USA v. Vickers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff,
vs.
ANDREA LAVELLE VICKERS,
Defendant.
3:11-cr-063-HRH-JDR
PROTECTIVE ORDER
(Docket No. 21)
Defendant Andrea Lavelle Vickers, by and through counsel Michael
D. Dieni, Assistant Federal Defender, and the United States, through government
counsel Frank V. Russo, and non-party Municipality of Anchorage, through the
Municipal Attorney's Office, move for entry of a stipulated Protective Order governing
certain records of the Anchorage Police Department.
Defendant has requested discovery of confidential, internal Anchorage
Police Department policy(ies) and procedure(s), or portions thereof, governing
impoundment of vehicle and inventory searches. Considering the particular facts of
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this case, and the parties' willingness to stipulate to the strict Protective Order
submitted herewith, the Anchorage Police Department waives its objections.
Under Rule 26(c)(1), parties and non-parties may seek entry of a
protective order. The parties and the Municipality have stipulated and agreed to
entry of the following:
1. 	The Municipality shall produce to the United States Attorney two
copies of the Anchorage Police Department's policy(ies) and procedure(s), or
portions thereof, governing impoundment of vehicle and inventory searches, no later
than 9/12/2011. The United States Attorney shall be responsible for producing one
of those copies to defense counsel.
2. 	Without a prior written order of this court, the parties may not (a)
copy any of the Anchorage Police Department's policy(ies)and procedure(s), or
portions thereof, or (b) re-disclose any of the Anchorage Police Department's
policy(ies) and procedure(s), or portions thereof, to any person.
3. 	The parties may not publish the Anchorage Police Department's
policy(ies) and procedure(s), or portions thereof, with their motions or pleadings in
the ECF (electronic filing) system or in the public file without a prior written order of
this court; the Municipal Attorney's Office shall be notified by the parties of any
request for any such order. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order limits the
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parties' rights to seek in camera review of any of the Anchorage Police Department's
policy(ies) or procedure(s), or portions thereof.
4. 	The 	parties 	may 	not 	publish 	any 	of 	the 	Anchorage 	Police
Department's policy(ies) and procedure(s), or portions thereof, at trial or other open
court proceedings without a prior written order of this court.
5. 	At the conclusion of this case, each party shall return its copy of
the Anchorage Police Department's policy(ies) and procedure(s), or portions thereof,
to the Municipal Attorney's Office, Attention: Joyce Weaver Johnson, at P.O. Box
196650, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6650.
6. 	Violation of this Stipulated Protective Order, after it has been
entered by the court, shall be punishable as a contempt of court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 6th day of September, 2011, at Anchorage, Alaska.
/s/ John D. Roberts
JOHN D. ROBERTS
United States Magistrate Judge
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