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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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LA1 60139327.1 STIP AND ORDER RE REDACTIONS TO 

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PRODUCTION - C 05-05056 PJH (MEJ) 

Roman M. Silberfeld, RMSilberfeld@rkmc.com (#62783) 

David Martinez, DMartinez@rkmc.com (#193183) 

Benjamin M. Weiss, BMWeiss@rkmc.com (#223163) 

Hassan A. Allen, HAAllen@rkmc.com (#241446) 

Rebecka M. Biejo, RMBiejo@rkmc.com (#240504) 

Vincent S. Loh, VSLoh@rkmc.com (#238410)

ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3211 

Telephone: (310) 552-0130 

Facsimile: (310) 229-5800 

George A. Stohner, GStohner@morganlewis.com (#214508)

Melinda S. Riechert, MRiechert@morganlewis.com (#65504) 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

300 South Grand Avenue, Twenty-Second Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132 

Telephone: (213) 612-2500 

Facsimile: (213) 612-2501 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

BEST BUY CO., INC. and BEST BUY STORES, L.P. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JASMEN HOLLOWAY, AMY GARCIA, 

CHERYL CHAPPEL, ERIC 

BLACKSHER, JESSICA TREAS, 

LAWRENCE SANTIAGO, JR., 

MUEMBO MUANZA, MAURICE 

CALHOUN, NICHOLAS DIXON and 

SUSAN MYERS-SNYDER, on behalf of 

themselves and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BEST BUY CO., INC., BEST BUY 

STORES L.P. 

Defendant. 

Case No. C 05-05056 PJH (MEJ) 

[Assigned for all purposes to the Honorable 

Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District 

Judge] 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

REDACTIONS TO BEST BUY’S 

FORTHCOMING DOCUMENT 

PRODUCTION 

Action filed: December 8, 2005 

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WHEREAS Best Buy Co., Inc. and Best Buy Stores L.P. (collectively “Best Buy”) and 

Plaintiffs previously sought Court resolution of a discovery dispute over the appropriate scope of 

redactions to personnel files requested by Plaintiffs and produced by Best Buy; 

WHEREAS on August 24, 2006, the Court found, inter alia, that Best Buy’s employees’ 

privacy interests are protected by the protective order in this action; 

WHEREAS the Court also found that Best Buy could redact social security numbers, 

those portions of the records related to medical information, and financial information unrelated 

to employee compensation; 

WHEREAS on September 5, 2006, after an in camera review of the documents at issue, 

the Court found that Best Buy could redact from its production: (1) family emergency contact 

information; (2) family information from Group Benefits Applications; and (3) could refrain from 

producing two credit card applications that contain Best Buy customer information; 

WHEREAS Best Buy informed Plaintiffs that Best Buy plans to notice depositions for 

seven current and former Best Buy employees; and 

WHEREAS on December 11, 2006 Plaintiffs served Best Buy with a Sixth Request for 

Production of Documents seeking, inter alia, all documents concerning these seven current and 

former Best Buy employees. 

Therefore, the parties agree that good cause exists and therefore stipulate as follows: 

1. The privacy interests of Best Buy’s employees whose information is contained in 

Best Buy’s forthcoming production of documents is adequately protected by the 

protective order in this action; 

2. Best Buy may redact social security numbers, medical information, and financial 

information unrelated to employee compensation that the Court previously ruled 

could be redacted from Best Buy employees’ personnel files 

3. Best Buy may also refrain from producing credit card applications containing 

sensitive private customer information. 

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4. This Stipulation does not encompass documents concerning any of the named 

Plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including Eric Blacksher, Maurice Calhoun, Cheryl 

Chappel, Nicholas Dixon, Amy Garcia, Jasmen Holloway, Muembo Muanza, 

Susan Myers-Snyder, Lawrence Santiago, Jr., and Jessica Treas. 

DATED: January 18, 2007 ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 

By: /S/ Benjamin M. Weiss 

Benjamin M. Weiss 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

George A. Stohner 

Melinda S. Riechert 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS 

BEST BUY COMPANY, INC. AND 

BEST BUY STORES, L.P. 

DATED: January 18, 2007 LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

By: /S/ Kelly M. Dermody 

Kelly M. Dermody 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 

JASMEN HOLLOWAY, AMY GARCIA, 

CHERYL CHAPPEL, ERIC BLACKSHER, 

JESSICA TREAS, LAWRENCE SANTIAGO, 

JR., MUEMBO MUANZA, MAURICE 

CALHOUN, NICHOLAS DIXON AND SUSAN 

MYERS-SNYDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January ___, 2007 ________________________________________ 

 MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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