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Parties Involved:
City and County of San Francisco
Defendant
Heather Fong
Defendant
Elvira M. Pollard
Plaintiff
San Francisco Police Department
Defendant

Document Text:

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Deputy 

SEAN F. CONNOLLY, State Bar #152235 

Deputy City Attorney 

Fox Plaza 

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3863 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

E-Mail: sean.connolly@sfgov.org 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELVIRA M. POLLARD, individually; 

and the representative of ESTATE OF 

GUSTAVUS RUGLEY, JR., DOES 1-25, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO; SAN FRANCISCO 

POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF 

HEATHER FONG, et al , DOES 1 to 100, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C06-4541 VRW 

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) the parties have met and conferred and 

agree that the discovery of documents in this matter be made pursuant to the terms of this 

PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties stipulate, though their attorneys of record, to the 

entry of an order as follows: 

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1. All documents containing peace officer Personnel Information or records of the 

citizen complaint that the defendants consider in good faith to be or to contain 

Confidential Official Information shall be subject to this Order and stamped or 

otherwise designated “Confidential.” 

2. All documents, including, but not limited to, audiotapes, videotapes, 

photographs, transcripts, etc., related to the criminal investigation incidental to 

the event forming the basis of this lawsuit shall be considered Confidential 

Official Information, and confidential within the meaning of this stipulation. 

3. Plaintiffs shall preserve the confidentiality and privacy of all Confidential 

Official Information and all Personnel Records. 

4. (a) The Confidential Official Information shall be made available only to 

plaintiffs, deponents or trial witnesses, counsel of record, or experts engaged 

by the parties or counsel of record as needed to prosecute or defend this 

lawsuit. Confidential Official Information may be disclosed to persons only to 

the extent necessary for the preparation or trial of this case. The persons 

receiving such documents or information shall use them solely for the purpose 

of this litigation. Confidential Official Information shall not be disclosed 

directly or indirectly to any other person other than as provided in this Order, 

except by agreement of the City. (b) Personnel Information shall not be 

disclosed to any other person except as necessary to prosecute or defend this 

lawsuit and shall not be disclosed to any person without prior approval of the 

City or Court order. No copies or orignals of any document subject to this 

Order shall be produced to plaintiffs without written consent of the City or 

Court Order. Unauthorized disclosure of the substance, a summary, or any 

portion of a confidential document constitutes a violation of this Order. 

5. In the event that any Confidential Official Information is disclosed to anyone 

beyond the scope of that permitted by this Order, whether by agreement or 

subsequent order, each person receiving such disclosure shall be shown a copy 

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of this Order and shall sign a statement agreeing to be bound by this Order. 

Defendants shall be provided notice of such disclosure at the time the 

documents are returned. Any violation of this Order is enforceable in contempt 

proceedings. 

6. Any use of Confidential Official Information, or comment on the contents of 

any Confidential Official Information in pleadings or documents filed with the 

court pursuant to this litigation, shall be filed in sealed envelopes pursuant to 

Northern District Civ. Local Rule 79-5. The sealed envelopes shall be 

endorsed with the caption of this litigation, and an indication of the nature of 

the contents of the envelopes and a statement substantially in the following 

form: 

This envelope contains documents that are filed in this case pursuant to a 

Protective Order and are not to be opened nor the contents thereof to be 

displayed or revealed except by further order of the Court or written consent of 

the City and County of San Francisco. 

7. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to: (1) limit or waive any right of any 

party to resist or compel discovery with respect to documents or other material 

which may be claimed to be privileged or otherwise protected or protectable; 

(2) preclude any party at any time from seeking and obtaining from the court, 

on an appropriate showing, additional protection, including an order that 

material shall not be produced at all; or (3) constitute a ruling on the 

admissibility of any documents or other material as evidence in this action. 

8. Any inadvertent disclosure made in violation of this Order shall be 

immediately corrected by the offending party and does not constitute a waiver 

of the terms of this Order, except by written agreement of the parties, or further 

order of this court. 

9. All documents covered by this Order and copies thereof (including those in the 

possession of experts, consultants, etc.) will be returned to the City at the 

termination of this litigation. On final disposition of this case, plaintiff’s 

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counsel shall within 30 days after the final disposition of this case, without 

request or further order of this Court, return all Information to the Deputy City 

Attorney of record in this matter. The provisions of this Order, insofar as they 

restrict the communication and use of the documents or information covered by 

this Order, shall, without written permission of the City or further order of the 

court, continue to be binding after the conclusion of the action. 

10. Should plaintiffs fail to comply with this agreement, plaintiffs and plaintiffs' 

counsel could be liable for all costs associated with enforcing this agreement, 

including but not limited to all attorney fees in amounts to be determined by 

the court. 

11. This Order is subject to modification pursuant to motion procedures by either 

party. 

Nothing in this agreement shall prevent Plaintiffs from seeking a court order challenging the 

confidential designation by defendants of these documents, nor shall this agreement prevent 

Defendants from seeking an order preventing disclosure of any documents deemed confidential or 

protected by law. 

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It is so stipulated. 

Dated: September 28, 2006 

DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER 

Chief Trial Attorney 

SEAN F. CONNOLLY 

Deputy City Attorney 

By: /s/ Sean F. Connolly 

SEAN F. CONNOLLY 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: September __ 2006 

Micha Star Liberty 

Law Offices of Micha Star Liberty 

By: /s/ Micha S. Liberty 

MICHA STAR LIBERTY 

Attorneys for plaintiffs 

 

ORDER 

 BASED ON THE ABOVE ENTERED STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

By: 

HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

USDC NO. C06-4541

Date: October 6, 2006

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