Scott v. County of Plumas

Filing 18

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison on 1/26/2018. (Zignago, K.)

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Vicki E. Cody (SBN 157842)
LAW OFFICE OF VICKI E. CODY
P.O. BOX 189685
Sacramento, CA 95818
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Attorney for Plaintiff
MICHAEL G. SCOTT

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Nancy J. Sheehan, SBN 109419 ([e-mail])
Amanda L. Iler, SBN 300268 ([e-mail])
Erin J. Price, SBN 319331([e-mail])

350 University Avenue, Suite 200
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Attorneys for Defendant
THE COUNTY OF PLUMAS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL G. SCOTT,

Case No. 2:17-cv-00217-KJM-CMK

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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THE COUNTY OF
DOES 1-25 Inclusive,

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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PLUMAS

and
Complaint Filed: January 30, 2017

Defendants.
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

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confidential, proprietary, or private information, including personnel and medical information for

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which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than

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prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and

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petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order.

disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and

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use extends 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 Section 12.3,

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The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all

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below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information

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under seal; Civil Local Rules 140, 141 and 141.1 set forth the procedures that must be followed

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and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material

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under seal.

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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party:

a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of

information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is

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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule

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of Civil Procedure 26(c).

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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as

well as their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material:

all items or information, regardless of the

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

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testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or

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responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to

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the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a

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consultant in this action.

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behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.

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Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action

but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on

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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal

entity not named as a Party to this action.

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attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

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House Counsel:

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Producing Party:

a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery

Material in this action.

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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services

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(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing,

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storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.

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Protected Material:

any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as

“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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

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Producing Party.

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SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material

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(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)

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all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,

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conversations, or presentations by Parties, Parties’ Counsel, or third party witnesses that might

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reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not

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cover the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of
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disclosure to a 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 Order, including

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becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to

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the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure

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from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to

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the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate

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agreement or order.

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DURATION

Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order

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Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this

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otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims

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and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the

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completion and 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 pursuant to

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applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party

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or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to

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limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The

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Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or

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oral or written 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 unjustifiably within

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the ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are

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shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to

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unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary

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expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. Sanctions are

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not appropriate if there is a good faith dispute regarding the confidentiality of certain documents

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or information.

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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated

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for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other

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Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so

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designated before the material is disclosed or produced. However, failure to designate material

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before it is disclosed or produced does not result in any waiver of confidentiality or any other

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(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,

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applicable protection, unless the failure to designate is cured within a reasonable time. If the

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Parties do not agree that the late designation is appropriate the Parties should resolve the conflict

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according to section 6 below.

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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), that the Producing

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Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a

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portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must

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clearly identify the protected portion(s) on a privilege log. A Party or Non-Party that makes

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original documents or materials available for inspection need not designate them for protection

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until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced.

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

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shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it

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wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions

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

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

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Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection,

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the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate

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markings 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 deposition, hearing, or

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other proceeding, all Protected Material. However, for depositions, the Designating Party may

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notify the other Party within two (2) days of receiving the transcript that information and/or

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documents (i.e., exhibits) disclosed during the deposition are covered by the Protective Order. The

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Designating Party must identify the page and line numbers in the transcript.

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(c)

for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any

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other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the

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container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.”

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If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to

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the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

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5.3

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. An inadvertent failure to designate qualified

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information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure

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protection under this Order for such material. Upon notice of correction of a non-designation, the

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Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance

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with the provisions of this Order. Challenges to designations after an inadvertent failure to

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designate are governed by Section 6.

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CHALLENGING “CONFIDENTIAL” DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of

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“CONFIDENTIAL” at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s designation

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is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a

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significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a

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confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original

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designation is disclosed.

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6.2

Meet and Confer.

The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis
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notice must recite that the challenge is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of

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the Protective Order. The Parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must

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begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication

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are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging

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Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and

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must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider

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the circumstances, 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 process only if it

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has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is

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for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written

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unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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6.3

Judicial Intervention.

If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court

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

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Civil Local Rule 141.1 (d) (and in compliance with Civil Local Rules 230, and 251, if applicable)

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within 21 days of the Parties’ agreement that the meet and confer process will not work. Each such

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motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied

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with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the

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Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days of the

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Parties’ agreement that the meet and confer process will not resolve the dispute shall automatically

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waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging

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Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause

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for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions

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thereof. Any 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 requirements

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imposed by the preceding paragraph.

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

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Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose

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unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions.
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Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to

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retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question

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

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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 disclosed or

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to

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the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has

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been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL

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produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,

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DISPOSITION).

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in
a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered

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by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any

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information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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(a)

the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as

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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the

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information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be

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Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

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(b)

the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the

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Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have

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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

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(c)

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

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

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and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d)

the court and its personnel;

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(e)

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 for this litigation and

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who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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

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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”

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(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages

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of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must

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

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under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(g)

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

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LITIGATION

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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels

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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”, that Party

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must:

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promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall

include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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(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 subpoena or order is

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subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective

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Order; and

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(c)

cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by

the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena

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or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”

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before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has

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obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and
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expense of seeking protection in that court of its Protected Material – and nothing in these

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provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to

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disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
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 produced by Non-

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Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this

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Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking

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additional protections.

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(b)

In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce

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a Non-Party’s Protected Material in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with

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the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s Protected 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 confidentiality agreement with a Non-

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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 a reasonably specific

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description of the information requested; and

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(3)

make the information requested available for inspection by the 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 Receiving Party may

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produce the Non-Party’s Protected Material responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party

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timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any Protected Material in its

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

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determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the

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burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected

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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective

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Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the

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unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected

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Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the

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terms of this Order, 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

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MATERIAL

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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently

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produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the

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Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This

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provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order

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that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence

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502(d) and (e), insofar as the Parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a

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

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the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the

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court.

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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1

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

seek its modification by the court in the future.
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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 producing any

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information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no

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Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered

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by this Protective Order.

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12.3

Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party

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or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in

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the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any

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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rules 140, 141 and 141.1. If a Receiving Party's

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request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rules 140, 141, and 141.1 is

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denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information, subject to redaction, in the

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public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

Receiving Party, other than Counsel, must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each

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destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies,

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abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the

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Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party

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must submit a 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 appropriate)

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

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has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or

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capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

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retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,

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

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

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Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to

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this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: January 24, 2018

/s/ Vicki E. Cody (as authorized on 1/24/18)
Vicki E. Cody
Law Office of Vicki E. Cody
Attorney for Plaintiff

DATED: January 25, 2018

/s/ Nancy J. Sheehan___________________
Nancy J. Sheehan
Erin J. Price
Porter Scott, A Professional Corporation
Attorneys for Defendant

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 26, 2018

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I,

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name],

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I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in the case of Scott v. The County

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of Plumas, Case No. 2:17-cv-00217-KJM-CMK. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all

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the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so

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comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly

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promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this

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PORTER | SCOTT

___________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that

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350 University Avenue, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95825
TEL: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

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Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions

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of this Order.

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

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the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated

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Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

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___________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as

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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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[printed name]
Signature:

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[signature]

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{01769268.DOCX}

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER [PROPOSED]