Polangcus v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA et al

Filing 26

ORDER Granting 23 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 5/4/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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Allison R. Schmidt, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 10743
ALLISON R. SCHMIDT ESQ. LLC
8465 W. SAHARA AVE.
Suite 111-504
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Matthew I. Knepper, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12796
Miles N. Clark, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 13848
KNEPPER & CLARK LLC
10040 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 170-109
Las Vegas, NV 89129
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
David H. Krieger, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 9086
HAINES & KRIEGER, LLC
8985 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 350
Henderson, NV 89123
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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CRISPOLO C. POLANGCUS
Plaintiff,

Case No. 2:17-cv-00163-APG-CWH
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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v.

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NA;
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC;
EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES,
LLC; EXPERIAN INFORMATION
SOLUTIONS, LLC; TRANS UNION, LLC,
Defendants

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among Plaintiff Crispolo Polangcus

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(“Plaintiff”) and Defendants EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC

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(“EXPERIAN”), Trans Union LLC (“TRANS UNION”) and Equifax Information

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Services, LLC (“EQUIFAX”) (collectively, the “Parties”) through their respective

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attorneys of record as follows:

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WHEREAS, documents and information have been and may be sought, produced
or exhibited by and among the parties to this action relating to trade secrets, confidential
research, development, technology or other proprietary information belonging to the
defendants and/or personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff.

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THEREFORE, an Order of this Court protecting such confidential information
shall be and hereby is made by this Court on the following terms:
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This Order shall govern the use, handling and disclosure of all documents,

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testimony or information produced or given in this action which are designated to be

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subject to this Order in accordance with the terms hereof.

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2.

Any party or non-party producing or filing documents or other materials in

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this action may designate such materials and the information contained therein subject to

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this Order by typing or stamping on the front of the document, or on the portion(s) of the

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document for which confidential treatment is designated, “Confidential.”

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3.

To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, or

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other papers to be filed with the Court incorporate documents or information subject to

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this Order, the party filing such papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof,

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as “Confidential,” and shall file them with the clerk under seal; provided, however, that a

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copy of such filing having the confidential information deleted therefrom may be made

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part of the public record. Any party filing any document under seal must comply with

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the requirements of Local Rules.

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4.

All documents, transcripts, or other materials subject to this Order, and all

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information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all testimony, deposition, or

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otherwise, that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated

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Confidential hereunder), shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by any person, including

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Plaintiff, Trans Union, Equifax or Experian, for any business, commercial or competitive

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purposes or for any purpose whatsoever other than solely for the preparation and trial of

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this action in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

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Except with the prior written consent of the individual or entity

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designating a document or portions of a document as “Confidential,” or pursuant to prior

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Order after notice, any document, transcript or pleading given “Confidential” treatment

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under this Order, and any information contained in, or derived from any such materials

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(including but not limited to, all deposition testimony that refers, reflects or otherwise

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discusses any information designated confidential hereunder) may not be disclosed other

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than in accordance with this Order and may not be disclosed to any person other than: (a)

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the Court and its officers; (b) parties to this litigation; (c) counsel for the parties, whether

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retained counsel or in-house counsel and employees of counsel assigned to assist such

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counsel in the preparation of this litigation; (d) fact witnesses subject to a proffer to the

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Court or a stipulation of the parties that such witnesses need to know such information;

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(e) present or former employees of the producing party in connection with their

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depositions in this action (provided that no former employees shall be shown documents

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prepared after the date of his or her departure; and (f) experts specifically retained as

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consultants or expert witnesses in connection with this litigation.

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Documents produced pursuant to this Order shall not be made available to

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any person designated in Subparagraph 5(f) unless he or she shall have first read this

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Order, agreed to be bound by its terms, and signed the attached Declaration of

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Compliance.

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All persons receiving any or all documents produced pursuant to this

Order shall be advised of their confidential nature. All persons to whom confidential
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information and/or documents are disclosed are hereby enjoined from disclosing same to

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any person except as provided herein, and are further enjoined from using same except in

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the preparation for and trial of the above-captioned action between the named parties

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thereto. No person receiving or reviewing such confidential documents, information or

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transcript shall disseminate or disclose them to any person other than those described

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above in Paragraph 5 and for the purposes specified, and in no event shall such person

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make any other use of such document or transcript.

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Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at trial any

information or materials designated “Confidential.”
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This Order has been agreed to by the parties to facilitate discovery and the

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production of relevant evidence in this action. Neither the entry of this Order, nor the

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designation of any information, document, or the like as “Confidential,” nor the failure to

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make such designation, shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue in this action.

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After this litigation has concluded by settlement, final judgment, or final

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order, including all appeals, the non-producing party shall return to the producing party

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all documents designated as containing “Confidential,” including copies as defined

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above, within 30-days of receiving a written request from the producing party. The non-

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producing party is not required to return (1) documents offered into evidence or filed

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without restriction as to disclosure; (2) materials which in the good faith judgment of

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counsel are work product materials; (3) communications from Plaintiff to Defendant; (4)

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consumer file disclosures to Plaintiff that were generated by Defendants; or (5)

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communications from Defendants to Plaintiff regarding Defendant’s reinvestigations. In

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lieu of return, the parties may agree to destroy the documents, with certification of

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destruction. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any point in these

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proceedings with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first

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try to resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be

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resolved, the party objecting to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this
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Court. During the pendency of any challenge to the designation of a document or

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information, the designated document or information shall continue to be treated as

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“Confidential” subject to the provisions of this Protective Order.
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Nothing herein shall affect or restrict the rights of any party with respect

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to its own documents or to the information obtained or developed independently of

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documents, transcripts and materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this

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The Court retains the right to allow disclosure of any subject covered by
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this stipulation or to modify this stipulation at any time in the interest of justice.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated this 2nd day of May, 2017
/s/ Allison R. Schmidt
Allison R. Schmidt, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 10743
Allison R. Schmidt Esq. LLC
8465 W. Sahara Ave.
Suite 111-504
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
/s/ Jason G. Revzin
Jason G. Revzin
Lewis Brisbois
6385 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 600, Las
Vegas, NV 89118
T: 702.693.4344
F: 702.893.3789
Attorney for TransUnion LLC

/s/ Jennifer L. Braster
Jennifer L Braster
NAYLOR & BRASTER
Nevada Bar No. 9982
1050 Indigo Drive, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89145
Attorney for Defendant Experian
Information Solutions, Inc.
/s/ Bradley Austin
Bradley Austin, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite
1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169-5958
Attorney for Equifax Information
Services, LLC

/s/ Christopher AJ Swift
Christopher A.J. Swift
7785 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV, 89117
[phone] Direct
[phone] Fax
Attorney for Ocwen

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ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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May 4, 2017
Dated: __________, _____

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE

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I, _____________________________________, declare as follows:

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My address is ________________________________________________.

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2.

My present employer is ________________________________________.

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3.

My present occupation or job description is _________________________.

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I have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in this action on
_______________, 20___.

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5.
I have carefully read and understand the provisions of this Stipulated Protective
Order.
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I will comply with all provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

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I will hold in confidence, and will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the
Stipulated Protective Order, any information, documents or other materials produced
subject to this Stipulated Protective Order.
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I will use such information, documents or other materials produced subject to this
Stipulated Protective Order only for purposes of this present action styled Crispolo C.
Polangcus v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-00163, in the U.S. District
Court, District of Nevada (“Lawsuit”).

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9.
Upon termination of this action, or upon request, I will return and deliver all
information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective
Order, and all documents or things which I have prepared relating to the information,
documents or other materials that are subject to the Stipulated Protective Order, to my
counsel in this action, or to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained or
from whom I received the documents.

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10.
I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcing the
Stipulated Protective Order in this action.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the following is
true and correct.
Executed this ____ day of _____________, 2017 at __________________.

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_______________________________
QUALIFIED PERSON

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