Holguin v. Golden Plains Unified School District

District Court, E.D. California·Decided August 11, 2021·No. 2:20-cv-00292·Unknown

Opinion

Jay T. Jambeck SBN #226018 jjambeck@leighlawgroup.com Mandy G. Leigh SBN # 225748 mleigh@leighlawgroup.com Damien B. Troutman SBN # 286616 dtroutman@leighlawgroup.com 870 Market Street, Suite 1157 San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone: 415-399-9155 Facsimile: 415-795-3733 Attorney for Plaintiff IAN HOLGUIN FAGEN FRIEDMAN & FULFROST, LLP David R. Mishook, SBN 273555 dmishook@f3law.com Rachael Tillman, SBN 263224 rtillman@f3law.com 70 Washington Street, Suite 205 Oakland, California 94607 Phone: 510-550-8200 Fax: 510-550-8211 Attorneys for Defendants SCHOOL DISTRICT, and VINCE GONZALEZ

IAN HOLGUIN, Case No.: 2:20-cv-00292-KJM-CKD

Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] v. PROTECTIVE ORDER GOLDEN PLAINS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, and VINCE GONZALEZ, an individual,

Defendants.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed by and between counsel for the parties that, upon the Court’s approval, the terms and conditions of a Stipulated Protective Order should be entered as follows: 1. The Stipulated Protective Order entered by the Court (the “Court’s Order”) shall be applicable to and govern all depositions, documents produced in response to requests for production of documents, answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, and all other discovery taken pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as all documents produced by either party in response to informal discovery requests, testimony, matters in evidence, and computerized records (collectively, “RECORDS”) which the disclosing party designates as “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL” pursuant to this Stipulation and the Court’s Order, directly or indirectly by or on behalf of any party in connection with this action. 2. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(1), the types of information eligible for protection include evidence of medical and/or mental health treatment Plaintiff underwent as a result of the events at issue in the above-captioned matter, as well as Plaintiff’s educational records, including Individual Educational Plan (“IEP”) documents, which are subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”). 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(A) (providing privacy protections for educational records that “contain information directly related to a student” and “are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution.”). 3. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(2), there is a need to protect this type of evidence. Potentially discoverable information is subject to balancing when constitutionally protected rights of privacy of implicated. See e.g., Breed v. United States Dist. Court, 542 F.2d 1114, 1116 (9th Cir. 1976). Moreover, the parties seek protection to prevent disclosure on the public docket

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER of Plaintiff’s mental health, particular when he was a minor, and educational records protected by FERPA. 4. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(c)(3), the parties seek a Protective Order, as opposed to entering into a private agreement, because the proposed Order provides mechanisms for the resolution of disputes and the handling of designated evidence that involve the Court. 5. In designating RECORDS as “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL,” a party shall make such a designation only for RECORDS which that party in good faith believes contain information related to Plaintiff’s medical and/or mental health and educational records protected by FERPA. RECORDS designated as CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall be used solely for the purpose of conducting this litigation and not for any other purpose. 6. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL may be disclosed only to the following persons: a. the attorneys working on this action on behalf of any party, including inhouse litigation attorneys; b. any paralegal assistants, stenographic and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of such counsel, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform their work in connection with this matter; c. any person not employed by a party who is expressly retained or sought to be retained by any attorney described in paragraph 6(a) to assist in preparation of this action for trial, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work; d. any witnesses who appear for deposition or trial in this matter, and their counsel of record, during the course of their testimony, upon the witness being advised of the need and agreeing to keep the RECORDS confidential; and e. the Court.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 7. The persons described in paragraph 6(d) shall have access to the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL records once they have been made aware of the provisions of the Court’s Order and have manifested their assent to be bound thereby by signing a copy of the annexed “ACKNOWLEDGMENT.” Upon request, a list shall be prepared by counsel for the parties hereto of the names of all such persons to whom CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL is disclosed, or to whom the information contained therein is disclosed, and such list shall be available for inspection by the Court and opposing counsel. The other persons described in paragraph 6 shall have access to the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL pursuant to the terms of the Court’s Order without signing a copy of the annexed “ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.” Upon request, similar but separate lists shall also be prepared with respect to CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL provided by third parties. The persons receiving RECORDS designated as CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL are enjoined from disclosing it to any other person, except in conformance with the Court’s Order. This Stipulation will not require the disclosure of experts other than by Local Rule, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, and/or Court Order. 8. Each individual who receives any RECORDS designated as CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL hereby agrees to subject himself/herself to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of any proceedings relating to the performance under, compliance with or violation of the Court’s Order. 9. The recipient of any RECORDS designated as CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL that is provided under the Court’s Order shall maintain such RECORDS in a secure and safe area and shall exercise the same standard of due and proper care with respect to the storage, custody, use and/or dissemination of such RECORDS as is exercised by the recipient with respect to its own proprietary information.

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