Grondal et al v. United States of America et al

Filing 624

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER - granting 623 the parties' Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson. (VR, Courtroom Deputy) (Service of Notice on parties not registered as users of the Court CM/ECF system accomplished via USPS mail.)

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FILED IN THE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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Jan 04, 2021

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SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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PAUL GRONDAL, a Washington
resident; MILL BAY MEMBERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., a Washington
non-profit corporation,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR; BUREAU OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS; FRANCIS
ABRAHAM; CATHERINE
GARRISON; MAUREEN
MARCELLAY, MIKE PALMER,
also known as Michael H. Palmer;
JAMES ABRAHAM; NAOMI DICK;
ANNIE WAPATO; ENID
MARCHAND; GARY REYES;
PAULWAPATO, JR.; LYNN
BENSON; DARLENE HYLAND;
RANDY MARCELLAY; FRANCIS
REYES; LYDIA W. ARMEECHER;
MARY JO GARRISON; MARLENE
MARCELLAY; LUCINA O’DELL;
MOSE SAM; SHERMAN T.
WAPATO; SANDRA COVINGTON;
GABRIEL MARCELLAY; LINDA

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
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MILLS; LINDA SAINT; JEFF M.
CONDON; DENA JACKSON; MIKE
MARCELLAY; VIVIAN PIERRE;
SONIA VANWOERKON; WAPATO
HERITAGE, LLC; LEONARD
WAPATO, JR.; DERRICK D.
ZUNIE, II; DEBORAH L.
BACKWELL; JUDY ZUNIE;
JAQUELINE WHITE PLUME;
DENISE N. ZUNIE;
CONFEDERATED TRIBES
COLVILLE RESERVATION; and
ALLOTTEES OF MA-8, also known
as Moses Allotment 8,
Defendants.

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Based on the stipulation of the parties through their respective counsel, ECF

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No. 623, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order,

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ECF No. 623, is GRANTED.

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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,

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proprietary, or private information for which special protection may be warranted.

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Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the

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following Stipulated Protective Order. This agreement does not confer blanket

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protection on all disclosures or responses to discovery; the protection it affords from

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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are

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entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles, and it does

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not presumptively entitle parties to file confidential information under seal.

PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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“Confidential” material shall include the following documents and tangible

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CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

things produced or otherwise exchanged:

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(a)

An appraisal conducted of a property in Chelan County by a

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colleague of Bruce Jolicoeur for a non-party to this action. The sole intended use for

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the appraisal was for financing or underwriting decisions for a non-party use only.

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The parties agree that this appraisal shall be marked “attorney’s eyes only” and

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treated accordingly.

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(b)

Proprietary business information, information regarding financial

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transactions or accounts, or private personal information, which is not typically

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available to the public or the parties, including that of their respective non-party

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related entities as well as that of the individual allottees.

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The protections conferred by this agreement cover not only confidential

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material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from

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confidential material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of

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confidential material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by

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parties or their counsel that might reveal confidential material.

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However, the protections conferred by this agreement do not cover

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information that is in the public domain or becomes part of the public domain

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through trial or otherwise.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

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Basic Principles: A receiving party may use confidential material that

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is disclosed or produced by another party or by a non-party in connection with this

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case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation.

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Confidential material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under

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the conditions described in this agreement. Confidential material must be stored and

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maintained by a receiving party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that

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access is limited to the persons authorized under this agreement.

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Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Unless

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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the designating party, a

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receiving party may disclose any confidential material only to:

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(a)

the receiving party’s counsel of record in this action, as well as

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employees of counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information

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for this litigation;

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(b)

the officers, directors, and employees (including in house

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counsel) of the receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation, unless the parties agree that a particular document or material produced is

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for Attorney’s Eyes Only and is so designated;

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experts and consultants to whom disclosure is reasonably

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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, court personnel, and court reporters and their staff;

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during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the designating

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party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits

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to depositions that reveal confidential material must be separately bound by the court

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reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this

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agreement;

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(f)

the author or recipient of a document containing the information

or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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Filing Confidential Material: Before filing confidential material or

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discussing or referencing such material in court filings, the filing party shall confer

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with the designating party to determine whether the designating party will remove

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the confidential designation, whether the document can be redacted, or whether a

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motion to seal or stipulation and proposed order is warranted. During the meet and

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confer process, the designating party must identify the basis for sealing the specific

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confidential information at issue, and the filing party shall include this basis in its

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motion to seal, along with any objection to sealing the information at issue.

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DESIGNATING CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

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Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection:

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Each party or non-party that designates information or items for protection under

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this agreement must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that

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qualifies under the appropriate standards. The designating party must designate for

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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,

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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept

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unjustifiably within the ambit of this agreement.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

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that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper

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purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or delay the case development process or

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to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the

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designating party to sanctions. If it comes to a designating party’s attention that

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information or items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection,

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the designating party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the

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mistaken designation.

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Manner and Timing of Designations: Except as otherwise provided in

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

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stipulated or ordered, disclosure or discovery material that qualifies for protection

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under this agreement must be clearly so designated before or when the material is

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disclosed or produced.
(a)

Information in documentary form: (e.g., paper or electronic

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documents and deposition exhibits, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other

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pretrial or trial proceedings), the designating party must affix the word

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“CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains confidential material. If only a

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portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the producing

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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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Testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial proceedings:

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the parties and any participating non-parties must identify on the record, during the

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deposition or other pretrial proceeding, all protected testimony, without prejudice to

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their right to so designate other testimony after reviewing the transcript. Any party

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or non-party may, within fifteen days after receiving the transcript of the deposition

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or other pretrial proceeding, designate portions of the transcript, or exhibits thereto,

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as confidential. If a party or non-party desires to protect confidential information at

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trial, the issue should be addressed during the pre-trial conference.

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Other tangible items: the producing party must affix in a

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prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the

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information or item is stored the word “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or

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portions of the information or item warrant protection, the producing party, to the

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

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Inadvertent Failures to Designate: If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive

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the designating party’s right to secure protection under this agreement for such

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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the receiving party must make

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reasonable efforts to ensure that the material is treated in accordance with the

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provisions of this agreement.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESGINATIONS

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Timing of Challenges: Any party or non-party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a

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designating party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable,

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substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or

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delay of the litigation, a party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality

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

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designation is disclosed.

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Meet and Confer: The parties must make every attempt to resolve any

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dispute regarding confidential designations without court involvement. Any motion

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regarding confidential designations or for a protective order must include a

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certification, in the motion or in a declaration or affidavit, that the movant has

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engaged in a good faith meet and confer conference with other affected parties in an

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effort to resolve the dispute without court action. The certification must list the date,

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manner, and participants to the conference. A good faith effort to confer requires a

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face-to-face meeting or a telephone conference.
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Judicial Intervention: If the parties cannot resolve a challenge without

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court intervention, the designating party may file and serve a motion to retain

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confidentiality. The burden of persuasion in any such motion shall be on the

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designating party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose

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

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expose the challenging party to sanctions. All parties shall continue to maintain the

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material in question as confidential until the court rules on the challenge.

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION

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If a party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as
“CONFIDENTIAL,” that party must:
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promptly notify the designating party in writing and 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 the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
subpoena or order is subject to this agreement. Such notification shall include a copy
of this agreement; and
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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

pursued by the designating party whose confidential material may be affected.

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If a receiving party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

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confidential material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

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agreement, the receiving party must immediately (a) notify in writing the

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designating party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve

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all unauthorized copies of the protected material, (c) inform the person or persons to

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whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this agreement, and

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(d) request that such person or persons execute the “Acknowledgment and

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Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR
OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain
inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,
the obligations of the receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
may be established in an e-discovery order or agreement that provides for production
without prior privilege review. The parties agree to the entry of a non-waiver order
under Fed. R. Evid. 502(d) as set forth herein.
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NONTERMINATION AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS

Within 60 days after the termination of this action, including all appeals, each
receiving party must return all confidential material to the producing party, including

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all copies, extracts and summaries thereof. Alternatively, the parties may agree upon

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appropriate methods of destruction.

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Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to retain one archival

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copy of all documents filed with the court, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts,

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correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product,

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

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material.

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The confidentiality obligations imposed by this agreement shall remain in
effect until a designating party agrees otherwise in writing or a court orders
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IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Clerk is directed to enter this
Order and provide copies to counsel.
DATED January 4, 2021.
s/ Rosanna Malouf Peterson
ROSANNA MALOUF PETERSON
United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
I, ____________________________________ [print or type full name], of
____________________________________ [print or type full address], declare
under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated
Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Washington on [date] in the case of Grondal et al. v. United States et
al., 2:09-CV-0018-RMP. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms
of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to
so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt.
I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item
that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in
strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.
I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
termination of this action.
Date: ___________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _____________________________
Printed name: ___________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________

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