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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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KEMNITZER, ANDERSON, BARRON & OGILVIE, LLP 

Andrew J. Ogilvie (SBN 057932) 

445 Bush Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Tel: (415) 861-2265 

Fax: (415) 861-3151 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Cecilia H. Cordero 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CECILIA H. CORDERO, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INC. KEN 

BAKER, ROBERTY BUHLER, NANCY LONG, 

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, 

and EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, 

INC.,

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 06 2529 MJJ 

[Proposed] 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. 

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Confidentiality as a Basis of Non-Disclosure.

 Having provided the parties a mechanism for the protection of documents of 

information of a confidential nature, the parties may not assert the confidential nature or 

trade secret status of documents as a basis of non-disclosures. 

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 party making the 

designation shall serve with the information a log of all information designated as 

confidential and identify the each basis upon which the designation is made pursuant to 

FRCP 26(c). The failure to designate the information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or provide 

the log 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, 3) the documents are submitted to the Court in connection with a dispositive 

motion, or 4) the documents are submitted at trial of this matter. At that time, the 

materials cease to be subject to the protections of this order and the information may be 

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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 or litigation of similar cases against the party producing the information 

designated as confidential. This information may only be disclosed to 

x Other attorneys appearing in this case. 

x Staff, office personnel, consulting attorneys, experts, and consulting experts 

associated with the attorneys appearing in this case. 

x Witnesses. 

x Deponents.

x The Court and its personnel 

x Court reporters engaged to transcribe the proceedings or discovery in this 

case.

x Other attorneys working on similar cases against the party having produced 

the material designated as confidential who have agreed to be bound by this 

order.

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 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 designation is responsible for making good faith efforts to arrange that 

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conference. If the parties cannot resolve the objections to the designation, the party 

asserting the designation of confidentiality shall move, within 14 days of receiving the 

objection, 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, but any party may move 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 reasonably possible, the specific information which that party 

intends to submit. A party receiving such notice may within that 7 days move to seal the 

record and proceedings under applicable standards. 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. 

 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 

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will seek to submit. A party receiving such a list may within that 7 days move to seal the 

record and proceedings under applicable standards. 

 If a motion to seal the record and proceedings is filed, the party seeking to use the 

information protected as confidential shall file all documents containing that information 

under seal and those documents shall remain under seal and the proceedings shall remain 

under seal until such time as the Court rules on the motion. 

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

modification of this order. 

SO ORDERED 

Dated: , 2006 

_____________________________

Hon. Martin J. Jenkins, 

United States District Court Judge 

Stipulated To By: 

Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron & Ogilvie 

By: 

Andrew J. Ogilvie 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

Cecilia Cordero 

 Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney 

By: 

Mark E. Ellis 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

Financial Assistance, Inc., Ken Baker, Robert 

Buhler and Nancy Long 

JONES DAY 

By: 

Xuan Thu Phan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Experian Information Solutions, Inc. 

 KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 

Guerino John Cento 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Equifax Information Services, L.L.C. 

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