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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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Protective Order. (1:08-cv-00677 CRB (PC))

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

MISHA D. IGRA, State Bar No. 208711

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

RUSSA M. BOYD, State Bar No. 239380

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 319-9476

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Russa.Boyd@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

Gonzalez

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MARVELLOUS ASHA XYAH GREEN

also known as

MARVELLOUS ASHA XYAH

also known as

MARCELLUS ALEXANDER GREENE

also known as

MARVELLOUS AMIRWARRIOR,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. JONES, et al.,

Defendants.

1:08-cv-00677 CRB (PC)

 PROTECTIVE ORDER

IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL RULES 141, 143, AND 251, IT IS STIPULATED

BY THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL, AND

ORDERED BY THE COURT AS FOLLOWS:

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A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and request that the Court to enter the following

Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket

protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from

public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to

confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as

set forth in paragraph 17, below, that this Order does not entitle them to file confidential

information under seal; Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the

standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under

seal.

B. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO THIS PROTECTIVE

ORDER

Plaintiff seeks the production of documents, files, memoranda, letters, written reports, and

other records that may contain information that has been deemed confidential by the California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) pursuant to California Code of

Regulations, Title 15, sections 3450(d), 3321 and 3370; California Government Code sections

6254(c) and (f); California Penal Code sections 832.7 and 6126.3; California Evidence Code

sections 1043 and 1045; and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) (“Confidential Documents”).

Release of any such Confidential Documents, with or without redaction, may jeopardize the

safety and security of the institution, as well as inmates and correctional personnel. Therefore,

Defendant shall be entitled to designate in good faith which of the documents in his production

are confidential. The criteria for such a designation shall be whether the Confidential Document

is of an inflammatory, sensitive, and confidential nature, such that the release of this information

is inappropriate.

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With respect to any such Confidential Documents, the parties stipulate to the following

procedure : (1) Defendant will provide Plaintiff’s counsel redacted copies of Confidential

Documents containing confidential information. (2) Before Defendant releases any unredacted

copies of Confidential Documents to Plaintiff’s counsel, the parties will meet and confer to

determine whether they can agree that unredacted copies of the records are likely to lead to the

discovery of admissible evidence, and will be produced subject to the conditions set forth below;

(3) if the parties do not agree, then the documents in question will be presented to the Court for in

camera review; and (4) documents ordered to be produced after in camera review will be subject

to the conditions of this protective order as set forth below.

B. CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE AND DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS

1. Defendant must designate for protection only those parts of Confidential Documents

that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for

which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

2. Defendant shall indicate which Confidential Documents in its production it claims are

confidential by producing such Confidential Documents on pink or lilac-colored paper, by

stamping them as “confidential” on their face, or by other mutually agreeable means.

Confidential information will be redacted from the initial production. If Defendant does not

indicate that a particular Confidential Document is confidential at the time it is produced, it will

be presumed not confidential, without prejudice to Defendant’s right to assert confidentiality at a

later date.

3. Confidential Documents and the information contained therein may be disclosed only

to the following persons:

a. Counsel of record;

b. Paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel employed by counsel

of record;

c. Court personnel, stenographic reporters, and videographers engaged in such

proceedings that are incidental to preparation for the trial in this action;

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d. Any outside expert or consultant retained by the parties for purposes of this

litigation;

e. Witnesses, other than witnesses ho are currently or formerly incarcerated, to

whom the Confidential Documents and the information contained in the

Confidential Documents may be disclosed during, or in preparation for, a

deposition taken in this matter, or otherwise during the preparation for trial and

during trial, provided that the witness may not leave any deposition with copies

of any of the Confidential Documents, and shall be informed or and shall agree

to be bound by the terms of this order. If the witness does not agree to the

requirements set forth in this Order, Confidential Documents may not be

disclosed to the witness.

4. Plaintiff’s counsel is prohibited from disclosing any Confidential Document to

Plaintiff, any inmate presently or previously in the custody of the CDCR, or any relative or

of an inmate presently or previously in the custody of the CDCR.

5. Plaintiff’s counsel, including paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial

personnel employed by Plaintiff’s counsel shall not make copies of the Confidential Documents

except as necessary for purposes of this litigation, Marvellous Amir Warrior (aka Greene) v.

Fernandez, et al., et al., U.S.D.C., Eastern District of California, case no. 1:08-cv-00677 CRB

(PC), including appeals.

6. Each person to whom disclosure of Confidential Documents and the information

contained therein is made shall, prior to the time of disclosure, be provided a copy of this order

and shall agree in writing that he or she has read this order, understands the provisions and

conditions, and agrees to be bound by its provisions, and consent to be subject to the jurisdiction

of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California with respect to any

proceeding relating to the enforcement of this order, including, without limitation, any proceeding

for contempt.

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7. All Confidential Documents and the information contained therein shall be used

solely in connection with this litigation, including appeals, and not for any other purpose,

including other litigation.

8. All Confidential Documents that are filed with the Court shall be filed under seal,

labeled with a cover sheet bearing the case name along with the following statement: “This

document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and shall not be examined or copied

except in compliance with that order.” Upon failure of the filing party to file Confidential

Documents under seal, any party may request that the Court place the document under seal.

9. Nothing in this protective order is intended to prevent officials or employees of the

State of California, or other authorized government officials, from having access to Confidential

Documents to which they would have access in the normal course of their official duties.

C. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY

10. Plaintiff may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt

challenge to Defendant’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial

unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation,

Plaintiff does not waive his right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to

mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

11. To challenge a designation of confidentiality, Plaintiff shall initiate the dispute

resolution process by providing written notice of each designation he is challenging and

describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been

made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in

accordance with this specific paragraph of the Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each

challenge in good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice

dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service

of notice. In conferring, Plaintiff must explain the basis for his belief that the confidentiality

designation was not proper and must give Defendant an opportunity to review the designated

material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain

the basis for the chosen designation. Plaintiff may proceed to the next stage of the challenge

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process only if he has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that Defendant

is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

12. If the parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention, Plaintiff shall file

and serve a motion to challenge confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 251 within 21 days of the

initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer

process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be

accompanied by a declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer

requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph.

D. FINAL DISPOSITION

13. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this litigation, including appeals, all

Confidential Documents, including copies, shall be destroyed or returned to Defendant’s counsel.

14. When Plaintiff’s counsel returns or destroys the confidential Documents, counsel

shall provide Defendant’s counsel with a declaration stating that all confidential Documents have

been returned or destroyed.

E. MISCELLANEOUS

15. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of either party to seek its modification by the

court in the future.

16. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order, no party waives any right it

otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground

not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no party waives any right to object on

any ground to the use of any of the material covered by this Protective Order in any proceeding,

including trial.

17. Without written permission from Defendant or a court order secured after appropriate

notice to all interested persons, Plaintiff may not file in the public record in this action any

Confidential Document. A party that seeks to file under seal any Confidential Document must

comply with Local Rule 141. Confidential Documents may only be filed under seal pursuant to a

court order authorizing the sealing of the specific protected material at issue.

18. The provisions of this protective order are without prejudice to the right of any party:

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a. To apply to the Court for a further protective order relating to any Confidential

Documents or material, or relating to discovery in this litigation;

b. To apply to the Court for an order removing the designation from any

Confidential Documents; or

c. To object to a discovery request.

19. This Protective Order shall be binding on the parties as of the date it is

signed by the parties. The provisions of this order shall remain in full force

and effect until further order of this Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

June 17, 2014 _____/s/ Russa M. Boyd__________

RUSSA M. BOYD

Attorney for Defendant

June 17, 2014 _____/s/ _Dan L. Corbett_________

DANIEL L. CORBETT

Attorney for Plaintiff

IT IS SO ORDERED.

July 28, 2014 ______________________________

 U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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