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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TRULITE GLASS AND ALUMINUM 

SOLUTIONS, LLC,, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GEOFF SMITH, TYRONE YOUNT, 

NATHAN WITKIN, BRYAN McNABB, 

PATRICK J. SHASBY, JR., and 

CALIFORNIA GLASS & MIRROR 

CORP., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-01798 JAM AC 

ORDER 

 The court has considered the proposed protective orders submitted by the parties. See 

ECF Nos. 35-1 (plaintiff’s Proposed Protective Order), 43 (defendants’ Proposed Protective 

Order). Good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action will involve production of confidential, 

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

use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the 

Court hereby enters the following Protective Order. This Order does not confer blanket 

protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery, and the protection it affords from public 

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

treatment under the applicable legal principles. As set forth in Section 14.4, below, this 

Protective Order does not entitle the parties to file confidential information under seal; Civil 

Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be 

applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 

 2. DEFINITIONS 

 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order. 

 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as 

well as their support staff). 

 2.4 Designated House Counsel: House Counsel who seek access to “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information in this matter. 

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

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. 

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

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

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter. 

 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or 

as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s 

competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party 

or of a Party’s competitor. 

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 2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another 

Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by 

less restrictive means. 

 2.9 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. 

 2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action. 

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

action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action 

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

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

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

 2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action. 

 2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

subcontractors. 

 2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. 

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

Party. 

 3. SCOPE 

 The protections conferred by this Protective Order cover not only Protected Material (as 

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

copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

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However, the protections conferred by this Protective Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 

a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the 

public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party 

prior to the disclosure through lawful means and under no obligation of confidentiality to the 

Designating Party or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who 

obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 

Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 

 4. DURATION 

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

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

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

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

the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law. 

 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 

or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care 

to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 

To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only 

those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that 

other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 

warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 

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

for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 

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initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is 

withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

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

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 

designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

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

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” to each page of a document that contains protected material. 

 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 

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

of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 

copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, 

qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the 

Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each page of the documents that contain 

Protected Material. 

 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that 

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

proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is 

impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it 

appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating 

Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) 

a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which 

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protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of 

the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered 

by the provisions of this Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the 

deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript 

shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” 

 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 

other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 

shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page 

that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 

pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and 

the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 

inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 

expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless 

otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 

actually designated. 

 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 

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

container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” 

or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions 

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

identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

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 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 

treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

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

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 

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

original designation is disclosed. 

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

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 

for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 

notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 

specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in 

good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 

forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 

conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 

designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the 

designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, 

to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next 

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

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

a timely manner. 

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

intervention, the Challenging Party shall file and serve a motion to challenge confidentiality 

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within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the 

meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion 

must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the 

meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. 

 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 

sanctions. All parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to 

which it is entitled under the Designating Party’s designation until the court rules on the 

challenge. 

 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed 

or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 

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

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

has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 15 below 

(FINAL DISPOSITION). 

 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. 

 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, including but 

not limited to employees, agents, contractors, vendors, paralegals, investigators, secretaries, and 

clerical personnel who are employed by and engaged in assisting such counsel in this proceeding 

and personnel of companies retained by such counsel to provide copying, document processing, 

e-discovery, and trial graphics services 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 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 

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

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

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

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

 (d) the court and its personnel; 

 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 

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

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

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

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

under this Protective Order. 

 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: 

 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, , including but 

not limited to employees, agents, contractors, vendors, paralegals, investigators, secretaries, and 

clerical personnel who are employed by and engaged in assisting such counsel in this proceeding 

and personnel of companies retained by such counsel to provide copying, document processing, 

e-discovery, and trial graphics services 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 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

 (b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement 

in competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, 

(3) who has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (4) as to 

whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been followed; 

 (c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 

for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been 

followed; 

 (d) the court and its personnel; 

 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 

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

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). 

 7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY 

 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Information or Items 

 to Designated House Counsel or Experts. 

 (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 

Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or 

item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) 

sets forth the full name of the Designated House Counsel and the city and state of his or her 

residence, and (2) describes the Designated House Counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable 

future primary job duties and responsibilities in sufficient detail to determine if House Counsel is 

involved, or may become involved, in any competitive decision-making. 

 (b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 

preceding respective paragraph may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified 

Designated House Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party 

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receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in 

detail the grounds on which it is based. 

 (c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 

Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 

agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party 

seeking to make the disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion 

seeking permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances 

with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to Designated House Counsel or 

the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and 

suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion 

must be accompanied by a competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the 

matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and 

setting forth the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the 

disclosure. 

 In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the 

Expert shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail 

(under the safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected 

Material to its Designated House Counsel or Expert. 

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION 

 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” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 

 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

 (b) 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 Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Protective Order; and 

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 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a 

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

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

seeking protection in that court of its confidential material. 

9. 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 action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”. Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with 

this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. 

 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

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

with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 

some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a NonParty; 

 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Protective Order in this 

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

information requested; and 

 (3) 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 receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession 

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or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

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

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

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

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

Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL 

 In accordance with Federal Evidence Rule 502(d), except when a Party intentionally and 

expressly waives attorney-client privilege or work product protection by disclosing information to 

an adverse Party as provided in Federal Evidence Rule 502(a), the production or disclosure of 

documents or other information subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, 

or other privilege or immunity shall not be deemed a waiver of a claim of privilege, either as to 

the specific information disclosed or as to any other related information. Further, the provisions 

of Federal Evidence Rule 502(b)(2) are inapplicable to the production of such information. If a 

Producing Party produces or otherwise discloses to a Receiving Party information that is subject 

to such privilege or immunity, the Producing Party shall promptly upon discovery of such 

disclosure so advise the Receiving Party in writing and request that the disclosed information be 

returned. The Receiving Party shall return all copies or extracts of the produced information 

within 5 business days of receipt of the request. Any notes or summaries referring or relating to 

any produced privileged material shall be destroyed. Nothing in this Order shall preclude the 

Receiving Party returning the produced material from contesting the claim of attorney-client 

privilege or work product protection and seeking an order compelling the production of 

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information previously produced, but the Receiving Party shall not assert as a ground for 

compelling disclosure the fact or circumstances of the disclosure. This Order does not preclude a 

Party from intentionally and expressly waiving the attorney-client privilege or work product 

protection, and the provisions of Federal Evidence Rule 502(a) shall apply when the Producing 

Party uses or indicates that it may affirmatively use information produced under this Order to 

support a claim or defense in the case. 

 12. MISCELLANEOUS 

 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to 

seek its modification by the court in the future. 

 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. No Party waives any right it otherwise would 

have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in 

this Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in 

evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

 12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party 

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

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

Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 141. 

 13. SEALING OF DOCUMENTS 

 13.1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who 

will decide the matter related to that request to seal. 

 13.2. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential 

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

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

by Local Rule 141. In brief, Easter District of California Local Rule (“LR”) 141 provides that 

documents may only be sealed by a written order of the court after a specific request to seal has 

been made. LR. 141(a). However, a mere request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In 

particular, LR 141(b) requires that “[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory 

or other authority for sealing, the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons 

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to be permitted access to the document, and all relevant information.” LR. 141(b) (emphasis 

added). 

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

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

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

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

for cert. filed, ___ U.S.L.W. ___ (U.S. March 24, 2016) (No. 15-1211); Kamakana v. City and 

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

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

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

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

 14. POST-ISSUANCE HANDLING 

 14.1 With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order 

which the parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in 

LRule 251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery disputes on an ex 

parte basis or on shortened time. 

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

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

proposed order for the court’s consideration. 

 14.3. Pursuant to LR 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of 

the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated. 

 15. FINAL DISPOSITION 

 Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in Section 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such 

material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must 

submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 

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Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all 

the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 

not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 

capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 

retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 

legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 

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

Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 

this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 23, 2016 

 

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