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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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Stipulated Protective Order (2:23-cv-00743-KJM-SCR) 

John M. Peebles, CASBN 237582 

Conly J. Schulte, pro hac vice 

Tim Hennessy, CASBN 233595 

Gregory M. Narvaez, CASBN 278367 

PEEBLES BERGIN SCHULTE & ROBINSON LLP

2020 L Street, Suite 250 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

Telephone: (916) 441-2700 

Fax: (916) 441-2067 

Email: jpeebles@ndnlaw.com; 

cschulte@ndnlaw.com; thennessy@ndnlaw.com; 

gnarvaez@ndnlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. ROB 

BONTA, in his official capacity as Attorney 

General of the State of California, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PHILIP DEL ROSA, et al., 

Defendants. 

2:23-cv-00743-KJM-SCR 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Action filed: April 19, 2023 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

Trial date: N/A 

The parties, Plaintiff State of California ex rel. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as 

Attorney General of the State of California (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants Philip Del Rosa, in his 

personal capacity and official capacity as Chairman of the Alturas Indian Rancheria, and Darren 

Rose, in his personal capacity and official capacity as Vice-chairman of the Alturas Indian 

Rancheria (“Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate for 

the purposes of jointly requesting that the honorable Court enter a protective order in this matter as 

follows: 

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

Disclosure by Defendant Darren Rose of documents Rose was ordered to retain for 

inspection by the State under the Court’s Order, ECF No. 95, imposing sanctions on Rose for his 

noncompliance with the Court’s Order, ECF No. 43, imposing a preliminary injunction in this 

action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which 

special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this 

litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to 

enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not 

confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses made by Rose of documents retained 

under the Court’s Order, ECF No. 95, and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and 

use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under 

the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3 below, 

that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under 

seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that 

will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 

2. DEFINITIONS 

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order. 

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well 

as their support staff). 

2.5 Disclosures: all items or information, regardless of the medium or manner in which 

it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and 

tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures of the documents retained under the 

Court’s sanction Order, ECF No. 95. 

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2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action. 

2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action. 

2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action 

but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on 

behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 

2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, 

storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 

2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.14 Rose: Defendant Darren Rose, in both his personal and official capacities, as named 

in the operative complaint. 

2.15 Plaintiff: Plaintiff State of California, by and through its Attorney General, Rob 

Bonta. 

3. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 

There is good cause and a particularized need for a protective order to preserve Defendants’ 

interest in preserving the confidentiality of trade secret or other confidential commercial 

information under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(c)(1)(G), in the Disclosures. 

Specifically, the Court has ordered Defendant Rose to “retain for inspection by the State all 

of Azuma’s purchase records, sales, and invoices dated after the injunction came into effect on 

September 15, 2023,” Order, ECF 95 (Nov. 18, 2024), and Plaintiff has requested Rose to produce 

the same, with a continuing obligation to supplement the production monthly. These records 

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contain proprietary information that is a trade secret or other confidential commercial information 

under Rule 26(c)(1)(G). The records include customer lists, vendor lists, and pricing information. 

Azuma does not publicly disclose these records. Their disclosure, particularly disclosure to 

Azuma’s direct competitors or the competitors of Azuma’s customers and vendors, would cause 

harm to Azuma’s business interests, as the information could allow competitors to undercut prices, 

among potential other actions. Disclosure would also be harmful because Azuma’s vendors and 

customers expect their information to be kept confidential and do not want such information 

released and available for public consumption. 

The protection of confidential information is better addressed by court order rather than a 

private agreement between the parties. Addressing the protection of confidential information 

through this stipulated protective order allows for comparatively streamlined resolution of any 

issues regarding, for instance, the designation of confidential material and enforcement of the 

parties’ obligations, whereas enforcement of a private agreement would likely require 

commencement of a separate action in state court. The protective order also more readily permits 

ongoing court supervision and resolution of issues related to the disclosure of documents the 

Court’s sanctions Order, ECF No. 95, requires Rose to retain for inspection by the State. 

4. SCOPE 

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 

(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 

all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to Plaintiff 

or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to Plaintiff as a result of publication not 

involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or 

otherwise; and (b) any information known to Plaintiff prior to the disclosure or obtained by Plaintiff 

after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation 

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of confidentiality to Rose. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate 

agreement or order. 

5. DURATION 

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order shall remain in effect until Rose agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. 

Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this 

action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion 

of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for 

filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 

6. DESIGNATING CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 

6.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Rose must 

take care to limit any designation of information or items for protection under this Order to specific 

material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. Rose must designate for protection only 

those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that 

other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 

warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown 

to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily 

encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens 

on other parties) expose Rose to sanctions. 

If it comes to Rose’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection do 

not qualify for protection, Rose must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the 

mistaken designation. 

6.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 6.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosures that qualify for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the 

material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

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(a) For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that Rose affix the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of 

the material on a page qualifies for protection, Rose also must clearly identify the protected 

portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

(b) For information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 

tangible items, that Rose affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in 

which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions 

of the information or item warrant protection, Rose, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 

protected portion(s). 

6.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive Rose’s right to secure 

protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, Plaintiff 

must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions 

of this Order. 

7. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

7.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to Rose’s confidentiality designation is 

necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a 

significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a 

confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 

designation is disclosed. 

7.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process 

by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each 

challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must 

recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph 

of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must 

begin the process by conferring directly (in voice-to-voice dialogue; other forms of communication 

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are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging 

Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and 

must give Rose an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, 

and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A 

Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in 

this meet and confer process first or establishes that Rose is unwilling to participate in the meet and 

confer process in a timely manner. 

7.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, Rose shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality within 21 days of the initial 

notice of challenge or within 14 days of the Parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will 

not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer 

requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by Rose to make such a motion including 

the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the 

confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may 

file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing 

so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any 

motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the 

preceding paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on Rose. Frivolous 

challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses 

and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless Rose has 

waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as 

described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection 

to which it is entitled under Rose’s designation until the court rules on the challenge. 

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8. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

8.1 Basic Principles. Plaintiff may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced 

by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, defending, or 

attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories 

of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been 

terminated, Plaintiff must comply with the provisions of section 14 below (FINAL 

DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by Plaintiff at a location and in a secure 

manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

8.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered 

by the court or permitted in writing by Rose, Plaintiff may disclose any information or item 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Plaintiff’s Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of the 

California Department of Justice to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for 

this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

(b) [Intentionally left blank]; 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of Plaintiff to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel, but subject to section 13.3 hereinbelow; 

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 

unless otherwise agreed by Rose or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony 

or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court 

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reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective 

Order; and 

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION 

If Plaintiff is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” Plaintiff 

must: 

(a) promptly notify Rose in writing. Such notification shall include a copy of the 

subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in 

the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to 

this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by Rose. 

If Rose timely seeks a protective order, Plaintiff shall not produce any information 

designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which 

the subpoena or order issued, unless Plaintiff has obtained Rose’s permission. Rose shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in 

these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging Plaintiff in this action to 

disobey a lawful directive from another court. 

10. [Intentionally left blank.] 

11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If Plaintiff learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material to 

any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, Plaintiff 

must immediately (a) notify Rose in writing of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 

to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to 

whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such 

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person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached 

hereto as Exhibit A. 

12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL 

When Rose gives notice to Plaintiff that certain inadvertently produced material is subject 

to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of Plaintiff are equivalent to those set 

forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) regarding discovery. Pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of 

a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product 

protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted 

to the court. 

13. MISCELLANEOUS 

13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to 

seek its modification by the court in the future. 

13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order 

no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 

Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by 

this Protective Order. 

13.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from Rose or a court order 

secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record 

in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material 

must comply with Civil Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant 

to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil 

Local Rule 141, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected 

Material at issue is entitled to protection under the law. If a request by Plaintiff to file Protected 

Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 141 is denied by the court, then Plaintiff may file 

the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

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14. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 5, Plaintiff

must return all Protected Material to Rose or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all 

Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format 

reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned 

or destroyed, Plaintiff must submit a written certification to Rose by the 60 day deadline that (1) 

identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed 

and (2) affirms that Plaintiff has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any 

other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this 

provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, 

deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, 

expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such 

materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected 

Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in paragraph 5 (DURATION). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: Jan. 7, 2025 s/ David C. Goodwin 

Deputy Attorney General 

California Department of Justice 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: Jan. 7, 2025 s/ Tim Hennessy 

Peebles Bergin Schulte & Robinson LLP 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 13, 2025

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ 

[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 

understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California on [date] in the case of State of California ex rel. Bonta v. Del 

Rosa, et al., No. 2:23-cv-00743-KJM-SCR. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 

terms of this Stipulated 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 solemnly 

promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this 

Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 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 Stipulated Protective 

Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone 

number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any 

proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: ______________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: _______________________________ 

Signature: __________________________________ 

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