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Parties Involved:
Victor Romero Galvan
Defendant
Omar Velazquez Landeros
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff
Jorge Luis Velasquez
Defendant

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

LAUREL MONTOYA

ANGELA L. SCOTT

Assistant United States Attorneys 

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401 

Fresno, CA 93721 

Telephone: (559) 497-4000 

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. 

JORGE LUIS VELASQUEZ,

OMAR VELAZQUEZ LANDEROS, and

VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 1:20-CR-00161-JLT-SKO

STIPULATION REGARDING DISCLOSURE

OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL AND PERSONAL 

IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO 

DEFENDANTS 

Plaintiff United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, the United States 

Attorney for the Eastern District of California, defendant JORGE LUIS VELASQUEZ, by and through 

his counsel of record, Peter Jones, defendant OMAR VELAZQUEZ LANDEROS, by and through his 

counsel of record, W. Scott Quinlan, and defendant VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN, by and through his 

counsel of record, Roger Bonakdar, hereby file this Stipulation Regarding Disclosure of Sensitive 

Materials and Personal Identification Information. Defendants VELASQUEZ, LANDEROS and 

GALVAN are hereinafter referred to as “defendants.”

1. The government possesses, or may come to possess, recordings, documents, reports, or

other materials the disclosure of which may ordinarily be required by the government’s Rule 16, Jencks 

Act, or Brady obligations, but the dissemination of which could pose a serious risk to certain defendants, 

witnesses, or the confidentiality of an ongoing investigation (the “Sensitive Materials”). 

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2. The government will mark all Sensitive Materials with the following stamp or 

inscription: “SENSITIVE MATERIALS”

3. If the government distributes any document, compact disk, or other material bearing the 

above label, defense counsel and defendants agree to the following as to such material:

a. Defense counsel shall not distribute Sensitive Materials to anyone other than their

own legal staff (including paralegal assistants, legal secretaries, defense investigators, and lawyerassociates);

b. Defense counsel shall not allow anyone other than themselves and their legal staff 

to possess, or maintain possession of, any Sensitive Materials;

c. Defense counsel or their legal staff may show defendants Sensitive Materials, but 

may not allow defendants to possess Sensitive Materials other than in the presence of defense counsel or 

their legal staff;

d. Defendants shall not distribute the Sensitive Materials to anyone;

e. Defense counsel and defendants may not disclose the contents of any Sensitive 

Materials publicly, including in any court filing, without first conferring with government counsel and, 

in any event, shall file any Sensitive Materials under seal.

4. The parties agree to confer before filing any motions regarding the government's 

disclosure (or lack of disclosure) of Sensitive Materials.

5. The evidence in this matter also includes personal identification information for others, 

including but not limited to names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and bank account 

numbers, as well as images, messages, and videos extracted from cellular telephones seized during the 

investigation. (collectively “personal information and phone data”).

6. This personal information and phone data is found throughout the discovery in this case, 

which includes, among other records, large amounts of electronic data from phone extractions, as well as 

thousands of pages of records from businesses and law enforcement agencies.

7. The parties stipulate, and request the Court to order, that only defense counsel, defense 

counsels’ agents, and the defendants may review the unredacted personal information and phone data

contained in the discovery, and that defense counsel, defense counsels’ agents and the defendants may 

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only use the unredacted personal information and phone data or any portion thereof for the specific 

purpose of preparing or presenting a defense in this matter and for no other purpose.

8. The parties further stipulate, and request the Court to order, that only defense counsel and 

defense counsels’ agents may make copies of any discovery containing unredacted personal information

and phone data; and that the defendants may make copies for their own use only of any discovery 

containing unredacted personal information and phone data that has been provided to them by defense 

counsel or defense counsels’ agents, and may not release any such copies to any third party.

9. The parties further stipulate and request the Court to make its Order applicable to 

unredacted personal information and phone data contained in all of the discovery produced in this case, 

including any discovery produced after entry of its Order.

10. At the conclusion of this matter, defense counsel will collect and destroy any and all 

copies of documents and portions thereof containing the personal information and phone data that 

defense counsel possesses and/or has distributed to their agents and/or the defendants, except a copy set 

as necessary to maintain in defense counsels’ case file.

11. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court adopt the corresponding 

protective order.

12. By signing this stipulation, the parties agree to be bound by the above terms, and those of 

the accompanying proposed order, before and after the Court executes and enters that order.

13. By signing this stipulation, counsel for defendants represent that they have discussed the 

contents of this stipulation and proposed order with their respective clients, and that defendants have no 

objection to this stipulation and the relief requested in the proposed order.

Dated: January 27, 2022

By:

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ LAUREL MONTOYA

LAUREL MONTOYA

Assistant United States Attorney

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Dated: January 27, 2022 /s/ PETER JONES per email authorization

PETER JONES

Attorney for Defendant

JORGE LUIS VELASQUEZ

Dated: January 27, 2022 /s/ W. SCOTT QUINLAN per email authorization

W. SCOTT QUINLAN

Attorney for Defendant

OMAR VELAZQUEZ LANDEROS

Dated: January 27, 2022 /s/ ROGER BONAKDAR per email authorization

ROGER BONAKDAR

Attorney for Defendant

VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

LAUREL MONTOYA

ANGELA L. SCOTT

Assistant United States Attorneys 

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401 

Fresno, CA 93721 

Telephone: (559) 497-4000 

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. 

JORGE LUIS VELASQUEZ,

OMAR VELAZQUEZ LANDEROS, and

VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 1:20-CR-00161-JLT-SKO 

ORDER REGARDING GOVERNMENT'S 

DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE MATERIALS 

AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 

INFORMATION TO DEFENDANTS 

The Court has received and considered the jointly-filed Stipulation Regarding Disclosure of 

Sensitive Materials and Personal Identifying Information between Plaintiff United States of America, by 

and through its counsel of record, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 

defendant JORGE LUIS VELASQUEZ, by and through his counsel of record, Peter Jones, defendant 

OMAR VELAZQUEZ LANDEROS, by and through his counsel of record, W. Scott Quinlan, and 

defendant VICTOR ROMERO GALVAN, by and through his counsel of record, Roger Bonakdar. 

Defendants VELASQUEZ, LANDEROS and GALVAN are hereinafter referred to as “defendants.” 

Good cause showing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The government will identify the discovery materials in this case the disclosure of which

could jeopardize the safety of witnesses or other persons or affect the confidentiality of ongoing 

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investigations (the “Sensitive Materials”).

2. The government will mark all Sensitive Materials with the following stamp or

inscription: “SENSITIVE MATERIALS” 

3. If the government distributes any document, compact disk, or other material bearing the

above label:

a. Defense counsel shall not distribute Sensitive Materials to anyone other than their

own legal staff (including paralegal assistants, legal secretaries, defense investigators, and lawyerassociates);

b. Defense counsel shall not allow anyone other than themselves and their legal staff

to possess, or maintain possession of, any Sensitive Materials; 

c. Defense counsel or their legal staff may show defendants Sensitive Materials, but

may not allow defendants to possess Sensitive Materials other than in the presence of defense counsel or 

their legal staff;

d. Defendants shall not distribute the sensitive materials to anyone;

e. Defense counsel and defendants may not disclose the contents of any Sensitive

Materials publicly, including in any court filing, without first meeting and conferring with government 

counsel, and, in any event, shall file any Sensitive Materials under seal. 

4. The parties must confer before filing any motions regarding the government’s disclosure

(or lack of disclosure) of Sensitive Materials.

5. The evidence in this matter also includes personal identification information for others,

including but not limited to names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and bank account 

numbers, as well as images, messages, and videos extracted from cellular telephones seized during the 

investigation. (collectively “personal information and phone data”). 

6. This personal information and phone data is found throughout the discovery in this case,

which includes, among other records, large amounts of electronic data from phone extractions, as well as 

thousands of pages of records from businesses and law enforcement agencies. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT: 

7. Only defense counsel, defense counsels’ agents, and the defendants may review the

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unredacted personal information and phone data contained in the discovery. Defense counsel, defense 

counsels’ agents and defendants may only use the unredacted personal information and phone data or 

any portion thereof for the specific purpose of preparing or presenting a defense in this matter and for no 

other purpose. 

8. Only defense counsel and defense counsels’ agents may make copies of any discovery

containing unredacted personal information and phone data; the defendants may make copies for their

own use only of any discovery containing unredacted personal information and phone data that has been 

provided to them by their defense counsel or their defense counsels’ agents, and may not release any 

such copies to any third party. 

9. At the conclusion of this matter, defense counsel will collect and destroy any and all

copies of documents and portions thereof containing the personal information and phone data that 

defense counsel possesses and/or has made and distributed to their agents and/or defendants, except a 

copy set as necessary to maintain in defense counsels’ case file.

10. This Order shall apply to unredacted personal information and phone data contained in all

discovery produced in this case, including any discovery produced after entry of this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________ _____________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE SHEILA K. OBERTO

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1/27/2022

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