IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERNDIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

DERRICK SMITH

Defendant.

No. 12 CR 175

Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman 

PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING DISCOVERY

Upon the motion of the government, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(d), it is hereby

ORDERED:

1. All of the materials provided by the United States in preparation for, or in

connection with, any stage of the proceedings in this case (collectively, “the materials”) are

subject to this protective order and may be used by defendant and defendant’s counsel (defined as

counsel of record in this case) solely in connection with the defense of this case, and for no other

purpose, and in connection with no other proceeding, without further order of this Court.

2. Defendant and defendant’s counsel shall not disclose the materials or their

contents directly or indirectly to any person or entity other than persons employed to assist in the

defense, persons who are interviewed as potential witnesses, counsel for potential witnesses, and

other persons to whom the Court may authorize disclosure (collectively, “authorized persons”). 

Potential witnesses and their counsel may be shown copies of the materials as necessary to

prepare the defense, but may not retain copies without prior permission of the Court. 
3. Certain materials disclosed or to be disclosed by the government contain

particularly sensitive information. These materials shall be plainly marked as sensitive by the

government prior to disclosure. No such materials, or the information contained therein, may be

disclosed to any persons other than defendant, counsel for defendant, persons employed to assist

the defense, or the person to whom the sensitive information solely and directly pertains, without

prior notice to the government and authorization from the Court. Absent prior permission from

the Court, information marked as sensitive shall not be included in any public filing with the

Court, and instead shall be submitted under seal (except if the defendant chooses to include in a

public document sensitive information relating solely and directly to the defendant). 

4. Defendant, defendant’s counsel, and authorized persons shall not copy or

reproduce the materials except in order to provide copies of the materials for use in connection

with this case by defendant, defendant’s counsel, and authorized persons. Such copies and

reproductions shall be treated in the same manner as the original materials.

5. Defendant, defendant’s counsel, and authorized persons shall not disclose any

notes or records of any kind that they make in relation to the contents of the materials, other than

to authorized persons, and all such notes or records are to be treated in the same manner as the

original materials.

6. Before providing materials to an authorized person, defense counsel must provide

the authorized person with a copy of this Order.

7. Upon conclusion of all stages of this case, all of the materials and all copies made

thereof shall be disposed of in one of three ways, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. The

materials may be (1) destroyed; (2) returned to the United States; or (3) retained in defense

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counsel’s case file. The Court may require a certification as to the disposition of any such

materials. In the event that the materials are retained by defense counsel, the restrictions of this

Order continue in effect for as long as the materials are so maintained, and the materials may not

be disseminated or used in connection with any other matter without further order of the Court. 

8. To the extent any material is produced by the United States to defendant or

defendant’s counsel by mistake, the United States shall have the right to request the return of the

material and shall do so in writing. Within five days of the receipt of such a request, defendant

and/or defendant’s counsel shall return all such material if in hard copy, and in the case of

electronic materials, shall certify in writing that all copies of the specified material have been

deleted from any location in which the material was stored.

9. The restrictions set forth in this Order do not apply to information revealed by the

United States to third parties without the restrictions imposed by this order; information known

by defendant or defense counsel prior to commencement of these proceedings; documents that

are or become part of the public court record, including documents that have been received in

evidence at other trials, nor do the restrictions in this Order limit defense counsel in the use of

discovery materials in judicial proceedings in this case, except that any document filed by any

party which attaches or otherwise discloses specially identified sensitive information as described

in Paragraph 3, above, shall be filed under seal to the extent necessary to protect such

information, absent prior permission from this Court.

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10. Nothing contained in this Order shall preclude any party from applying to this

Court for further relief or for modification of any provision hereof. Discovery provided by

defendant to the United States shall be governed by a separate order.

So ordered.

June 14, 2012

_______________________________ 

SHARON JOHNSON COLEMAN 

District Judge

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