Roe #1 et al v. United States et al

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 10/4/2019. (Martin-Gill, S)

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Donald E. J. Kilmer, Jr. [SBN: 179986]
Email: [e-mail]
Jessica L. Danielski [SBN: 308940]
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LAW OFFICES OF DONALD KILMER, APC
3455 Jarvis Avenue
San Jose, California 95118
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Jason Davis [SBN: 224250]
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THE DAVIS LAW FIRM
27201 Pureta Real, Suite 300
Mission Viejo, California 92691
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Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
JANE ROE #1, et al.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )
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JUSTICE; FEDERAL BUREAU OF
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INVESTIGATION; BUREAU OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS )
JANE ROE #1; JANE ROE #2; JOHN
DOE #1; JOHN DOE #2; JOHN DOE
#3; JOHN DOE #4; JOHN DOE #5;
JOHN DOE #6; SECOND
AMENDMENT FOUNDATION, INC.,

Donald Kilmer
Attorney at Law
3455 Jarvis Ave.

Case No.: 1:19-CV-00270-DADBAM
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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AND EXPLOSIVES; WILLIAM P.
BARR (U.S. Attorney General),
CHIRISTOPHER A. WRAY (Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation);
REGINA LOMBARDO (Acting Deputy
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives); XAVIER
BECERRA (California Attorney
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STIPULATION AND ORDER1

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Purposes And Limitations
Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve

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production of confidential or private information for which special protection from

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public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation

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may 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 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. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in

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Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to

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file confidential information under seal; this Court’s Civil Local Rules 140, 141, and

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A separate unopposed motion requesting an order from the court that the Plaintiffs

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be permitted to proceed by way of pseudonyms in this action has been filed

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concurrently with this stipulation and request for orders.

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141.1 set forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be

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applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

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Definitions

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2.1

Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of

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information or items under this Order.

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is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection

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under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it

Counsel (without qualifier): Counsel of Record, including members of their

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offices (as well as their support staff).

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that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

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medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among

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other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or

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generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as

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an expert witness or as a consultant in this action.

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legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Counsel of Record (and their support

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staffs).

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Material in this action.

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2.10 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support

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services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or

Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items
Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the

Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter

Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other
Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors,

Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery

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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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2.11 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated

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as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

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2.12 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from

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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.

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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover
the following information:

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(a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a

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Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a

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Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this

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Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or

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otherwise; and

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(b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or

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obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who

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obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality

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to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be

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governed by a separate agreement or order.

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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, with

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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 time

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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. Each

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Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this

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Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies

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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. Designations

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that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper

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purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or

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to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the

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Designating Party to sanctions.

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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

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promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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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.

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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,

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but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings),

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that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page

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that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material

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on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly

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identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the

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margins).

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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for

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inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting

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Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During

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the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available

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for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting

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Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the

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Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof,

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qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified

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documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to

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each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the

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material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must

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clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings

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in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,

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that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the

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deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony.

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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for

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any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place

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on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item

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is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the

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information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent

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practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

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to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the

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Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.

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Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable

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efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

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Order.

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Challenging Confidentiality Designations

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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation

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of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s

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confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness,

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unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation,

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a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing

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not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

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process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and

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describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a

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challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to

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confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the

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Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith

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and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other

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forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of

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notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that

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the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party

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an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances,

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and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen

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designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure

Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution

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process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that

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the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a

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timely manner.

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intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain

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confidentiality within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of

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the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute,

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whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent

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declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer

Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

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requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party

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to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14

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days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for

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each challenged designation.

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In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a

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confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including

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a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any

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motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent

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declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer

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requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the

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Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose

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(e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may

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expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived

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the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as

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described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level

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of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the

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court rules on the 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

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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this

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case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such

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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the

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conditions described in this Order. When the litigation 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

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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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ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving

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Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Counsel of Record in this action, as well as

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employees of said Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to

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disclose the information for this litigation;

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(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(c) the court and its personnel;

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(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock

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jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary

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for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement

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to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(e) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the

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Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition

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testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be

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separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone

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except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(f) 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.

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Protected Material Subpoenaed Or Ordered Produced In Other
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

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall

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include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to

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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

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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 with

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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

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which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the

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Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden

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and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material –

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and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or

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encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive

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from another court.

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A Non-Party’s Protected Material Sought To Be Produced In This

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Litigation

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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-

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Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information

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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the

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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions

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should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional

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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

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Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-

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Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:

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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

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that some or all of the information requested is subject to a

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confidentiality 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 litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and

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a reasonably 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.

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(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or 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

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or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party

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before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the

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Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this

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court of its Protected Material.

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Unauthorized Disclosure Of Protected Material
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

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Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in

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writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts

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to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or

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persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,

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and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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Inadvertent Production Of Privileged Or Otherwise Protected Material
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 protection,

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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure

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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without

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prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar

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as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the

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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted

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to the court.

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12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person

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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 Protective

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Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or

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producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated

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Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use

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in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

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12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating

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Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a

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Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party

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that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil Local

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Rules 140, 141 and 141.1. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant

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to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue.

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 140, 141 and 141.1, a sealing order will issue only

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upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged,

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protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a

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Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil

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Local Rules is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the

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information in the public record pursuant to Local Rules unless otherwise instructed

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by the court.

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Final Disposition

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in

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paragraph 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the

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Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected

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Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the

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Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a

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written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to

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the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where

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appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms

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that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations,

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summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected

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Material.

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Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy

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of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal

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memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney

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work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials

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contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute

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Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4

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(DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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Date: September 30, 2019
/s/ Donald Kilmer
Attorney for Plaintiffs

/s/ Nelson Richards
Attorney for Defendant Becerra
(Approved Sept. 30, 2019 |LR 131(e))

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/s/ James Bickford
Attorney for Defendant United States, et al.
(Approved Sept. 30, 2019 | LR 131(e))

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Donald Kilmer
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3455 Jarvis Ave.

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San Jose, CA 95118

Vc: 408/264-8489
don@dklawoffice.
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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 entirety and

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understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the

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Eastern District of California on [date] in the case of Jane Roe, et al., v. United States, et al., Case
No.: 1:19-CV-00270-DAD-BAM in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
California.
I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order

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and I 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 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.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern

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District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even

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if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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I hereby appoint _____________________________________________ [print or type full name]

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of _____________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number]

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as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings

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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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Donald Kilmer
Attorney at Law
3455 Jarvis Ave.

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San Jose, CA 95118

Vc: 408/264-8489
don@dklawoffice.
com

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ORDER
The Court adopts the stipulated protective order submitted by the parties. The parties are

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advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States District Court, Eastern District of

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California, any documents subject to this protective order to be filed under seal must be

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accompanied by a written request which complies with Local Rule 141 prior to sealing. The party

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making a request to file documents under seal shall be required to show good cause for documents

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attached to a non-dispositive motion or compelling reasons for documents attached to a dispositive

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motion. Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2009). Within five (5)

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days of any approved document filed under seal, the party shall file a redacted copy of the sealed

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document. The redactions shall be narrowly tailored to protect only the information that is

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confidential or was deemed confidential. Additionally, the parties shall consider resolving any

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dispute arising under this protective order according to the Court’s informal discovery dispute

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procedures.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/ Barbara

October 4, 2019

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Donald Kilmer
Attorney at Law
3455 Jarvis Ave.

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San Jose, CA 95118

Vc: 408/264-8489
don@dklawoffice.
com

Joint Motion & Protective Order

Jane Roe #1, et al., v. United States, et al.