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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

BRIAN EASTERLING PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 3:24-cv-52-DPM 

NESTLE USA, INC.; VITALITY 

FOODSERVICE, INC.; NESTLE 

PREPARED FOODS COMP ANY; RYDER 

SYSTEM, INC.; RYDER INTEGRATED 

LOGISTICS, INC.; LINEAGE 

LOGISTICS, LLC; and JOHN DOES 1-5 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

The parties to this action have stipulated through their respective 

counsel to the entry of this Protective Order. 

1. During the course of litigation of this case, the parties have 

requested that they provide certain documents in discovery that 

contain confidential and personal information pertaining to the parties 

as well as individuals who are not parties to the case. 

2. The aforementioned files may contain certain information 

that is confidential and not available to the general public. Confidential 

information, as used in this Order, shall refer to any document or item 

designated as Confidential or Highly Confidential - Attorneys' Eyes 

Only, including, but not limited to, information such as social security 

numbers, driver's license numbers, employee identification numbers, 

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home addresses, telephone numbers, credit card and bank account 

numbers, medical records or medical information, proprietary 

information, private financial information, or other information not 

available to the general public, in which there are legitimate privacy 

interests. There could be other materials or information designated as 

well. 

3. Counsel for the parties have agreed, and the Court orders, 

that any and all confidential and personal information identified in 

paragraph 2, shall be used solely for the purpose of litigating this action 

and for no other purpose whatsoever, and shall not be disclosed, given, 

shown, made available, or communicated to third parties in any way 

except as stated below in paragraph 7. 

4. The parties must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2' s mandate 

for redaction, if practicable, before any filing under seal. If an entire 

page contains information designated as "Confidential," substituting a 

page marked "Redacted" is an acceptable reaction method. If redaction 

is impracticable, a party must move for permission to file any 

information designated as "Highly Confidential - Attorneys' Eyes 

Only" or "Confidential," and any related motion, brief, or paper 

containing that material, under seal. The moving party must justify 

sealing document by document, with specifics and solid reasons, 

including an explanation about why redaction cannot be done. 

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5. If material is designated as confidential, it should have a 

bates stamp indicating this using the word "CONFIDENTIAL" or 

"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEY EYES ONLY" in a location 

that does not obscure the writing on the document. Failure to designate 

any document or material as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEY EYES ONLY" when initially served or 

produced shall not constitute a waiver of the right to subsequently 

make such a designation for that document or material. 

6. Counsel must confer in good faith in person before bringing 

any dispute arising under this Protective Order to the Court. A party 

or any other person objecting shall provide written notice of the dispute 

to the appropriate party or parties, specifying the materials that are the 

subject of the dispute. Within thirty days after an objection, the parties 

and any other objecting person(s) shall confer in good faith, and in 

person, to resolve the dispute. If the parties reach an impasse, they 

must file a joint report explaining the disagreement. The parties shall 

file this paper under the CM/ECF event called "Joint Report of 

Discovery Dispute." The joint report must not exceed ten pages, 

excluding the style and signature block. Each side gets five pages. The 

joint report must be filed sufficiently before the trial cutoff so that the 

dispute can be resolved without undermining pretrial deadlines. The 

parties will alert the law clerk on the case to the joint report's filing. The 

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parties will not proceed on the disputed issue until the Court issues a 

ruling or schedules a hearing. 

7. Any confidential material and the information contained 

therein shall be disclosed only to the following individuals: 

a. The Court and its staff in this case; 

b. The named parties in this litigation, including officers and 

representatives of corporate parties and insurance representatives for 

the parties; 

c. Counsel of record for the parties in this case, including inhouse counsel responsible for this litigation; 

d. Partners, associates, secretaries, paralegals, and other such 

personnel employed or retained by or working under the supervision 

of said counsel who are actively engaged in assisting such counsel in 

this action; 

e. Outside consultants and expert witnesses (whether 

designated as trial witnesses or not) employed or retained by the 

parties or counsel and who are actively engaged in assisting counsel or 

parties in this action; 

f. Any other person or entity as to whom counsel for the 

producer or provider of the confidential information agree in writing 

or on the record, or whom the Court directs shall have access to such 

information, and; 

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g. During depositions in this action, any person identified as 

an author of a designated document, or any person who received or 

otherwise possessed a copy of such document prior to its production in 

this action. 

8. Nothing in this Order will be construed as an admission as 

to the relevance, authenticity, foundation or admissibility of any 

document, material, transcript, or other information. Furthermore, by 

stipulating to the entry of this Order, no party waives any right or 

objection it would otherwise have in absence of the Order, which does 

not preclude any party from challenging those objections or following 

the procedure in paragraph 6. 

9. This Order will remain in effect for one year after litigation 

ends, including any appeal. Thereafter, the obligations imposed shall 

continue, but shall be solely a matter of contract between the parties. 

Counsel for the parties shall be permitted to retain Confidential 

Material in their files, subject to this Order. 

So Ordered. 

~~ff: 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

/ii if®v~y J!Ja'i' 

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