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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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GORDON P. ERSPAMER (CA SBN 83364)

JAMES M. SCHURZ (CA SBN 145874)

REBECCA SNAVELY SAELAO (CA SBN 222731)

DEREK F. FORAN (CA SBN 224569)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 450

P.O. Box 8130

Walnut Creek, California 94596-8130

Telephone: (925) 295-3300

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

CALPINE CORPORATION and CALPINE CONSTRUCTION 

FINANCE COMPANY, L.P. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALPINE CORPORATION, a Delaware

Corporation, and CALPINE CONSTRUCTION 

FINANCE COMPANY, L.P., a Delaware Limited 

Liability Partnership,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION, 

an Agency of the United States Department of 

Energy; MICHAEL S. HACSKAYLO, in his capacity 

as Administrator of the Western Area Power 

Administration; SAMUEL WRIGHT BODMAN, in 

his capacity as Secretary of Energy of the United 

States, acting by and through the Western Area Power 

Administration; THE UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, acting by and 

through the Western Area Power Administration; the 

UNITED STATES of AMERICA, acting by and 

through the Western Area Power Administration,

Defendants.

Case No. C05-02241-SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

REGARDING PARTY AND NON- PARTY DISCOVERY

Judge: Honorable Susan Illston

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Each of the parties hereto and Person and entity who or which subsequently joins this 

Stipulation agrees to produce “Material” and “Confidential Material’” as defined below, pursuant to 

this Stipulation, which Stipulation, except as provided in Paragraph 24 herein below, is binding and 

effective only upon approval hereof as an order of the Court; consequently, this Stipulation is referred 

to hereinafter as the “Protective Order.”

DEFINITIONS

1. As used in this Protective Order, the words or terms:

(a) “Material” shall include any document, testimony, or information in 

any form or medium whatsoever, including, without limitation, any written, printed, or 

electronic matter produced by a Party to this Stipulation in connection with this litigation.

(b) “Confidential Material” shall mean any Material designated 

“Confidential” in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order.

(c) “Non-Party” means any Person or entity who or which provides 

“Material” during the course of this civil action other than one of the entities entering into this 

Stipulation for Protective Order who hereafter joins in this Stipulation.

(d) “Person” shall include an individual, corporation, partnership, trustee, 

unincorporated association, governmental agency, or other business or governmental entity.

(e) “Party to this Stipulation” shall mean any signatory party to this 

Stipulation and any Person who or which agrees to be bound hereby, their respective attorneys 

and agents.

(f) “Provide” shall mean to produce for inspection and copying or to 

otherwise provide access to any Material, voluntarily or involuntarily, whether pursuant to 

request or process and whether in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

(“Fed. R. Civ. P.”) or otherwise.

CONFIDENTIAL DESIGNATION

2. A Party to this Stipulation may designate as “Confidential” any Material which 

contains or discloses information that the Party to this Stipulation is under an obligation to 

preserve as confidential under an agreement with another Person or otherwise, or which 

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contains or discloses financial, proprietary, or competitive or other business information 

which is not generally known or ascertainable by the general public, and/or which contains or 

discloses information of a personal or sensitive nature. A Party to this Stipulation may 

designate as “Confidential” and may add to such designation the additional designation of 

“Attorneys’ Eyes Only” such Material that meets the standards of the preceding sentence of 

this paragraph and additionally is of such competitive value or sensitive nature that its 

disclosure to Persons other than those specified herein below would create a serious and 

unreasonable risk of loss or damage to the Person or entity Providing such Material, and 

which the Party believes to constitute a trade secret or to be of a high degree of current 

commercial sensitivity and/or would provide a competitive advantage to its competitors if 

disclosed.

3. A Party to this Stipulation who or which Provides Material (the “Producing 

Party”) may designate as Confidential or as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only such 

Material provided to a party to this litigation (the “Receiving Party”) that meets the standards 

set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Protective Order, applicable to the particular designation so 

made.

4. The Producing Party shall designate Material for protection under this 

Protective Order by physically marking the Material as follows, prior to its production to the 

Receiving Party:

CONFIDENTIAL [or CONFIDENTIAL–ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY]. A Party to this Stipulation may so designate only that Material which it in good faith believes is 

entitled to protection pursuant to the standards set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Order. The party 

which so designates Material is the “Designating Party,” as that term is used in Paragraphs 10, 15 and

16 of this Protective Order.

RESTRICTION ON USE OF MATERIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

5. Confidential Material shall not be disclosed, nor shall its contents be disclosed, 

to any Persons other than those described in Paragraph 8(a)-(h) of this Protective Order, and 

Confidential Material additionally designated as Attorneys’ Eyes Only shall not be disclosed, 

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nor shall its contents be disclosed, to any Person other than those described in Paragraph 8(a), 

8(b), 8(c), 8(d), 8(e), and 8(g) of this Protective Order and then only in accordance with the 

terms, conditions, and restrictions of this Protective Order.

6. Material provided to a Receiving Party shall not be used by him, her, or it for 

any purpose, including without limitation, any personal, business, governmental, or 

commercial purpose, other than the preparation for, trial of, or an appeal from, including any 

re-trials of, this civil action and any and all collateral proceedings related to this civil action or

any other legal disputes between the Parties to this Stipulation. 7. All Material shall be kept secure by the counsel for the Receiving Party and 

access to Confidential Material and Confidential Material with the additional designation 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only shall be limited to the Persons authorized pursuant hereto.

8. For purposes of the preparation, trial, appeal, or re-trial and any and all 

collateral proceedings related to this civil action or any other legal disputes between the 

Parties to this Stipulation, and subject to this Protective Order, counsel for a Receiving Party 

may disclose Confidential Material only to the following Persons:

(a) Counsel of record working on this litigation and such counsel’s 

partners, associates, paralegals, secretaries, and clerical employees who are directly working 

on this civil action, provided that such counsel is representing a Party to this Stipulation. (b) No more than two designated, in-house counsel working on or 

responsible for supervising the conduct of this civil action and such in-house counsel’s 

paralegals, secretaries, and clerical employees who are directly participating in the 

preparation, trial, appeal, or re-trial of this civil action, provided that such in-house counsel is 

employed by a Party to this Stipulation. (c) The Court and any Person employed by the Court whose duties require 

access to such Confidential Material, including without limitation the Court’s clerks, deputy 

clerks, law clerks, bailiffs, court reporters, and the staff of such court reporters.

(d) Witnesses at depositions or pre-trial proceedings in this civil action, 

and then only in accordance with the procedures set forth in Paragraphs 11-12 hereof.

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(e) Experts and consultants retained by or for any Party to this civil action 

by any counsel described in Paragraph 8(a) and 8(b) above to assist with the preparation, trial, 

appeal, or re-trial of the action, and such expert’s and consultant’s respective secretarial, 

technical, and clerical employees who are actively assisting in the preparation, trial, appeal, or 

re-trial of the action, and then only in accordance with the procedures set forth in Paragraph 9 

hereof.

(f) Employees of the Parties to this Stipulation whose duties in connection 

with this litigation give them a reasonable need to have access to such Confidential Material,

and then only in accordance with the procedures set forth in Paragraph 9 hereof.

(g) Any Person identified on the face of any such Confidential Material as an 

author or recipient thereof.

(h) Any Person who is determined to have been an author and/or previous 

recipient of the Confidential Material, but is not identified on the face thereof, provided that there is 

prior testimony of actual authorship or receipt of the Confidential Material by such Person.

The Parties to this Stipulation shall make a good faith effort to limit dissemination of 

all Confidential Material to those Persons within the foregoing categories who have a reasonable 

need for access to such Material.

UNDERTAKING TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

9. Before counsel for a Receiving Party may disclose any Confidential Material 

to any Person described in Paragraphs 8(b), 8(d), 8(e), or 8(f) above, the Person to whom such 

disclosure is to be made shall read a copy of this Protective Order, and shall evidence his or 

her agreement to be bound by its terms, conditions, and restrictions by signing the form 

attached as Exhibit A to this Protective Order (the “Undertaking”) and such counsel shall 

retain a copy of this Protective Order, with a copy of such Person’s signed Undertaking 

attached; provided however, that if a Person described in Paragraph 8(d) refuses to so agree, 

the Confidential Material can be disclosed to such Person but only upon the written or 

recorded consent of the Producing Party who or which Provided the Confidential Material or 

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upon order of a court, including order of any court with jurisdiction over the Person who so 

refuses to agree.

OBJECTIONS TO DESIGNATION

10. Any Party to this Stipulation may at any time notify the Designating Party in 

writing of its contention that specified Material designated as Confidential or as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only is not properly so designated because such Material does not meet the 

applicable standards set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Protective Order. Such Party to this 

Stipulation shall as soon as practicable, but not more than five (5) court days thereafter, call 

for a meet and confer to challenge such designation and to seek resolution of the dispute. The 

Designating Party shall have thirty (30) calendar days from and after such initial meet and 

confer in which to file a motion to uphold the designation of the Material in question. If no 

motion is filed within that time or within any mutual extension of time, all Parties may treat 

the Material as if it had not been designated as Confidential or as Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only. To prevail on such motion, the Designating Party must show by a preponderance 

of the evidence that there are proper grounds and good cause for the designation. Each Party 

to this Stipulation agrees that the Court may and should award monetary sanctions to the Party 

or Parties to this Stipulation prevailing on any such motion. Pending resolution of any motion 

filed pursuant to this paragraph, all Persons bound by this Protective Order shall continue to 

treat the Material which is the subject of the motion as designated by the Designating Party.

DEPOSITIONS

11. Counsel for any deponent, Producing Party, or Party to this Stipulation may 

designate deposition testimony or exhibits thereto as Confidential or as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only by indicating on the record at the deposition that such testimony or 

exhibits are to be so designated. Failure to so designate testimony or exhibits at deposition, 

however, shall not constitute a waiver of the right to make such designation so long as same is 

made within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the transcript of the deposition, by 

written notice of such designation to the deponent, all counsel who appeared at the deposition, and the court reporter. Until counsel for the deponent or Party to this Stipulation designates 

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the transcript or exhibits as Confidential or as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only, however, 

any party shall be entitled to treat the transcript or exhibits like any other Material.

12. When Material disclosed during a deposition is designated as Confidential or 

as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only at the time testimony is given or thereafter, the 

reporter shall separately transcribe those portions of the testimony so designated, shall mark 

the face of the transcript in accordance with the applicable confidentiality language set forth 

in Paragraph 4 above, and shall maintain that portion of the transcript or exhibits in separate 

files marked to designate the confidentiality of their contents. The reporter shall not file or 

lodge with the Court any transcripts or exhibits so designated without obtaining written 

consent from the Party who so designated the Material. For convenience, if a deposition 

transcript or exhibit contains repeated references to Confidential Material which cannot 

conveniently be segregated from non-confidential Material, any Party to this Stipulation may 

request that the entire transcript or exhibit be maintained by the reporter as Confidential 

Material.

USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

IN PLEADINGS AND OTHER COURT PAPERS

13. If any Party files with the Court any pleading, interrogatory answer, affidavit, 

motion, brief, or other paper containing, appending, summarizing, excerpting or otherwise 

embodying Confidential Material, the pleading or other paper in which the Confidential 

Material is embodied shall be filed and maintained under seal and shall not be available for 

public inspection. The Party making the filing shall be responsible for filing the pleading or 

other paper in a sealed envelope, with a cover sheet stating:

CONFIDENTIAL - this document is subject to a PROTECTIVE 

ORDER in Calpine Corp. v. Western Area Power Administration, et al.

Civil Action No. C05-02241-SI in the U.S. District Court for the 

Northern District of California.

14. Pursuant to the Honorable Judge Susan Illston’s standing orders, Counsel must strictly 

adhere to Civil Local Rule 79-5 when attempting to file documents under seal. Counsel shall submit 

the unsealed portion for filing in the public record. The proposed sealed portions must be placed in 

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envelopes and submitted with the motion for leave to file under seal. The motion must specifically 

identify the portions to be filed under seal. The proposed order must identify exactly what is to be 

filed under seal. All chambers’ copies must contain both the sealed and unsealed materials. 

15. To the extent that the Court rejects a filing on the grounds that Material has been 

improperly designated by the Designating Party or otherwise does not meet the criteria set for the in 

Paragraph 2 of this Protective Order for a Confidential or Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only 

designation, the burden is on the Designating Party to promptly seek appropriate relief from the Court 

and justify treatment of the Material as Confidential Material. RETURN OF MATERIAL

16. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the final settlement or termination of 

this litigation, any and all collateral proceedings related to this litigation, and any other legal 

disputes between the Parties to this Stipulation, all Material bearing a Confidential or 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only designation and all copies thereof and excerpts 

therefrom shall be returned to counsel for the Designating Party who or which Provided such 

Material or shall be destroyed, at the option of each Person then possessing such Material, 

unless within such time, the Designating Party requests in writing that such Material and all 

copies thereof and excerpts therefrom be returned to the Designating Party. In the case of 

such a request for the return of Material bearing a Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only designation, the Designating Patty shall bear the reasonable expense of returning 

the Material. Such Material shall be returned within thirty (30) days from and after receipt of 

such request. If, after appropriate application to the Court, any confidential deposition 

transcript, exhibit, or other Material is returned to the parties or to their counsel by the Clerk 

of the Court, such Material shall also be returned or destroyed as set forth above. Each Party 

to this Stipulation and its counsel shall make reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with this 

paragraph and to locate, retrieve, and return or destroy all bearing a Confidential or 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only designation provided by each Designating Party. 

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Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to require the return or destruction of 

any work product of counsel or of any pleadings or briefs filed with the Court.

SCOPE AND EFFECT OF THIS STIPULATION AND ORDER

17. Except as expressly provided above, this Protective Order is strictly a pretrial 

order and does not govern the conduct of the trial in this civil action.

18. Any Party to this Stipulation or attorney for such party may furnish 

Confidential Material to any other party or attorney for a party without violating this 

Protective Order.

19. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be deemed to limit, prejudice, or waive 

any right of any Person or entity: (a) to resist or compel discovery with respect to, or to seek 

to obtain additional or different protection for, Material claimed to be protected work product 

or privileged under applicable law, Material which a Party or third party claims a legal 

obligation not to disclose, or Material not required to be produced pursuant to the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure; (b) to seek to modify or to obtain relief from any provision of this 

Protective Order; (c) to object to the use or admissibility at trial or other evidentiary 

proceedings, including proceedings under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, of any evidence, whether or not 

comprised of Material governed by this Protective Order; or (d) to otherwise require that 

discovery be conducted according to governing laws and rules.

20. The placing of either a confidentiality designation or a production 

identification number on the face of any Material shall have no effect on the authenticity or 

admissibility of that Material at trial or otherwise.

21. This Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any Person to waive 

the applicability of this Protective Order to any Material Provided by that Person or to use any 

Material owned by that Person in any manner the Person deems appropriate.

22. This Protective Order shall not affect any contractual, statutory, or other legal 

obligation or rights of any Party to this Stipulation with respect to Material designated as 

Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only hereunder.

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23. The restrictions set out in this Protective Order shall not apply to any 

information, including information contained in Material, which:

(a) At the time of disclosure hereunder is available to the public;

(b) After disclosure hereunder becomes available to the public through no 

act or failure to act violative of this Protective Order;

(c) As a matter of written record, was already known to a Party to this 

Stipulation or became known to such Party by means independent of such Material being so 

Provided; or

(d) Was received by a Party to this Stipulation from a Person, entity, or 

other source having the right to make such disclosure.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

24. The Parties to this Stipulation acknowledge that some Material has been or 

may be Provided by some of them and/or by one or more Non-Party to other of the Parties to 

this Stipulation prior to entry of this Protective Order based upon an agreement that it would 

be subject to this Protective Order. As to such Material, the Parties to this Stipulation agree 

and further stipulate that such documents and tangible things shall be treated for all purposes 

as Material and that to the extent such Material has been designated as Confidential and/or 

additionally as Attorneys’ Eyes Only, such designation(s) shall be effective as if they had 

been made after entry of this Protective Order and pursuant hereto.

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25. The Parties to this Stipulation further acknowledge that some Material that may be Provided 

in this civil action may or does constitute intellectual or other property of the Producing Party and 

that, in order to protect such property interests, it may be necessary or advisable to Provide the 

Material under a license or restrictive conveyance. The Parties to this Stipulation agree to meet and 

confer regarding executing such licenses and/or conveyances as may be reasonably required.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: September 9, 2005 GORDON P. ERSPAMER

JAMES M. SCHURZ

REBECCA SNAVELY SAELAO

DEREK F. FORAN

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/

Gordon P. Erspamer

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Calpine Corporation, and Calpine 

Construction Finance Company, L.P. Dated: September 9, 2005 MICHAEL S. HINDUS

BENJAMIN L. WEBSTER

ANDREA L. COURTNEY

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

By: /s./

Benjamin L. Webster

Attorneys for Nonparty SACRAMENTO 

MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

Based on the foregoing stipulation, the Protective Order is hereby entered as an Order of the Court.

Dated: _________, 2005

By: ______________________________________

 Hon. Judge Susan Illston, District Court Judge

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EXHIBIT A

UNDERTAKING RE PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, __________________________________, acknowledge that I have read the Protective 

Order entered in this action, Calpine Corp. v. Western Area Power Administration, et al., No. C05- 02241-SI. I understand the terms of the Protective Order, and I agree to be bound by it. I further 

understand that a violation of this Protective Order may be punishable as a contempt of court.

Dated:_____________________

[Signature]

[Relationship to or Interest in this Action]

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