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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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LAI-2837336v2 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

2:05-CV-01207-MCE-KJM 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANIEL ROYBAL, VIDA ROYBAL, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES; 

TRANS UNION; EXPERIAN 

INFORMATION SOLUTIONS; 

RICKENBACKER GROUP, INC.; 

MEDAMERICA; PICK YOUR PART AUTO 

WRECKING; CITY TOWING, INC.; DOES 

1 through 50, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-1207-MCE-KJM 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Daniel Roybal and Vida Roybal 

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (“Experian”), Equifax 

Information Services LLC (“Equifax”) and Trans Union LLC (“Trans Union”) through their 

respective 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 defendant(s) and/or 

personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiff(s). 

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, testimony or 

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

accordance with the terms hereof. 

2. Any party or non-party producing or filing documents or other materials in this action 

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

typing or stamping on the front of the document, or on the portion(s) of the document for which 

confidential treatment is designated, “Confidential.” 

3. To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, or other papers to be 

filed with the Court incorporate documents or information subject to this Order, the party filing 

such papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof, as “Confidential,” and shall file 

them with the clerk under seal; provided, however, that a copy of such filing having the 

confidential information deleted therefrom may be made part of the public record. 

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

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

refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated Confidential hereunder), shall 

not be used, directly or indirectly, by any person for any business, commercial or competitive 

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

action in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

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5. Except with the prior written consent of the individual or entity asserting confidential 

treatment, or pursuant to prior Order after notice, any document, transcript or pleading given 

confidential treatment under this Order, and any information contained in, or derived from any 

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

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

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

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

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

preparation of this litigation; (d) fact witnesses subject to a proffer to the Court or a stipulation of 

the parties that such witnesses need to know such information; and (e) present or former 

employees of the producing party in connection with their depositions in this action (provided 

that no former employees shall be shown documents prepared after the date of his or her 

departure). 

6. All persons receiving any or all documents produced pursuant to this Order shall be 

advised of their confidential nature. All persons to whom confidential information and/or 

documents are disclosed are hereby enjoined from disclosing same to any other person except as 

provided herein, and are further enjoined from using same except in the preparation for and trial 

of the above-captioned action between the named parties thereto. No person receiving or 

reviewing such confidential documents, information or transcript shall disseminate or disclose 

them to any person other than those described above in Paragraph 5 and for the purposes 

specified, and in no event shall such person make any other use of such document or transcript. 

7. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at trial any information or materials 

designated “Confidential.” 

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8. This Order has been agreed to by the parties to facilitate discovery and the production of 

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

information, document, or the like as “Confidential,” nor the failure to make such designation, 

shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue in this action. 

9. Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this litigation, all documents, 

transcripts, or other materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order, including 

any extracts, summaries or compilations taken therefrom, but excluding any materials which in 

the good faith judgment of counsel are work product materials, shall be returned to the individual 

or entity having produced or furnished same without any further order of this court. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Protective Order shall automatically terminate three (3) years 

from the date this Order is signed. 

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

with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first try to resolve such 

dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the party objecting 

to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this Court. During the pendency of any 

challenge to the designation of a document or information, the designated document or 

information shall be continue to be treated as “Confidential” subject to the provisions of this 

Protective Order. 

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11. Nothing herein shall affect or restrict the rights of any party with respect to its own 

documents or to the information obtained or developed independently of documents, transcripts 

and materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order. 

AGREED and STIPULATED to by the parties: 

/s/ Nathaniel Potratz /s/ Donald Bradley 

Nathaniel Potratz 

Law Offices of Nathaniel Potratz 

4790 Dewey Drive, Suite A 

Fair Oaks, CA 95628 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

Donald Bradley 

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP 

650 Town Center Drive, Suite 1200 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626 

Counsel for Trans Union LLC 

 

/s/ Brian J. Recor /s/ Thomas P. Quinn, Jr. 

Brian J. Recor 

Jones Day 

3 Park Plaza, Suite 1100 

Irvine, CA 92614 

Counsel for Experian Info. Solutions, Inc. 

Thomas P. Quinn, Jr. 

Nokes & Quinn 

450 Ocean Avenue 

Laguna Beach, CA 92651 

Counsel for Equifax Info. Services LLC 

DATED: JANUARY 16, 2007 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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