Maxlite, Inc. v. ATG Electronics, Inc., et al

Filing 28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR STANDARD LITIGATION by Magistrate Judge Autumn D. Spaeth re Stipulation for Permanent Injunction, Stipulation for Order, Stipulation for Protective Order 26 . (SEE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION). (et)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 MAXLITE, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, 5 Plaintiff, 6 v. 7 ATG ELECTRONICS, INC. and DAVID WYATT, 8 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR STANDARD LITIGATION Defendants. 9 10 Case No. 8:20-cv-01056-JJS-ADS 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production 11 12 of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from 13 public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 14 may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court 15 to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 16 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery 17 and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the 18 limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the 19 applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 20 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file 21 confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures 22 that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks 23 permission from the court to file material under seal. 24 2. DEFINITIONS 25 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 26 information or items under this Order. 27 28 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 1 2 3 4 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 5 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 6 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 7 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 8 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 9 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 10 11 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 12 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an 13 expert witness or as a consultant in this action. 14 2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. 15 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 16 counsel. 17 18 19 2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party 20 to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have 21 appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which 22 has appeared on behalf of that party. 23 2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, 24 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 25 support staffs). 26 27 28 2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this action. 2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 2 1 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 2 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 3 and their employees and subcontractors. 2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 4 5 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 6 7 from a Producing Party. 8 3. SCOPE The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 9 10 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted 11 from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of 12 Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties 13 or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections 14 conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) 15 any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving 16 Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 17 a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part 18 of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the 19 Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the 20 disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no 21 obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at 22 trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 23 4. 24 DURATION Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 25 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 26 otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 27 deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with or 28 without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion 3 1 of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time 2 limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 3 applicable law. 4 5. 5 DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 6 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this 7 Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies 8 under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection 9 only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that 10 qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications 11 for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of 12 this Order. 13 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 14 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 15 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to 16 impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating 17 Party to sanctions. 18 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 19 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 20 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 21 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 22 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 23 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 24 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 25 produced. 26 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 27 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 28 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 4 1 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each 2 page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a 3 page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 4 protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 5 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for 6 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has 7 indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 8 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 9 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents 10 it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, 11 or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the 12 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend 13 to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the 14 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 15 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 16 margins). (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, 17 18 that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, 19 hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony. (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 20 21 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 22 exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the 23 legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item 24 warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 25 protected portion(s). 26 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 27 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the 28 Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 5 1 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable 2 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 3 Order. 4 6. 5 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 6 designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating 7 Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial 8 unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the 9 litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by 10 electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed. 11 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 12 resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging 13 and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a 14 challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to 15 confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the 16 Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and 17 must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms 18 of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 19 conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the 20 confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an 21 opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if 22 no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A 23 Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has 24 engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party 25 is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner. 26 6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without 27 court intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain 28 confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 796 1 5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of 2 the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, 3 whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent 4 declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer 5 requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to 6 make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if 7 applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each 8 challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion 9 challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing 10 so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions 11 thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a 12 competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and 13 confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 14 15 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose 16 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 17 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived 18 the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as 19 described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level 20 of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the 21 court rules on the challenge. 22 7. 23 ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 24 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case 25 only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected 26 Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions 27 described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party 28 must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 7 1 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 2 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 3 authorized under this Order. 4 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 5 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 6 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 7 only to: 8 9 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record and national coordinating counsel in this action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of 10 Record and national coordinating counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to 11 disclose the information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 12 and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 13 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 14 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and 15 who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 16 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 17 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 18 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 19 (d) the court and its personnel; 20 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, 21 mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 22 for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 23 Bound” (Exhibit A); 24 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 25 reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 26 Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered 27 by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that 28 reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not 8 1 be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order. (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 2 3 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 4 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 5 OTHER LITIGATION 6 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 7 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as 8 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 9 10 include a copy of the subpoena or court order; (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 11 12 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or 13 order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this 14 Stipulated Protective Order; and (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued 15 16 by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 17 18 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 19 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the 20 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 21 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 22 protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions 23 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to 24 disobey a lawful directive from another court. 25 9. 26 A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 27 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 28 Non-Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 9 1 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 2 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 3 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 4 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 5 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 6 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 7 confidential information, then the Party shall: (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 8 9 10 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 11 12 Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 13 specific description of the information requested; and (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non- 14 15 Party. (c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court 16 17 within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving 18 Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the 19 discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving 20 Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to 21 the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. 22 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense 23 of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 24 10. 25 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 26 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 27 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 28 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 10 1 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 2 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, 3 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 4 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 5 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 6 PROTECTED MATERIAL 7 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 8 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 9 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 10 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure 11 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 12 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 13 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 14 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 15 parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to 16 the court. 17 12. 18 19 20 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. 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 21 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 22 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this 23 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 24 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 25 12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the 26 Designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested 27 persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material. 28 A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil 11 1 Local Rule 79-5. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5.2.2(b), which governs the filing 2 under seal of documents designated by another as confidential pursuant to a protective 3 order, at least 3 days before seeking to file under seal a document containing 4 information previously designated as confidential by another pursuant to a protective 5 order, the Filing Party1 must confer with the Designating Party in an attempt to 6 eliminate or minimize the need for filing under seal by means of redaction. If the 7 document cannot be suitably redacted by agreement, the Filing Party may file an 8 Application2 pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5.2.2(a), but the supporting declaration 9 must identify the material previously designated as confidential, as well as the 10 Designating Party, and must describe in detail the efforts made to resolve the issue. 11 The declaration must be served on the Designating Party on the same day it is filed, 12 and proof of this service must be filed with the declaration. Subsequently, within 4 13 days of the filing of the Application, the Designating Party must file a declaration 14 establishing that all or part of the designated material is sealable, by showing good 15 cause or demonstrating compelling reasons why the strong presumption of public 16 access in civil cases should be overcome, with citations to the applicable legal 17 standard. If the Designating Party maintains that only part of the designated material is 18 sealable, the Designating Party must file with its declaration a copy of the relevant 19 material with proposed redactions highlighted. The declaration and, if applicable, the 20 document highlighting proposed redactions will be closed to public inspection. Failure 21 to file a declaration or other required document may be deemed sufficient grounds for 22 denying the Application. If the Application is denied, the Filing Party may file the 23 document in the public case file (i.e., unsealed) no earlier than 4 days, and no later 24 than 10 days, after the Application is denied, unless the Court orders otherwise. 25 13. FINAL DISPOSITION Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 26 27 28 1 2 As defined by Civil Local Rule 79-5. As defined by Civil Local Rule 79-5. 12 1 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or 2 destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes 3 all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or 4 capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or 5 destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing 6 Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day 7 deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material 8 that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not 9 retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format 10 reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this 11 provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion 12 papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, 13 deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and 14 expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such 15 archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this 16 Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 17 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 18 19 DATED: September 4, 2020 HUGO PARKER, LLP 20 21 22 By: /s/ Bina Ghanaat Bina Ghanaat Attorneys for Plaintiff MaxLite, Inc. 23 24 25 26 27 28 13 1 DATED: September 2, 2020 MORTEN & FAIRCHILD, PC 2 3 By: 4 5 6 DATED: /s/ Aaron B. Fairchild AARON B. FAIRCHILD Attorneys for Defendant ATG Electronics, Inc. LAW OFFICE OF NEAL C. SWENSEN 7 8 9 10 By: NEAL C. SWENSEN Attorneys for Defendant David Wyatt 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 14 September 8, 2020 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that 5 I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was 6 issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on 7 [date] in the case of MaxLite, Inc. v. ATG Electronics, Inc. and David Wyatt, Case No. 8 8:20-cv-01056-JJS-ADS. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of 9 this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 10 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 11 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is 12 subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 13 compliance with the provisions of this Order. 14 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 15 Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 16 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this 17 action. 18 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 19 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and 20 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with 21 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 22 Order. 23 24 Date: ______________________________________ 25 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 26 Printed name: _______________________________ 27 28 Signature: __________________________________ 15 1 2 3 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was filed with the court and served electronically through the CM-ECF (Electronic Case Filing) system to all counsel of record to those registered to receive a Notice of Electronic Filing for this case on this 4th day of September 2020. 5 6 /s/ Debbie DeRivero Debbie DeRivero 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16

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