PROTECTIVE ORDER RE CONTROL AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL WITNESS INFORMATION

SHERI PYM, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between non-party County of San Bernardino (hereinafter "County") and both the Plaintiffs and Defendants (Hereinafter "Parties") hereto that this Court issue a Protective Order as it concerns various information and discovery materials in the subject case.

The subject case involves a claim of civil rights violations as a result of an officer involved shooting.

Plaintiffs have sought, by way of written discovery, certain confidential information and records concerning the investigation of the incident by the County. To prevent unwarranted disclosure of confidential information and records, the County and the Parties propose the following protective order concerning confidential personal information for civilian witnesses:

1. The documents and information disclosed pursuant to this protective order shall be designated by page numbers 1 to _____. Each document page shall be marked as follows: "Confidential Material."

2. The "Confidential Material" (hereafter "material") may be disclosed to counsel and the parties in this action. The material may not be disclosed to any other person without the prior written stipulation of the County or authorization from the Court.

3. The material shall be used solely in connection with this litigation in the preparation and trial of this case, and not for any other litigation. To the extent material that is a subject matter of this protective order is disclosed at any deposition in this matter, it is subject to the terms of this protective order. To the extent the parties' counsel seeks to use the material at trial or public hearing in this action, it shall be subject to prior review and further order of this Court.

4. At the conclusion of the trial and of any appeal, or upon other termination of this litigation, all material governed by the provisions of this order (including any copies) shall all be returned to counsel for the County.

5. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any parties:

a) to apply to the Court for a further protective order relating to any confidential material, or relating to discovery in this litigation;

b) to apply to the Court for an order removing the "Confidential Material" designation from the document;

c) to apply to the Court for an order compelling production of documents or modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of the confidential material beyond the terms of this order.

ORDER

This Protective Order is granted as proposed by the County of San Bernardino and Parties and the materials designated herein shall be subject to all its terms and conditions.