UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

EDWARD WHITE

No. 12 CR 478

Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow 

PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING DISCOVERY

Upon the unopposed 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. 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.

4. 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.

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

provide the authorized person with a copy of this Order.

6. 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 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. 

7. 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.

8. The restrictions set forth in this Order do not apply to 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, absent prior permission from this

Court.

9. No document treated as confidential under this protective order may be filed

under seal with the court in reference to a dispositive motion or submitted as evidence at trial

under seal, unless the court, on separate motion for good cause shown, grants leave to file

or submit into evidence such documents under seal.

10. A party who is granted leave to file a document under seal, must file a redacted

copy of the document for the public file. A copy of the redacted version must be submitted

along with the motion for leave to file.
11. Nothing contained in this Order shall preclude any party from applying to this

Court for further relief or for modification of any provision hereof.

ENTER:

_______________________________ 

JOAN HUMPHREY LEFKOW 

District Judge

United States District Court

Northern District of Illinois

Date: August 22, 2012