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Parties Involved:
Olga G. Ortiz
Plaintiff
John E. Potter
Defendant
Patricia Soto
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OLGA G. ORTIZ and PATRICIA SOTO,

Plaintiffs, No. 2:08-cv-01326 LKK KJN

v.

JOHN E. POTTER, POSTMASTER

GENERAL, UNITED STATES POSTAL

SERVICE,

Defendant. ORDER

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Presently before the court is the parties’ “Stipulation and [Proposed] Order For the

Confidentiality of the Deposition of Richard Matsuhiro,” which seeks an order limiting the use

and dissemination of Mr. Matsuhiro’s deposition transcript and related testimony by plaintiffs

and their agents and representatives. (Dkt. No. 68.) The undersigned construes this document as

a proposed stipulated protective order.

The undersigned will not, at this time, approve the proposed stipulated protective

order. Local Rule 144.1 provides that “[e]very proposed protective order shall” contain certain

provisions, including “[a] showing as to why the need for protection should be addressed by a

court order, as opposed to a private agreement between or among the parties.” Local Rule

144.1(d)(3). The parties’ stipulation and proposed order does not contain this required provision. 

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In fact, pursuant to the verbal terms of the settlement between the parties, the undersigned

anticipated that this matter would be addressed in an agreement between the parties. 

Accordingly, the undersigned will not approve the stipulation as proposed. However, the parties

may file a stipulation and proposed order that meets all of the requirements of the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure and the court’s Local Rules. 

For the foregoing reasons, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ “Stipulation

and [Proposed] Order For the Confidentiality of the Deposition of Richard Matsuhiro” is not

approved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 7, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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