Zahra Afianian v. Elaine Duke

District Court, C.D. California·Decided November 6, 2019·No. 2:17-cv-07643-FMO-RAO·Unknown

Opinion

YOLANDA C. RONDON

Law Office of Atoosa Vakili

ROSELINE FERAL Law Office of Roseline D. Feral

Attorneys for Plaintiff Assistant Attorney General WILLIAM C. PEACHEY Director LAUREN FASCETT Senior Litigation Counsel Trial Attorneys

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ZAHRA AFIANIAN, Case No. 2:17-cv-07643-FMO-RAO

Plaintiff, (PROPOSED) STIPULATED v.

KEVIN MCALEENAN, et al.,

Defendants. 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this Action is likely to involve production of private information of non-parties to this litigation and of information designated as for- official-use-only 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 (hereinafter “Order”). The Parties acknowledge that this 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 applicable legal principles. 1.1 Good Cause Statement. This Action is likely to involve the production of information normally protected from disclosure by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, information normally protected from release under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and information designated as limited official use or official use only, or information otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, federal regulations, court rules, case decisions, or common law, for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this Action is warranted. For example, in addition to information covered by the Privacy Act, the Action may involve information protected by 8 U.S.C. § 1367(a)(2) or 8 C.F.R. § 208.6. 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 withheld from disclosure or designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so withheld or designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner. Information covered under this Order shall be separated into three categories: Category 1. Personal privacy information of third parties contained in a Form I- 130, Petition for Alien Relative, a document submitted in support of an applicant’s Form I-130 Petition, and a decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) on an application for an immigration benefit, to include: (a) names; (b) address; (c) telephone number; (d) birth date; (e) social security number, other personal identification number, tax identification number, alien registration number (“A number”), complete petition receipt numbers, passport number, driver license number, and any similar identifier assigned to an individual by the federal government, a state or local government of the United States, or the government of any other country; (f) any other information that, either alone or in association with other related information, would allow the identification of the particular individual(s) to whom the information relates; (g) bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and other financial information that can be specifically linked to an individual’s or entity’s financial account; (h) medical information, such as medical records, medical treatment, and medical diagnoses; (i) information covered under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 and Local Civil Rule 5.2(a); (j) information routinely protected from release under the Freedom of Information Act Exemption 6, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6); and (k) any information protected or restricted from disclosure by a state or federal statute or regulation, but which the Court may order produced, such as information protected from disclosure by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, and other statutes or regulations that may prevent disclosure of specific information related to noncitizens, including but not limited to: 8 U.S.C. §§ 1160(b)(5), (6); 1186A(c)(4), 1202(f), 1254a(c)(6), 1255a(c)(4), (5); 1304(b), and 1367(a)(2), (b), (c), (d); 22 U.S.C. § 7105(c)(1)(C); 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.6, 210.2(e), 214.11, 214.14(e), 216.5(e)(3)(viii), 236.6, 244.16, 245a.2(t), 245a.3(n), 245a.21, 1003.27(b)-(d), 1003.46, and 1208.6, which otherwise could subject either party to civil or criminal penalties or other sanctions in the event of unauthorized disclosure. Category 2. Foreign Language documents submitted by an applicant in support of a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. Category 3. Information designated as limited-official-use or for-official-use-only information contained in a federal agency policy, memorandum, instruction, or training presentation or guide, to include: (a) information compiled for law enforcement purposes, including but not limited to, techniques related to the integrity of the legal immigration system, indicators used to identify suspected or known fraud, criminal activity, public safety, or national security; (b) information routinely withheld from release under the Freedom of Information Act Exemption 7C, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C); and (c) information designated as sensitive but unclassified or designated as a category of controlled unclassified information. 1.2 Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal. The Parties acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Civil 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. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protec

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