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Parties Involved:
City of Elk Grove
Defendant
Christopher Diaz
Defendant
Katelin Dumas
Plaintiff
Kimberly Dumas
Plaintiff
Rick Dumas
Plaintiff
Tamara Dumas
Plaintiff
Ali Khalil
Defendant
Lance McDaniel
Defendant
Robert Simmons
Defendant
Wally Smith
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAMARA DUMAS, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. CIV 2:09cv1573-GEB-JFM

vs.

CITY OF ELK GROVE, et al.,

Defendants. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Defendants City of Elk Grove, Christopher Diaz, Ali Khalil, Lance McDaniel, Wally

Smith, Robert Simmons, and Plaintiffs Tamara Dumas, Rick Dumas, Katelin Dumas, and Kimberly

Dumas, by and through their respective undersigned counsel, and subject to the approval of the

Court, stipulate to the following: 

1. This case is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action arising out of the arrest of Tamara

Dumas on July 1, 2008. Plaintiffs contend Defendants violated their rights under the Fourth and

Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs also assert state law claims for

unreasonable seizure/wrongful arrest, excessive force, negligence, battery, intentional infliction of

emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Defendants deny the claims and

assert various affirmative defenses. 

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2. Plaintiffs propounded a series of Requests for Production of Documents

seeking private and protected information from the individual defendants and from the City of Elk

Grove, including, but not limited to, confidential Internal Investigation files, Divisional Files, and

private personnel files (hereinafter “Confidential Material”). Confidential material includes

information contained in those files as well as summaries, copies, abstracts and/or documents

derived in whole or in part from those files that have not been made public.

3. Confidential material will be produced in response to plaintiffs’ Requests for

Production of Documents. The materials will be marked as confidential and will be redacted to

protect the Defendants’ private contact information and the privacy rights of third-parties.

4. Confidential material produced pursuant to this order shall be used only for

the purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action and for no other purpose.

Confidential material may be disclosed or made available only to the court, court reporters retained

in this action, counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed

by such counsel), and the following “qualified persons”:

a. Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by

such counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this action;

b. A witness at any deposition or proceedings in this action; and

c. Any other person as to whom the parties agree in writing.

Prior to receiving any confidential material, each "qualified person" shall be provided with

a copy of this Order and shall execute a non-disclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A, the

original copy of which shall be maintained by the counsel providing these materials to the person.

5. Any party filing or intending to file Confidential materials, including

pleadings, motions, exhibits or other papers containing confidential materials, shall, prior to filing,

notify the opposing parties of their intent to file such materials. If the opposing party objects to the

filing of those materials, the parties will submit their dispute to the court for an expedited hearing

to determine whether the materials are privileged or otherwise protected. If the court cannot hear

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or decide the issue before filing, the materials will be filed conditionally under seal pending the

court’s ruling on whether they are privileged or otherwise protected. 

6. Upon the issuance of an order sealing such documents, all confidential

materials and/or documents containing confidential information shall be filed and served under seal,

with the following statement affixed to the document or information:

“This envelope is sealed pursuant to the order of the Court and contains confidential

information filed in this case by [name of party] and is not to be opened nor the

contents thereof displayed or revealed except by order of the Court.”

7. The portion of any deposition in which confidential materials are discussed

shall be taken only in the presence of qualified persons.

8. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a

party of material obtained outside 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. Receipt by any party of any confidential information shall not be an admission

that the information is private and/or confidential, nor an admission with respect to the authenticity,

competency, relevance or materiality thereof.

9. All documents designated as “Confidential” shall be treated as such and shall

be subject to the provisions hereof unless or until one of the following occurs:

a. The party who claims that the material is confidential withdraws such

designation in writing; or

b. The Court rules the material is not confidential. If a party contends

that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such party may apply to the Court for an

order removing the confidential designation.

10. This Order shall be without prejudice to a party presenting a motion to the

court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (c) for a separate Protective Order as to any

particular document or information, including restrictions different from those specified herein. 

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11. Nothing in this Order, including production of any material under the terms

of this Order, nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order, shall act as an admission or waiver of any

objections or privileges by either party. 

12. At the conclusion of this litigation, counsel for plaintiffs shall return all

confidential and derivative materials within 60 calendar days, or shall certify to the defendants that

any and all such materials have been destroyed.

13. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, and the court shall

retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information disclosed hereunder. 

Dated: August 2, 2010 PORTER SCOTT

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

By /s/ Derek J. Haynes

Michael W. Pott

Derek J. Haynes

Attorneys for Defendants 

City of Elk Grove, Christopher Diaz, Ali Khalil,

Lance McDaniel, Wall Smith, and Robert

Simmons

Dated: July 26, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF STEWART KATZ

By /s/ Stewart Katz (authorized on this date)

Stewart Katz

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Tamara Dumas, Rick Dumas, Katelin Dumas,

and Kimberly Dumas

Having reviewed the above stipulation, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered

that the aforementioned stipulated provisions and nondisclosure agreement shall govern the

handling of confidential materials throughout the proceedings in this action.

DATED: August 2, 2010.

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