Palaszeski v. County of Stanislaus et al

Filing 21

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 11/26/2024. (Zignago, K.)

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RIVERA HEWITT PAUL LLP
2355 Gold Meadow Way, Suite 170
Gold River, California 95670
T: 916-922-1200
F: 916-922-1303
Shanan L. Hewitt (SBN 200168)
[e-mail]
Wendy Motooka (SBN 233589)
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS and MARK RUNYAN

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LAW OFFICES OF WALKUP, MELODIA,
KELLY & SCHOENBERGER
A Professional Corporation
650 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, California 94108-2615
T: [phone] F: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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DERICK E. KONZ, ESQ., SB No. 286902
Email: [e-mail]
WILLIAM J. BITTNER, ESQ. No. 292056
Email: [e-mail]
ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP
Attorneys at Law
601 University Avenue, Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95825
Telephone: [phone]
Telecopier: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants JIMMY NGUYEN

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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IRINA PALASZESKI, individually and as
Successor-in-Interest to THE ESTATE
YURIY GARBUZ,

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Plaintiff,
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Case No.: 2:24-CV-01974-DJC-JDP
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS;
[PROPOSED]ORDER THEREON

vs.
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COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, MARK
RUNYAN, JIMMY NGUYEN, and DOES
ONE through FIFTY,

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Defendants.
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER; [PROPOSED]
ORDER THEREON
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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 for which special protection from public

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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.

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Such confidential information includes criminal records, some of which may be subject to a state

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court sealing order; personnel records; medical and psychiatric records; and other sensitive

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information or documents.

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Therefore, Plaintiffs IRINA PALASZESKI and the ESTATE OF YURIY GARBUZ and

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Defendants COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, MARK RUNYAN, and JIMMY NGUYEN by and

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through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that the terms of this protective order, if

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approved by the Court, shall apply to the materials designated as confidential in this action.

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER
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DEFINITIONS

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The following definitions shall apply to this Protective Order:

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1.

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The “Action” shall mean and refer to the above-captioned matter and any appeal

from the Action, through final judgment.
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“Documents” or “Confidential Documents” shall mean the Documents that

plaintiff or defendants designate as “Confidential” in the manner set forth in this Protective Order.
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“Confidential” shall mean information designated “Confidential” pursuant to this

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Protective Order. Information designated “Confidential” shall be information that is determined

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in good faith by the attorneys representing the Designating Party to be subject to protection

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pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). Confidential Documents, material, and/or information shall be

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used solely for purposes of litigation. Confidential Information shall not be used by the non-

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Designating Party for any business or other purpose, unless agreed to in writing by all Parties to

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this action or as authorized by further order of the Court.
“Defendants” shall mean COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, MARK RUNYAN, and

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JIMMY NGUYEN.

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GARBUZ.

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“Plaintiffs” shall mean IRINA PALASZESKI and the ESTATE OF YURIY

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“Parties” shall mean Plaintiffs and Defendants, identified above.

TERMS OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER
The following terms apply to documents designated as “Confidential” by Plaintiffs or

Defendants and produced subject to the following Protective Order:
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The Confidential Documents shall be used solely in connection with the civil case

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Palaszeski v. County of Stanislaus et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:24-cv-01974-DJC-JDP and in the

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preparation and trial of the case. The Parties do not waive any objections to the admissibility of

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the documents or portions thereof in future proceedings in this case, including trial.

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2.

The “Designating Party” will designate the Confidential Documents as

confidential by affixing a mark labelling them “Confidential.”
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The Confidential Documents may only be disclosed to the following persons:
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Counsel for Plaintiff, including partners and associate attorneys in their

offices, as counsel for Plaintiff in this case;
(b)

Counsel for Defendants, including partners and associate attorneys in their

offices, as counsel for Defendants in this case;
(c)

Paralegal, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly employed by counsel

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referred to in subparts (a) and (b), including stenographic deposition reporters or

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videographers retained in connection with this action;

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(d)

Court personnel, including stenographic reporters or videographers

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engaged in proceedings as are necessarily incidental to the preparation for the trial in the

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civil action;

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(e)

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Any expert, consultant, or investigator retained in connection with this

action, however, such persons must be advised of and abide by this protective order;
(f)

The finder of fact at the time of trial, subject to the court’s rulings on in

limine motions and objections of counsel;
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Witnesses during their depositions in this action. If confidential documents

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are used in the deposition, the documents must be identified as “Confidential” and the

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portion of the deposition in which the documents are described should also be considered

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confidential; and

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this action.

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The parties to this action and any representatives acting on their behalf for

Before any Confidential Documents may be disclosed to persons described in

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Subsections paragraph 3 above, each person to whom such Confidential Documents are disclosed,

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except for Court officials and employees, shall be provided with a copy of this Protective Order

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and shall sign a written certification in the form of the undertaking attached hereto and

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incorporated herein.

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No notes, lists, memoranda, index, electronic images, databases or compilation

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prepared based wholly or in part upon examination of Confidential Documents shall be

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disseminated to anyone not authorized to have access to Confidential Documents.

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If the Confidential Documents are filed with any motion or other pleading, a party

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may seek permission from the Court to file the Confidential Documents under seal according to

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Local Rule 141. If permission is granted, the Confidential Documents will be filed and served in

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accordance with Local Rule 141.

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The designation of the Confidential Documents as “Confidential” and the

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subsequent production thereof is without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose the

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admissibility of the Confidential Documents or information contained therein.

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Any party or non-party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time.

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A party or non-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. The Challenging

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Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by providing written notice of each designation

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it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. The parties shall attempt to resolve

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each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice-to-voice

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dialogue – other forms of communication are not sufficient) within seven (7) days of the date of

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receiving notice of the challenge. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for

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its belief that 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, and, if no

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change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging

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Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet

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and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the

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meet and confer process in a timely manner. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without

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Court intervention, the Designating Party may file and serve a motion for protective order

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pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) and E.D. Cal. L.R. 251 within twenty-one (21) days of the initial

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notice of challenge. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion within twenty-one

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(21) days shall automatically waive the “Confidential” designation for each challenged

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designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality

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designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so. The burden of persuasion in any such

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challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. Unless the Designating Party has waived

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

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above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which

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it is entitled under the Designating Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge.

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 3, the Confidential Documents and

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information contained therein may not be delivered, exhibited or otherwise disclosed to any

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reporter, writer or employee of any trade publication, newspaper, magazine or other media

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organization, including but not limited to radio and television media, or via social media,

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provided that the Challenging Party has not obtained, by challenge or otherwise, the removal of

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the confidentiality designation from the Confidential Documents.

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Should the Confidential Documents or any information contained therein be

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disclosed, through inadvertence or otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive it under this

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Protective Order, the disclosing person(s) shall promptly (a) inform counsel for the Defendants of

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the recipient(s) and the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure to the relevant producing

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person(s) and (b) use best efforts to bind the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order.

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A Confidential Document shall not lose its confidential status because it was

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inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed to a person not authorized to receive it under this

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Protective Order.

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After the conclusion of this litigation, the Confidential Documents will remain

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confidential, unless the Challenging Party has obtained removal of the confidentiality

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designations. “Conclusion” of this litigation means a final resolution of the case following a trial

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and/or appeal, settlement, or dismissal of the Action with prejudice for any other reason.

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This Stipulated Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect and shall

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continue to be binding on all parties and affected persons until this litigation terminates, subject to

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any subsequent modifications of this Stipulated Protective Order for good cause shown by this

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Court or any Court having jurisdiction over an appeal of this action. Upon termination of this

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litigation, the parties agree the Stipulated Protective Order shall continue in force as a private

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agreement between the parties, unless the Challenging Party has obtained removal of the

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confidentiality designations from certain documents.

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During the pendency of this lawsuit, the Court shall (a) make such amendments,

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modifications and additions to this Protective Order as it may deem appropriate upon good cause

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shown and (b) adjudicate any dispute arising under it.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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DATE: November 20, 2024

RIVERA HEWITT PAUL LLP

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/s/ Wendy Motooka
SHANAN L. HEWITT
WENDY MOTOOKA
Attorneys
for
Defendants
COUNTY
STANISLAUS and MARK RUNYAN

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DATE: November 25, 2024

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

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/s/ Kelly L. Ganci [as authorized on 11-25-2024]
KHALDOUN A. BAGDADI
KELLY L. GANCI
Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS

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OF

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DATE: November 20, 2024

ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP

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/s/ Derick E. Konz [as authorized on 11-20-2024]
DERICK E. KONZ
WILLIAM J. BITTNER
Attorneys for Defendant JIMMY NGUYEN

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RIVERA HEWITT PAUL LLP
2355 Gold Meadow Way, Suite 170
Gold River, CA 95670
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CERTIFICATION RE
AGREEMENT CONCERNING DOCUMENTS
COVERED BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

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I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Documents are being provided to me

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pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated ____________ (hereinafter

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“Order”), in Palaszeski v. County of Stanislaus et al, E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:24-cv-01974-DJC-

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JDP.

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I have been given a copy of that Order and read it.

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I agree to be bound by the Order. I will not reveal Confidential Documents to anyone,

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except as allowed by the Order. I will maintain all such Confidential Documents – including

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copies, notes, or other transcriptions made therefrom – in a secure matter to prevent unauthorized

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access to it. Not later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of this action, I shall either (a)

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return such documents to counsel for the party or non-party who provided such information, or at

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my election, (b) destroy such documents and certify in writing that the documents have been

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destroyed.

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I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Eastern District of California for the purpose of
enforcing the Order.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this

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certificate

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this

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By: ________________________________

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Address: ___________________________

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Phone: __________________________

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Having reviewed the stipulation of the parties, is hereby ORDERED THAT:

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The Stipulation is GRANTED;

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Unless otherwise ordered by the court, requests to seal documents shall be made

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by motion before the same judge who will decide the matter related to that request to seal.
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The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential

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pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document with the

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court under seal. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed

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by Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a

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written order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a

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mere request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires

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that “[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing,

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the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the

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document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b).

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A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that

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“compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially

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related” to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.”

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Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana

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v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006).

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Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use

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of certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the

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court at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.

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The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the Court’s

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approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and

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proposed order for the Court’s consideration.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over

enforcement of the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.
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Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this

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order is hereby DISAPPROVED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 26, 2024
JEREMY D. PETERSON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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