, subdivision (a).

k. "Confidential Information" means any Documents, Testimony or Information 

designated as Confidential pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

2. Information Covered: "Discovery Material"

This Agreement shall govern any Document, Testimony or Information identified above,

including but not limited to contents, copies, excerpts and summaries thereof, furnished, provided, 

produced, filed, or served in the above-captioned action (herein collectively referred to as 

"Discovery Material").

3. Designation of Discovery Material

Any Producing Party may designate Discovery Material it produces as Confidential 

Information, provided the Producing Party has a good faith belief, formed after an inquiry 

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reasonable under the circumstances, that it is necessary in the interests of justice to remove the 

Discovery Material being designated from the public record and that such designation complies 

with any orders this Court has issued concerning this Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and 

Protective Order. Any such designation shall be made with a good faith belief that such Discovery 

Material is Confidential, disclosure of which could result in harm to the Producing Party or others.

4. Designation Procedures

Any Discovery Material to be designated as Confidential must be clearly designated with the 

word "CONFIDENTIAL" before the Discovery Material is Disclosed. The Confidential 

designation should not obscure or interfere with the legibility of the designated Information.

a. For Documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 

proceedings), the Designating Party must affix the designation "Confidential" on each page 

of any Document containing such designated Confidential Information.

b. For Testimony given in depositions the Designating Party may either: (i) 

identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all Confidential Information, by 

specifying all portions of the Testimony that qualify as Confidential; or (ii) designate the 

entirety of the Testimony at the deposition before the deposition is concluded as 

Confidential Information with the right to identify more specific portions of the Testimony 

as to which protection is sought within 30 days following receipt of the deposition transcript. 

In circumstances where portions of the deposition Testimony are designated for protection, 

the transcript pages containing Confidential Information may be separately bound by the 

court reporter, who must affix to the top of each page the legend "Confidential," as 

instructed by the Designating Party.

c. For Discovery Materials produced in some form other than Documents, and 

for any other tangible items, including, without limitation, compact discs or DVDs, the 

Designating Party must affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 

containers in which the information or item is stored the word "CONFIDENTIAL." If only 

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portions of the Information or item warrant protection, the Designating Party, to the extent 

practicable, shall identify the Confidential portions.

d. For Discovery Materials produced in native formats, including, but not 

limited to, information produced as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, or Lotus Notes files, 

the entirety of each file shall also be deemed Confidential if the placeholder page bearing the 

Bates number for such a document is affixed with the designation "CONFIDENTIAL," or if 

a disc containing these files is marked with the designation "CONFIDENTIAL." 

5. Use of Confidential Information

Confidential Information shall not be used for any purpose other than the conduct of this 

Proceeding. No one shall be permitted access to Confidential Information except to the extent 

necessary to assist in the prosecution, defense, settlement, or appeal of this Proceeding. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Designating Party may use its own Confidential Information for 

any purpose whatsoever. 

6. Confidentiality of Discovery Material

Confidential Information shall be disclosed only to "Qualified Persons." As used herein, a 

Qualified Person is: 

a. Any individual(s) named as parties to the Proceeding; 

b. Any attorney of record for a Stipulating Party in this action, including staff 

and supporting personnel of such attorneys (e.g., paralegals, office assistants, associates, 

secretaries, stenographic or clerical employees or contractors, and outside copying services), 

to whom it is necessary that the materials be disclosed for purposes of this litigation;

c. Any attorney currently or formerly employed by or contracting with any of 

the Stipulating Parties, including staff and supporting personnel of such attorneys (e.g., 

paralegals, office assistants, associates, secretaries, stenographic or clerical employees or 

contractors, and outside copying services), to whom it is necessary that the materials be 

disclosed for purposes of this litigation; 

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d. Any corporate officer, corporate director, employee, contractor, or agent of a 

Stipulating Party; or employee of Placer County's Family and Children's Services; but only 

to the extent necessary to assist in the conduct or preparation of this litigation;

e. Any person who is expressly retained or sought to be retained by a 

Stipulating Party as a consultant, attorney, or as an expert, provided that Confidential 

Information shall only be disclosed to any such person to the extent necessary for that 

person to perform his or her work on this litigation. Any parties identified in this subsection 

must sign the “AGREEMENT CONCERNING MATERIAL COVERED BY A 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER”, attached as Exhibit 1 

to this Agreement.

f. With respect to any particular document that has been designated as 

Confidential Information, the author or addressee of that particular document, as well as any 

person who prepared or reviewed that document prior to the date this action was filed;

g. Deponents, trial witnesses or their counsel who have a reasonable need to 

review any Confidential Information during the course of, or in preparation for, their 

testimony in this Proceeding; 

h. Any person who is designated to receive Confidential Information by order of 

this Court or by written stipulation with the Designating Party; and

i. The Court, court personnel, and any court reporters used in connection with 

this litigation.

7. Written Agreement of Third Party Recipients of Confidential Information

Prior to disclosure, dissemination or communication of any Confidential Information, any 

copies or reproductions thereof, or any information contained therein to any person contacted or 

interviewed by counsel for use or possible use as a witness or consultant in this action, a copy of 

this Agreement first shall be presented to the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be 

disclosed or communicated and such person shall execute a nondisclosure agreement.

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8. Protection and Preservation of Confidential Information

Any person who receives Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement shall use and 

maintain such information in a manner that protects and preserves the confidentiality of such 

information. Each Stipulating Party or its counsel shall maintain a list of names of all persons to 

whom Confidential Information, any copies or reproductions thereof, or any Confidential 

Information contained therein has been disclosed, disseminated or communicated and a description 

of the Confidential Information so disclosed. Upon termination of this action (whether by 

judgment, verdict, settlement or otherwise), such list shall be made available upon request to the 

Producing Party who designated the Discovery Material as Confidential Information.

9. Objections to “Confidential” Designation

In the event that any Party objects to the designation of any Discovery Material as 

Confidential Information, that Party shall make the objection known to the Producing Party and 

thereafter, counsel shall meet and confer (by telephone or otherwise) in a good faith attempt to 

resolve the dispute. In the event that the dispute is unresolved, the Producing Party making the 

Confidential designation shall present the dispute to the Court within a reasonable length of time, 

but no more than thirty (30) days after the Parties have been unsuccessful in their efforts to resolve 

the dispute. If the Party objecting to the designation needs or desires resolution by the Court sooner 

than the time allotted, it may present the dispute to the Court in camera. In either case, any 

Discovery Material designated as Confidential Information shall remain protected until the Court 

rules otherwise.

10. Relief from Agreement

Any Stipulating Party (or other person subject to the terms of this Agreement) may ask the 

Court, after appropriate notice to the other parties to the Proceeding, to modify or grant relief from 

any provision of this Agreement.

11. Request to Produce Documents, Including Subpoenas

In the event that any Party receiving Confidential Information is served with a subpoena, 

notice, or request to produce such information by any person, entity, or government agency to 

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whom disclosure is not otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Party receiving such subpoena, 

notice, or request, shall apprise the Party who served the subpoena, notice, or request about the 

existence of this Agreement, shall object to the production of such Confidential Information on the 

grounds of the existence of this Agreement, and shall immediately notify the Producing Party 

thereof in writing to enable that Party to take whatever steps it deems appropriate to protect the 

Confidential Information from disclosure.

12. Use Of Discovery Material In Court Filings (L.R. 141.1(b)(1))

To the extent that any Stipulating Party intends to file any motion, petition, brief, 

memorandum, pretrial statement or other filing containing Confidential Information, such papers 

shall be filed under seal with the clerk of the Court in an envelope marked: "CONFIDENTIAL –

FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER AND WITHOUT ANY 

FURTHER SEALING ORDER REQUIRED."

13. Use Of Discovery Materials In Court Trial (L.R. 141.1(b)(2))

The Stipulating Parties shall also meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of 

Confidential Information at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate order if 

necessary. See FRCP 26; L.R. 141.1(b)(2). 

14. Complying With the Terms of This Agreement

Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this Agreement shall not:

a. operate as an admission by any person that any particular Document, 

Testimony or Information marked "CONFIDENTIAL" contains or reflects confidential, 

private or personal information; or

b. prejudice in any way the right of any party (or any other person subject to the 

terms of this Agreement):

i. to seek a determination by the Court of whether any particular 

Confidential Information should be subject to protection as Confidential Information 

under the terms of this Agreement; or 

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ii. to seek relief from the Court on appropriate notice to all other parties 

to the Proceeding from any provision(s) of this Agreement, either generally or as to 

any particular Document, Testimony or Information. 

15. No Waiver

Nothing contained in this Agreement constitutes an admission or waiver of any claim or 

defense by any Stipulating Party, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall affect the right of 

any Stipulating Party to make any objection, claim any privilege, or otherwise contest any request 

for production of documents, interrogatory, request for admission, or question at a deposition, or to 

seek further relief or protective orders from the Court.

16. Challenging a Confidential Information Designation

A Stipulating Party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a Confidential 

Information designation at the time such a designation is made, and a failure to do so shall not 

preclude a subsequent challenge to the confidentiality of that information. In the event that any 

Stipulating Party disagrees at any stage of these Proceedings with the propriety of any designation 

of Confidential Information, that Stipulating Party shall provide to the Designating Party with 

written notice of its disagreement and shall thereafter make a good faith effort to resolve the 

dispute. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the Stipulating Party challenging the propriety of the 

designation may file a duly noticed motion requesting appropriate relief from the Court.

17. Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information

If, after execution of this Agreement, any Confidential Information submitted by a 

Designating Party under the terms of this Agreement is Disclosed by a Stipulating Party to any 

person other than in the manner authorized by this Agreement, upon discovery of the unauthorized 

Disclosure by the Stipulating Party responsible, it shall bring all pertinent facts relating to the 

unauthorized Disclosure of such Confidential Information to the immediate attention of the 

Designating Party. Additionally, the Stipulating Party making the unauthorized Disclosure shall 

take steps to mitigate the unauthorized Disclosure by: (i) promptly informing the recipient of the 

unauthorized Disclosure of all the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) requesting that the recipient 

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agree to be bound to the terms of the Agreement; and (iii) if the recipient refuses to agree to be 

bound by the terms of the Agreement, request that the recipient return or destroy all copies of 

Confidential Information.

18. Duration of Agreement, Parties Obligations Upon Termination of Proceeding

To the extent that the underlying Confidential Information continues to be subject to 

protection under applicable law and/or has not entered the public domain through no fault of the 

party against whom enforcement of this Agreement is sought, this Agreement shall continue to be 

binding after the conclusion of this Proceeding, except that a Stipulating Party may seek the written 

permission of the Designating Party or may move the Court for relief from the provisions of this 

Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, 

or reconsider this Agreement, even after the Proceeding is terminated. In addition, nothing in this 

Agreement is intended to restrict or limit the authority of the Court to direct the disclosure of any 

information designated as "Confidential Information" by any Stipulating Party to this litigation.

Upon written request made within sixty (60) days after the settlement or other termination of 

the Proceeding, the Stipulating Parties shall have sixty (60) days to either (a) promptly return to 

counsel for each Designating Party all Confidential Information and all copies thereof, except that 

counsel for each Stipulating Party may maintain in its files, in continuing compliance with the terms 

of this Agreement, all work product, and one copy of each Confidential document filed with the 

Court and one copy of each Deposition together with the exhibits marked at the Deposition, (b) 

agree with counsel for the Designating Party upon appropriate methods and certification for 

destruction, for retention, or for other disposition of such Confidential Information, or (c) as to any 

Documents, Testimony or other Information not addressed by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), file a 

motion seeking a Court order regarding proper preservation of such Materials. To the extent 

permitted by law the Court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to review and rule upon the motion 

referred to in sub-paragraph (c) herein. 

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19. Public Records Not Protected

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict in any way a Producing Party or its 

attorneys with respect to its own documents or to prevent a Producing Party from using or 

disclosing information obtained from public documents or other documents legally and properly 

obtained other than pursuant to being furnished in this case.

20. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws, regulations and rules of the United States, 

the Federal Courts, and the State of California. After this Agreement has been executed by the 

Stipulating Parties, it shall be presented to the Court for entry. 

21. Joining the Agreement

The Stipulating Parties expressly agree to be bound by this Agreement even if it is not 

joined by all parties named in this lawsuit. Any party to the Proceeding who has not joined this 

Agreement as of the time it is presented to the Court for approval may thereafter join this 

Agreement by executing a copy thereof, filing it with the Court, and serving copies upon the other 

parties to this Proceeding. 

22. Modification to Agreement by Court

The Stipulating Parties agree to be bound by this Agreement in order to facilitate immediate 

production of Confidential Information under the terms herein, pending the anticipated entry of the 

Agreement by the Court. In the event that the Court modifies this Agreement, or in the event that 

the Court enters a different Protective Order, the Stipulating Parties agree to be bound by this 

Agreement until such time as the Court may enter such a different Protective Order. The 

Stipulating Parties agree to jointly seek a Protective Order with terms as similar to the terms herein 

as possible in the event that the Court does not enter this Agreement. 

23. Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the Stipulating Parties 

hereto and supersedes any prior agreements and understandings among them with respect to the 

subject matter hereof. There are no agreements or understandings (oral or written) between and 

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among the Stipulating Parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not set 

forth or expressly referred to herein. Amendments or modifications to this Agreement shall be 

invalid unless made in writing and signed on behalf of all of the Stipulating Parties.

24. Severability

If, for any reason, any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall not 

affect any other provision of this Agreement not held so invalid, and each such other provision shall 

to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect. If any provision of this 

Agreement shall be held invalid in part, such invalidity shall in no way affect the rest of the 

provision not held so invalid, and the rest of such provision, together with all other provisions of 

this Agreement, shall to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect.

25. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in counterpart, and all executed counterparts, including 

faxed or photocopied signatures, as well as copies transmitted in PDF format, shall be treated as an 

ink-signed original for all purposes.

Now therefore, the Stipulating Parties hereby stipulate to the foregoing terms and 

conditions (nos. 1-25) to safeguard the confidentiality of personal, juvenile, medical and financial 

records.

Dated: September ____, 2015 PLACER COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE

By: 

David K. Huskey

Clayton T. Cook

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: September ____, 2015 By: 

Patrick H. Dwyer

Attorney for Plaintiffs

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EXHIBIT 1

AGREEMENT CONCERNING MATERIAL

COVERED BY A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

The undersigned acknowledges that he/she has read the attached Stipulated Confidentiality 

Agreement and Protective Order agreed to by the Parties and entered by the Court in the abovecaptioned case, and understands the terms thereof and agrees to be bound by such terms.

 

__________________________________________ Date: _______________, 201_

Signature

__________________________________________

Print Name 

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ORDER

The parties’ stipulated confidentiality agreement and protective order is APPROVED and 

ENTERED, except that:

1. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential 

pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document 

with the court under seal. The parties must comply with Local Rule 141 with respect to 

requests to seal documents.

2. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of 

certain documents, at any court hearing or trial—such determinations will only be made 

by the court at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.

3. With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order which 

the parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in 

Local Rule 251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery 

disputes on an ex parte basis or on shortened time.

4. The parties may not modify the terms of this protective order without the court’s 

approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation 

and proposed order for the court’s consideration. 

5. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement 

of the terms of this protective order after the action is terminated. 

Dated: September 22, 2015

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