Sabel v. City and County of San Francisco et al

Filing 45

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 43 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 9/13/17. (bpfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/13/2017)

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, StateBar#139669
City Attorney
CHERYL ADAMS, State Bar #164194
Chief Trial Deputy
REBECCA BERS, State Bar #287111
Deputy City Attorney
Fox Plaza
1390 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, California 94102-5408
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
E-Mail:
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
ADAM EATIA AND WILLIAM KRAUS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NORMAN SABEL,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 16-cv-04832 EMC
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

VS.

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CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO, GREG SHUR, in his capacity
as Chief of Police, SAN FRANCISCO
POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADAM EATIA,
individually and in his capacity as a Peace
Officer for the City and County of San
Francisco, WILLIAM KRAUS, individually
and in his capacity as a Peace Officer for the
City and County of San Francisco, and DOES
1-200, jointly and severally.
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Trial Date:

Not set.

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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 confidential,
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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for

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any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby
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stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties

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acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited

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information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The

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parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order

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does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the

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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission

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from the court to file material under seal.

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

items under this Order.
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"CONFIDENTIAL" Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated,

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stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

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26(c), California Evidence Code§ 1040, California Government Code§ 6254, The California Peace

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Officer Bill of Rights, and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIP AA"),

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the ongoing investigative privilege, the official information privilege, and any such information

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protected by statute including, medical records, autopsy records, autopsy photographs, crime scene

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photographs, personal victim-witness information, criminal history ("CLETS"), and/or other protected

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third party witness information.

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"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" Information or Items:

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extremely sensitive "Confidential Information or Items," disclosure of which to another Party or Non-

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Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.
Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

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their support staff).

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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it

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produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as "CONFIDENTIAL," or as "HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY."

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or

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

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transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery

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

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

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in this action.
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House Counsel: 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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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity

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

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are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that

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

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

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

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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 (e.g.,

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photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or

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retr_ieving 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," or as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY."

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Party.

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

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

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

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excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. Any use of Protected

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Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

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

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

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

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

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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits

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for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

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

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Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any

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

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

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communications that qualify - so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or

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communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of

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this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be

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

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retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties)

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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

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

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

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it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

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

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

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Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the

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material is disclosed or produced.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but

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excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing

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Party affix the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS'

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EYES ONLY" to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the

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

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

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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection
need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which

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material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all

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of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY." After the inspecting Party has identified the

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

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

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documents, the Producing Party must affix the "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" legend to each page that contains Protected

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

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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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For testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the

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Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other

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proceeding, all protected testimony.

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

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

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or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or

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"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY." If only a portion or portions of

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

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identify the protected portion(s).
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate

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qualified 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 timely correction of a designation, the Receiving

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

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provisions of this Order.

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

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

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designation 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 designation is

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disclosed.

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

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providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge.

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To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the

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

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Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by

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conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within

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14 days of the date of service of notice. 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 an

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opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in

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designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed

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to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or

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

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timely manner.

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

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the Challenging Party shall file and serve a motion to challenge confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7

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(and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of
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challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their

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

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affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding

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paragraph. Failure by the Challenging Party to make such a motion including the required declaration

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within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the objection to the confidentiality

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designation for each challenged designation. Frivolous objections, and those made for an improper

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

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Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Challenging Party has waived the objection to confidentiality

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designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall

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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the

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Producing Party's designation until the court rules on the challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or

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

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

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

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DISPOSITION).

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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 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 by the

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

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or item designated "CONFIDENTIAL" only to:

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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 Receiving

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

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"Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" (Exhibit A);
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Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is

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reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the "Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound" (Exhibit A);

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(d)

the court and its personnel;

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court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors,

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and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who

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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 reasonably

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necessary and who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" (Exhibit A),

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unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed

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deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately

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

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Stipulated Protective Order;
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the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or

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other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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Disclosure of"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"

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Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating

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Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated "HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" only to:

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

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said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this

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litigation and who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" that is attached

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hereto as Exhibit A;

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(b) Experts of the Receiving Party ( 1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation, (2) who have signed the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" (Exhibit A), and

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(3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed];
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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, and Professional

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

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"Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" (Exhibit A); and

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(f) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other

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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 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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promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in

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the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to

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

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

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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 or

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court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as "CONFIDENTIAL" before a

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

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Designating Party's permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material - and nothing in these provisions should be construed

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as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another

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court.

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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-Party in this

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action and designated as "CONFIDENTIAL." Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection

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provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-

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Party's confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-

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Party not to produce the Non-Party's confidential information, then the Party shall:
promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or all

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of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in

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this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of

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the information requested; and

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make the information requested available for inspection by the Non.:.Party.

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of

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receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party's

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confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective

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order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to

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the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court

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order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court

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of its Protected Material.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material

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to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the

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

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

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

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and (d) request such person or persons to execute the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound"

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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 produced

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material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are

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those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b )(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify

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

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

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an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-

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client privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated

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MISCELLANEOUS
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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 Order no

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Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or

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item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any

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right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a

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

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

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must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a

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Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue

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

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Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is

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denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to

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Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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

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Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this

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subdivision, "all Protected Material" includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any

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

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returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party

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(and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies

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(by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms

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

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel

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are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing

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transcripts, 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 Material. Any

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such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order

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as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [print or type full name], of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [print or type

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full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the

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

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of California on __ in the case of Sabel v. City and County of San Francisco, et. al., Case No. 16-cv-

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04832-THE. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order

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and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and

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punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any

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information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in

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strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

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

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

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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 my

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California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to

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enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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Date:

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City and State where sworn and signed:

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Printed name:

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Signature:

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
CASE NO. 16-cv-04832 EMC

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