Shawn Berry v. County of Los Angeles, et al.
Filing
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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Steve Kim. In re: Stipulation for Protective Order 27 (mkr)
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JONATHAN TELLER, State Bar No. 280312
j.teller@layfieldbarrett.com
LAYFIELD & BARRETT, APC
633 W. 5th Street, Suite 3300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2052
Telephone No. (323) 524-9414
Facsimile No. (323) 486-1654
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SHAWN BERRY
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PAUL B. BEACH, State Bar No. 166265
RAYMOND W. SAKAI, State Bar No. 193507
ARNOLD LEE, State Bar No. 278610
alee@lbaclaw.com
LAWRENCE BEACH ALLEN & CHOI, PC
100 West Broadway, Suite 1200
Glendale, California 91210-1219
Telephone No. (818) 545-1925
Facsimile No. (818) 545-1937
Attorneys for Defendant
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SHAWN BERRY,
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Plaintiff,
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, an
entity of the State of California; and
DOES 1-10, Inclusive,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:16-CV-04112 MWF-SK
Honorable Steve Kim
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
Action Filed: June 9, 2016
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A.
PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
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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
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to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that
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this 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. The parties further acknowledge, as set
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forth in Section 2.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle
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them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth
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the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when
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a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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Defendants anticipate that during discovery in this action they will
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exchange documents, items, or materials and other information that contain
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sensitive and confidential information that derives actual or potential value from
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not being generally known to the public and are the subject of reasonable efforts
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to maintain their confidentiality. Defendants believe, in good faith, that these
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documents and/or writing are protected by the Official Information Privilege, the
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right to privacy guaranteed in Federal Constitution, First Amendment and
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California Constitution, Article I, Section I, and various California Government,
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Penal, and Evidence Code sections, and thus protected from disclosure. This will
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be accomplished by affixing to such document or writing a legend, such as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE
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ORDER” or words of similar effect. Documents and writings so designated,
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hereinafter, collectively, (“Confidential Information”), shall be treated in
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accordance with the terms of this stipulation/protective order. Documents,
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writings and things to be designated as such, include the following:
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Any material relating to or regarding the personnel files and/or
records of deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”);
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Any material relating to incidents involving Plaintiff
containing sensitive and private information regarding third parties.
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Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt
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resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately
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protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the
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parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for
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and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation,
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and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in
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this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as
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confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good
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faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and
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there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
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DEFINITIONS
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Action: this pending federal law suit.
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2.2
Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
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designation of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless
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of 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 (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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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information,
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regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or
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maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible
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things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in
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this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve
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as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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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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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 and
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have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm
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which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
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2.10 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its employees,
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consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support
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staffs).
2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
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Discovery Material in this Action.
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2.12 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.
2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
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Material from a Producing Party.
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SCOPE
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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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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
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the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations
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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action,
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with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of
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time pursuant to applicable law.
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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 for
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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
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unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.
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Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for
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an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development
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process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that
it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party
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must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable
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designation.
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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided
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in 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
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protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is
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disclosed or produced.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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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 or portions of the material on a page
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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the
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protected portion(s) (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
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need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
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which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
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before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
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deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the
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documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine
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which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
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Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix
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the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If
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only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the
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Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
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appropriate markings in the margins).
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(b)
for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party
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identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of
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the deposition all protected testimony.
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for information produced in some form other than documentary
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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent
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place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is
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stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the
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information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable,
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shall identify 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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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
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designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
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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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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
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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
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is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with
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this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action.
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Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and
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under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been
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terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13
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below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
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location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
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authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
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Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as
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well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
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(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;
(e) court reporters and their staff;
(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who
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have 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 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
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(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in
the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing
party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2)
they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign
the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless
otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
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transcribed 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
(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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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
IN OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
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litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this
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Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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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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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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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such
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information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is
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protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these
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provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking
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additional protections.
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(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:
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(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
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reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
Non-Party, if requested.
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If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court
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within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the
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Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information
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responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective
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order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or
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control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before
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a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
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shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its
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Protected Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
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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)
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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all
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the terms 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
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Exhibit A.
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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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. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure
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of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work
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product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated
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protective order submitted to the court.
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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
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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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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 Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material
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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of
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the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected
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Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the
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information 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
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the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed,
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the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party
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(and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day
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deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected
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Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party
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has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other
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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding
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this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings,
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motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,
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correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work
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product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain
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Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected
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Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4
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(DURATION).
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14.
Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all
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appropriate measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or
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monetary sanctions.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: February 13, 2017
LAYFIELD & BARRETT, APC
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By
/s/ Jonathan Teller
Jonathan Teller
Attorney for Plaintiff
Shawn Berry
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Dated: February 13, 2017
LAWRENCE BEACH ALLEN & CHOI, PC
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By
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/s/ Arnold F. Lee
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Arnold F. Lee
Attorneys for Defendants Los
Angeles County
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FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: February 15, 2017
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______________________________________________
Honorable Steve Kim
United States Magistrate Judge
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As the filer of this Stipulation, I, Arnold F. Lee, attest that Jonathan Teller
concurs in the content of the Stipulation and has authorized its filing.
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EXHIBIT A
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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
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entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the
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United States District Court for the Central District of California on ________
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[date] in the case of ___________________ [insert formal name of the case
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and the number and initials assigned to it by the court]. I agree to comply
with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to
sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I
will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this
Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance
with the provisions of this Order.
I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
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termination of this action. I hereby appoint [print or type full name] of _______
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[print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for
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service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to
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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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