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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

CENTRAL LOCATING SERVICE, LTD., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PAUL BAUGHER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV06-1659-PHX-SMM 

CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER 

The Parties have stipulated to the entry of the following Confidentiality Order [Doc. 

No. 35], which this Court herewith approves. This Order is intended to protect the 

confidentiality of documents and records including, but not limited to, the Parties 

employment files and proprietary business records. 

1. Any Party in this action (the “Designating Party”) shall have the right to 

designate as confidential any material that it believes, in good faith, contains or represents 

confidential personal, financial, proprietary, competitive, trade secret or other sensitive 

information that the Designating Party normally would not reveal to third parties or that the 

Designating Party normally would require third parties to maintain in confidence. This 

information or material is hereafter referred to as “Confidential Information.” 

2. Information or materials that either Party considers to be Confidential 

Information shall be so designated in a conspicuous manner at or before the time of actual 

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production of the information or materials, regardless of the format of such production. 

Where practicable, if only a portion of a document contains Confidential Information, then 

only that portion of the document shall be so designated. The Designating Party shall 

designate information or material as Confidential Information only in a good faith belief that 

an item so designated contains or constitutes proprietary and/or confidential information. 

a. Either Party may designate Confidential Information as either 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL; ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY.” 

b. The designation “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be limited to information that 

is of a proprietary or commercially sensitive nature, constitutes personal or non-public 

information or should otherwise be entitled to confidential treatment under the standards 

articulated in Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

c. The designation “CONFIDENTIAL; ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” 

shall be limited to documents relevant to the litigation that contain proprietary business 

and/or financial information such as customer lists, business plans, trade secrets, or other 

non-public information, which may subject the Designating Party to an unjustifiable, 

immediate and irreparable harm, or reasonable risk of harm, to its business operations if 

disclosed to the opposing Party. 

3. All Confidential Information shall be used solely for purposes of the litigation 

of this action, and any related appellate proceeding, and for no other purpose, without prior 

written agreement to the contrary by both Parties. Notwithstanding any protective order or 

any superceding agreement regarding the use of Confidential Information at trial, the Parties 

agree that Confidential Information in this matter subject to either of the designations listed 

in Section 2 hereof can only be disclosed as follows: 

a. Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” may be 

disclosed by the Receiving Party only to: 

i. Outside Counsel in the litigation and persons or entities employed by 

Outside Counsel; 

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ii. Persons or entities retained by Outside Counsel to provide litigation 

support services in the litigation; 

iii. Stenographic reporters or videographers who may be involved in 

depositions or any hearings or proceedings in this action; 

iv. Independent experts, consultants and/or contractors; 

v. Parties to the litigation, including the officers, directors, and employees 

of the Parties who need to know such information or material for purposes of the litigation; 

vi. Insurer(s) of a Party; 

vii. The Court; 

viii. Actual and/or potential trial or deposition witnesses, to whom disclosure 

may be made only during the course of Outside Counsel’s interviewing or examining said 

witness, where Outside Counsel believes, in good faith, that disclosure is necessary to 

develop the testimony of such witnesses; and 

ix. Such other persons as may be designated by written agreement of the 

Parties in the litigation or by order of the Court. 

b. Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL; 

ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” may be disclosed by the Receiving Party only to: 

i. Outside Counsel in the litigation and persons or entities 

employed by Outside Counsel 

ii. Persons or entities retained by Outside Counsel to provide 

litigation support services in the litigation; 

iii. Stenographic reporters or videographers who may be involved in 

depositions or any hearings or proceedings in this action; 

iv. The Court; and 

v. Such other persons as may be designated by written agreement of 

the Parties in the litigation or by order of the Court. 

4. Each person or entity referred to in Section 3 to whom Confidential 

Information is to be disclosed, regardless of the designation label used under Section 2, shall 

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first execute a Declaration, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, agreeing to be bound by 

the terms of this Stipulated Order, with the exception of those persons and entities referred to 

in Subsections 3(a)(i), (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii) and 3(b)(i), (ii) and (iv). 

5. The Parties and their legal representatives agree that, unless a satisfactory 

resolution can be reached through a meet-and-confer process, any alleged violation of this 

Confidentiality Order should be handled through a hearing to show cause why the Party 

allegedly contravening this Order should not be held in contempt of court. 

6. The Receiving Party retains the right to object to the designation of 

Confidential Information by the Designating Party. If meet-and-confer efforts to resolve the 

dispute are not successful, the Receiving Party may apply to the Court for a ruling that a 

document (or category of documents) designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL; 

ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY is not entitled to such status and protection. After an 

unsuccessful bona fide effort to resolve a dispute without motion practice, the Designating 

Party shall be given notice of the application for re-designation and an opportunity to 

respond within five (5) days. To maintain confidential status, the proponent of 

confidentiality must show by a preponderance of the evidence that there is good cause for the 

material or document to have such protection. Nothing herein shall alter the burdens of 

proof or other requirements under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, local rules, or other 

applicable law, including but not limited to any obligation of the Designating Party to 

demonstrate the propriety of the designation on a document-by-document or item-by-item 

basis. Pending a final resolution of an objection to a designation, the information or material 

shall be treated as Confidential Information. 

7. All pleadings filed with the Court, which contain copies of CONFIDENTIAL 

or CONFIDENTIAL; ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY documents or information derived from 

such documents, must be filed with the Clerk “under seal” so that such documents are not 

public. The sealed envelope or other container used to submit Confidential Information to 

the Court or Clerk of Court shall bear the stamp either “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

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“CONFIDENTIAL; ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY,” and a statement substantially in the 

following form: 

This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court, contains 

Confidential Information, and is not to be opened nor the 

contents revealed except by Order of the Court. 

8. This Stipulated Order shall not be used to restrict any Party’s use of its own 

Confidential Information. If a Party believes that another Party’s use of its own Confidential 

Information constitutes a waiver of the confidentiality designation, the party shall (1) notify 

the other party in writing, describing the Confidential Information with specificity and the 

ways in which its uses are said to have waived the confidentiality designation; (2) the Parties 

shall have five (5) calendar days from receipt of the notice to attempt to resolve the issue; 

and (3) if the issue cannot be resolved by agreement of the Parties, the final determination of 

whether, and to what extent, the confidentiality designation has been waived shall be made 

by the Court, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. No Confidential Information shall 

be disclosed unless or until the Parties have either reached a resolution of the issue or the 

Court has issued a ruling on the issue. 

9. Whenever Confidential Information is to be discussed or disclosed in a 

deposition, any Party claiming such confidentiality may exclude from the room any person 

who is not entitled to receive Confidential Information under Paragraph 3(a) or 3(b). Any 

Party may designate as Confidential Information those portions of deposition testimony or 

deposition exhibits which fall within the requirements described herein by advising the 

stenographic reporter and all persons present of such intent during the deposition, or within 

ten (10) days after receipt of the transcript of the deposition, provided no person was present 

during the deposition who would be retroactively affected by such after-the-fact designation 

and/or the excerpt or exhibit designated as Confidential Information was not previously 

shared with a person or entity retroactively affected by the after-the-fact designation. 

10. In the event that a Party or other person having possession, custody, or control 

of any Confidential Information receives a subpoena, other process, or order to produce 

Confidential Information, the Party or person shall promptly notify in writing the counsel for 

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the Party claiming the confidential treatment, shall furnish the counsel with a copy of the 

subpoena, other process, or order, and shall provide reasonable cooperation with respect to 

any procedure to protect the Confidential Information as may be pursued by the Party whose 

interests may be affected. The Party receiving the subpoena, other process, or order shall not 

disclose any Confidential Information until the Designating Party has had a reasonable 

opportunity to make a motion to quash, strike, 

limit, or otherwise modify the subpoena, other process, or order. If the Party asserting the 

protection from disclosure makes a motion to quash, strike, limit, or modify in any way the 

subpoena, other process, or order, there shall be no disclosure of the Confidential 

Information until after the Court has ruled upon the motion and the Designating Party has 

received notice of the Court’s ruling and has had a reasonable opportunity to appear and/or 

seek a stay of enforcement of the Court’s ruling, and then disclosure shall be made only in 

strict accordance with the ruling so made. If no such motion is made despite a reasonable 

opportunity to do so, the Party or person receiving the subpoena, other process, or order shall 

be entitled to comply therewith provided it has fulfilled its obligations hereunder. 

11. The designation and disclosure of Confidential Information pursuant to this 

Stipulated Order is not intended to be, and shall not be construed as, a waiver of, or preclude 

any Party or person from raising, any objection to discovery or asserting any and all other 

privileges otherwise available. The fact that information or material is or is not designated as 

Confidential Information under this Stipulated Order shall not be deemed determinative of 

what the Court or a trier of fact may determine. Absent a stipulation of the Parties, the fact 

that information has been designated as Confidential Information under this Stipulated Order 

or that a Party has either requested or objected to such a designation shall not be admissible 

during the trial of the litigation, nor shall the jury be advised of any such designation, 

request, or objection. 

12. This Stipulated Order shall continue to be binding upon all persons to whom 

Confidential Information is disclosed pursuant to this Stipulated Order throughout and after 

the conclusion of the litigation including any appeals thereto. At the conclusion of the 

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litigation, all Confidential Information shall, upon the request of the Party furnishing such 

Confidential Information, be (i) delivered to the Party that furnished such Confidential 

Information or (ii) in lieu of delivery to the furnishing Party, destroyed, in which event 

counsel shall give written notice of such destruction to opposing counsel. In no event shall a 

Party retain a copy of Confidential Information produced to it, with the exception of Outside 

Counsel to a Party. Counsel for the Parties shall ensure compliance with this Stipulated 

Order by any employees that receive Confidential Information during the time period that 

such person is employed by the law firm or organization. Further, Outside Counsel shall 

advise each employee who receives Confidential Information of the employee’s 

responsibility to preserve the confidentiality of such information during and after the 

termination of that person’s employment. Upon the return of all Confidential Information 

produced in this litigation, Counsel for the Parties returning the information shall sign a 

Certification in the form attached as Exhibit B. 

13. Nothing in this Stipulated Order shall require disclosure of material that a Party 

or a third party contends is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, the 

attorney work-product doctrine, or any other evidentiary privilege. This paragraph shall not 

preclude any Party from moving the Court for an order compelling the production or 

disclosure of such material. 

14. The Court retains jurisdiction to make such amendments, modifications, 

deletions and additions to this Stipulated Order as the Court may from time to time deem 

appropriate. The provisions of this Stipulated Order regarding the use and/or disclosure of 

Confidential Information shall survive the termination of the litigation, and the Court shall 

retain jurisdiction with respect to this Stipulated Order. The Parties agree to be bound by this 

Stipulated Order even if a protective order is not entered by the Court, or if the protective 

order is terminated by the Court without consent of all Parties. 

Accordingly, 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ stipulation to the proposed 

Confidentiality Order [Doc. No. 35] is GRANTED. 

 Dated this 11th day of September, 2006. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

CENTRAL LOCATING SERVICE, LTD., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PAUL BAUGHER and ELM LOCATING 

& UTILITY SERVICES, a foreign 

corporation, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV06-1659-PHX-SMM 

DECLARATION 

It is desired that I, the undersigned, obtain access to the following confidential 

documents: 

 I acknowledge that I have read the Confidentiality Order dated _________________, 

understand the terms thereof, submit to the personal jurisdiction of the United States 

District Court, District of Arizona, for purposes of enforcing the Confidentiality Order, 

and agree, upon threat of penalty of contempt, to be bound by such terms. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true can correct. 

 Executed within the United States on this _____ day of _______________, _____. 

 ___________________________________ 

 Signature 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

CENTRAL LOCATING SERVICE, LTD., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PAUL BAUGHER and ELM LOCATING 

& UTILITY SERVICES, a foreign 

corporation, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV06-1659-PHX-SMM 

CERTIFICATION 

 Pursuant to the Confidentiality Order dated ____________________, I hereby 

certify that all materials designated CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL; 

ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY that is in my possession, including all copies of such 

material, was returned to the person who provided said material. 

___________________________ ___________________________________ 

Date Signature 

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