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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHARILYN CHHANG,

Plaintiff,

v.

WEST COAST USA PROPERTIES LLC,

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01335-SAB

ORDER ENTERING STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

(ECF No. 33)

To facilitate discovery, reduce objections, narrow discovery disputes, and protect the 

confidentiality of sensitive material, the parties stipulate to entry of this protective order.

It is therefore ORDERED as follows:

1. Nothing in this Order modifies the requirements of and duty to comply with LR 

141 governing the sealing of documents.

2. As used in this Order, the term "CONFIDENTIAL" means and covers any material 

that contains nonpublic information regarding financial, medical, or personal identifying 

information, as defined under Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a). Materials designated "CONFIDENTIAL" 

shall not be redacted unless filed, see LR 140; instead, those materials will be handled in 

accordance with this Order.

3. Nothing within this Order is intended to prejudice the right of any party to object 

to the production of any discovery material on grounds other than the confidential nature of the 

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responsive discovery.

4. The producing party MUST clearly stamp each page of each document designated 

as confidential with the legend, "CONFIDENTIAL." If ESI cannot be so stamped, then each 

folder and subfolder containing the confidential ESI must be clearly labeled "CONFIDENTIAL." 

No party will be responsible to another party for disclosure of confidential material unless that 

material is clearly stamped or labeled as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

5. If original records are made available for inspection, then the inspecting party must 

identify those records that will be copied to the producing party and the producing party will have 

seven days to designate records as "CONFIDENTIAL."

6. If "CONFIDENTIAL" material is disclosed in a deposition, then each side will 

have 14 days after receipt of the transcript to designate pages and lines as "CONFIDENTIAL.” 

The designation party must provide all counsel with deposition pages stamped CONFIDENTIAL 

and a cover sheet. Pages designated as CONFIDENTIAL will be removed from the transcript and 

appended at the end of the transcript with a separator sheet, labeled Confidential Testimony.

7. Materials designated "CONFIDENTIAL" may be viewed only by counsel and 

their staff, court personnel, the author or recipient of the material, and by the following additional 

individuals, but only if each such individuals execute the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound," attached hereto as Exhibit A, before they may view or retain any "CONFIDENTIAL" 

material:

a. Experts and consults retained by counsel for purposes of this action;

b. Outside technical, stenographic, and clerical staff engaged by counsel for purposes 

of this action;

c. The parties; and,

d. Witnesses in connection with the preparation of their testimony.

8. Absent a genuine need for retention, the parties and witnesses who may view 

material stamped “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be permitted to retain a copy of confidential 

material.

9. "CONFIDENTIAL" materials may be used solely for purposes of litigation of this 

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action and no others.

10. Within eight weeks of the final closure of this action, each person receiving 

"CONFIDENTIAL" material will either:

a. destroy those materials and any copies thereof and notify the producing party their 

destruction; or,

b. return the "CONFIDENTIAL" materials and any copies thereof to the producing 

party.

Nothing in this section bars counsel from retaining a copy of their word product even if that work 

product contains "CONFIDENTIAL" material.

11. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the 

materials as "CONFIDENTIAL." The party objecting to confidentiality must notify, in writing 

via email, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to designation and the grounds for the 

objection. Within seven days of transmission of that objection, the designating counsel will notify 

the objecting counsel in writing:

a. That the "CONFIDENTIAL" designation is withdrawn and a new set of material 

without that designation will be produced within 14 days of the objection's 

transmission; or,

b. That the "CONFIDENTIAL" designation is not withdrawn; and,

c. That the parties hereby stipulate that any objection to a "CONFIDENTIAL" 

designation may be submitted to the Court for resolution on an expedited or ex 

parte basis.

12. Nothing in this Order shall restrict the presentation of evidence at trial. If any party 

wants the Court modify the process for the admission of evidence at trial that has been designated 

as “CONFIDENTIAL,” then that party must present that request to the trial court as part of the 

proposed pretrial order and obtain a ruling from the trial court at the pretrial conference.

13. Nothing within this order will be construed to prevent disclosure of confidential 

information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court.

14. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by 

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the Court. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in the 

interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 8, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], hereby declare under 

penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Protective Order that was 

issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in the Case 1:23-

cv-01335-SAB.

I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Protective Order and I 

understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 

punishment in the nature of contempt. I promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Protective Order to any person or entity except in 

compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Protective Order, even 

if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

Date: __________Signature: __________________________________

Print Name: Telephone:

Email: Address:

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