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Parties Involved:
City Of Fresno
Defendant
Holly Louen
Plaintiff
Brian Twedt
Defendant

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 Stipulated Protective Order Re: Personnel and 

 Internal Records of Brian Twedt

James D. Weakley, Esq. Bar No. 082853

Erica M. Camarena, Esq. Bar No. 227981

THE LAW FIRM OF

WEAKLEY, RATLIFF,

ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Attorneys for Defendant, CITY OF FRESNO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOLLY LOUEN,

Plaintiff

vs.

FRESNO POLICE OFFICER BRIAN

TWEDT; THE CITY OF FRESNO,

CALIFORNIA, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV-F-04-6556 OWW SMS

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

REGARDING PERSONNEL AND

INTERNAL RECORDS OF BRIAN TWEDT

MAINTAINED BY THE FRESNO POLICE

DEPARTMENT

WHEREAS, the Court has ordered the Defendant City of Fresno (“the City”) to produce

certain documents in its December 21, 2006 Order and its August 10, 2007 Order regarding the

records of Brian Twedt maintained by the Fresno Police Department.

WHEREAS, the City believes, in good faith, that these documents requested by the Plaintiff

contains 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:

A. Personnel records; and

B. Records relating to internal investigations, including Internal Affairs files.

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

counsel of record, and plaintiff Holly Louen, that those portions of the documents described above

may be designated as “Confidential” by the City and produced subject to the following Protective

Order:

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

case of Holly Louen v. Brian Twedt and the City of Fresno, Case No. CIV-F-04-6556 OWW SMS,

and in the preparation and trial of this case. The City is not waiving any objections to the

admissibility of the documents or portions of the documents in future proceedings, including the

trial in this matter. 

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

those materials by affixing a mark labeling them as “Confidential Material Subject to Protective

Order.” If any Confidential materials cannot be labeled with the aforementioned marking, those

materials shall be placed in a sealed envelope or other container that is in turn marked Confidential

in a manner agreed 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) Counsel for Plaintiff Holly Louen, Kevin G. Little and counsel for Defendant

Brian Twedt, Gregory Myers;

b) Attorney, paralegal, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly employed

by counsel Kevin G. Little and Gregory Myers;

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 or consultant retained in connection with this action;

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

limine motions and objections of counsel; 

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

paragraph 3(d), 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

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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 must also consent to be subject to the jurisdiction

of the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, with respect to any proceeding

related to enforcement of this Protective Order, including without limitation, any proceeding for

contempt. Provisions of this Protective Order, insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of the

material, shall be in effect until further order of this Court. Plaintiff Holly Louen’s counsel and

Brian Twedt’s counsel shall be responsible for internally tracking the identities of those individuals

to whom copies of documents marked Confidential are given. Plaintiff will advise City of the

names and addresses of all individual(s) she wishes to provide Confidential documents to. Subject

to each individual’s signature acknowledging that they have read, understand and agree to this

Stipulated Protective Order, the City will produce to Plaintiff, at her expense, a copy of the

documents designated as described above. 

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

“This envelope is sealed pursuant to order of the Court and contains Confidential

Information filed in this case by [name of party] and is not to be opened or the contents thereof to

be displayed or revealed except by order of the Court.”

6. The designation of information as “Confidential,” and the subsequent production

thereof, is without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose the admissibility of the designated

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 so applying, 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 Order. The producing party shall have the

burden of establishing the propriety of the “Confidential” designation. A party shall not be

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obligated to challenge the propriety of a confidential designation at the time made, and a failure to

do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge thereto. 

8. Copies of Confidential Documents

Copies of confidential documents will be handled in the following manner:

a) Plaintiff’s counsel shall receive only one copy of the “Confidential” documents. 

b) Plaintiff’s counsel shall not copy, duplicate, furnish, disclose, or otherwise 

divulge any information contained in these confidential documents to anyone.

c) If for a justifiable reason, plaintiff’s counsel in good faith reasonably believes he

needs an additional copy or copies for preparation of his client’s case, including any copies for court

filings, he shall make a written request to counsel for the City of the specific number of copies of

documents marked “Confidential” he seeks for production. Upon agreement with counsel for the

City, copies will be produced in a timely manner to plaintiff’s counsel, pursuant to the procedures

of this Protective Order. 

d) Plaintiff shall be billed for the copying of the Confidential documents at the City’s

cost. 

e) The City shall produce Confidential information to the Plaintiff with a red marking

labeled “KEVIN G. LITTLE, ESQ.” 

f) If any document or information designated as “confidential” pursuant to this

Protective Order is used or disclosed during the course of a deposition, that 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 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 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 shall not be delivered, exhibited or otherwise disclosed to any

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reporter, writer or employee of any trade publication, newspaper, magazine or other media

organization.

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 counsel for the City 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 disclosed to a person not authorized to

receive it under this Protective Order.

11. At the conclusion of this litigation, all documents, in whatever form stored,

containing “Confidential” information will remain Confidential, and if filed with the Court, shall

remain under seal. All parties also ensure that all persons to whom “Confidential” documents were

disclosed shall be returned to counsel for the producing party. The conclusion of this litigation

means a termination of the case following applicable post-trial motions, appeal and/or retrial. After

the conclusion of this litigation, all confidential documents received under the provisions of this

Protective Order, including all copies made, shall be tendered back to the attorneys for the City in

a manner in which the City will be able to reasonably identify that all documents were returned.

12. This 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 Protective Order for good cause shown by this Court or any Court having

jurisdiction over an appeal of this action. Afterthis action terminates, any party may seek to modify

or dissolve this Protective Order by Court order for good cause shown or by the parties’ stipulation.

13. 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 improper use

or disclosure of confidential material.

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14. No later than 45 days of receiving notice of the entryof an order, judgment, or decree

terminating this action, all persons having received protected information shall return all

confidential documents to counsel for the City.

15. Any person violating this Order shall be held in contempt and subject to sanctions.

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: August 14, 2007 WEAKLEY, RATLIFF, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

By: /s/ 

Erica M. Camarena, 

Attorneys for Defendant the City of Fresno

DATED: August 14, 2007 MYERS & MAYFIELD 

By: /s/ 

Gregory L. Myers, 

Attorneys for Defendant, Brian Twedt

DATED: August 14, 2007 LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN G. LITTLE

By: 

Kevin G. Little, 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Holly Louen

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 15, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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