Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_13-cv-02550/USCOURTS-caed-2_13-cv-02550-3/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Sergio Alvarez
Defendant
Heatherlyn Bevard
Plaintiff
City of West Sacramento
Defendant
Dan Drummond
Defendant
Rebecca Wilson
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

REBECCA WILSON (by and through 

Heatherlyn Bevard as Guardian ad Litem), 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO; 

SERGIO ALVAREZ; West Sacramento 

Police Department Chief DAN 

DRUMMOND and DOES 1 through 30, 

inclusive, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: Case No.: 2:13-2550-WBS-AC

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING DISCOVERY OF 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 

Defendants City of West Sacramento and Chief Dan Drummond (“Defendants”) and 

subpoenaed third-party City of Sacramento hereby stipulate to the following protective order: 

1. On or about September 26, 2012, the West Sacramento Police Department 

requested that the Sacramento Police Department become the lead investigative agency into 

possible criminal conduct of Sergio Alvarez, a West Sacramento Police Officer. The 

Sacramento Police Department conducted the criminal investigation at the request of the 

West Sacramento Police Department and as a result, generated police reports, investigative 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 1 of 7
2

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

reports, witnesses’ statements, as well as numerous other pieces of potential evidence in 

connection with the criminal investigation. The City of West Sacramento now seeks 

disclosure of the investigative file pertaining to Sergio Alvarez, in its entirety, from the 

Sacramento Police Department. 

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action will involve production of confidential 

or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for 

any purpose other than the instant litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties 

hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. 

The parties further acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order (hereafter the “Order”) 

does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Eastern District Local Rule 

141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied 

when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 

 2. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties designate 

the following documents as “Confidential” pursuant to the terms of this Order. Confidential 

information is information which has not been made public and which concerns or relates to 

either (1) peace officer personnel records; (2) victim information or statements discussing 

sexual assaults; (3) confidential law enforcement reports and investigative files; (4) audio or 

video recordings of victims or witnesses; or (5) law enforcement records regarding criminal 

history, arrest records, etc.; (6) information maintained by the Sacramento Police 

Department, the disclosure of which may have the effect of causing embarrassment to certain 

third-parties (hereafter sometimes referred to as “Confidential Material”). 

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Confidential Material, but also 

(1) any information copied or extracted from Confidential Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, 

summaries, or compilations of Confidential Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, 

or presentations by parties or their counsel that might reveal Confidential Material. 

 3. Confidential documents shall be so designated by water-marking copies of the 

document produced to a party with the word “CONFIDENTIAL.” All documents 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 2 of 7
3

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

produced pursuant to this Order will be bates stamped and water-marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” “DO NOT DUPLICATE.” 

 4. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing or trial referencing, 

mentioning, or using Confidential Material may be designated as “Confidential” by making 

a statement to that effect on the record at the deposition or other proceeding. Arrangement 

shall be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing such proceeding to separately 

bind such portions of the transcript containing information designated as Confidential, and 

to label such portions appropriately. 

 5. Material designated as confidential pursuant to this Order, the information 

contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents, however stored 

or reproduced, derived in whole or in part from the documents designated as Confidential 

shall be used only for the purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, 

and for no other purpose. 

 6. Confidential Material or information produced pursuant to this Order may be 

disclosed or made available only to counsel for Defendants (including the paralegal, clerical 

and secretarial staff employed by such counsel), and to the following “qualified persons” 

designated below: 

(a) Experts retained for consultation and/or trial; 

(b) Court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

(c) A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and 

(d) Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 

Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each “qualified person” shall be 

provided with a copy of this Order and shall agree to sign the “Acknowledgement and 

Agreement to be Bound” attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

 7. If Defendants are served with a subpoena, must comply with a continuing 

obligation under the initial disclosures, must comply with a valid discovery request, or a 

court order issued in this litigation compels disclosure of any information or items designated 

in this action as “Confidential” Defendants must: 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 3 of 7
4

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

(a) Promptly notify in writing the Sacramento City Attorney’s Office. Such 

notification shall include a copy of the subpoena, discovery request, or court order; 

(b) Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena, 

discovery request, or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material 

covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification shall include a 

copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) If disclosure of any Confidential Material or information must be made, 

as required by a court order or provision of law, any information that is private, confidential, 

or subject to any exemption from disclosure shall be removed or redacted prior to 

production. Defendants shall use reasonable care in determining what documents should be 

removed, withheld, or redacted subject to a subpoena, initial disclosure request, discovery 

request, court order, or other requirement by law to produce any confidential materials and 

documents. 

 8. Any Confidential Material or information produced by Defendants to another 

party will be redacted with respect to law enforcement officers, officers of the court, and third 

parties including, but not limited to: (i) home address; (ii) telephone numbers; (iii) social 

security numbers; (iv) dates and places of birth; (v) driver’s license numbers; (vi) medical 

information or medical record information; or (vii) any other information which might be 

exempt, privileged, confidential, or subject a person to embarrassment, annoyance, or 

harassment. If unredacted disclosures are reasonably necessary during discovery, or 

Defendants must produce unredacted disclosures pursuant to a Court Order, Defendants 

shall use reasonable care in determining what unredacted information to produce, and 

promptly notify the Sacramento City Attorney’s Office of the disclosure. 

 9. In the event any Confidential Material is used in any Court proceeding in this 

action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using the 

Confidential Material shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during 

use. 

 10. If Defendants learn that, by inadvertence or otherwise, they have disclosed 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 4 of 7
5

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Confidential Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Order, 

Defendants must immediately (a) notify in writing the Sacramento City Attorney’s Office of 

the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use their best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of 

the Confidential Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized 

disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons 

to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as 

Exhibit A. 

 11. This Order is entered into for the purpose of allowing the production of 

documents and information from the City of Sacramento to the City of West Sacramento 

without involving the Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the 

production of any information or document pursuant to the terms of this Order nor any 

proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or 

waiver by either party or of altering the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such 

document or information or altering any existing obligation of any party or the absence 

thereof. 

 12. This Order shall not be construed to require disclosure of information that is 

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

doctrine, or immunity. In addition, this Order shall not be construed to constitute a waiver 

of any party’s right to seek production of information that a party has designated as 

privileged from disclosure. 

 13. This Order shall survive the final determination of this action, to the extent 

that the information contained in Confidential Material is not or does not become known to 

the public, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of 

information disclosed hereunder. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall 

assemble and return to each other all documents, material and deposition transcripts 

designated at Confidential, and all copies of the same, or in the alternative, shall take all 

reasonable steps to have the Confidential Material and documents destroyed and disposed of 

in a manner that will ensure no one will gain unauthorized access to the materials. 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 5 of 7
6

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: DISCOVERY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

DATED: September 17, 2014 /s/ Alex T. Hughes

 _____________________________________ 

 ALEX T. HUGHES

 

 ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of West Sacramento 

 and Chief Dan Drummond 

 

DATED: September 17, 2014 JAMES SANCHEZ 

 City Attorney 

/s/ Michael A. Fry 

(as authorized on 9/17/14) 

 By: ___________________ 

 MICHAEL A. FRY

 Senior Deputy City Attorney 

 

 CITY OF SACRAMENTO, 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 19, 2014 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 6 of 7
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, ______________________________________ (print or type full name), of 

_____________________________________ (print or type full address], declare under penalty 

of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that 

was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on: 

_________ [date] in the case of Rebecca Wilson v. City of West Sacramento., Eastern District 

Court Case 2:13-2550-WBS-AC. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of 

this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so could 

expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I 

will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated 

Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of 

this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this 

action. 

I hereby appoint _________________________________[print or type full name] of 

__________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as 

my California agent for service of process in connection with this action 

Date: ___________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: ____________________________________ 

Printed name: _____________________________________________ 

Signature: ________________________________________________ 

Case 2:13-cv-02550-WBS-AC Document 28 Filed 09/22/14 Page 7 of 7