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Parties Involved:
Gregory Catton
Defendant
City of Fresno
Defendant
Robert Martinez
Defendant
Mario Peralez
Plaintiff
Robert Thompson
Defendant

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Bruce D. Praet SBN 119430

FERGUSON, PRAET & SHERMAN

A Professional Corporation

1631 East 18th Street

Santa Ana, California 92705

(714) 953-5300 telephone

(714) 953-1143 facsimile 

bpraet@aol.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIO PERALEZ, 

Plaintiff,

v.

FORMER FRESNO POLICE OFFICER 

GREGORY CATTON; FRESNO POLICE 

OFFICER ROBERT MARTINEZ; 

FRESNO POLICE OFFICER ROBERT 

THOMPSON; THE CITY OF FRESNO; 

DOES 3-20,

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:14-cv-00436 SKO

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

and ORDER

Factual Discovery Cutoff: 8.17.15

Expert Discovery Cutoff: 10.19.15

Pretrial Conference: 2.24.16

Trial Date: 4.12.16

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the attorneys for the parties

in the above-entitled action to enter into the following protective order regarding 

the exchange of documents during the discovery process. 

Protective Order:

1. Counsel for Defendants, City of Fresno, Officer Robert Martinez, 

Officer Robert Thompson and former Officer Gregory Catton, shall disclose to 

counsel for Plaintiff, records containing personnel matters, including records of this 

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incident and records of police practices and procedures.

2. Counsel for the Plaintiff shall not convey, transfer, publish, distribute, 

copy, duplicate or disseminate the information so provided except as may be 

reasonably necessary for the prosecution of this litigation, by communicating with 

Plaintiff, or investigators, consultants and experts retained on behalf of the plaintiff 

in this matter.

3. Prior to the dissemination of any such information pursuant to this 

order, counsel for the Plaintiff shall inform such person of the terms and conditions 

of this order and secure such person’s agreement to be bound by it.

4. Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s counsel, and Plaintiff’s investigators, consultants 

and experts, are expressly prohibited from utilizing the disclosed information for 

any purpose other than the prosecution of Mario Peralez v. Former Fresno Police 

Officer Gregory Catton; Fresno Police Officer Robert Martinez; Fresno Police 

Officer Robert Thompson; the City of Fresno; Does 3-20, Case No. 1:14-cv-00436 

SKO, and the information disclosed shall not be utilized in any other proceeding or 

litigation, or for any other purpose. 

5. Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s counsel, and Plaintiff’s investigators, consultants

and experts, are expressly prohibited from disclosing orally or otherwise the 

information subject to this Protective Order to any person other than those who are 

reasonably necessary for the prosecution of Mario Peralez v. Former Fresno Police 

Officer Gregory Catton; Fresno Police Officer Robert Martinez; Fresno Police 

Officer Robert Thompson; the City of Fresno; Does 3-20, Case No. 1:14-cv-00436 

SKO.

6. Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s counsel, and Plaintiff’s investigators, consultants 

and experts, are expressly prohibited from duplicating, copying or otherwise 

distributing or disseminating any of the disclosed information to any person or 

entity.

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7. Counsel for each party shall take reasonable precaution to prevent the

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of any of the protected information.

8. In the event anyone shall violate or threaten to violate any terms of this 

Protective Order, the aggrieved party may immediately apply to obtain relief to this 

court against any such person violating or threatening to violate any of the terms of 

this order. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties and any other 

persons subject to the terms of this order for the purpose of enforcing this order. 

The Court shall have the power to impose whatever penalties it deems appropriate 

for the violation of said order, including, but not limited to, monetary and judicial 

sanctions and contempt.

9. At the final conclusion of this action, all disclosed materials will be 

returned to the counsel for the Defendants without request and within 60 days of the 

final judgment, including any appeals, if any. 

10. This order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the 

extent that the information disclosed remains confidential and does not become 

known to the public, and the court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute 

concerning the use of the information disclosed herein. 

DATED: August 7, 2015 Law Offices of Kevin G. Little

By: /s/ Kevin G. Little 

Kevin G. Little

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: August 7, 2015 FERGUSON, PRAET & SHERMAN, APC

By: /s/ Bruce D. Praet 

Bruce D. Praet

Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 14, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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