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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE FERPA NOTICE AND PROCESS FOR 

OBJECTIONS TO DISCLOSURE - CASE NO. 2:23-CV-00406-DJC-AC 

KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI (State Bar #190111) 

kbaghdadi@walkuplawoffice.com 

VALERIE N. ROSE (State Bar #272566) 

vrose@walkuplawoffice.com 

KELLY L. GANCI (State Bar #335658) 

kganci@walkuplawoffice.com 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 

S.O., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER 

GUARDIAN AD LITEM LOLITA O’NEAL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

S.O. a minor, by and through her 

Guardian Ad Litem, LOLITA O’NEAL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RESCUE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT; 

MICHELLE WINBERG; LAURA 

HENDRIX; DUSTIN HALEY and DOES 

1-100, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:23-CV-00406-DJC-AC 

Assigned to District Judge Daniel J. 

Calabretta and Magistrate Judge Allison 

Claire 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE FERPA NOTICE AND 

PROCESS FOR OBJECTIONS TO 

DISCLOSURE 

Filed: March 3, 2023 

Trial: December 1, 2025 

The Parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby jointly stipulate and 

request the Court enter an order as follows. 

WHEREAS: 

1. On September 16, 2024, the parties submitted a Joint Statement 

regarding, inter alia, the appropriate notification process for records responsive to 

discovery that may be subject to The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 

(FERPA) (Dkt. 64). 

2. On September 20, 2024, a discovery hearing relating to Dkt. 64 was 

held. Thereafter, the Court approved a timeline for issuance of an initial FERPA 

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108‐2615

T: (415) 981‐7210 ∙ F: (415) 391‐6965

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 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE FERPA NOTICE AND PROCESS FOR 

OBJECTIONS TO DISCLOSURE - CASE NO. 2:23-CV-00406-DJC-AC 

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  94108

(415) 981‐7210

notice and issued a minute order requiring the parties to submit a joint statement 

regarding the issuance of a second FERPA notice by October 18, 2024. (Dkt. 65) 

3. Thereafter, the Defendant sent out the Court ordered FERPA notices 

and received 62 objections by the imposed deadlines. Defendant has reproduced over 

11, 000 unredacted pages for which no FERPA objection was lodged by the 

parent/student and has identified 795 pages subject to a parent/student objection. 

4. Plaintiff is currently in the process of reviewing and de-duplicating the 

emails and documents identified as subject to a FERPA objection to determine which 

records Plaintiff will seek unredacted. The Parties request additional time to meet 

and confer as to the 62 FERPA objections and to propose an appropriate and efficient 

process to seek Court adjudication of 1) which of the documents are subject to 

FERPA; and 2) which documents subject to FERPA the Court will order produced 

over an objection. 

5. Therefore, the Parties hereby jointly stipulate and request that the 

current deadline of October 18, 2024, as set forth in the Court’s minute order Dkt. 65, 

be extended to October 28, 2024. At that time, the parties agree to address the 

following in a Joint Statement: 

a. The contents of a second FERPA notice; 

b. Which documents Plaintiff seeks unredacted are subject to 

FERPA; 

c. The proposed process by which the Court will adjudicate whether 

documents subject to FERPA for which an objection has been lodged should 

nevertheless be produced to Plaintiff unredacted. 

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 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE FERPA NOTICE AND PROCESS FOR 

OBJECTIONS TO DISCLOSURE - CASE NO. 2:23-CV-00406-DJC-AC 

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  94108

(415) 981‐7210

Dated: October 18, 2024 WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

By: /s/ Valerie N. Rose 

 KHALDOUN A. BAGHDADI 

VALERIE N. ROSE 

KELLY L. GANCI 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

S.O., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER 

GUARDIAN AD LITEM LOLITA O’NEAL 

Dated: October 18, 2024 SPINELLI, DONALD & NOTT

By: /s/ Kathleen M. Bray 

 ROSS R. NOTT 

CARTER J. NOTT 

KATHLEEN M. BRAY 

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS 

RESCUE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

MICHELLE WINBERG, LAURA HENDRIX 

and DUSTIN HALEY 

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 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE FERPA NOTICE AND PROCESS FOR 

OBJECTIONS TO DISCLOSURE - CASE NO. 2:23-CV-00406-DJC-AC 

LAW OFFICES OF

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY

& SCHOENBERGER A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  94108

(415) 981‐7210

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having considered the stipulated request of the parties, and with good cause 

appearing, the Court orders as follows: 

The current deadline of October 18, 2024 set forth in Dkt. 64 is hereby 

extended to October 28. At that time, the parties shall address the following in a 

Joint Statement: 

a. The contents of a second FERPA notice; 

b. Which documents Plaintiff seeks unredacted are subject to 

FERPA; 

c. The proposed process by which the Court will adjudicate whether 

documents subject to FERPA for which an objection has been lodged should 

nevertheless be produced to Plaintiff unredacted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 21, 2024 

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