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Parties Involved:
Susan Su
Defendant
Susan Xiao-Ping Su
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY

MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612)

United States Attorney

MIRANDA KANE (CABN 150630)

Chief, Criminal Division

WADE M. RHYNE (CABN 216799)

Assistant United States Attorney

 1301 Clay Street, Suite 340S

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 637-3680

Fax: (510) 637-3724 

E-Mail: wade.rhyne@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUSAN XIAO-PING SU,

Defendant. 

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No. CR-11-00288 SBA

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER REGARDING PRODUCTION OF

CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY 

The United States of America, by and through its attorney of record, and defendant Susan

SU, by and through her attorney of record, hereby stipulate and ask the Court to find as follows:

1. A federal grand jury has returned a 35-count superseding indictment charging the

defendant with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (Wire Fraud); 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (Mail Fraud);18

U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy to Commit Visa Fraud); 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) (Visa Fraud); 18 U.S.C. 

§ 1001(a)(3) (Use of a False Document); 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2) (False Statement to a

Government Agency); 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A) (Alien Harboring); 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(3)

(Unauthorized Access to a Government Computer); 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (Money Laundering); and

18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting).

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2. Some of the discovery materials in this case contain the identities or personal

information of potential or cooperating witnesses, or information from which those identities

may be discovered. The United States believes that the proposed protective order will reduce the

risk that individuals, including the defendant, will misuse discovery materials to intimidate or

harm potential or cooperating witnesses, including defendants in related cases. 

3. The defendant and her attorney deny that any person would be endangered by the

defendant’s possession of any discovery material in this matter. The parties agree that no

inference should be drawn about the defendant’s dangerousness because of her agreement to

enter into this stipulation and protective order.

4. The parties agree that the following conditions, if ordered by the Court, should

serve the government’s interest in protecting witnesses, while permitting the defense to obtain

discovery required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 and the United States Constitution. 

Accordingly, the parties jointly request that the Court order as follows:

a. For purposes of this Order, the term “defense team” refers to: (1) the

defendant; (2) counsel of record for the defendant; (3) defense investigators assisting the defense

team with this case; (3) employees of, or contractors for, defense counsel; and (4) any expert

witnesses who may be retained by the defense team or appointed by the court.

b. The government is authorized to provide the defense team with discovery

required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 and may, in its discretion, designate any

discovery produced as “Confidential Discovery,” to be governed by the terms of this protective

order, if it may contain the identities or personal information of a potential witnesses or

cooperating witness, or information from which those identities may be discovered. 

“Confidential Discovery” shall include all such discovery previously produced by the

government to the defendant’s prior defense counsel and marked as CONFIDENTIAL, as set

forth below. The government may designate discovery as confidential by marking such

discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” and shall produce such discovery on a document, CD, or DVD

marked “WARNING: CONTENTS SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. UNAUTHORIZED

COPYING OR VIEWING IS SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT AS CONTEMPT OF COURT.” 

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c. Except as otherwise provided below, the defense team shall not permit

anyone who is not a member of the defense team to have physical possession of Confidential

Discovery pursuant to this Order. Nor shall the defense team divulge the contents of any

Confidential Discovery provided to the defense team pursuant to this Order by the government,

or by defendant’s prior counsel, to anyone other than the defense team. 

d. The defense team shall not permit Confidential Discovery provided

pursuant to this Order to be outside of the defense team’s offices, homes, vehicles, or personal

control. The defense team may take Confidential Discovery into a custodial facility, but, in that

case, the Confidential Discovery must remain in the physical presence of either defense counsel

or a defense investigator at all times.

e. The defendant may receive Confidential Discovery, or a copy of the same,

to assist in the effective preparation of her defense. The defendant may not further copy the

Confidential Discovery and may not distribute the Confidential Discovery, or disseminate

information contained in the Confidential Discovery, to any person who is not a member of the

defense team. Nor may the defendant use any information contained in or derived from the

Confidential Discovery for any purpose other than to assist in the effective preparation of her

defense. The defendant also agrees that compliance with this protective order shall become a

condition of her pretrial release.

f. Any pleading that references or contains Confidential Discovery, or

information derived therefrom, must be filed under seal.

g. The defense team shall return to the government all Confidential

Discovery provided pursuant to this Order, if it has not already been destroyed by the defense,

within 30 calendar days after any one of the following events, whichever occurs latest in time:

dismissal of all charges against the defendant; the defendant’s acquittal by court or jury; the

conclusion of any direct appeal; the conclusion of the time for filing a petition for certiorari

following a direct appeal; the expiration of the time period for filing a motion pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2255; the district court’s ruling on any motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255; any

appeal from the district court’s ruling on a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255; the conclusion

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of the time for filing a petition for certiorari in the United State Supreme Court following the

denial of an appeal from a collateral attack; or the conclusion of any Supreme Court proceedings,

or lower court proceedings following a decision by the Supreme Court. The government agrees

to promptly notify defense counsel if it believes that the relevant 30 day period has elapsed, and

to give the defense team a reasonable opportunity to return any Confidential Discovery. In the

event that the defense team has made notes or marks on the Confidential Discovery constituting

work product, the defense team shall return the materials to the government in a sealed container

labeled “WORK PRODUCT – DESTROY.” 

h. The government may destroy the Confidential Discovery after it is

returned by the defense team.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: 12/28/11 Respectfully submitted,

MELINDA HAAG 

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

WADE M. RHYNE

HARTLEY M. K. WEST

Assistant United States Attorneys

DATED: 12/28/11 /s/ 

ERIK BABCOCK

Counsel For Defendant

DATED: 12/28/11 /s/ 

SUSAN SU

Defendant

 ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED: The government is hereby

authorized, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, to disclose discovery to the

defense team and may designate discovery to be governed by this protective order as

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Confidential Discovery. The parties are hereby ordered to comply with the conditions set forth

in paragraphs 4(a)-(h) of this stipulation and order pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal

Procedure 16(d)(1). 

DATED: 1/3/12 

HON. SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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