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11 JANE DOE #4, Case No. 1:23-cv-01174-JLT-SAB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE

13 v. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., (ECF No. 15)

15 Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 This matter has been referred to an early settlement conference scheduled to take place on 21 October 3 and 4, 2023, before Magistrate Judge Kendall Newman. (ECF Nos. 12, 13.) On 22 September 25, 2023, the parties1 filed a stipulated motion for a protective order to facilitate the 23 exchange of information for the purposes of preparing for the settlement conference. (ECF No. 24 15.) 25 / / / 26 / / /

27 1 Plaintiff, and Defendants State of California, CDCR, and Michael Pallares, have agreed to the stipulation. As indicated in the filing, Defendant Greg Rodriguez has not appeared in the action, and will not be represented by the 28 California Attorney General in this case. (ECF No. 15 at 2 n.1.) 1 Pursuant to the stipulation of the appearing parties and good cause appearing, IT IS 2 | HEREBY ORDERED that: 3 1. The motion for protective order (ECF No. 15) is GRANTED; 4 2. The stipulated protective order filed on September 25, 2023, (ECF No. 15), is 5 ENTERED; 6 3. The provisions of the parties’ stipulation and this protective order shall remain in 7 effect until further order of the Court; 8 4. The parties are advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States 9 District Court, Eastern District of California, any documents which are to be filed 10 under seal will require a written request which complies with Local Rule 141; 11 5. The party making a request to file documents under seal shall be required to show 12 either good cause or compelling reasons to seal the documents, depending on the 13 type of filing, Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 14 2009); Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp... LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 15 2016); and 16 6. If a party’s request to file protected material under seal is denied by the Court, then 17 the previously filed material shall be immediately accepted by the Court and 18 become information in the public record and the information will be deemed filed 19 as of the date that the request to file the protected information under seal was 20 made. 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. DAM Le 23 | Dated: _ September 25, 2023

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