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Parties Involved:
Beth Atkinson
Plaintiff
Kurt Brackob
Plaintiff
County of Tulare
Defendant
William Seymour
Defendant

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Terence J. Cassidy, SBN 99180

Kristina M. Hall, SBN 196794

350 University Ave., Suite 200

Sacramento, California 95825

TEL: 916.929.1481

FAX: 916.927.3706

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF TULARE, WILLIAM SEYMOUR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BETH ATKINSON and KURT BRACKOB,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF TULARE; DETECTIVE

WILLIAM SEYMOUR; and DOES 1-10,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:09-CV-00789-OWW-DLB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Defendants COUNTY OF TULARE and WILLIAM SEYMOUR in good faith believe

that the following documents requested by Plaintiffs BETH ATKINSON AND KURT

BRACKOB contain information that is (a) confidential, sensitive, or potentially invasive of

an individual’s privacy interests; (b) not generally known; and, ( c) not normally revealed to

the public or third parties or, if disclosed to third parties, would require such third parties to

maintain the information in confidence:

1. Personnel records of Defendant William Seymour;

2. Disciplinary history of Defendant William Seymour;

3. Training records of Defendant William Seymour;

4. Prior internal affairs investigations pertaining to Defendant William Seymour;

5. The internal affairs and investigative file into the underlying incident in this

case.

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by, among and between the parties through their

counsels of record that the documents described herein may be designated as “Confidential”

by the COUNTY and produced subject to the following Protective Order:

1. The disclosed documents shall be used solely in connection with the civil cases

of Beth Atkinson, et al. v. County of Tulare, et al., Case No. 1:09-CV-00789-OWW-DLB

(USDC EDCA) and in the preparation and trial of the cases, or any related proceeding. The

COUNTY and SEYMOUR do not waive any objectionsto the admissibility of the documents

or portions thereof in future proceedings in this case, including trial. Any documents

submitted in any related litigation that were under seal remain under seal in this action.

2. A party producing the documents and materials described herein may designate

those materials as confidential by affixing a mark labeling them “Confidential,”provided that

such marking does not obscure or obliterate the content of any record. If any confidential

materials cannot be labeled with this marking, those materials shall be placed in a sealed

envelope or other container that is in turn marked “Confidential” in a manner agree upon by

the disclosing and requesting parties.

3. Documents or materials designated under this Protective Order as

“Confidential” may only be disclosed to the following persons:

(a) Dale K. Galipo and Brian E. Claypool, and associate attorneys in the

offices of each, as counsel for Plaintiffs BETH ATKINSON and KURT BRACKOB in the

case enumerated above.

(b) Paralegal, clerical and secretarial personnel regularly employed by

counsel referred to in subpart (a) immediately above, including stenographic deposition

reporters or videographers retained in connection with this action;

(c) Court personnel, including stenographic reporters or videographers

engaged in proceedings as are necessarily incidental to the preparation for the trial of the civil

action;

(d) Any expert, consultant or investigator retained in connection with this

action;

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(e) The finder of fact at the time of trial, subject to the court’s ruling on in

limine motions and objections of counsel; and,

(f) Witnesses during their depositions in this action.

4. Prior to the disclosure of any Confidential information to any person identified

in paragraph 3 and it subparts, each such recipient of Confidential information shall be

provided with a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order, which he or she shall read. Upon

reading this Stipulated Protective Order, such person shall acknowledge in writing that he

or she has read this Stipulated Protective Order and shall abide by its terms. Such person also

must consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California, including without limitation any proceeding for contempt.

Provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order, insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of

the material, shall be in effect until further order of this Court. Plaintiffs shall be responsible

for internally tracking the identities of those individuals to whom copies of documents

marked Confidential are given. The COUNTY may request the identities of said individual

upon the final termination of the litigation or if it is able to demonstrate a good faith basis

that Plaintiffs, or an agent thereof, has breached the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order.

5. All documents or materials designated as “Confidential” pursuant to this

Stipulated Protective Order, and all papers or documents containing information or materials

designated as “Confidential” that are filed with the Court for any purpose 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 contend thereof displayed or revealed except by order of the

Court.

6. The designation of documents or information as “Confidential” and the

subsequent production thereof is without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose the

admissibility of the designated document or information.

7. A party may apply to the Court for an order that information or materials

labeled “Confidential” are not, in fact, confidential. Prior to applying to the Court for such

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an order, the party seeking to reclassify Confidential information shall meet and confer with

the producing party. Until the matter is resolved by the parties or the Court, the information

in question shall continue to be treated according to its designation under the terms of this

Stipulated Protective Order. The producing party shall have the burden of establishing the

propriety of the “Confidential” designation. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the

propriety of a confidentiality designation at the time made and a failure to do so shall not

preclude a subsequent challenge thereto.

8. Copies of Confidential Documents

The following procedures shall be utilized by the parties in production of documents

and materials designated as “Confidential”:

(a) Plaintiffs’ counselshall receive one copy of the Confidential documents

at no charge to Plaintiffs.

(b) Plaintiffs’ counsel shall not copy, duplicate, furnish, disclose, or

otherwise divulge any information contained in the confidential documents to any source,

except those persons identified in Paragraph 3 herein, without further order of the Court or

authorization from counsel for the County of Tulare and William Seymour.

( c) If Plaintiffsin good faith require additional copies of documents marked

“Confidential” in preparation of their case, they shall make a further request to counsel for

the County and Seymour. Upon agreement with counsel for the County and Seymour, copies

will be produced in a timely manner to Plaintiffs, pursuant to the procedures of this

Stipulated Protective Order. Agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld by counsel for

the County and Seymour.

(d) Plaintiffs shall be billed for any additional copying of the Confidential

documents beyond the first copy at the County’s cost.

(e) Defendants shall produce documents and material marked

“Confidential” to Plaintiffs.

(f) If any document or information designated as confidential pursuant to

this Stipulated Protective Order is used or disclosed during the course of a deposition, that

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portion of the deposition record reflecting such material shall be stamped with the

appropriate designation and access shall be limited pursuant to the terms of this Stipulated

Protective Order. The Court reporter for the deposition shall mark the deposition transcript

cover page and all appropriate pages or exhibits and each copy thereof, in accordance with

paragraph 5 of this Stipulated Protective Order. Only individuals who are authorized by this

Protective Order to see or receive such material may be present during the discussion or

disclosure of such material.

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 3, confidential information

produced pursuant to this Protective Order may not be delivered, exhibited or otherwise

disclosed to any reporter, writer or employee of any trade publication, newspaper, magazine

or other media organization, including but not limited to radio and television media.

10. Should any information designated confidential be disclosed, through

inadvertence or otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive it under this Protective

Order, the disclosing person(s) shall promptly (a) inform the County of the recipient(s) and

the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure to the relevant producing person(s) and (b)

use best efforts to bind the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No information

shall lose its confidential status because it was inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed to

a person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order.

11. After the conclusion of thislitigation, all documents and materials, in whatever

form stored or reproduced containing confidential information will remain confidential, and

if filed with the Court shall remain under seal. All documents and materials produced to

Plaintiffs pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order shall be returned to counsel for the

County in a manner in which counsel will be able to reasonably verify that all documents

were returned. All parties all agree to ensure that all persons to whom confidential

documents or materials were disclosed shall be returned to counsel for the County.

“Conclusion” of this litigation means a termination of the case following a trial or settlement.

12. No later than 30 days after settlement or of receiving notice of the entry of an

order, judgment, or decree terminating this action, all persons having received the

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confidential documents shall return said documents to counsel for the County.

13. If any party appeals a jury verdict or order terminating the case, counsel for the

County shall maintain control of all copies of confidential documents. If following an appeal

the district court reopens the case for further proceedings, the documents shall be returned

to counsel for Plaintiffs.

14. This Stipulated Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect and shall

continue to be binding on all parties and affected persons after this litigation terminates,

subject to any subsequent modifications of this Stipulated Protective Order for good cause

shown by this Court or any Court having jurisdiction over an appeal of this action. After this

action terminates, any party may seek to modify or dissolve this Stipulated Protective Order

by Court order for good cause shown or by the stipulation of the parties.

15. The Court shall retain jurisdiction, even after this lawsuit terminates, (a) to

make such amendments, modifications and additions to this Protective Order as it may from

time to time deem appropriate upon good cause shown; and, (b) to adjudicate any dispute

respecting the improper use or disclosure of confidential material.

Dated: January 6, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF DALE K. GALIPO

By /s/ John C. Fattahi (as auth’d 1/6/2010)

Dale K. Galipo

John Fattahi

Attorneys for Plaintiffs BETH

ATKINSON and KURT BRACKOB

Dated: January 7, 2010 PORTER SCOTT

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

By /s/ Terence J. Cassidy

Terence J. Cassidy

Kristina M. Hall

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF TULARE, WILLIAM

SEYMOUR

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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