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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the attorneys feFthe—
parties in the above entitled action and the attorney for Joseph E. Holland, the Santa
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Barbara County Registrar of Voters (“Registrar”), to enter into the following protective
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order regarding the receipt of the following documents, whether in writing, paper,
electronic or other media, subpoenaed by Contestant Steven Pappas in his subpoena
duccs tecum issued January 13, 2009 and to be exchanged by the parties in this action
as described below:
(1) Any documents which the Registrar produces, in any media, pursuant
to a valid and enforceable court order, subpoena or Public Records Act request are to
be designated as "confidential material." Such designation shall be made by stamping
or otherwise marking the envelope or container containing such documents as follows:
"SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER."
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any other litigation.
(3) Confidential materl'lialmay not be disclosed except as provided in paragraph 4.
(4) Confidential material may be disclosed only to the following persons:
(a) Counsel for any party to this litigation;
(b) Any outside expert or consultant retained in connection "with this action,
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and not otherwise employed by either party; ‘
Paralegal, stenographic, clerical and secretarial personnel vegu'lafi?
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employed by counsel referred to in (a).
(d) Court personnel, including stenographic reporters engaged in such
proceedings as are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this
action; and
(c) At trial, subject to paragraph 9.
(5) Nothing in paragraph 4 is intended to prevent officials or employees of the
Santa Barbara County Elections Office or other authorized governmental agents
and personnel from having access to the documents if they would have had
access in the normal course of theirjob duties.
(6) (a) In the event that any person (expressly excluding counsel) identified in
paragraph 4 above are provided any paper,
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written, electronic or other copies of
confidential material, prior to the time of such disclosure such person(s) shall
be provided by the person furnishing such confidential material a copy of this order, and shall
agree in writing that he or she has read
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the protective order, and that
he or she understands the provisions of the Protective Order and agrees to be
bound by it. Such person also must consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of
of the Superior Court of the State of California with respect to any proceeding
relating to enforcement of this order, including without limitation, any
proceeding for contempt. Unless made in an official record in this litigation,
counsel making the disclosure to any person described above shall retain the
original executed copy'of said agreement until final termination of this
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litigation.
(b) In the event that other persons are provided confidential material
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Conny ofSL’Ja Barbara pursuant to paragraph :4 herein, prior to the time of any such disclosure, such
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this order and the requirements of the order shall be as explained and the
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reeipient(s) shall agree to be so bound in writing.
(7) lf any information, documents and other material which are the subject of this
Protective Order are presented by the recipient(s) of the confidential material to this or any
other court, or in any other manner, prior to the time of trial, said information, materials
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or documents shall be lodged under seal in an envelope clearly marked as follows:
"LODGED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO LAW"
(8) Counsel for the parties agree to return all confidential material received under the
provisions of this order to the Registrar no later than 30 days after the conclusion of this trial
and of any appeal or upon final termination of this litigation. Provisions of this order shall be
in effect until further order of this Court.
(9) The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any party or Registrar:
(a) To apply to the court for a further protective order relating to confidential
material or relating to discovery in this litigation;
(b) To apply to the court for an order removing the confidential material
designation from any documents; and
(c) To seek formal or informal discovery from any party relating to the
confidential material, including the material itself.
for an order compelling production of documents or
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(d) To apply to the court
modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of
confidential material
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beyond the terms of this order.
(10) The confidential material may be used at trial in this action subject to
objections made by any party to this action, motions in liminie, or other legal
challenges. It isagreed that Registrar retains the right to object prior to use or introduction of
confidential material at trial.In the event confidential material is used in any court proceeding
in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use.
(1 1) Nothing in this order nor the production of any confidential
material under the terms of this stipulation and order, nor any proceedings pursuant to
this order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party
of the confidentiality of any confidential material or altering any existing obligation of any
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(12) This Order shall survive the final termination of this action and the
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Court shall retainjurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of confidential
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material disclosed hereunder.
DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER:
1. All 2008 voter registration forms, cards and applications, whether redacted or unredacted
as produced for the parties pursuant to the subpoena duces tecum issued by Contestant
Pappas,
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dated January 13, 2009, and any other such documents produced for any party
pursuant to any request for such documents for use in this litigation; and
2. Any other documents produced by Registrar under the subpoena duces tecum issued by
Contestant Pappas, dated January 13, 2009 or any other request for documents by a pany to
this action that contains information that is otherwise deemed to be exempt from public
disclosure under California Government Code 6254.4 and Elections Code 2194..
3. Any other documents or material of any kind released under subpoena or other request in
this litigation that counsel for the Registrar deems to be protected as confidential.
Dated: January _, 2009
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