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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Negotiable Instrument

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

BETH A. ROSS (SBN 141337) 

bross@leonardcarder.com 

AARON KAUFMANN (SBN 148580)

akaufmann@leonardcarder.com

DAVID P. POGREL (SBN 203787)

dpogrel@leonardcarder.com

ELIZABETH R. GROPMAN (SBN 294156)

egropman@leonardcarder.com

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

1330 Broadway, Suite 1450 

Oakland, California 94612 

Tel: (510) 272-0169 

Fax: (510) 272-0174 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CAROLYN KUBOTA (SBN 113660) 

ckubota@omm.com 

SCOTT VOELZ (SBN 181415) 

svoelz@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

400 South Hope Street 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Tel: (213) 430-6000 

Fax: (213) 430-6407 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEAN ALEXANDER, et. al. 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, 

INC. et. al., 

Defendant.

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Case No: 3:05-cv-38 EMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

The parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel, along 

with Objectors Rafick El-Hani, El –Hani Services, Inc. (Rafick El-Hani and El-Hani Services, 

Inc. are hereafter collectively referred to as “El-Hani”) and Henrik Zohrabians (hereafter 

“Zohrabians”), by and through their counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. On April 27, 2016, class counsel filed with the Court an Administrative Motion 

seeking leave to file portions of the Supplemental Declaration of Beth A. Ross 

submitted in support of Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs and class 

representative incentive awards under seal. (ECF No. 232) (Supplemental Ross 

Declaration). The motion was granted in an order entered April 28, 2016. (ECF No. 

233). The sealed portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration disclose information 

about tentative class settlements achieved in related litigation that have not yet been 

filed in Court including the total amount of each tentative settlement. A complete 

description of the substance of the sealed materials appears at paragraphs 7 and 10 of 

the Supplemental Ross Declaration which are not filed under seal. 

2. Subsequent to entry of the Court’s April 28 order, objectors Zohrabians and El-Hani 

filed objections to the Administrative Motion, (ECF Nos. 236 and 237) and have 

sought leave to review the sealed portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration, 

which include portions of its paragraph 9 and portions of its Exhibit A. 

3. To resolve these objections, Counsel for the Plaintiff Class and Defendant FedEx 

Ground Packages System, Inc. have agreed that the unredacted version of the 

Supplemental Ross Declaration and its Exhibit A (ECF 232-2) may be produced to the 

attorneys for Zohrabians (Mark Burton) and El-Hani (John W. Davis and Steven 

Helfand) under certain conditions: 

a. The confidential portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration (i.e. the 

redacted portions of paragraph 9 and Exhibit A) will be produced to the 

attorneys Mark E. Burton, John W. Davis and Steven F. Helfand for their eyes 

only. The confidential portions of these documents, and the confidential 

information contained in them, may not be disclosed by Messrs. Burton, Davis 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

or Helfand, or disseminated, to any other person or entity (including 

Zohrabians or El-Hani) verbally, in writing, or in any other form, or by any 

means until the settlements of cases referenced in these documents are 

finalized, executed, and publically filed, in or about mid-June 2016, and the 

April 28, 2016 sealing order is lifted by the Court; 

b. The confidential portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration (i.e. the 

redacted portions of paragraph 9 and Exhibit A) and the confidential 

information contained in them may not be disclosed by the Objectors or their 

respective counsel, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in any Court or 

other public filing while the April 28, 2016 sealing order remains in effect 

unless the confidential information is appropriately redacted and filed under 

seal. 

4. By executing this stipulation, Objectors Zohrabians and El-Hani, and their counsel, 

Mark E. Burton, John W. Davis, and Steven F. Helfand, agree strictly to abide by the 

confidentiality provisions described in paragraph 3 above and to entry of the same as 

an order of the Court and withdraw their objections to the Administrative Motion. 

Respectfully submitted, 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP 

Dated: May 4, 2016 By: /s/ Beth A. Ross 

Beth A. Ross 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Class 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Dated: May 4, 2016 By: /s/ Scott Voelz 

Carolyn Kubota 

Scott Voelz 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

AUDET & PARTNERS, LLC

Dated: May 4, 2016 By: /s/ Mark E. Burton 

Mark E. Burton 

Attorney for Objector Henrik Zohrabians 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN W DAVIS 

Dated: May 4, 2016 By: /s/ John William Davis 

John William Davis, Esq. 

Attorney for Objector Rafick El-Hani

THE LAW OFFICES OF 

STEVEN F. HELFAND 

Dated: May 4, 2016 By: /s/ Steven F. Helfand 

Steven F. Helfand, Esq. 

Attorney for Objector Rafick El-Hani

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

ATTESTATION OF FILING 

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, Beth A. Ross, hereby attest that concurrence in 

the filing of this Stipulation has been obtained from each of the other signatories listed above. 

Dated: May 4, 2016 LEONARD CARDER, LLP 

By: /s/ Beth A. Ross 

Beth A. Ross 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Class 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 3:05-cv-38 EMC 

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

ATTORNEYS

1330 BROADWAY, SUITE 1450

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 272-0169 FAX: (510) 272-0174

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Pursuant to stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Court hereby 

ORDERS as follows: The attorneys for Objectors Zohrabians and El-Hani (Mark E. Burton, John 

W. Davis and Stephen Helfand) are permitted access to the unredacted version of the 

Supplemental Ross Declaration and its Exhibit A (ECF No. 232-2) until the sealing order entered 

on April 28, 2016 at ECF No. 233 is lifted subject to the following conditions: 

a. The confidential portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration (i.e. the 

redacted portions of paragraph 9 and Exhibit A) will be produced to the 

attorneys Mark E. Burton, John W. Davis and Steven F. Helfand for their eyes 

only. The confidential portions of these documents, and the confidential 

information contained in them, may not be disclosed or disseminated to any 

other person or entity by Messrs. Burton, Davis or Helfand, (including 

Objectors Zohrabians or El-Hani) in any form or by any means until the 

tentative class settlements of cases referenced in these documents are finalized, 

executed, and publically filed (in or about mid-June 2016) and the April 28, 

2016 sealing order is lifted by the Court; 

b. The confidential portions of the Supplemental Ross Declaration (i.e. the 

redacted portions of paragraph 9 and Exhibit A) and the confidential 

information contained in them may not be disclosed by the Objectors, in 

whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in any Court filing or any other public 

filing while the April 28, 2016 sealing order remains in effect unless the 

confidential information is appropriately redacted and filed under seal pursuant 

to further order of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________________________ 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

U.S. District Judge 

5/6/2016

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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