PROTECTIVE ORDER

GONZALO P. CURIEL, District Judge.

Pursuant to Rule 16(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and General Order No. 514 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ("General Order No. 514"), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. All discovery related to U.S. Coast Guard policies regarding treatment of detainees and regarding the transfer of detainees to the custody of federal law enforcement (hereinafter, "USCG Discovery"), produced by the United States in this case is for use by defense counsel, any investigators, interpreters, experts, paralegals, legal assistants, or law clerks assisting counsel in this case (the "Defense") solely for investigating, preparing for trial, trial, and any appeals of this matter and for no other purpose. The Defense may not distribute, disseminate, disclose, or exhibit USCG Discovery materials to any person who is not a part of the Defense except as further set forth herein.

2. Each counsel of record shall sign a copy of this Protective Order, acknowledging its terms and agreeing to comply with them, and ensure that every member of the Defense is advised of the Order and agrees to be bound by its terms.

3. The Defense shall take all reasonable steps to: (a) maintain the confidentiality of USCG Discovery, and (b) safeguard USCG Discovery produced in this case from disclosure to or review by any third party.

4. The Defense may share USCG Discovery materials with any investigators, consultants or experts retained by the Defense in connection with this case, provided that the Defense informs any such individual(s) of this Order and obtains his/her agreement to be bound by its terms.

5. The Defense may review USCG Discovery Materials with Defendants as necessary for the preparation of the defense, but may not provide a copy of the USCG Discovery materials or leave a copy of USCG Discovery materials with any of the Defendants absent further order of the Court.

6. The Defense may show witnesses USCG Discovery materials as necessary for the preparation of the defense, but may not give copies of the materials to witnesses absent further order of the Court.

7. To the extent that USCG Discovery materials contain any individual's personal information within the meaning of General Order 514, the defense shall redact any filings referencing or containing said materials in a manner consistent with General Order 514.

8. To the extent that USCG Discovery materials are court documents filed under seal, require that the proponent of that evidence move to unseal the documents prior to their use at trial;

9. If defense counsel withdraws or is disqualified from participation in this case, the Defense shall provide to new counselor return to the United States any and all copies of USCG Discovery within 10 days.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I consent to the entry of the attached protective order in the case of United States v. Torres-Iturre, et al., Criminal Case No. 15CR2586-GPC.