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Parties Involved:
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Defendant
E. Garcia
Defendant
R. Groves
Defendant
T. Haak
Defendant
K. Holland
Defendant
Jerome J. Mack
Plaintiff
D. Mason
Defendant
S. McKay
Defendant
B. Sanders
Defendant
State Personnel Board
Defendant
K. Westergren
Defendant
Kristy Woods
Defendant
Steven M. Yaplee
Defendant

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CURTIS E. ALLEN 

2303 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600

Redwood City, CA 94065

Ph 650 868 6620

Fax 650 362 1864

Curtis.e.allen.esq@gmail.com

Attorney for Plaintiff Jerome Mack 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

JUDITH A. RECCHIO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

MARY HORST

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 163069

2550 Mariposa Mall, Room 5090

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 477-1672

Fax: (559) 445-5106

E-mail: Mary.Horst @doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants CDCR & Kim Holland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEROME J. MACK,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION; K. HOLLAND, 

WARDEN; R. GROVES, CHIEF DEPUTY 

WARDEN; E. GARCIA, ASSOCIATE 

WARDEN; B. SANDERS, ASSOCIATE 

WARDEN; T. HAAK, CORRECTIONAL 

CAPTAIN; CORRECTIONAL 

LIEUTENANT K. WESTERGREN; 

CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT D. 

MASON; ERO DISCIPLINARY OFFICER 

S. MCKAY; STEVEN M. YAPLEE, MD; 

KRISTY WOODS, RN; STATE 

PERSONNEL BOARD,

Defendant.

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1. Pursuant to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and it appearing that 

discovery in this action will involve the disclosure of confidential information, it is hereby 

stipulated by and between Plaintiff Jerome Mack (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) and Kim Holland (together, 

“Defendants”), collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually referred to as “Party,” 

through their respective counsel, and ordered that the following Protective Order be entered to 

give effect to the terms and conditions set forth below:

2. “Designating Party” means any one of the Parties producing Documents or 

information under this Protective Order.

3. “Document” or “Documents” shall have the broadest meaning permitted under 

Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 1001 of the Federal Rules of 

Evidence, and relevant case law. 

4. “Protected Information” includes the following categories of information, and 

shall include Documents produced during discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admissions, depositions, hearing or trial transcripts, and tangible things, the 

information contained therein, and all copies, abstracts, excerpts, analyses, or other writings that 

contain, reflect, or disclose such information.

A. “CONFIDENTIAL” designates information that a Designating Party reasonably 

believes to be confidential due to safety or security reasons, that is not readily available to the 

public, and/or the disclosure of which is likely to result in imminent or substantial endangerment 

to an inmate or prison employee.

B. “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” designates information that is protected 

against disclosure by various privacy laws, including, for example, social security numbers, home 

addresses, and bank account numbers.

C. The designation of information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & 

CONFIDENTIAL” is limited to information falling into one or more of the following categories:

i. Prison, CDCR, or OIG policies, operational procedures, rules, or 

regulations that have previously been designated as confidential;

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ii. personnel documents;

iii. post orders;

iv. investigation documents;

v. documents contained in the central prison file, medical file, or 

parole files of an inmate or former inmate;

vi. any personal information regarding an inmate, former inmate, or 

staff member employed or formerly employed by the CDCR or 

OIG; 

vii. information regarding the identity of a confidential informant and 

confidential investigations; and

viii. the information addressed in Eastern District of California Local 

Rule 39-140, including minors’ names, financial account numbers, 

social security numbers, and dates of birth.

However, information falling within these categories does not, solely by virtue of that fact, merit 

designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 

must also meet the criteria described in Paragraphs 4.A and 4.B, respectively, to merit those 

designations.

E. Protected Information shall not include: (i) information that is in the public 

domain at the time of disclosure; (ii) information that after disclosure is published or becomes 

part of the public domain through no fault or action (in whole or in part) of any Party receiving 

information under this Protective Order, but only after it is published or comes into the public 

domain; (iii) information that is in the possession of a Party receiving such information without 

any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure; or (iv) information disclosed by a third 

party without any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure.

5. This Protective Order shall apply to all Protected Information exchanged by any 

Party, including, without limitation, Documents, things, other discovery materials, transcripts, 

depositions, testimony, or other papers produced, filed, generated, or served by a Party in this 

litigation.

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6. All Protected Information produced and designated as confidential hereunder shall 

have stamped or affixed on each page that contains Protected Information the appropriate 

confidentiality classification—either “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “REDACTED & 

CONFIDENTIAL,”— and the designation “Case No. 1:15-CV-01600 (E.D. Cal.)” at the time 

such materials, or copies thereof, are delivered to the receiving Party, or within ten (10) court 

days thereafter in the event such labeling or marking is inadvertently omitted. Until ten (10) court 

days have elapsed after receipt, the reviewing Party will treat Documents and things that have 

been received and that have not been designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” “REDACTED & 

CONFIDENTIAL,” as if they had been designated with the “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL,” classification. The parties will use due care to designate as 

Protected Information only Documents or other materials that truly encompass such information.

7. Protected Information that has been classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” may be disclosed only to the following: 

A. outside counsel for the receiving Party and their clerical and paralegal staffs and 

litigation support providers (for example, outside copy services, coding and imaging vendors, 

graphic art and visual aid providers, or jury consultants) whose duties and responsibilities require 

access to Protected Information;

B. Plaintiffs and Defendants;

C. Experts and consultants who are requested by counsel of the receiving Party to 

furnish technical, legal, expert, or other specialized services in connection with this litigation;

D. An officer before whom a deposition is taken, including stenographic reporters and 

any necessary secretarial, clerical, or other lay personnel of such officer;

E. Any other person to whom the parties agree in writing or as allowed by the Court; 

and;

F. During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 

unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court.

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8. No Protected Information shall be provided to any person identified in subpart B 

or C of Paragraph 7 until each such person has been provided with a copy of this Protective 

Order, reviewed it, and signed the Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A.

9. Designations of Discovery

A. Depositions may be designated as Protected Information in accordance with this 

Order: (a) in the course of the deposition, orally on the record; or (b) by notifying the other Party 

in writing, within ten (10) court days of receipt of the transcript by the parties, of the pages and 

lines of the transcript that contain the Protected Information.

i. All depositions shall presumptively be treated as Protected 

Information marked with the “CONFIDENTIAL” designation in 

accordance with the definition above and subject to this Order 

during the deposition and for a period of ten (10) court days after a 

transcript of said deposition is received by the Parties.

ii. Counsel of record for the Designating Party may also request that 

all persons other than the individuals specified in Paragraph 7 of 

this Protective Order, as appropriate, leave the deposition room 

during the portion of the deposition in which Protected Information 

is disclosed. The failure of such other persons to comply with a 

request of this type shall constitute substantial justification for 

counsel of record to advise the witness not to answer the question 

pending a ruling from the Court on the issue.

iii. Where appropriate in light of the amount of Protected Information 

likely to be disclosed at a given deposition, counsel of record for 

the Parties may agree at the beginning of the deposition that the 

entire transcript shall be designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” subject to 

review of the transcript and withdrawal of any unnecessary 

designation within ten (10) court days of receipt of the transcript.

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B. Answers to interrogatories and requests for admission may also be designated 

confidential by marking the Documents in a manner described in Paragraph 6 of this Order.

C. Notwithstanding Paragraph 7 above, other persons identified in that specific item, 

or on any attachment thereto, as being the author, or as having previously received a copy of an 

exact duplicate of said specific item.

10. Documents Available for Inspection and Copying

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 6, all Documents and things that are 

produced for initial inspection prior to copying and delivery shall presumptively be considered to 

be designated Protected Information marked with the “CONFIDENTIAL” classification and shall 

be produced for inspection only by persons representing the receiving Party who fall within at 

least one of the categories permitted under Paragraph 7.

B. At the initial inspection of Documents and things, the receiving Party shall not 

make copies of the Documents made available for inspection, and if notes are made therefrom 

other than a list identifying Documents or things to be copied or otherwise furnished, the notes 

shall be treated as Protected Information marked with the “CONFIDENTIAL” classification.

C. After the receiving Party has selected Documents or things for copying, they shall 

promptly be sequentially numbered (if not already done), copied, and the copies delivered to the 

receiving Party by the producing Party (with the receiving Party paying only for the costs of its 

copy set and delivery of such set). Before copies are delivered to the receiving Party, counsel for 

the producing Party shall designate and mark each page of the Documents and things with the 

appropriate confidentiality classification — either “CONFIDENTIAL,” “REDACTED & 

CONFIDENTIAL,” and with the litigation case number (“Case No. 1:15-CV-01600 (E.D. Cal.)”) 

if and to the extent appropriate in accordance with Paragraph 6 of this Protective Order. Copies 

of Documents and things delivered to the receiving Party and not so marked shall be considered 

thereafter to be outside the restrictions imposed by this Protective Order, except as provided in 

Paragraph 6.

11. Compliance With Civil Local Rule 141

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A. All deposition transcripts, exhibits, answers to interrogatories, and other 

Documents that have previously been designated by a Party as comprising or containing Protected 

Information, or any pleading, brief, or memorandum purporting to reproduce or paraphrase such 

material, shall be lodged with the Court for filing in accordance with Gen. L.R. 141, subd. (e).

B. The confidential portions of Documents and things that are accepted for filing 

under seal by the Court shall be treated in accordance with Gen. L.R. 141, subd. (e).

12. If the receiving Party disagrees with the confidential or redacted status of any 

Document or other material, or if the receiving Party disagrees with the level of confidentiality 

classification, the receiving Party will notify and confer with the producing Party to request 

reclassification of the Document or material. If no agreement has been reached within ten (10) 

court days of such notification or a later date if agreed to in writing by the parties, the receiving 

Party may thereafter make a request of the Court for an order reclassifying the confidentiality 

designation and/or removing such Document or other material from the restrictions of this Order. 

If such a request is made, the Party seeking to maintain a confidentiality classification bears the 

burden of establishing that the restrictions of this Order apply to such Protected Information.

13. Privileged Information

A. Nothing in this Protective Order shall in and of itself require disclosure of 

information that is protected by the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other 

privilege, doctrine, or immunity, nor does this Protective Order result in any Party giving up its 

right to argue that otherwise privileged documents must be produced due to waiver or for any 

other reason.

B. In the event any Party claims that it has inadvertently disclosed materials subject to 

the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other privilege, doctrine, or immunity, 

it shall, upon discovery of the inadvertent disclosure, promptly notify the opposing Party thereof. 

Promptly upon receiving such notice, outside counsel for the Party who received the allegedly 

inadvertently-disclosed privileged materials shall sequester all identified materials (including any 

and all copies) in its offices until the matter has been resolved either by agreement of the parties 

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or by an order of this Court. Counsel shall also take reasonable steps to retrieve the materials if 

disclosed to anyone else before notification.

C. In the event any Party receives materials that on their face appear to be subject to 

the attorney-client privilege and to have been inadvertently disclosed, the Party shall treat the 

materials in the manner described in Paragraph 13.B and shall promptly notify the disclosing 

Party.

D. With respect to the application of any claim of privilege or immunity for 

inadvertently produced materials, if the parties are unable to reach a satisfactory agreement as to 

the return and/or use of such Documents within ten (10) court days of such notice, the producing 

Party may, within ten (10) court days thereafter, petition the Court on an expedited basis to 

resolve the matter. If the Party alleging an inadvertent disclosure makes an adequate showing, 

reasonable under the circumstances, of both inadvertence and privilege, the Court shall order all 

such information returned to the Party that inadvertently produced them. The period of time that 

elapses while a Party follows the procedures set forth in this Paragraph 13 for resolving any 

inadvertent disclosure dispute shall not be considered as a factor in deciding whether a Party’s 

delay in attending to the inadvertent disclosure was unreasonable under the circumstances.

14. A third party from whom discovery is sought in this litigation (“the Third Party”) 

may produce Protected Information entitled to the protections afforded by this Order as follows:

A. The Third Party shall be given a copy of this Order;

B. The Third Party shall request, in writing addressed to the propounding 

Party’s counsel, the protections afforded by this Order;

C. The Third Party shall produce any Protected Information in the manner 

described in Paragraphs 6, 9, and/or 10;

D. The Third Party’s Protected Information produced in such manner may be 

disclosed only to the persons identified in Paragraph 7;

E. Paragraph 12 sets the procedures for disputing classification of material 

produced by the Third Party;

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F. The Third Party is entitled to the protections against inadvertent disclosure 

found in Paragraph 13;

G. Following the termination of this Action, the Third Party’s Protected 

Information shall be treated as described in Paragraph 16; and

H. Before any modification of the Order pursuant to Paragraph 17 that might 

affect the Third Party’s rights under this Order, the Third Party is entitled to notice and an 

opportunity to object.

15. If Protected Information produced in accordance with this Order is disclosed to 

any person other than in the manner authorized by this Order, the Party responsible for the 

disclosure shall immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of 

all counsel of record and, without prejudice to other rights and remedies available to the 

producing Party, make every effort to obtain the return of the disclosed Protected Information and 

prevent further disclosure of it by the person who was the recipient of such information.

16. Unless otherwise agreed or ordered by the Court, within ninety (90) calendar days 

after the termination of this Action, Case No. 1:15-CV-01600 (E.D. Cal.), including any and all 

appeals therefrom, attorneys for the receiving Party shall destroy all Protected Information 

received from the other parties to this litigation or third parties hereunder, and provide the other 

parties with written verification of such destruction. Notwithstanding this provision, outside 

counsel for each Party may maintain for archival purposes one copy of all pleadings, transcripts, 

exhibits and written discovery responses, including portions designated under this Protective 

Order. Prompt written notice shall be given to a Party who produced Protected Information 

hereunder if that Party’s Protected Information is sought by any person not a party to this 

litigation, by subpoena in another action, or by service with any legal process. Any person 

seeking such Protected Information who takes action to enforce such subpoena or other legal 

process shall be apprised of this Order.

17. This Order may be changed only by the written agreement of the parties or further 

order of the Court, and is without prejudice to the rights of a Party to seek relief from or variation 

of any of its provisions.

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18. Subject to Paragraph 16 above, the remaining provisions of this Order, including 

the obligations to maintain confidentiality embodied herein, shall survive the final disposition of 

this litigation and continue in full force and effect.

Dated: December 12, 2016 CURTIS E. ALLEN 

By: //s Curtis E. Allen

Curtis E. Allen

Attorneys for Plaintiff JEROME MACK 

Dated: December 12, 2016 EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

JUDITH A. RECCHIO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

MARY HORST

Deputy Attorney General

By: //s Mary Horst

Mary Horst

Attorneys for Defendants CDCR & KIM 

HOLLAND

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 12, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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CERTIFICATION

I, __________________________, residing at __________________________________, 

___________________________, being duly sworn according to law, state as follows:

1. I understand that information or Documents designated “Protected Information” 

will be provided to me in accordance with the terms and conditions and restrictions of the 

Protective Order (“Protective Order”), dated __________________, entered in the lawsuit styled 

Jerome Mack v. CDCR , et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Civil 

Action No. 1:15-CV-01600 (the “Litigation”);

2. I have been given a copy of and have read and understand the Protective Order, 

and I hereby agree to be bound by its terms;

3. I further agree that I shall not disclose to others, except in accordance with the 

terms and conditions of the Protective Order, such Protected Information and that such Protected 

Information shall be used only for the purposes of the Litigation;

4. I further understand that my obligation to honor the confidentiality of such 

Protected Information will continue even after the Litigation terminates;

5. I further agree and attest to my understanding that, in the event that I fail to abide 

by the terms of the Protective Order, I may be subject to sanctions imposed by the Court for such 

a failure, including sanctions by way of contempt of court, and a claim for damages by the party 

producing the Protected Information disclosed to me;

6. For purposes of enforcing this Protective Order, I hereby consent to the 

jurisdiction of the federal courts and state courts in California, and agree that service by mail or 

personal service of any notice, order, or proceeding in connection therewith shall be valid service 

upon me;

7. I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct under 

penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California.

Executed on: ___________________ By: _____________________________

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