Protective Order re production of discovery material as to Heath Gauthier — USA v. Gauthier (Dkt. 22)

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Protective Order, Document 22, filed 06/22/23 in United States of America v. Heath Gauthier, Criminal Case No. 1:23-cr-00015-JL (D.N.H.). It responds to the government's assented-to motion regarding production to defense counsel of discovery material related to an uncharged child exploitation investigation, called the CE Discovery Material, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(d)(1). The defense team may use the material only as necessary to prepare and present a defense in this case, and defense counsel shall show it only to other members of the defense team and shall not provide a copy to the defendant. At the end of the case, defense counsel shall destroy the material or, if destruction is not feasible because of routine server back-ups, keep it in a way that reasonably assures compliance. The signature block names Hon. Joseph N. Laplante, United States District Court Judge.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
               v. 
HEATH GAUTHIER 
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Criminal Case No. 1:23-cr-00015-JL 
PROTECTIVE ORDER 
Upon consideration of the government’s assented-to motion for a protective order 
regarding the production to defense counsel discovery material related to an uncharged child 
exploitation investigation (the “CE Discovery Material”) pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(d)(1), it 
is hereby  
(1)
For purposes of this Order, the term “defense team” means defense counsel,
defense counsel’s staff, and anyone directly engaged by defense counsel to assist
in preparing and presenting a defense in this case.
(2)
The CE Discovery Material shall be used by the defense team only as necessary to
prepare and present a defense in this case;
(3)
Defense counsel shall show the CE Discovery Material only to other members of
the defense team;
(4)
Defense counsel shall not provide a copy of the CE Discovery Material to the
defendant.  Defense counsel may view and review the CE Discovery Material
with the defendant, but must do so in a manner that reasonably assures they will
not be viewed by any other person who is not a member of the defense team;
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(5)
Defense counsel shall maintain custody of the CE Discovery Material and shall
not make copies unless necessary to provide to another member of the defense
team who will use the copy to assist in the defense of this case; and
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At the end of the case, including any collateral challenges, or when the CE
Discovery Material is no longer needed by the other member(s) of the defense
team, defense counsel shall destroy the CE Discovery Material or, if destruction is
not feasible because electronic copies of the CE Discovery Material are stored on
defense counsel’s archive system due to routine server back-ups, defense counsel
shall maintain the CE Discovery Material in a way that reasonably assures
compliance with this Order.
Date: 
Hon. Joseph N. Laplante 
United States District Court Judge 
6/22/2023
Case 1:23-cr-00015-JL-TSM     Document 22     Filed 06/22/23     Page 2 of 2

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