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Parties Involved:
Estate of Joseph Daniel Maldonado
Plaintiff
Roderick Hickman
Defendant
Yvette Marc-Aurele
Defendant
Renee M. Nunez
Plaintiff
Office of the Inspector General
Movant
Sabrina Perez
Plaintiff
Eric Umeda
Defendant

Document Text:

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LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

STEWART KATZ, State Bar #127425 

555 University Avenue, Suite 270 

Sacramento, California 95825 

Telephone: (916) 444-5678 

Facsimile: (916) 444-3364 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Estate of JOSEPH DANIEL MALDONADO, deceased, by and through 

SABRINA PEREZ, as successor in interest; SABRINA PEREZ, Individually; 

and RENEE M. NUNEZ, Individually 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

Estate of JOSEPH DANIEL MALDONADO, 

deceased, by and through SABRINA PEREZ, as 

successor interest; SABRINA PEREZ, 

Individually; and RENEE M. NUNEZ, 

Individually, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

Secretary of the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation RODERICK 

HICKMAN; Deputy Director of Institutions and 

Camps YVETTE MARC-AURELE; Acting 

Superintendent of N.A. Chaderjian Youth 

Correctional Facility ERIC UMEDA; and DOES I 

through XL, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

________________________________________/ 

 

NO. 2:06-CV-02696 MCE GGH 

 

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

JOSEPH MALDONADO’S 

RECORDS 

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 This Protective Order is entered into by and between the Plaintiffs Sabrina Perez 

and Rene M. Nunez and the Defendants in this matter, by and through their respective 

counsel of record. 

 The parties hereby agree, and the Court hereby orders that the following provisions 

shall apply to all central/master, educational, medical, psychiatric, living unit and field files 

(collectively “Ward Files”) of decedent Joseph Maldonado produced in response to 

discovery propounded in this action and/or the orders of Magistrate Judge Gregory G. 

Hollows: 

1. The Ward Files and Juvenile Court Records of Joseph Maldonado obtained in 

this action, and the information contained in the files,1

 shall be regarded as “Confidential 

Material” and subject to this protective order. 

2. Confidential Material shall be used solely in connection with this litigation and 

the preparation and trial of this case, or any related appellate proceeding, and not for any 

other purpose, including any other litigation. 

3. Confidential Material may not be disclosed to individual Defendants or to 

unnecessary third parties and may only be disclosed to individuals set forth in paragraph 4. 

4. Confidential Material may be disclosed to the following persons: 

(a) Counsel for any party in this action; 

(b) Legal, paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel 

regularly employed by counsel referred to in (a); 

(c) Court personnel, including stenographic reporters engaged in such 

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this action; 

(d) Any outside expert of consultant retained in connection with this 

action, and not otherwise employed by either party; 

 

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 As to the juvenile court records, identifying information regarding victims, witnesses, and possible codefendants in any alleged criminal conduct by decedent prior to his placement in the CYA/DJJ shall be 

redacted. 

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(e) Any “in house” expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in 

this matter. 

(f) Witnesses to whom the Ward Files and the information contained in 

the files may be disclosed during a deposition taken in this matter and during trial only, 

provided that the witness is advised to the terms of this Order. Witnesses may not retain 

documents. If a deposition is filed, documents are to be sealed. 

5. Anyone that receives or is disclosed Confidential Material shall be bound by the 

provisions of this stipulation and shall not disclose the information in violation of this 

stipulation. 

6. Each person to whom disclosure is made, with the exception of counsel who are 

presumed to know of the contents of this stipulation, shall prior to the time of disclosure be 

provided by the person furnishing him/her such material a copy of this stipulation. Any 

violation of this stipulation shall result in contempt of court. 

7. At the conclusion of trial and of any appeal or upon the termination of this 

litigation, Confidential Material received under this stipulation (including any copies made) 

shall be tendered back to the Plaintiffs upon demand. Provisions of this stipulation insofar 

as they restrict disclosure and use of Confidential Material shall be in effect until further 

order of the court. 

8. The Ward Files and/or documents from the files that are filed with the Court shall 

be filed with a motion to file under seal. Any documents filed under seal will be 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 the Ward Files under seal, any party may request that the Court place the 

document under seal. (See Local Rule of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 

California 39-141.) 

9. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any party: (a) to apply to the 

court for a further protective order relating to any materials relating to discovery in this 

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litigation; (b) to apply to the court for an order removing Confidential Material from this 

stipulation; and (c) to apply to the court for an order compelling production of documents 

or modification of this stipulation or for any order permitting disclosure of Confidential 

Material beyond the terms of this stipulation. 

10. Nothing in this stipulation shall preclude a party from showing or disclosing to any 

person not listed in paragraph 4 of this stipulation deposition transcripts, pleadings or briefs 

containing Confidential Material if the document containing them has been masked or 

deleted so that no disclosure of Confidential Material occurs. 

11. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of 

material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, whether or not 

such material is also obtained through discovery in this action, or from disclosing its own 

confidential material as it deems appropriate. Neither party nor their agents shall disclose 

any information contained in any Ward Files. Receipt by any party of any confidential 

information shall not be either an admission or claim that the information is private, 

confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret, as asserted by the propounding party, nor an 

admission with respect to the authenticity, competency, relevance or materiality thereof. 

Dated: November 28, 2007 LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ 

 By: ___/s/ Stewart Katz______________ 

 Stewart Katz, 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 

Dated: November 28, 2007 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

By: ____/s/ Monica Anderson__________ 

 Monica Anderson, 

Attorney for Defendants 

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Dated: November 29, 2007 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

 

 By: __/s/ Barbara L. Sheldon_________ 

 Barbara L. Sheldon 

 Chief Counsel 

 Attorney for Non-Party Office of the 

Inspector General 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: December 4, 2007 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

 

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