West Pacific Electric Company Corporation v. Dragados/Flatiron, et al.

Filing 57

ORDER re Joint Protocol for the Production of Electronically Stored Information signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 10/31/2018. The stipulated joint protocol for the production of electronically stored information is hereby approved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2)(E). (Valdez, E)

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
WEST PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY
CORPORATION

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P. RANDOLPH FINCH, SBN 185004
DAVID W. SMILEY, SBN226616
FINCH, THORNTON & BAIRD, LLP
4747 Executive Drive, Suite 700
San Diego, California 92121-3107
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Email:
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants

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M URPHY A USTIN A DAMS S CHOEN FELD LLP

D. MICHAEL SCHOENFELD, SBN 102332
LISA D. NICOLLS, SBN 234376
MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD LLP
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 850
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Email:
[e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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WEST PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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DRAGADOS/FLATIRON, a joint venture;
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation;
FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY
OF MARYLAND, a Maryland corporation;
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY, a New York corporation;
THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation;
XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; THE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, a
Pennsylvania corporation; AMERICAN
HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, a New

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Case No. 1:18-CV-00166-LJO-BAM
JOINT PROTOCOL FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY
STORED INFORMATION AND ORDER
THEREON
Complaint Filed: January 30, 2018
Trial Date: Not Set

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York corporation; NATIONAL
INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Nebraska
corporation; TRAVELERS CASUALTY
AND SURETY COMPANY OF
AMERICA, a Connecticut corporation;
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an
Indiana corporation,

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Defendants.

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The following Joint Protocol for the Production of Electronically Stored

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Information shall govern Plaintiff WEST PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY,

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CORP.’S and Defendants DRAGADOS/FLATIRON; LIBERTY MUTUAL

M URPHY A USTIN A DAMS S CHOEN FELD LLP

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INSURANCE COMPANY; FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF

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MARYLAND; ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; THE

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CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY; XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE

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COMPANY; THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF

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PENNSYLVANIA; AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY;

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NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY; TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND

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SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA; and FEDERAL INSURANCE

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COMPANY’s (collectively, the “Parties,” and singularly, “Party”) discovery in this

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matter. As used in this document, the term Electronically Stored Information or

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ESI means discoverable documents and data consistent with FRCP 34(a) relevant to

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the claim(s) or defense(s) of any Party subject to discovery pursuant to FRCP

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26(b)(1).
The production of ESI shall proceed in the following manner:

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1. All scanned paper, email, email attachments, and native files shall be

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converted to single page TIFF files and Bates numbered including fully searchable

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text.

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2. Production of records shall be in load file format with data properly
mapped.
3. Color documents will be converted to TIFF in the same color that they were
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maintained in the ordinary course of business.
4. Bates numbering used will be unique and consistent throughout the

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production and any supplements and shall not be custodian based and will appear in

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the right lower corner of all documents.

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5. E-mail messages and attachments will be numbered consecutively and

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produced together in a parent (e-mail) – child (attachment) fashion (i.e., email

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followed by attachment) and kept together as one single document.

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M URPHY A USTIN A DAMS S CHOEN FELD LLP

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6. The Parties will meet and confer over the necessity of producing native
Excel, CSV, CAD, Database and/or schedule files on a document by document
basis.
7. Parties shall produce metadata for ESI with a .DAT file. Metadata data

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fields to include, the following: BegProdNo, EndProdNo, BegProdAttach,

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EndProdAttach, PgCount or ImageCnt, Mail to, Mail from, Mail CC, Mail BCC,

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Date Sent, Time Sent, Email Subject or Title, Author, Filename or Title,

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DateLastMod, Creation Date or Document Date, RecordType, DocType.

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DocAuthor, SHA1-HASH or MD5-HASH, LOCATIONS (i.e., mail location or

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filepath).

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8. Parties shall produce Images in single page TIFF format with an .LFP or
.OPT load file.
9. Parties shall produce OCR or extracted text as document level Text files with
an .LST load file.
10. Load files shall be contained in separate folders as follows:

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Data

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Images

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Text

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OCR

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11. DFJV will be producing project documents, except emails, by October 25,
2018.

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12. DFJV’s Project emails will be reviewed for privileged/confidential

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information and produced by November 8, 2018.

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13. This ESI Protocol will be subject to the stipulated protective order issued in

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M URPHY A USTIN A DAMS S CHOEN FELD LLP

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the case.
14. This ESI Protocol will not govern the production of documents by third
parties pursuant to third party subpoenas.
15. This ESI Protocol does not prevent challenges by either Party to the
admissibility or trial use of documents produced under this ESI Protocol.
16. This ESI Protocol can only be amended by a writing signed by counsel for
the Parties.
17. The Parties agree to meet and confer in good faith over any dispute
involving ESI produced under this ESI Protocol.

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Dated: October 23, 2018

MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD LLP

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By /s/ Lisa D. Nicolls
D. MICHAEL SCHOENFELD
LISA D. NICOLLS
Attorneys for Plaintiff
WEST PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY
CORPORATION

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Dated: October 23, 2018

FINCH, THORNTON & BAIRD, LLP

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By /s/ David W. Smiley
P. RANDOLPH FINCH, JR.
DAVID W. SMILEY
Attorneys for Defendants

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/ / / / /
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ORDER
The stipulated joint protocol for the production of electronically stored information is
HEREBY APPROVED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2)(E).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Barbara

October 31, 2018

A. McAuliffe

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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