Sonia Barrientos v. Law office of Jeffery H. Jordan
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish re Stipulation for Protective Order #35 . (ec)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SONIA BARRIENTOS, individually ) CASE NO. 2:15-cv-06282-JAK-GJS
and on behalf of all others similarly )
) STIPULATIVE PROTECTIVE
situated,
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Plaintiffs,
) DISCOVERY MATTER
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LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY H.
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JORDAN,
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Defendant
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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
proprietary or private information for which special protection from public
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This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective
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order provided under Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish’s Procedures.
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
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enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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under the applicable legal principles.
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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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This action is likely to involve trade secrets, confidential and proprietary
policy and procedure information and other valuable research, development,
commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information, and private and
sensitive financial information of alleged putative class members (likely debtors)
for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose
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other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and
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proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential
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business or financial information, information regarding confidential business
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practices, or other confidential research, development, or commercial information
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(including information implicating privacy rights of third parties), information
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otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or
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otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case
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decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to
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facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery
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materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep
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confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of
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such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their
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handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order
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for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that
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information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that
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nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in
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a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be
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part of the public record of this case.
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C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
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The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that
this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential
information under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must
be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission
from the court to file material under seal.
There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial
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proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive
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motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana
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v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v.
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Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v.
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Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated
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protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good
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cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification,
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must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under
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seal. The parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as
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CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent evidence by
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declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as
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confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.
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Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial,
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then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and
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the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be
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protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir.
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2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed
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or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party
seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts
and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence
supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by
declaration.
Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable
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in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be
redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public
viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable
portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file
documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why
redaction is not feasible.
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Action: this pending federal lawsuit.
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DEFINITIONS
Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
designation of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in
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the Good Cause Statement.
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Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information
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or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL.”
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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced
or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a
matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to
serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this
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Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other
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outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a
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party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action
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and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law
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firm that has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
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2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
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support staffs).
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2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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Discovery Material in this Action.
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2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation
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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
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demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
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and their employees and subcontractors.
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2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
Material from a Producing Party.
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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
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trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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DURATION
Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as
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CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or
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introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively
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available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling
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reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the
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trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81
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(distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in
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discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are
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part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend
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beyond the commencement of the trial.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
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this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
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qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate
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for protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written
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communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents,
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items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to
impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
Designating Party to sanctions.
If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
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designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
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under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
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produced.
Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
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“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
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contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
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(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine
which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix
the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If
only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
appropriate markings in the margins).
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(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party
identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of
the deposition all protected testimony.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and
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for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on
the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the
legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information
warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify
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the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such
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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
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reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the
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provisions of this Order.
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6.1
Scheduling Order.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
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parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating
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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall
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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is
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entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
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challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that
is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
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Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such
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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under
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the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a
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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
authorized under this Order.
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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of
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the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(d) the court and its personnel;
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(e) court reporters and their staff;
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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
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custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in
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the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing
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party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2)
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they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise
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agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may
be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone
except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
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mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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IN OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or
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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in
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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which
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the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s
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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking
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protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions
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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action
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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information
produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
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Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
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agreement with a Non-Party;
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(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
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specific description of the information requested; and
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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
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Non-Party, if requested.
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(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within
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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving
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Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the
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discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving
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Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject
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to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the
court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden
and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform
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the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms
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of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal
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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify
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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
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production without prior privilege review.
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If a Producing Party inadvertently discloses information in connection with
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the pending litigation to another Party that the Producing Party thereafter claims to
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be privileged or protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product
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protection (“Disclosed Protected Information”), the disclosure of the Disclosed
Protected Information shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver or forfeiture of
any claim of privilege or work product protection that the Producing Party would
otherwise be entitled to assert with respect to the Disclosed Protected Information
and its subject matter in this proceeding or in any other federal or state proceeding.
A Producing Party may assert, in writing, attorney-client privilege or work
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product protection with respect to Disclosed Protected Information. The Receiving
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Party must—unless it contests the claim of attorney-client privilege or work
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product protection—within five business days of receipt of that writing, (i) return
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or destroy all copies of the Disclosed Protected Information, and (ii) provide a
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certification of counsel that all of the Disclosed Protected Information has been
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returned or destroyed.
If the Receiving Party contests the claim of attorney-client privilege within
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five business days after assertion of attorney-client privilege or work product
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protection with respect to Disclosed Protected Information, the Producing Party
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must produce a privilege log with respect to the Disclosed Protected Information.
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after receipt of the privilege log, the Receiving Party must then—within five
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business days of receipt of the privilege log— initiate the dispute resolution
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process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. to move the Court for an Order compelling
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disclosure of the information claimed as not privileged (a “Disclosure Motion”).
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The Receiving Party must seek to file the Disclosure Motion under seal and it must
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not assert as a ground for compelling disclosure the fact or circumstances of the
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disclosure. Pending resolution of the Disclosure Motion, the Receiving Party must
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not use the challenged information in any way or disclose it to any person other
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than those required by law to be served with a copy of the sealed Disclosure
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Motion. The parties may stipulate to extend the contemplated time periods set
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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of
any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
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12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
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Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in
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this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
Order.
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12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material
may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material
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under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information
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in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
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After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within
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60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must
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return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As
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used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,
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compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the
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Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the
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Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if
not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that
(1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was
returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any
copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or
capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel
are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial,
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deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition
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and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert
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work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
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archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this
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Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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VIOLATION
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Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures including,
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without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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DATED September 21, 2017
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/s/Todd M. Friedman
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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DATED: September 21, 2017
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/s/ David J. Kaminski
Attorneys for Defendant
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: September 27, 2017
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GAIL J. STANDISH
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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________
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[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety
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and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States
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District Court for the Central District of California on [date] in the case of Sonia
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Barrientos v. Law Office of Jeffrey H. Jordan, 2:15-cv-06282-JAK-GJSI agree to
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comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any
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manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any
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person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
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Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,
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even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby
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appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of
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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone
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number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or
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any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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Date: ______________________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: _______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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