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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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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SCBN 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

OWEN P. MARTIKAN (SBN 177104)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue,9th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-7241

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: owen.martikan@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JANE DOE and MARY ROE,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

GENERAL MICHAEL W. HAGEE,

Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps,

THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, DONALD C.

WINTER, Secretary of the Navy, THE U.S.

NAVY, BRIAN FUKUSHIMA, JOSEPH

DUNZWEILER, and DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

 

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No. C 06-01777 MHP

E-FILING CASE

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

GOVERNING THE RELEASE AND

USE OF CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS

Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiffs Jane Doe and Mary Roe and defendants

General Michael Hagee, The United States Marine Corps, Donald C. Winter, The United States

Navy, and The United States of America, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby

stipulate to the following protective order:

WHEREAS, the parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary to:

(1) facilitate discovery of information without a document-by-document controversy concerning

confidentiality; (2) protect plaintiffs, defendants, the United States Marine Corps, and the United

States Navy from undue annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, burden, liability, expense and

interference with duties resulting from public disclosure or use for purposes other than this

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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litigation of confidential information that the parties will disclose in discovery; and (3) avoid

violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C. § 522a.

THEREFORE, the parties therefore request that the Court enter the following protective

order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

STIPULATED ORDER

All medical records or other personal or private documents obtained from plaintiffs and

all personnel files obtained from federal defendants, or any document marked “Confidential” by

either party (collectively, “Documents”), whether produced in response to discovery requests or

other disclosures under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, are subject to the following

restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for

purposes of this litigation and not for any other purpose;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed or

provided to anyone other than (a) plaintiffs’ attorneys and staff; (b) defendants’ attorneys and

staff; (c) the parties; (d) actual or potential third-party witnesses and their attorneys; (e) outside

experts or consultants retained by any of the parties or their counsel for purposes of this

litigation; (f) the Court in further proceedings herein; (g) stenographic deposition reporters for

purposes of depositions in this action; and (h) other persons whom the parties mutually agree

upon in writing.

3. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents except as required by the

litigation. Copies, excerpts, or summaries of the Documents may be shown to those authorized

in Paragraph 2 for purposes of their involvement in this case.

4. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, all of the Documents shall

remain in the custody of the parties’ attorneys of record during the pendency of the litigation.

5. Within 30 days of the termination of this proceeding and the expiration of all time

for appeal, all of the Documents, including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, shall be

destroyed or returned to counsel for the producing party. Notwithstanding this paragraph,

however, the parties’ attorneys may retain one copy of each pleading and other document filed

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with the Court that contains any of the Documents covered by this Order. Furthermore, nothing

in this paragraph shall be construed to require the parties’ attorneys to turn over any attorney

work-product.

6. Any filings with the Court that include any of the Documents, or any excerpts or

summaries of the Documents, or any description of the contents of the Documents, shall be filed

under seal in accordance with the Local Rules of this District.

7. This Stipulated Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to

seek modification of it from the Court. It shall remain in effect until such time as it is modified,

amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. The 

Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulated Protective

Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

SO STIPULATED.

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

________/s/________________________

OWEN P. MARTIKAN Date: April 6, 2007

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL SORGEN

 /s/

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Date: March 26, 2007

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ______________________________

HON. MARILYN H. PATEL

United States District Judge

April 10, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is an employee of the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District of California and is a person of such age and discretion

to be competent to serve papers. The undersigned further certifies that she is causing a copy of

the following:

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING THE RELEASE AND USE OF

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Doe, et al. v. Hagee, et al.

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to be served this date upon the party in this action by placing a true copy thereof in a sealed

envelope, and served as follows:

 X FIRST CLASS MAIL by placing such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid in

the designated area for outgoing U.S. mail in accordance with this office's practice.

____ FEDERAL EXPRESS via Priority Overnight

____ EMAIL

____ FACSIMILE (FAX) Telephone No.:_See Below_________

to the party(ies) addressed as follows:

Michael S. Sorgen, Esq. 

Emily E. Arnold-Fernandez, Esq. 

Law Offices of Michael S. Sorgen

240 Stockton Street, Ninth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108

PH: 415.956.1360 FX: 415.956.6342

Email: msorgen@sorgen.net (Sorgen)

Email: earnold-fernandez@sorgen.net

(Arnold-Fernandez)

Barry Vogel, Esq. 

Law Offices of Barry Vogel

280 North Oak Street

P.O. Box 383

Ukiah, CA 95482

PH: 707.462.6541 FX: 707.462.3253

Email: vogel@pacific.net

Brian Fukushima, Pro Se

19072 Hidden Valley Rd.

Middletown, CA 95461

PH: FX:

Email:

Joseph K. Dunzweiler, Pro Se

4610 Bennett Valley Rd.

Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6242

PH: FX:

Email:

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is

true and correct.

Executed this April 6, 2007 at San Francisco, California.

___/s/_____________________________

LILY HO-VUONG

Legal Assistant

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