Jane D.M. Doe v. County of Los Angeles

District Court, C.D. California·Decided February 4, 2022·No. 2:20-cv-03218·Unknown

Opinion

Case 2:20-cv-03218-DDP-JPR Document 57 Filed 02/04/22 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #:403

LUIS A. CARRILLO, State Bar Number 70398 MICHAEL S. CARRILLO, State Bar Number 258878 CARRILLO LAW FIRM, LLP 1499 Huntington Drive, Suite 402 South Pasadena, California 91030 Telephone: (626) 799-9375 Facsimile: (626) 799-9380 NOTE: CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JANE D.M. DOE, a minor, by and through CASE NO.: 2:20-CV-03218-DDP-JPRx her Gaurdian ad Litem, Ivette Rodriguez, Hon. Dean D. Pregerson, Crtm. 9C, 9th Flr. Hon. Mag. Jean P. Rosenbluth, Crtm. 690, 6th Flr. Plaintiff,

v. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; and DOES 1 THROUGH 10, inclusive, Defendants.

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the

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applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3 below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT This action involves the County of Los Angeles and members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Plaintiff is seeking materials and information that Defendant, the County of Los Angeles, (“County”) maintains as confidential, such as information that may be within the personnel files of the deputy sheriffs involved in this incident, Internal Affairs materials and information, video recordings, audio recordings, photographs, Force Investigation materials and information and other administrative materials and information currently in the possession of the County and which the County believes need special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation. Plaintiff is also seeking official information contained in the personnel files of the deputy sheriffs involved in the subject incident, which the County maintains as strictly confidential and which the County believes need special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation. The County asserts that the confidentiality of the materials and information sought by Plaintiff is recognized by California and federal law, as evidenced inter alia by California Penal Code section 832.7 and Kerr v. United States Dist. Ct. for N.D. Cal., 511 F.2d 192, 198 (9th Cir. 1975), aff'd, 426 U.S. 394 (1976). The County has not publicly released certain information referenced above except under protective order, as required by law, or pursuant to a court order, if at all.

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The County contends that absent a protective order delineating the responsibilities of nondisclosure on the part of the parties hereto, there is a specific risk of unnecessary and undue disclosure by one or more of the many attorneys, secretaries, law clerks, paralegals and expert witnesses involved in this case, as well as the corollary risk of embarrassment, harassment and professional and legal harm on the part of the LASD deputies referenced in the materials and information. The County also contends that the unfettered disclosure of the materials and information, absent a protective order, would allow the media to share this information with potential jurors in the area, impacting the rights of the County herein to receive a fair trial. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. Plaintiff does not agree with and does not stipulate to the County’s contentions stated herein, and nothing in this Stipulation or its associated Order shall resolve the parties’ disagreement, or bind them, concerning the legal statements and claimed privileges set forth above. However, Plaintiff agrees that there is Good Cause for a Protective Order so as to preserve the respective interests of the parties while streamlining the process of resolving any disagreements. The parties jointly contend that there is typically a particularized need for protection as to any medical or psychotherapeutic records and autopsy photographs,

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