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Parties Involved:
City of Lathrop
Defendant
County of San Joaquin
Defendant
Davis
Defendant
Jerry Lum
Plaintiff
Felipe Mendoza
Defendant
Steven Pease
Defendant
Dorothea Timmons
Plaintiff
Ray Walters
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JERRY LUM, etc., et al., ) 

) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

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v. ) 

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COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, et al., ) 

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Defendants. ) 

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NO. 2:10-CV-01807-LKK-DAD 

STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING PLAINTIFF 

DOROTHEA TIMMONS’ MEDICAL 

RECORDS 

DANA A. SUNTAG (State Bar #125127)

JOSHUA J. STEVENS (State Bar #238105) 

ZOEY P. MERRILL (State Bar #268331) 

THE SUNTAG LAW FIRM 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

The Kress Building 

20 North Sutter Street, Fourth Floor 

Stockton, California 95202 

Telephone: (209) 943-2004 

Facsimile: (209) 943-0905 

MATTHEW P. DACEY (State Bar #196943) 

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL OF SAN JOAQUIN 

Deputy County Counsel 

44 North San Joaquin Street, Suite 679 

Stockton, California 95202 

Telephone: (209) 468-2980 

Attorneys for All Defendants 

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This stipulated protective order is entered into between Plaintiffs Jerry 

Lum and Dorothea Timmons, on the one hand, and Defendants County of San Joaquin, 

City of Lathrop, Ray Walters, Steven Pease, Robert Davis, and Felipe Mendoza 

(collectively “Defendants”), on the other hand. 

RECITALS

A. Defendants served subpoenas on Ricardo Young, M.D., and 

Kaiser Permanente of Modesto (the “Subpoenas”) for Plaintiff Dorothea Timmons’ 

medical records (the “Medical Records”). 

B. Plaintiffs objected to the Subpoenas, claiming the Subpoenas are 

overbroad and invade Timmons’ right to privacy. 

C. Defendants assert that the Medical Records are relevant and 

discoverable, and, as a compromise, are willing to enter into this protective order to 

limit the scope of the Subpoenas. 

STIPULATION

IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED, by Plaintiffs and Defendants, through 

their counsel of record: 

1. While reserving all objections, Defendants will limit the Subpoenas 

for the Medical Records for a maximum period of 10 years before the date of the 

execution of this stipulated protective order. Nothing contained in this stipulated 

protective order shall constitute a waiver of any objections Plaintiffs may later assert 

regarding the Medical Records. 

2. Defendants and their counsel shall use the Medical Records only 

for purposes of this lawsuit and any appeals. 

3. Defendants and their counsel shall maintain the confidentiality of 

the Medical Records. Neither Defendants nor their counsel shall provide a copy of the 

Medical Records or any portion of them (whether in paper or electronic form) to anyone 

or disclose the contents of them to anyone. 

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4. Notwithstanding paragraph 4, above, Defendants and their counsel 

may provide a copy of the Medical Records to any expert witness they retain for 

purposes of testifying in this case or for purposes of providing expert consultation or 

advice to Defendants or their counsel (collectively, “Expert Witness”). If Defendants or 

their counsel provide a copy of the Medical Records (or any portion of them) to an 

Expert Witness, they shall, at the same time, provide the Expert Witness with a copy of 

this stipulated protective order and advise the Expert Witness of the contents of it. 

Defendants’ counsel shall maintain, through the final conclusion of this lawsuit and any 

appeals, a written record of the date on which each Expert Witness was provided with a 

copy of this stipulated protective order. 

5. Defendants and their counsel shall maintain the Medical Records 

in a folder or other container in a manner designed to preserve the confidential nature 

of the Medical Records. The outside of such folder or container shall be conspicuously 

marked “CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” and shall have a 

copy of this stipulated protective order affixed to the outside of it in a manner designed 

to provide reasonable notice that the folder or container contains confidential records. 

6. If any of the Medical Records are marked as an exhibit in a 

deposition in this case, counsel shall direct the court reporter to place the Medical 

Records under seal. In addition, Defendants’ counsel shall provide a copy of this 

stipulated protective order to the court reporter. 

7. If Defendants wish to file any of the Medical Records with the Court 

(e.g., as an exhibit to a motion), they shall do so only after filing a proper motion with 

the Court seeking permission to file the document under seal in compliance with Local 

Rule 141. 

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8. At the conclusion of this lawsuit and any appeals, Defendants and 

their counsel shall send Plaintiffs’ counsel the Medical Records and all copies 

(electronic or paper) of them. 

Dated: December 22, 2011 THE SUNTAG LAW FIRM 

 A Professional Corporation 

 By: __/s/ Dana A. Suntag___________ 

 DANA A. SUNTAG 

Attorneys for All Defendants 

Dated: January 3, 2012 WALKER, HAMILTON & KOENIG LLP 

By: __/s/ Peter J. Koenig____________ 

PETER J. KOENIG 

Attorneys for All Plaintiffs 

O R D E R

It is so ordered. 

Dated: January 4, 2012 

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