Pearce v. Cnty. of Kern

Full title: JINNY LYNN PEARCE, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF KERN, ANTHONY MICHAEL LAVIS…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Sep 25, 2012

Case No. 1:11-cv-0604 AWI-GSA (E.D. Cal. Sep. 25, 2012)

Opinion

Case No. 1:11-cv-0604 AWI-GSA

09-25-2012

JINNY LYNN PEARCE, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF KERN, ANTHONY MICHAEL LAVIS, and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, Defendants.

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, ESQ., SBN 96625 JOHN A. KAWAI, ESQ., SBN 260120 MARTHA JUNE ROSSITER, ESQ., SBN 256234 RODRIGUEZ & ASSOCIATES A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION Attorneys for Plaintiff JINNY LYNN PEARCE

Gary S. Austin

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, ESQ., SBN 96625
JOHN A. KAWAI, ESQ., SBN 260120
MARTHA JUNE ROSSITER, ESQ., SBN 256234
RODRIGUEZ & ASSOCIATES
A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
Attorneys for Plaintiff JINNY LYNN PEARCE

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE

DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY

DEFENDANTS PURSUANT TO FRCP

26(A)(1)(A) OR THROUGH

DISCOVERY

Complaint Filed: 04/12/11

Trial Date: 6/28/13

The parties having stipulated thereto and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Any documents from the personnel file of any peace officer, including Anthony Lavis, and all DVDs and CDs and any transcripts of interviews of third party witnesses released by Defendant County of Kern pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A) as part of Defendant's initial disclosure or through discovery shall be subject to the following orders:

a. The records shall not be copied or disseminated outside of any attorney's office except for review by retained experts or a party to the action;
b. The only persons who shall be authorized to view the records will be the attorneys, the attorneys' office staff, retained experts and parties to the action;
c. The records shall not be provided to the news media directly or indirectly in any form;
d. The records shall only be utilized in connection with this litigation and for no other purpose;
e. If a party intends to introduce into evidence any confidential information at trial or motions, that party shall notify the Court in the joint pretrial/prehearing conference statement of this intention and shall seek an order related to the introduction of this evidence at trial;
f. Except as to those modifications made by the Court, this stipulation may be modified or amended without leave of Court by unanimous written agreement of the parties hereto.

2. Any person or persons violating this order shall be subject to sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Gary S. Austin

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE