Hardin v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Filing 16

STIPULATION and PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 9/26/2017. (Washington, S)

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1 CHARLES D. MAY, ESQ.; STATE BAR NO.: 129663 ROGER W. BACKLAR, ESQ.; STATE BAR NO.: 225277 2 3 4 5 6 THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Blvd., Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403 (818) 205-9955; (818) 205-9944 fax E-Mail: cmay@tharpe-howell.com E-Mail: rbacklar@tharpe-howell.com Attorneys for Defendant, DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 11 SHEA HARDIN, Case No.: 2:16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB Plaintiff(s), 12 13 v. 14 DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC., and DOES 1 TO 100 15 Defendant(s). (Nevada County Superior Court Case No. CU16-081849) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER [FRCP RULE 26(C)(1); L.R. 141.1(B)(1) & 143] 16 Discovery Matter 17 Hon. Edmund F. Brennan U.S. Magistrate Judge (pursuant to L.R. 302(c)(1)) 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff SHEA HARDIN (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant DOLLAR TREE 22 STORES, INC. (“Defendant”) jointly submit this Stipulated Protective Order 23 pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(c)(1), and Local Rules 24 141.1(b)(1) and 143, limiting the use and disposition of certain information and 25 documents during litigation of this matter. The parties agree that discovery in this 26 action may yield documents and information of a sensitive and confidential nature 27 that may be subject to discovery in the proceedings in this matter but which should 28 not be made available to the public generally. As a result, the parties have agreed to -1- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 this jointly submitted Stipulated Protective Order and request that it be adopted by 2 order of this Court. 3 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 4 Disclosure and discovery in this action is likely to involve production of 5 confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information for which special protection 6 from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this 7 litigation may be warranted. Specifically, the parties anticipate that disclosure and 8 discovery will involve production of all or a portion of: 9 a. Defendant’s store associates handbooks, manuals, and similar THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 documents reflecting Defendant’s confidential and proprietary policies 11 and operational procedures, including, without limitation, Defendant’s 12 Store Associate Handbook in effect at the time of the incident giving 13 rise to this litigation. 14 b. Manuals and documents reflecting Defendant’s confidential and 15 proprietary procedure pertaining to employee and customer safety, risk 16 management, and loss prevention, including, without limitation, 17 Defendant’s Safety Manual in effect at the time of the incident giving 18 rise to this litigation. 19 c. Documents pertaining to Defendant’s policies and procedures for 20 reporting and investigating customer accidents, and handling customer 21 claims, including, without limitation, guidelines and directives prepared 22 by Defendant for reporting customer accidents. 23 It is the parties intent that the records and information described above may be 24 designated by the Defendant as CONFIDENTIAL (pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 6) 25 and shall be considered Protected Material under this Order (as defined in Section 26 3.14), subject to the right of any other party to challenge such designation pursuant 27 to Section 7. 28 /// -2- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 2 following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does 3 not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that 4 the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 5 information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 6 legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3, below, 7 that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 8 information under seal; Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be 9 followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 the court to file material under seal. 11 12 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 13 In light of the nature of the claims and allegations in this case and the parties’ 14 representations that discovery in this case will involve the production of confidential, 15 proprietary, or trade secret information and documents, and in order to expedite the 16 flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over 17 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties 18 are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable 19 necessary uses of such material in connection with this action, to address their 20 handling of such material at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, 21 a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. Federal Rules of 22 Civil Procedure, Rule 26(c)(1) states in pertinent part, that the Court, upon a showing 23 of good cause may “issue an order to protect a party from annoyance, 24 embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense.” In the instant matter, 25 Defendant’s confidential documents contain proprietary, confidential, and trade 26 secret information relating to Defendant’s business practices and its safety protocols. 27 Defendant derives independent economic value from maintaining the confidentiality 28 of the policies and procedures set forth in these confidential documents. -3- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 Defendant is a retailer in the discount department store industry. The 2 discount retail industry is very competitive. As a result of years of investing time 3 and money in research and investigation, Defendant developed the policies contained 4 in the confidential documents for the purposes of maintaining the security and 5 accessibility of its stores and merchandise, providing quality customer service, and 6 ensuring the safety of its employees and customers. These policies and procedures, 7 as memorialized in the confidential documents, were created and generated by 8 Defendant for Defendant, and are used for the purposes of maintaining safety at its 9 stores and creating efficient and organized work environments for its customers and THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 employees. As a result, Defendant is able to minimize the waste of any resources, 11 which is a key factor in generating profitability for its business. 12 Defendant derives economic value from maintaining the secrecy of its 13 confidential documents. If disclosed to the public, the proprietary and trade secret 14 information contained in Defendant’s confidential documents would reveal 15 Defendant’s internal operations and could potentially be used by competitors as a 16 means to compete for its customers, interfere with its business plans, and thereby 17 gain unfair business advantages. If Defendant’s safety protocols and policy and 18 procedure manuals were revealed to the general public, it would hinder Defendant’s 19 ability to effectively resolve and minimize liability claims, and its goal of protecting 20 its customers and employees from theft and other crimes. Unrestricted or unprotected 21 disclosure of such information would result in prejudice or harm to Defendant by 22 revealing its competitive confidential information, which has been developed at 23 Defendant’s expense and which represents valuable tangible and intangible assets. 24 Accordingly, the parties respectfully submit that there is good cause for the entry of 25 this Protective Order. 26 27 The parties shall not designate any information/documents as confidential without a good faith belief that such information/documents have been maintained in 28 -4- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 a confidential, non-public manner, and that there is good cause or a compelling 2 reason why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 3 4 3. DEFINITIONS 5 3.1 Action: The instant action: Shea Hardin v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., et al., 6 2:16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB (Nevada County Superior Court Case No. CU16-081849). 7 3.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 8 9 information or items under this Order. 3.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 11 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good 12 Cause Statement. 13 14 15 3.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 3.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 16 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 17 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 18 3.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 19 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 20 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 21 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 22 3.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 23 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 24 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 25 3.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 26 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 27 counsel. 28 3.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or -5- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 2 3.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party 3 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have 4 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which 5 has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 6 3.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 7 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 8 support staffs). 9 THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 11 3.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. 3.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 12 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 13 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 14 and their employees and subcontractors. 15 16 17 18 3.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 3.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party. 19 20 4. SCOPE 21 The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as 22 defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 23 Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; 24 and (3) any deposition testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their 25 Counsel that might reveal Protected Material, other than during a court hearing or at 26 trial. Any use of Protected Material during a court hearing or at trial shall be 27 governed by the orders of the presiding judge. This Order does not govern the use of 28 Protected Material during a court hearing or at trial. -6- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 Moreover, the protections conferred by the Order do not cover the following 2 information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure 3 to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a 4 Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, 5 including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any 6 information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the 7 Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information 8 lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use 9 of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 11 5. DURATION 12 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 13 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 14 otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 15 deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with 16 or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and 17 exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, 18 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time 19 pursuant to applicable law. 20 21 6. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 22 6.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 23 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection 24 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 25 qualifies under the appropriate standards as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 above. The 26 Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, 27 documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that other 28 portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection -7- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 2 is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 3 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 4 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose 5 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating 6 Party to sanctions. 7 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 8 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, the Designating Party must 9 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 6.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. 11 Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of 12 Section 6.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery 13 Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated 14 before the material is disclosed or produced. 15 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 16 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 17 but excluding transcripts of depositions), that the Producing Party affix at a 18 minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), 19 to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the 20 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 21 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 22 margins). 23 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 24 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 25 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 26 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 27 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents 28 it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, -8- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing 2 the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL 3 legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of 4 the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 5 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 6 margins). 7 8 9 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies on the record, before the close of the deposition as protected testimony. (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 11 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend 12 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants 13 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 14 portion(s). 15 6.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. 16 If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or 17 items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure 18 protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 19 designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the 20 material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 21 22 7. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 23 7.1 Timing of Challenges. 24 Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any 25 time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order. 26 7.2 Meet and Confer. 27 The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local 28 Rule 37-1 et seq. -9- STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 7.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 2 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose 3 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 4 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived 5 or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the 6 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing 7 Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 8 9 8. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 8.1 Basic Principles. 11 A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced by 12 another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for prosecuting, 13 defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be 14 disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this 15 Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with 16 the provisions of Section 14 below. 17 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 18 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 19 authorized under this Order. 20 8.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. 21 Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the 22 Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item 23 designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 24 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as 25 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to 26 disclose the information for this Action; 27 28 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; - 10 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 2 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 3 (d) the Court and its personnel; 4 (e) court reporters and their staff; 5 (f) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 6 7 8 9 THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; (g) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary; and (h) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 11 12 13 14 9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 15 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 16 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 17 18 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order unless prohibited by law; 19 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 20 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena 21 or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 22 this Protective Order; and 23 24 25 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 26 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 27 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the 28 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s - 11 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 permission, or unless otherwise required by the law or court order. The Designating 2 Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its 3 confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 4 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful 5 directive from another court. 6 7 8 9 10. 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 Non- THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 11 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 12 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 13 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 14 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 15 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 16 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 17 confidential information, then the Party shall: 18 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 19 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality 20 agreement with a Non-Party; 21 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Protective Order 22 in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 23 description of the information requested; and 24 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non- 25 Party, if requested. 26 (c) If a Non-Party represented by counsel fails to commence the process called 27 for by Local Rules 45-1 and 37-1, et seq. to object or seek a protective order within 28 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information or fails - 12 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 contemporaneously to notify the Receiving Party that it has done so, the Receiving 2 Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the 3 discovery request. If an unrepresented Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from 4 this court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the 5 Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to 6 the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving 7 Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to 8 the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court 9 unless otherwise required by the law or court order. Absent a court order to the THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 11 this court of its Protected Material. 12 13 11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 14 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 15 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 16 Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the 17 Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve 18 all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to 19 whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) 20 request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 21 Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 22 23 24 25 12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 26 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 27 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 28 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure - 13 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 2 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 3 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 4 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 5 parties may incorporate their agreement into this Protective Order. 6 7 13. MISCELLANEOUS 8 13.1 Right to Further Relief. 9 Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 by the Court in the future. 11 13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. 12 No Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or 13 producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Protective 14 Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in 15 evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 16 13.3 Filing Protected Material. 17 A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with 18 applicable Local Rules and with any pertinent orders of the assigned District Judge 19 and Magistrate Judge, including any procedures adopted under the Pilot Project for 20 the Electronic Submission and Filing of Under Seal Documents. Protected Material 21 may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 22 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material 23 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information 24 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 25 13.4 No Waiver of Right to Seek Additional Orders 26 Nothing in this Order shall be construed to affect a waiver of any Party’s right 27 to seek later, additional Protective Orders for documents and information not within 28 the scope of this Order. - 14 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 14. FINAL DISPOSITION 2 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in Section 5, within 60 3 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return 4 all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 5 subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 6 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 7 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving 8 Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same 9 person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or 11 destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, 12 abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any 13 of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 14 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 15 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert 16 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such 17 materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or 18 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in 19 Section 4. 20 Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 21 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 22 sanctions. 23 Dated: September 20, 2017 FIELDER, FIELDER & FIELDER 24 25 By: 26 27 /s/ Scott L. Fielder SCOTT L. FIELDER, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff, SHEA HARDIN 28 - 15 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB 1 2 Dated: September 20, 2017 THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 3 By: 4 5 6 7 8 9 /s/ Roger W. Backlar CHARLES D. MAY ROGER W. BACKLAR Attorneys for Defendant, DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. Per Local Rule 131(e), I, Roger W. Backlar, the filer of this document, attest that all other signatories listed above concur in the filing’s contents and authorized the filing with their signature on September 20, 2017. THARPE & HOWELL, LLP 15250 Ventura Boulevard, Ninth Floor Sherman Oaks, California 91403-3221 10 11 12 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 15 Dated: September 26, 2017 ______________________________ HON. EDMUND F. BRENNAN U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 16 - STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARDIN v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. CASE NO.: 2;16-cv-02432-JAM-EFB

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