Williams v. Wells Fargo Card Services et al

Filing 15

ORDER Granting 14 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 8/16/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - NEV)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 David H. Krieger, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 9086 HAINES & KRIEGER, LLC 8985 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 350 Henderson, NV 89123 (T) (702) 880-5554 (F) (702) 967-6665 dkrieger@hainesandkrieger.com 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: (702) 825-6060 FAX: (702) 447-8048 Email: matthew.knepper@knepperclark.com Email: miles.clark@knepperclark.com Attorneys for Plaintiff RILEY L. WILLIAMS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 14 15 RILEY L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, 16 17 18 19 v. Case No. 2:17-cv-01655-RFB-VCF [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER WELLS FARGO CARD SERVICES; WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL CARDS; EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, 20 Defendants. 21 22 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff RILEY L. WILLIAMS 23 (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants WELLS FARGO CARD SERVICES and WELLS FARGO 24 FINANCIAL CARDS (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, as 25 follows: 26 WHEREAS, documents and information have been and may be sought, produced or 27 exhibited by and among the parties to this action relating to trade secrets, confidential research, 28 1 development, technology or other proprietary information belonging to the defendants and/or 2 personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff. 3 4 5 THEREFORE, an Order of this Court protecting such confidential information shall be and hereby is made by this Court on the following terms: 1. This Order shall govern the use, handling and disclosure of all documents, 6 testimony or information produced or given in this action which are designated to be subject to 7 this Order in accordance with the terms hereof. 8 2. Any party or non-party producing or filing documents or other materials in this 9 action may designate such materials and the information contained therein subject to this Order 10 by typing or stamping on the front of the document, or on the portion(s) of the document for 11 which confidential treatment is designated, “Confidential.” 12 3. To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, or other 13 papers to be filed with the Court incorporate documents or information subject to this Order, the 14 party filing such papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof, as “Confidential,” and 15 shall file them with the clerk under seal; provided, however, that a copy of such filing having the 16 confidential information deleted therefrom may be made part of the public record. Any party 17 filing any document under seal must comply with the requirements of Local Rules. 18 4. All documents, transcripts, or other materials subject to this Order, and all 19 information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all testimony, deposition, or 20 otherwise, that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated Confidential 21 hereunder), shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by any person, including Plaintiff and 22 WELLS FARGO CARD SERVICES and WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL CARDS, commercial 23 or competitive purposes or for any purpose whatsoever other than solely for the preparation and 24 trial of this action in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 25 5. All depositions or portions of depositions taken in this action that contain 26 confidential information may be designated as “Confidential” and thereby obtain the protections 27 accorded other confidential information. The parties shall have twenty-one (21) days from the 28 2 of 8 1 date a deposition is taken, or fourteen (14) days from the date a deposition transcript is received, 2 whichever date is greater, to serve a notice to all parties designating portions as “Confidential.” 3 Until such time, all deposition testimony shall be treated as confidential information. To the 4 extent any designations are made on the record during the deposition, the designating party need 5 not serve a notice re-designating those portions of the transcript as confidential information. 6 Any party may challenge any such designation in accordance with Paragraph 14 of this Order. 7 6. Except with the prior written consent of the individual or entity designating a 8 document or portions of a document as “Confidential,” or pursuant to prior Order after notice, 9 any document, transcript or pleading given “Confidential” treatment under this Order, and any 10 information contained in, or derived from any such materials (including but not limited to, all 11 deposition testimony that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated 12 confidential hereunder) may not be disclosed other than in accordance with this Order and may 13 not be disclosed to any person other than: (a) the Court and its officers; (b) parties to this 14 litigation; (c) counsel for the parties, whether retained counsel or in-house counsel and 15 employees of counsel assigned to assist such counsel in the preparation of this litigation; (d) fact 16 witnesses subject to a proffer to the Court or a stipulation of the parties that such witnesses need 17 to know such information; (e) present or former employees of the producing party in connection 18 with their depositions in this action (provided that no former employees shall be shown 19 documents prepared after the date of his or her departure); and (f) experts specifically retained as 20 consultants or expert witnesses in connection with this litigation. 21 7. Documents produced pursuant to this Order shall not be made available to any 22 person designated in Subparagraph 6 (f) unless he or she shall have first read this Order, agreed 23 to be bound by its terms, and signed the attached Declaration of Compliance. 24 8. Third parties who are the subject of discovery requests, subpoenas or 25 depositions in this case may take advantage of the provisions of this Protective Order by 26 providing the parties with written notice that they intend to comply with and be bound by the 27 terms of this Protective Order. 28 3 of 8 1 9. All persons receiving any or all documents produced pursuant to this Order shall 2 be advised of their confidential nature. All persons to whom confidential information and/or 3 documents are disclosed are hereby enjoined from disclosing same to any person except as 4 provided herein, and are further enjoined from using same except in the preparation for and trial 5 of the above-captioned action between the named parties thereto. 6 reviewing such confidential documents, information or transcript shall disseminate or disclose 7 them to any person other than those described above in Paragraph 6 and for the purposes 8 specified, and in no event, shall such person make any other use of such document or transcript. 9 10 11 10. No person receiving or Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at trial any information or materials designated “Confidential.” 11. This Order has been agreed to by the parties to facilitate discovery and the 12 production of relevant evidence in this action. 13 designation of any information, document, or the like as “Confidential,” nor the failure to make 14 such designation, shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue in this action. 15 12. Neither the entry of this Order, nor the Inadvertent failure to designate any document, transcript, or other materials 16 “Confidential” will not constitute a waiver of an otherwise valid claim of confidentiality 17 pursuant to this Order, so long as a claim of confidentiality is promptly asserted after discovery 18 of the inadvertent failure. If a party designates a document as “Confidential” after it was initially 19 produced, the receiving party, on notification of the designation, must make a reasonable effort 20 to assure that the document is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order, and upon 21 request from the producing party certify that the designated documents have been maintained as 22 confidential information. The designating party shall have the burden of proving that any 23 document designated as CONFIDENTIAL is entitled to such protection. 24 13. Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this litigation, all documents, 25 transcripts, or other materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order, including 26 any extracts, summaries or compilations taken therefrom, but excluding any materials which in 27 the good faith judgment of counsel are work product materials, shall be returned to the Producing 28 4 of 8 1 Party. In lieu of return, the parties may agree to destroy the documents, to the extent practicable. 2 14. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any point in these 3 proceedings with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first try to 4 resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the 5 party objecting to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this Court. During the 6 pendency of any challenge to the designation of a document or information, the designated 7 document or information shall continue to be treated as “Confidential” subject to the provisions 8 of this Protective Order. 9 15. Nothing herein shall affect or restrict the rights of any party with respect to its 10 own documents or to the information obtained or developed independently of documents, 11 transcripts and materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order. 12 ... 13 ... 14 ... 15 ... 16 ... 17 ... 18 ... 19 ... 20 ... 21 ... 22 ... 23 ... 24 ... 25 ... 26 ... 27 ... 28 5 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16. The Court retains the right to allow disclosure of any subject covered by this stipulation or to modify this stipulation at any time in the interest of justice. IT IS SO STIPULATED. Dated August 15, 2017 /s/ David H. Krieger, Esq. David H. Krieger, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 9086 HAINES & KRIEGER, LLC 8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 350 Henderson, Nevada 89123 Office: (702) 880-5554 dkrieger@hainesandkrieger.com 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: (702) 825-6060 Email: matthew.knepper@knepperclark.com Email: miles.clark@knepperclark.com Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Tanya N. Lewis, Esq. Tanya N. Lewis, Esq. Snell & Wilmer, LLP 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway Suite 1100 Las Vegas, NV 89169 /s/ Kelly H. Dove, Esq. Kelly H. Dove, esq. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway Suite 1100 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5958 Attorneys for Defendant WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. erroneously named as WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE 17 ORDER DER 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Dated: __________, _____ 20 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 of 8 1 EXHIBIT A 2 DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE 3 I, _____________________________________, declare as follows: 4 1. My address is ________________________________________________. 5 2. My present employer is ________________________________________. 6 3. My present occupation or job description is _________________________. 7 4 I have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in this action on 8 _______________, 20___. 9 5. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of this Stipulated Protective 11 6. I will comply with all provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. 12 7. I will hold in confidence, and will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the 10 Order. 13 Stipulated Protective Order, any information, documents or other materials produced subject to 14 this Stipulated Protective Order. 15 16 8. I will use such information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order only for purposes of this present action. 17 9. Upon termination of this action, or upon request, I will return and deliver all 18 information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order, 19 and all documents or things which I have prepared relating to the information, documents or 20 other materials that are subject to the Stipulated Protective Order, to my counsel in this action, or 21 to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained or from whom I received the 22 documents. 23 … 24 25 … 26 27 … 28 7 of 8 1 10. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcing the 2 Stipulated Protective Order in this action. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the 3 United States that the following is true and correct. 4 Executed this ____ day of _____________, 2017 at __________________. 5 _______________________________ QUALIFIED PERSON 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8 of 8

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