Moises Fernandez et al v. City of Los Angeles et al
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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Margaret A. Nagle re Stipulation for Protective Order, 22 (ec)
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1 CARMEN A. TRUTANICH, City Attorney - SBN 86629x
GARY G. GEUSS, Chief Assistant City Attorney
2 CORY M. BRENTE, Assistant City Attorney
COLLEEN R. SMITH, Deputy City Attorney - SBN 209719
3 Email: Colleen.Smith@lacity.org
200 North Main Street
4 6th Floor, City Hall East
Los Angeles, CA 90012
5 Phone No.: (213) 978-7027, Fax No.: (213) 978-8785
6 Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF LOS ANGELES, et al.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 MOISES FERNANDEZ, MAGDALENA )
FERNANDEZ and RODOLFO )
12 FERNANDEZ,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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16 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a )
governmental agency; LOS ANGELES )
17 POLICE DEPT., a governmental agency; )
CITY OF LOS ANGELES POLICE )
18 O F F I C E R S : DE LA T O R R E , )
GONZALEZ, MALDONADO, )
19 A R G U E T A , C O N T R E R A S , )
CALLEROS, MARTINEZ, CASTILLO, )
20 PERKINS, ZAVALA, GOMEZ, )
RAMOS, and other unidentified City of )
21 Los Angeles Police Officers; and Does 1 )
through 100, inclusive,
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CASE NO. CV10-5401 DDP (MANx)
Hon. Dean D. Pregerson- Ctrm. 3, 2nd Fl.
Hon. Mag. Margaret A. Nagle- Ctrm. 580 Roybal
PROTECTIVE ORDER ENTERED
PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’
STIPULATION
Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and based on the
26 parties’ Stipulation for Proposed Order and [Proposed] Order (“Stipulation”) filed on
27 August 3, 2011, the terms of the protective order to which the parties have agreed are
28 adopted as a protective order of this Court (which generally shall govern the pretrial
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1 phase of this action) except to the extent, as set forth below, that those terms have been
2 substantively modified by the Court’s amendment of Paragraphs 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 13
3 of, and Attachment “A” to, the Stipulation.
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The parties are expressly cautioned that the designation of any information,
5 document, or thing as “Confidential,” “Confidential Document(s),” “Confidential
6 Material,” or other similar designation(s) used by the parties, and/or all confidential or
7 privileged information derived therefrom (singularly and collectively referenced as
8 “Confidential Information”) does not, in and of itself, create any entitlement to file such
9 Confidential Information, in whole or in part, under seal. Accordingly, reference to this
10 Protective Order or to the parties’ designation of any information, document, or thing as
11 Confidential Information is wholly insufficient to warrant a filing under seal.
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There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
13 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,
14 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. The parties apparently have
15 endeavored, through the introductory language in their Stipulation, to make a prospective
16 showing of good cause. A prospective showing of good cause cannot be made, however,
17 because a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons (see below) for filing
18 under seal, with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made
19 with respect to each item designated as Confidential Information which a party seeks to
20 have filed under seal. The parties mere designation of any information, document, or
21 thing as Confidential Information does not -- without the submission of competent
22 evidence, in the form of a declaration or declarations, establishing that the material
23 sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise
24 protectable -- constitute good cause.
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Further, if sealing is requested in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, then
26 compelling reasons, as opposed to good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the
27 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See
28 Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item
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1 or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in
2 connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection must articulate
3 compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested
4 sealing order.
Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file
5 documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
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Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its
7 entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If
8 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the
9 confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed.
10 Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include
11 an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Protective Order, in the event that this
13 case proceeds to trial, all information, documents, and things discussed or introduced
14 into evidence at trial will become public and available to all members of the public,
15 including the press, unless sufficient cause is shown in advance of trial to proceed
16 otherwise.
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TERMS OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER
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1. Defendants (hereinafter “Disclosing Party(ies)”) may designate as confidential the
21 Force Investigation Division (“FID”) Report of the Los Angeles Police Department
22 (“LAPD”) or any other document or writing that they, in good faith, believe is protected
23 from disclosure within the meaning of FRCivP 26(g), in that they believe the document
24 contains confidential or private information. Such documents may be classified as
25 subject to this Protective Order by marking each document or writing with a watermark,
26 such as “Confidential,” “Confidential Document(s),” “Confidential Material,” “Subject
27 to Protective Order,” or words of a similar effect.
Documents and writings so
28 designated, and all privileged information derived therefrom, i.e., “Confidential
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1 Information,” shall be treated in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order.
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2. Confidential Information may be used by the persons receiving such information
3 [hereinafter “Receiving Party(ies)”] only for the purpose of litigation of this case and for
4 such other purposes as permitted by law.
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3. Subject to the further conditions imposed by this Protective Order, the
6 Confidential Information may only be disclosed to the Court and to the following
7 “qualified” persons:
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Counsel of record for the parties to this civil litigation;
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(b)
Parties to this civil litigation;;
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(c)
Attorneys, paralegals, law clerks, stenographic, clerical and secretarial
11 personnel who are employees in the offices of counsel referred to in subparagraph (a);
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Expert witnesses consulted and/or retained for this action; and
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The Court and court personnel, including stenographic reporters.
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4. Prior to the disclosure of any Confidential Information to any person described in
15 paragraph 3(a), (c) or (d), counsel for the Receiving Party who seeks to use or disclose
16 such Confidential Information shall first provide a copy of this Protective Order and
17 have the individual to whom the Receiving Party intends to disclose said Confidential
18 Information sign the Nondisclosure Agreement set forth in Attachment “A”, stating that
19 the person has received and read a copy of this Protective Order and understands that
20 s/he is bound by the terms of the Protective Order.
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5. Unless made on the record in this litigation, counsel making the disclosure to any
22 qualified person described herein shall retain the original executed copy of the
23 Nondisclosure Agreements until thirty (30) days after the final determination of this
24 litigation, including any appellate review and/or monitoring of an injunction. Counsel
25 for the Receiving Party shall maintain all signed Nondisclosure Agreements and shall
26 produce the original signature page upon reasonable written notice from opposing
27 counsel. If an issue arises regarding a purported unauthorized disclosure of Confidential
28 Information, upon noticed motion of contempt filed by the Disclosing Parties, counsel
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1 for the Receiving Party may be required to file the signed Nondisclosure Agreements,
2 as well as a list of the disclosed documents, in camera with the Court having jurisdiction
3 to enforce the Protective Order.
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6. The court reporter, videographer, and audiographer, if any, who record all or part
5 of the depositions in this matter of Defendants City of Los Angeles (“City”) and the
6 LAPD, or any other current or former employee of the LAPD shall be subject to this
7 Protective Order. In preparing the original deposition videotape, audiotape, or portions
8 thereof, any copies thereof, or portions of copies thereof, all documents designated as
9 “Confidential Information,” and all testimony involving information derived from such
10 “Confidential Information” shall be segregated from the rest of the deposition. No
11 copies of such segregated “Confidential Information” portions of the materials described
12 above shall be provided to any persons other than those persons identified in paragraph
13 3. Nothing in this Protective Order is intended to limit the rights of third parties to
14 obtain such Confidential Information through discovery and subpoena in other
15 proceedings, subject to a motion for a protective order filed in those proceedings by the
16 party seeking to prevent disclosure of the Confidential Information.
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7. If any “Confidential Information” documents are referenced or discussed, or
18 testimony that is derived from such documents is given at a deposition, those present
19 during such “Confidential” portions of the depositions shall be bound by this
20 Protective Order and, therefore, shall not disclose to any person or entity, in any manner,
21 including orally, any statements made by Defendants City and LAPD, or any other
22 current or former employee of the LAPD that constitute, refer to, or reflect
23 Confidential Information.
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8. Upon final termination of this litigation, including any appeal pertaining thereto,
25 all documents still classified as Confidential Information at that time, and all copies
26 thereof, including copies provided to any qualified person in paragraph 3 above, other
27 than to the Court and its personnel, shall be returned to the Disclosing Party within
28 thirty (30) days.
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9. If any Receiving Party who receives Confidential Information is served with a
2 subpoena or other request seeking Confidential Information, s/he or it shall immediately
3 give written notice to counsel for the Disclosing Parties, identifying the Confidential
4 Information sought and the time in which production or other disclosure is required.
5 Such notice shall be given sufficiently in advance of the date for production or other
6 disclosure so that the Disclosing Parties have the opportunity to obtain an order barring
7 production or other disclosure, or to otherwise respond to the subpoena or other request
8 for production or disclosure of Confidential Information. However, in no event should
9 production or disclosure be made without prior written approval by the Disclosing
10 Party’s Counsel, unless required by court order arising from a motion to compel
11 production or disclosure of Confidential Information or an order otherwise entered by
12 a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in these provisions should be construed
13 as authorizing or encouraging a party to disobey a lawful directive from another
14 court.
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10. Any pleadings, motions, briefs, declarations, stipulations, exhibits, or other
16 written submissions to the Court in this litigation that contain or incorporate
17 Confidential Information shall be filed in accordance with Local Rule 79-5, which
18 governs the filing of documents under seal. Any other pleadings, motions, briefs,
19 declarations, stipulations, exhibits, or other written submissions that refer to, but do not
20 contain or incorporate Confidential Information, shall designate the particular aspects
21 that are confidential so as to enable the Court, in drafting presumptively public orders
22 relating to these filings under seal, to determine whether there is evidence which the
23 Court should attempt not to disclose. If any papers to be filed with the Court contain
24 Confidential Information, the proposed filing shall be accompanied by an application
25 to file the papers or the portion thereof containing the Confidential Information, under
26 seal, and that the application shall be directed to the judge to whom the papers are
27 directed. Pending the ruling on the application, the papers or portions thereof subject to
28 the sealing application shall be lodged under seal.
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11. Counsel for the parties agree to request that any motions, applications, or other
2 pre-trial proceedings which would entail the disclosure of Confidential Information be
3 heard by the Court in a manner that would preserve the confidential nature of the
4 information, unless having heard opposition from counsel to such a process, the Court
5 orders otherwise. The terms of this agreement do not apply to evidence presented at trial.
6 Any party seeking to limit the introduction of Confidential Information at trial shall take
7 the matter up with the judicial officer conducting the proceeding at an appropriate time
8 in advance of the proceeding.
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12. Nothing herein shall prejudice any party’s rights to object to the introduction of
10 any Confidential Information into evidence on grounds including, but not limited to,
11 relevance and privilege.
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13. At any time after receipt of documents labeled as Confidential Information, the
13 Receiving Parties may provide the Disclosing Parties with a written objection to the
14 classification of specific documents as prohibited from disclosure under this Protective
15 Order and the basis for the Receiving Parties’ objection. The Disclosing Party shall,
16 within 30 days of receipt of the written notice, advise the counsel for the Receiving
17 Parties whether the Disclosing Party intends to seek an order from the Court confirming
18 that the documents are entitled to protection under this Protective Order. Counsel
19 for the Receiving Parties must, upon receipt of such written notice, continue to treat the
20 documents as Confidential Information until such time as the Court issues a ruling on the
21 Disclosing Party’s motion to maintain the confidentiality of said documents.
22 Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party bound by this Protective Order who or which
23 contests the confidential nature of documents produced pursuant to this Protective
24 Order may move the Court for an order to have the documents removed from the
25 protection of this Protective Order and to have the documents declared not confidential
26 or otherwise may move to modify this Protective Order as to some or all of the
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These procedures are in addition to, and not in lieu of, compliance with
28 Local Rule 37-1, et seq. relating to discovery motions.
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14. Any violation of this Protective Order may be punished by any and all
2 appropriate measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or
3 monetary sanctions.
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15. Any procedures specified above in this Protective Order are in addition to, and
5 not in lieu of, compliance with the local rules regarding discovery motions.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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9 DATED: September 26, 2011
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MARGARET A. NAGLE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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ATTACHMENT “A”
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NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
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I, __________________________do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the
5 terms of the Protective Order entered in Moises Fernandez, et al v. City of Los Angeles,
6 et al., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Central Division,
7 Case No. CV10-05401 DDP (MANx), and hereby agree to comply with and be bound
8 by the terms and conditions of said Order. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the
9 United States District Court for the Central District of California for purposes of
10 enforcing this Order.
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Signed:
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