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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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JOHN B. SULLIVAN (State Bar No. 96742)

jbs@severson.com 

REGINA J. McCLENDON (State Bar No. 184669)

rjm@severson.com 

SEVERSON & WERSON 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 398-3344 

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITIFINANCIAL RETAIL SERVICES and 

CITIBANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH E. SMITH, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITIFINANCIAL, CITIBANK USA, N.A., 

TRANS UNION, L.L.C., EQUIFAX 

INFORMATION SERVICES, L.L.C., and 

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.,

 Defendants. 

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INTERIM PROTECTIVE ORDER 

GOVERNING ASSERTIONS OF 

CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRADE 

SECRET STATUS 

 This matter has come before the Court on the stipulation of the parties. It appears that the 

parties anticipate discovery and production of documents which may be the proper subject of a 

protective order under FRCP 26(c), and that each of the parties will likely seek such protection 

for information to be produced in discovery. In order to assist in the timely completion of 

discovery without undue delay or unnecessary motion practice, the Court enters this Interim 

Protective Order Governing Assertions of Confidentiality and Trade Secret Status, which shall 

remain valid for 30 days from the date of this Order. At or before the expiration of the 30-day 

period, any party may move for entry of a further protective order, or the parties are free to 

stipulate to extend this Order. 

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Designation of Confidentiality. 

 A party responding to requests for production or interrogatories may – acting in good faith 

– designate the responsive information to that discovery as "CONFIDENTIAL" (hereafter 

referred to as “information designated as confidential”). That party shall make the designation by 

producing the information and affixing a stamp conspicuously designating the information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” The inexcusable failure to designate the information as “CONFIDENTIAL” 

waives any such designation and the material in question is no longer subject to the protection in 

this Order. 

Protection of Information Designated as Confidential. 

 Any information designated as confidential shall be protected as confidential under the 

terms of this Order until such time as 1) the Court rules on the designation pursuant to a motion 

by designating party, 2) the designating party waives its assertion of confidentiality expressly in 

writing, or by failure to file a timely motion for a protective order. At that time, the materials 

cease to be subject to the protections of this order and the information may be used in any fashion 

consistent with other materials obtained through discovery. 

 Any information which is protected as confidential may only be used in this litigation 

against the party producing the information designated as confidential. This information may 

only be disclosed to 

• Other attorneys appearing in this case. 

• Staff, office personnel, consulting attorneys, experts, and consulting experts associated 

with the attorneys appearing in this case. 

• Witnesses. 

• Deponents. 

• The Court and its personnel. 

• Court reporters engaged to transcribe the proceedings or discovery in this case. 

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Each person – excepting the Court and its personnel – who receives material subject to the 

protections of this order shall be given a copy of this order prior to receiving the materials and 

execute a copy of the acknowledgment attached Exhibit A to this order. No person apart from 

counsel for the parties to this matter may be provided with any material designated as 

"CONFIDENTIAL" unless that person has executed that acknowledgment. 

Objections to the Designation of Confidentiality. 

 Within 14 days of receiving information designated as confidential, the receiving party 

must either object to the designation, or else waive any objection to the designation. A party who 

objects in good faith to the designation shall, within that 14 day period, serve objections to the 

designation and request in writing a conference to resolve the conflict. The party asserting the 

objection is responsible for making good faith efforts to arrange that conference. If the parties 

cannot resolve the objections to the designation, the party asserting the designation of 

confidentiality shall move, within 14 days of the conclusion of the conference(s) to resolve the 

issue, for a protective order under Rule 26(c), showing good cause, specific harm arising from the 

disclosure, and setting forth reasonable restrictions which it requests on the discovery sought. 

The failure to move for a protective order within that 14 day period waives the designation. 

Use of Confidential Materials in Dispositive Motions and At Trial

 If any information protected as confidential is submitted in connection with a dispositive 

motion or at trial pursuant to this Order, the information ceases to be protected as confidential as 

set forth above, unless the party moves to seal the Court’s record and proceedings and continue 

the protections of this order. 

 A party who intends to use any information which is protected as confidential in 

connection with a dispositive motion or response to a dispositive motion must provide notice of 

that intent 7 days before submitting any such information to the Court, and identify, as much as 

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reasonably possible, the specific information which that party intends to submit. A party 

receiving such notice may within that 7 days request that the party submitting the documents do 

so under seal. The failure to provide that notice by a party seeking to use information waives the 

right to use such information in connection with a dispositive motion and any portions of any 

court document which contain such information may be stricken. The party intending to file 

confidential documents, upon receiving the request by the designating party, shall file the 

confidential documents under seal. 

 A party who intends to use any information which is designated as confidential in 

connection with a trial must identify the document in the joint final pretrial order, along with a 

separate list of the information which is protected as confidential which that party will seek to 

submit. A party receiving such a list may within that 7 days request that the party submitting the 

documents do so under seal. 

 At the conclusion of the litigation, upon demand by a designating party, the receiving 

party shall return all confidential documents, together with all copies made, to the designating 

party. 

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 The Court will retain jurisdiction over the parties for purposes of enforcement or 

modification of this order. 

SO ORDERED this 2nd day of October, 2006. But see L.R. 79-5. 

_____________________________ 

Hon. Claudia Wilken, 

United States District Court Judge 

Stipulated To By: 

Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron & Ogilvie 

By: 

Andrew J. Ogilvie 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Kenneth Smith 

 Severson & Werson 

By: 

Regina McClendon 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CitiFinancial Retail Services, a division of 

Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb, and Citibank USA, 

National Association 

Jones Day 

By: 

Brian J. Recor 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Experian Information Solutions, Inc. 

 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 

By: 

Amy Greenstein 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Equifax Information Services, L.L.C. 

 

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP 

By: 

Donald E. Bradley 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Trans Union LLC 

 

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Exhibit A to Proposed Interim Protective Order 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH E. SMITH, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITIFINANCIAL, CITIBANK USA, N.A., 

TRANS UNION, L.L.C., EQUIFAX 

INFORMATION SERVICES, L.L.C., and 

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.,

 Defendants. 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF 

INTERIM PROTECTIVE ORDER 

GOVERNING ASSERTIONS OF 

CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRADE 

SECRET STATUS 

 I acknowledge that I have read and that I understand the Interim Protective Order 

Governing Assertions of Confidentiality and Trade Secret Status entered in this action and agree 

to abide by its terms and conditions. As a condition to access by me to documents designated by 

the parties to this action as "CONFIDENTIAL," I agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court for Northern District of California in connection with any alleged breach by 

me of the Interim Protective Order Governing Assertions of Confidentiality and Trade Secret 

Status. I also understand that any violation of the Amended Protective Order by me or any one 

under my control may subject me to penalties for contempt of court. 

Dated: , 2006 

 

 Printed name and address below signature 

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