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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:754 Discrimination

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LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 

GARY T. LAFAYETTE (State Bar No. 088666) 

Email: glafayette@lkclaw.com 

BRIAN H. CHUN (State Bar No. 215417) 

Email: bchun@lkclaw.com 

BARBARA L. LYONS (State Bar No. 173548) 

Email: blyons@lkclaw.com 

1300 Clay Street, Suite 810 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (415) 357-4600 

Facsimile: (415) 357-4605 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., 

PRUDENTIAL ANNUITIES LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, and 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

BOHM LAW GROUP, INC. 

LAWRANCE A. BOHM (State Bar No. 208716) 

ZANE E. HILTON (State Bar No. 305207) 

DEREK K. ULMER (State Bar No. 318255) 

4600 Northgate Boulevard, Suite 210 

Sacramento, California 95834 

Telephone: (866) 920.1292 

Facsimile: (916) 927.2046 

BOUCHER LAW 

ROBERT L. BOUCHER (State Bar No. 244760) 

2121 Natomas Crossing Drive, Suite 200-389 

Sacramento, California 95834 

Telephone: (916) 974.9756 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOHN ROITINGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN ROITINGER, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.; 

PRUDENTIAL ANNUITIES; PRUDENTIAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

INC. and Does 1 through 50, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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(E.D. Cal. L.R. 143) 

Complaint Filed: June 4, 2019 

Action Removed: July 5, 2019 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

The Parties hereby STIPULATE, and the Court, for good cause shown, HEREBY 

ORDERS, that the following Protective Order is issued to govern certain disclosures in this case:

1. Purpose. 

a. The Parties recognize that preparation for the prosecution and defense of 

this litigation may require the discovery of certain information and documents that a Party or 

nonparty reasonably believes are subject to confidentiality limitations on disclosure under 

applicable laws, regulations and privacy rights. Disclosure of such information without reasonable 

restriction on its use may cause harm, damage, loss, embarrassment or disadvantage to the 

Producing Party or a nonparty. Accordingly, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

(“FRCP”) 26(c) and other applicable laws and rules, the Parties sought, and the Court entered this 

Order to facilitate the orderly and efficient discovery of relevant information while adequately 

protecting material believed to be confidential and ensuring that protection is afforded only to 

material so entitled. 

b. This Order is entered based on the representations and agreements of the 

Parties. Designating a document or information as Confidential Material does not mean that the 

document or information has any status or protection by statute or otherwise except to the extent 

and for the purposes of this Order. Nothing herein shall be construed or presented as a judicial 

determination that any document or material designated as Confidential Material is entitled to 

protection under FRCP 26(c) or otherwise until such time as the Court may rule on a specific 

document or issue.

2. Definitions. 

a. “Confidential Material” means any document, testimony or information 

that a Designating Party reasonably believes to be entitled to confidential treatment under FRCP 

26(c)(1)(G) and that the Party designates as such in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

Confidential Materials include, but are not limited to: (i) Protected Data and other information 

prohibited from disclosure by law; (ii) information that reveals trade secrets (as defined in the 

Uniform Trade Secrets Act); (iii) documents containing or constituting research and development; 

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marketing or training information; information about distribution processes; product design; sales 

strategy; and/or technical, proprietary, commercial or financial information that the party has 

maintained as confidential; (iv) medical, disability and leave-related information concerning any 

individual, protected health information (“PHI”) or other private personal information, including 

but not limited to employment records; (v) personal identifying information; (vi) income tax 

returns (including attached schedules and forms), W-2 forms and 1099 forms; (vii) private records 

of a person who is not a party to the case; (viii) names, financial information, insurance 

information and other private information regarding clients; (ix) information concerning 

competitors; and (x) all material, data and information obtained, derived or generated from 

Confidential Material, to the extent the same are not publicly available or otherwise subject to the 

exclusions herein. Information or documents that are available to the public are not Confidential 

Material and should generally not be designated as such. 

b. “Protected Data” refers to any information that a party believes to be 

subject to federal or state data protection laws or other privacy obligations. Protected Data 

constitutes highly sensitive materials requiring special protection. Examples of such data 

protection laws include, but are not limited to, The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6801 et 

seq. (financial information); and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 

(“HIPAA”) and the regulations thereunder, 45 CFR Part 160 and Subparts A and E of Part 164 

(medical information).

c. Consistent with FRCP 34, “document” or “documents” shall include 

documents or electronically stored information (“ESI”) – including writings, drawings, graphs, 

charts, photographs, messages, sound recordings, images and other data or data compilations – 

stored in any medium. 

d. “Testimony” means all depositions, declarations, affidavits or other pretrial testimony taken or used in this litigation. 

e. “Information” means the content of documents or testimony, as well as any 

matter derived therefrom or based thereon. 

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f. “Copies” includes electronic images, duplicates, extracts, summaries, 

compilations or descriptions. 

g. “Designating Party” or “Producing Party” means the Party or nonparty that 

produces and/or designates documents, testimony or information as Confidential Material subject 

to this Order. 

h. “Receiving Party” means the Party that receives documents, testimony or 

information designated as Confidential Material subject to this Order. 

i. The term “disclose” and iterations thereof mean to produce, reveal, divulge, 

give or make available documents, testimony or information.

3. Scope. 

a. This Order shall govern all Confidential Material and all copies thereof, 

whether revealed in a document, testimony or other information. 

b. This Order is subject to the Local Rules of this Court and the FRCP. 

c. This Order shall take effect when entered and shall be binding upon all 

Parties and their counsel in this litigation; upon the Parties’ employees, representatives, directors, 

officers, corporate parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and successors; upon all signatories to 

Attachment A and (as applicable) their employees, representatives, directors, officers, corporate 

parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and successors; and upon all others made subject to this Order by 

its terms. 

d. If additional parties other than parents, subsidiaries or affiliates of current 

Parties are added to this litigation, their ability to receive Confidential Material will be subject to 

their being bound, by agreement or Court Order, to this Order. 

e. Subject to the consent of the undersigned counsel, nonparties who so elect 

may avail themselves of, and agree to be bound by, the terms and conditions of this Order and 

thereby become a Producing Party for purposes of this Order. 

f. The entry of this Order does not preclude any Party from seeking further 

order from this Court, including modification of this Order, or from objecting to discovery that 

the Party believes to be improper.

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4. Designations of Confidential Material. 

a. Procedure for Documents. A Designating Party may designate a document 

as Confidential Material by placing or affixing the words “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO 

PROTECTIVE ORDER” on the document and on all copies. Such markings shall be placed in 

a manner that will not interfere with the legibility of the document. Any copies made of 

Confidential Material shall also be appropriately marked. 

b. Written Pleadings, Motion Papers and Discovery Materials. A Party may 

designate as Confidential Material portions of interrogatories and interrogatory answers, requests 

for admissions and the responses to such requests, requests for production of documents and 

things and responses to such requests, pleadings, motions, affidavits and briefs that quote, 

summarize or contain Confidential Material. 

c. Procedure for Other Confidential Material. With respect to Confidential 

Material produced in some form other than as described above, including, without limitation, 

CDs, DVDs or other tangible items, the Producing Party must affix in a prominent place on the 

exterior of the media, if possible, and/or containers in which the information or items are stored 

the legend “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” 

d. Redactions. A Producing Party may redact information that the Producing 

Party claims is subject to attorney-client privilege, work product protection, a legal prohibition 

against disclosure or other applicable privilege or immunity. A Producing Party may also redact 

personal identifying information and other information that is non-responsive. The Producing 

Party shall preserve an un-redacted version of each redacted item. In addition to the foregoing, 

Protected Data shall be redacted from any public filing not filed under seal.1

e. Nonparty Productions. With respect to documents or information produced 

by a nonparty, either the nonparty or a Party may designate the documents or information as 

Confidential Material pursuant to this Order. A Party so designating material produced by a 

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comply with Local Rule 140. That rule prohibits redactions—except redactions of certain 

personal data identifiers—absent a court order authorizing the redaction. E.D. Cal. L.R. 140. 

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nonparty shall notify all other Parties within 30 days of receipt of such documents or information 

that the same or portions thereof constitute or contain Confidential Material. Until the expiration 

of 30 days, such documents or information disclosed by any such nonparty shall be treated as 

Confidential Material under this Order. 

f. Inadvertent Failure to Designate. An inadvertent failure to designate a 

document, testimony or information as Confidential Material in this litigation or any other 

proceeding does not, standing alone, waive the right to subsequently so designate the document, 

testimony or information. The disclosure of Confidential Material without the proper designation 

(whether inadvertent or otherwise) shall be governed by paragraph 24 of this Order. 

g. Inspection of Materials Prior to Production. In the event documents or 

information are made subject to inspection prior to their production, no marking of those materials 

need be made by the Producing Party at the time of that inspection. For purposes of such an 

inspection, all materials made available for the inspection shall be considered Confidential 

Material and subject to this Order at the time of the inspection. Thereafter, if any materials 

subject to that inspection are produced and the Producing Party wishes those materials to be 

considered Confidential Material under this Order, the Producing Party shall so designate them in 

accordance with the procedures set forth in this Order. 

h. Certification by Counsel or Party. A Party’s designation of Confidential 

Material is made pursuant to FRCP 26(g), and each Party and its counsel submits to the 

jurisdiction and authority of this Court concerning such designations and the enforcement of this 

Order.

5. Depositions. 

a. Deposition testimony and/or exhibits are protected by this Order if either of 

the following actions are taken with respect to that testimony and/or exhibits: 

i. The testimony or exhibit(s) may be designated as Confidential 

Material on the record at the deposition. Such designation shall be specific as to the portions that 

contain Confidential Material; or 

ii. Within 30 days of the delivery of the final deposition transcript, a 

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Designating Party may serve a Notice of Designation to all Parties identifying the specific 

portions of the transcript and/or exhibits that constitute Confidential Material. Until the 

expiration of the 30-day period, the deposition testimony, transcript and all exhibits, each in their 

entirety, shall be treated as Confidential Material under this Order. 

b. When a Party designates testimony as Confidential Material during the 

deposition, the Designating Party may exclude from the deposition all persons who are not 

Qualified Persons under this Order. 

c. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that are 

designated as Confidential Material pursuant to the process set out in this Order must be identified 

in the transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” and those 

portions will be treated as Confidential Material in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

d. During depositions, Confidential Material may be used or marked as 

exhibits but shall remain subject to this Order and may not be shown to the witness unless such 

witness is a Qualified Person. 

6. Protection of Confidential Material. 

a. Except as specifically provided in this Order, the Receiving Party and its 

counsel shall keep all Confidential Material disclosed to them within their exclusive possession 

and control, shall make reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential 

Material, and shall not permit unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Material. 

b. Except as specifically provided in this Order, Confidential Material shall 

not be used or disclosed by the Parties, counsel for the Parties or any Qualified Persons for any 

purpose whatsoever other than as required for the preparation of any trial (or appeal thereof) in 

this litigation. 

c. Access to and disclosure of Confidential Material shall be limited to those 

persons designated as Qualified Persons. Any Qualified Person to whom Confidential Material is 

disclosed shall not disclose by any means any Confidential Material other than as permitted by 

this Order. 

d. Confidential Material shall not be used for any business, competitive or other 

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non-litigation purpose without the express written consent of the Designating Party or by order of 

the Court. 

i. Nothing in this Order shall limit any Producing Party’s use of its 

own documents, testimony or information, nor shall this Order prevent any Producing Party from 

disclosing its own Confidential Material to any person for any purpose. 

ii. Disclosures described in paragraph 6.d shall not affect any 

designation made pursuant to the terms of this Order so long as the disclosures are made in a 

manner that is reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Material. 

e. The Receiving Party shall maintain Confidential Material in a secure and 

safe area and shall take necessary and reasonable measures to ensure that any such Confidential 

Material, or notes and memoranda relating thereto, not be disclosed other than in accordance with 

the terms of this Order. To avoid security risks inherent in certain current technologies and to 

facilitate compliance with the terms of this Order, unless otherwise ordered or agreed upon in 

writing by the Producing Party, all Qualified Persons with access to Confidential Material shall 

comply with the following: 

i. They shall use secure means to store and transmit Confidential 

Material. 

ii. They shall be prohibited from storing or transmitting any 

Confidential Material in or via any online or web-based storage location or service managed or 

maintained by any third-party service provider, including any provider of so-called “cloud 

computing” services, other than a reputable litigation support service provider with a secure 

domestic document hosting facility that uses encrypted web-enabled software that allows for the 

secure and protected sharing of and collaboration regarding the Confidential Material among only 

Qualified Persons and that does not employ so-called “cloud computing” services. 

iii. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, Qualified Persons shall 

not be prohibited from transmitting files containing Confidential Material to any other Qualified 

Person through email, as attachments to an email in the form of separate PDF files or zip files, 

through tools provided by a reputable litigation support service as described herein, or via FTP 

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file transfer, as long as the person transmitting the Confidential Material takes necessary and 

reasonable measures to protect its confidentiality. 

f. In the event that Confidential Material is disclosed to any person other than 

in the manner authorized by this Order, the Party or nonparty responsible for the disclosure or loss 

of confidentiality shall immediately inform the Producing Party of all pertinent facts relating to 

the disclosure or loss of confidentiality. The Party or nonparty responsible for the disclosure or 

loss of confidentiality shall also make reasonable efforts to prevent further disclosure of 

Confidential Material.

7. Qualified Persons with Respect to Confidential Material. 

The Parties and counsel for the Parties shall not disclose or permit the disclosure of any 

Confidential Material to any person or entity except the following Qualified Persons: 

a. When produced by any Defendant in this litigation, all other Defendants; 

Defendants’ inside and outside attorneys and their employees and agents; Defendants’ insurers, if 

any; Defendants’ employees; and the Plaintiffs and their attorneys in this litigation. 

b. When produced by any Plaintiff in this litigation: all Defendants; 

Defendants’ inside and outside attorneys and their employees and agents; and Defendants’ 

insurers. 

c. With respect to Qualified Persons encompassed by sub-paragraphs 7.a and 

7.b, the attorneys’ employees and agents include, but are not limited to, paralegals, clerical 

support staff and outside vendors retained by or for the Parties to assist in preparing for pretrial 

discovery, trial and/or hearings including, but not limited to, court reporters; litigation support 

personnel; jury consultants; individuals retained to prepare demonstrative and audiovisual aids 

for use in the courtroom, depositions or mock jury sessions, as well as their staff; and 

stenographic and clerical employees whose duties and responsibilities require access to such 

materials. 

d. The Court and its personnel, including any Special Master appointed by the 

Court, court reporters and members of their staffs (including persons operating video recording 

equipment at depositions and persons preparing transcripts of testimony, to the extent necessary to 

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prepare such video recordings and transcripts). 

e. Consultants, investigators, advisors, experts, including persons directly 

employed by them (collectively “Consultants”) whose assistance is necessary to the Parties’ or 

their counsel’s preparation for trial in this action, whether or not the Consultant is designated as 

an expert and retained to testify, with disclosure subject to the following qualifications: 

i. Disclosure shall not be made to any Consultant who, as described in 

paragraph 8, is employed by or a consultant to a Competitor; 

ii. Disclosure shall not be made to any Consultant if counsel for the 

Party retaining that Consultant has actual knowledge that the Consultant has been found to have 

violated the terms of a protective order in any litigation or legal proceeding; 

iii. Disclosure shall be limited to the extent necessary to perform their 

work in connection with this litigation; and 

iv. Any Consultant to whom disclosure of Confidential Material is 

authorized must complete the certification contained in Attachment A. 

f. A witness identified in the Confidential Material as an author, source or 

recipient of the Confidential Material or who already has a copy of the Confidential Material 

obtained without violation of this Protective Order. 

g. Any mediators or arbitrators selected to assist in resolution of this litigation 

and their personnel who are actively engaged in assisting them with matters relating to this 

litigation. 

h. Other persons only by written consent of the Producing Party or upon order 

of the Court and provided that such person has completed the certification contained in 

Attachment A and has satisfied such additional conditions as may be agreed upon or ordered.

8. Non-Disclosure to Competitors. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without express written consent or Court Order, in no 

event shall any disclosure of a Defendant’s Confidential Material be made to any known 

Competitor or to any person who, upon reasonable inquiry, could be determined to be a current 

officer, director, employee of or consultant for a Competitor irrespective of whether such person 

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is retained as an expert in this litigation. A “Competitor,” in the context of this litigation, shall 

mean any company involved in the sale or provision of insurance, annuities or retirement 

products, or any current officer, director, employee or consultant of such entity.

9. No Greater Protection of Specific Documents. 

Except on grounds of privilege, no Party may withhold information from discovery on the 

ground that it requires protection greater than that afforded by this Order unless the Party moves 

for an order providing such special protection.

10. Challenges by a Party to Designation of Confidential Material. 

The designation of any document, testimony or information as Confidential Material is 

subject to challenge by any Party. The following procedure shall apply to any such challenge. 

a. If any Party (“Objecting Party”) contends that any document, testimony or 

information has been erroneously or improperly designated as Confidential Material (“contested 

material”) the contested material shall be treated as designated until: 

i. The Parties, including any third party Designating Party, reach a 

written agreement as to whether the contested material is to remain designated as Confidential 

Material or will be de-designated; 

ii. The Court issues an order determining whether the contested 

material is to remain designated as Confidential Material or is to be de-designated; or 

iii. The Designating Party fails to file the motion described below. 

b. In the event that the Objecting Party objects to a confidentiality 

designation, it shall advise the Designating Party and each other Party, in writing, of such 

objections, the specific material (identified by Bates number) to which each objection pertains, 

and the specific reasons and support for such objections (the “Designation Objections”).

c. The Designating Party shall have 30 days from receipt of the written 

Designation Objections to respond in writing (“written response”) as to whether the designations 

will be maintained or withdrawn. 

d. If the Designating Party does not de-designate the challenged material, the 

Objecting Party and the Designating Party shall (within 30 days of mailing of the written 

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response) meet and confer in good faith, by phone or in-person, to discuss the Designation 

Objections and attempt to resolve the dispute (“the meet and confer”). The meet and confer 

obligations under this Order shall not be satisfied only by written exchanges.

e. If, after meeting and conferring in good faith, the Designating Party and the 

Objecting Party are unable to resolve the dispute regarding the designation of Confidential 

Material subject to any or all of the Designation Objections, the Designating Party may, within 10 

days of the meet and confer, file a motion with the Court seeking an order confirming that the 

Confidential Material subject to the Designation Objections (the “Designation Motion”) is 

“Confidential Material” as that term is defined in Paragraph 2.a of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

i. Each such motion must identify the contested material; set forth in 

detail the basis for the designation and the substance of the challenge; and be accompanied by a 

competent certification that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet-and-confer 

requirements of this Order. 

ii. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be 

on the Designating Party. 

iii. Until the Court rules on the challenge, all Parties shall continue to 

treat the materials as Confidential Material under the terms of this Order. 

iv. The briefing schedule for the designation motion will be in 

accordance with the Court’s Standing Orders and Local Rule 230. 

v. Each such motion and opposition shall be accompanied by a motion 

for leave to file under seal, pursuant to Local Rule 141.

f. Should the Designating Party fail to file the Designation Motion within the 

time allotted, the contested material automatically loses its confidential designation.

g. If the contested material loses its Confidential Material designation by any 

means, any Party may immediately redact such marks on the contested material and use the 

contested material as if it had never been designated.

h. Once a document has been de-designated as confidential, it may not be redesignated as Confidential Material for any reason without a Court order.

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The dates set forth in this section may be modified by stipulation in writing or on the 

record during an official proceeding, including court hearings and depositions.

11. Privilege Claims. 

a. For documents or information withheld from production pursuant to a claim 

of attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other applicable privilege or immunity 

(“privileged documents”), the Producing Party shall provide one or more privilege logs, in Excel 

or a similar electronic form that allows text searching and organization of data. The privilege log 

shall be provided reasonably soon following the designation of ESI as privileged or work product 

and under the terms of the ESI protocol (including the use of categorical logs). 

b. For a chain of privileged emails, the Producing Party need include only one 

entry on the privilege log for the entire email chain and need not separately log each email 

contained in the chain. 

c. The Producing Party is not required to include in its privilege logs (1) 

privileged communications with outside counsel whose representation is relevant to the subject 

matter of this litigation, or (2) redactions from produced documents. 

12. Challenges to Privilege Assertions. 

a. If at any time a Receiving Party wishes to dispute a privilege designation, 

the Receiving Party shall notify the Producing Party of such dispute in writing (“Dispute 

Notice”), identifying by Bates numbers the specific document(s) in dispute and providing an 

explanation of the basis of the dispute with regard to each such document. 

b. The Producing Party shall have 30 days from receipt of the Dispute Notice 

to respond in writing stating whether the privilege designation(s) will be maintained or 

withdrawn. 

c. If the Producing Party does not de-designate the privilege designation(s) at 

issue, the Parties shall meet and confer in good faith, by phone or in-person, to discuss the 

Dispute Notice and attempt to resolve the dispute. 

d. If, after meeting and conferring in good faith, the Parties are unable to 

resolve the dispute regarding the privilege designation(s), the Receiving Party may file a motion 

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with the Court challenging to the privilege designation(s). 

i. Each such motion must identify the challenged privilege designation(s); set 

forth the basis for the challenge; and be accompanied by a competent certification that affirms that 

the movant has complied with the meet-and-confer requirements of this Order. 

ii. The burden of persuasion that the material is entitled to protection shall be 

iii. on the Producing Party. 

iv. The briefing schedule for the privilege designation challenge motion will be 

in accordance with the Court’s Standing Orders and Local Rule 230. In that regard, the Producing 

Party shall have 14 days prior to the scheduled (or continued) hearing date to file any opposition, 

and the Receiving Party shall waive its right to file a reply brief. 

v. The times allotted under this paragraph 12 for the filing of briefs associated 

with a privilege challenge shall not be shortened except upon a showing of good cause.

13. Action by the Court. 

Applications to the Court for an order relating to documents or information designated as 

Confidential Material or to materials over which a privilege has been claimed shall be by motion. 

Nothing in this Order or any action or agreement of a Party under this Order shall limit the 

Court’s authority to make orders concerning the disclosure of documents or information produced 

in discovery or at trial.

14. Filing of Under Seal. 

This Order does not, standing alone, authorize the filing of any document or information 

under seal. Any party wishing to file a document or information under seal must comply with 

Local Rule 141.

15. Use of Confidential Material in Court Prior to Trial. 

The Parties will use the following procedure, absent further Court Order, for disclosing 

Confidential Material to the Court prior to trial. 

a. Confidential Material is not to be filed with the Court except when required 

in connection with motions or other matters pending before the Court. 

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b. Confidential Material may be referenced in written discovery requests and 

responses, and in motions, briefs or other court filings, as necessary in connection with a 

permitted purpose, provided that the Party filing any motion, brief or other paper with the Court 

shall redact or otherwise exclude from the filing any non-essential Confidential Material. The 

Party filing any motion, brief or other paper referring to or containing Confidential Material that 

has not been redacted shall move to file such motion, brief or other paper under seal, pursuant to 

Local Rule 141. 

c. To the extent nonparty Confidential Material is used, the Parties must 

notify the Producing Party of such use.

16. Use of Confidential Material at Trial or Evidentiary Hearing. 

Nothing in this Order shall be construed to affect the use of any document, testimony or 

information at any trial or evidentiary hearing. A Party who intends to present or who anticipates 

that another Party may present Confidential Material at an evidentiary hearing or trial shall bring 

that issue to the Court’s and Parties’ attention by motion or in a pretrial memorandum without 

disclosing the substance of the Confidential Material. The Parties shall meet and confer regarding 

the procedures for use of such Confidential Material at trial or any evidentiary hearing and, if 

necessary, shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate order. The Court may make such 

orders as are necessary to govern the use of such Confidential Material at trial(s) or evidentiary 

hearing(s).

17. Confidential Material Requested, Subpoenaed or Ordered by Other Entities 

or Persons. 

a. If another court, an administrative agency, a legislative body or any other 

person or organization requests, subpoenas or orders the disclosure of Confidential Material from 

any Party or person that has obtained such material under the terms of this Order, the Party or 

person so requested, subpoenaed or ordered must notify the Designating Party, in writing, 

immediately and in no event more than three (3) court days after receiving the request, subpoena 

or order or fewer than 10 days prior to disclosing any Confidential Material. Such notification 

must include a copy of the request, subpoena or order. The recipient of the request, subpoena or 

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order shall not disclose any Confidential Material pursuant to the request, subpoena or order prior 

to the date specified for production in the request, subpoena or order. 

b. The Party or person so requested, subpoenaed or ordered also must 

immediately inform, in writing, the person or entity that issued the request, subpoena or order that 

some or all of the material covered by the request, subpoena or order is the subject of this Order. 

In addition, the Party or person so requested, subpoenaed or ordered must deliver a copy of this 

Order promptly to the person or entity that issued the request, subpoena or order. 

c. Upon receipt of this notice, the Designating Party may, in its sole discretion 

and at its own cost, move to quash or limit the request, subpoena or order; otherwise oppose the 

disclosure of the Confidential Material; or seek to obtain confidential treatment of such 

Confidential Material, to the fullest extent available under law, by the person or entity issuing the 

request, subpoena or order. The Party or person who received the request, subpoena or order shall 

not oppose or otherwise interfere with the Producing Party’s effort to quash or limit the request, 

subpoena or order and shall cooperate, to the extent reasonably possible, with the Producing Party 

in any proceeding relating thereto. 

d. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or 

encouraging any Party or person to disobey a lawful directive from another court or authority. 

e. The obligations set forth in this paragraph remain in effect for as long as any 

Party or person has Confidential Material (as designated by another Party or nonparty) in its 

possession, custody or control.

18. Designation of Documents Produced By Nonparties. 

a. Upon production of any materials by any nonparty in this litigation, the 

Receiving Party shall promptly provide a copy of the materials to each other Party and, absent 

agreement to the contrary, shall allow each Party 30 days after the Party’s receipt of the materials 

to make appropriate designations under this Order before disclosing the materials to anyone other 

than counsel. 

b. Any Party may, either within this 30-day period or thereafter as appropriate, 

designate as Confidential Material any document or information that is disclosed by any nonparty, 

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provided that such document or information contains the Confidential Material of the Designating 

Party. Following any such designation, the Designating Party shall be treated as having produced 

the designated documents or information for purposes of all protections and limitations on use 

under this Order.

19. Obligations upon Conclusion of Litigation. 

a. Order Continues in Force. After the termination of this litigation by entry 

of a final judgment or order of dismissal, this Order shall remain in force unless otherwise agreed 

upon or ordered. This Order is, and shall be deemed to be, an enforceable agreement between the 

Parties, their agents and their attorneys. The Parties agree that the terms of this Order shall be 

interpreted and enforced by this Court. 

b. Disposition of Confidential Material. 

i. Upon the request of the Producing Party after the final conclusion of 

this litigation (including without limitation any appeals and after the time for filing all appellate 

proceedings has passed), the Receiving Party shall make a reasonable effort to return all 

Confidential Material to the Producing Party, destroy it or otherwise comply with an applicable 

order of the Court, subject to the exception described herein. 

ii. The return or destruction of Confidential Material under this 

paragraph shall include, without limitation, all copies thereof. 

iii. Within 60 days of receipt of a written request for certification, the 

Parties shall certify that all Confidential Material required to be returned or destroyed has been so 

returned or destroyed. 

iv. As an exception to the above requirements, and unless otherwise 

ordered by the Court, counsel may retain: (1) copies of pleadings or other papers that have been 

filed with the Court and that are Confidential Material or that reflect, reference or contain 

Confidential Material; (2) documents bearing the notations, summations, or other mental 

impressions (i.e., attorney work product); (3) official transcripts and exhibits thereto; and (4) 

materials required to be retained by other laws, rules or regulations, including those of the 

California State Bar Association, the California Court of Appeal, and the California Supreme 

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Court. Any retained Confidential Material shall continue to be protected under this Order. An 

attorney may use his or her own work product in subsequent litigation, provided that its use does 

not disclose or use Confidential Material or otherwise violate this Order. 

c. Deletion of Documents Filed under Seal from Electronic Case Filing (ECF) 

System. Filings under seal shall be deleted from the ECF system only upon order of the Court. 

20. Order Subject to Modification. 

This Order shall be subject to modification by the Court on its own initiative or on motion 

of a Party or any other person with standing concerning the subject matter. 

21. No Waiver of Privilege or Protection. 

a. In discovery in this lawsuit, the Parties have agreed that they do not intend to 

disclose information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or attorney work product 

protection. 

b. Whether inadvertent or otherwise, the disclosure of any information or 

document that is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product protection 

(“Privileged or Protected Information or Documents”) will not be deemed to waive a Party’s 

claim to its privileged or protected nature – either as to specific information or documents or as to 

the same or related subject matter – in this litigation or in any other federal court, state court or 

arbitration proceeding. Additionally, the disclosure of Privileged or Protected Information or 

Documents will not estop a Party or the privilege holder from designating the information or 

document at a later date as attorney-client privileged, subject to the work product doctrine or 

subject to this Order. 

c. If a Receiving Party believes or reasonably should believe that it has 

received another Party’s Privileged or Protected Information or Documents, the Receiving Party 

shall immediately notify the Producing Party, identifying by Bates number the specific 

information or documents believed to be Privileged or Protected Information or Documents. 

d. Any party receiving Privileged or Protected Information or Documents shall 

return or destroy them upon request from the Producing Party. Upon receiving such a request as 

to specific Privileged or Protected Information or Documents, the Receiving Party shall return to 

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the Producing Party or destroy the Privileged or Protected Information or Documents within 5 

business days, regardless of whether the Receiving Party agrees with the claim. After receiving 

such a request for return or destruction of Privileged or Protected Information or Documents, the 

Receiving Party shall not copy, distribute or otherwise use in any manner the Privileged or 

Protected Information or Documents. Further, the Receiving Party shall instruct all persons to 

whom the Receiving Party has disclosed the Privileged or Protected Information or Documents 

that the Privileged or Protected Information or Documents are subject to this Order and must be 

returned or destroyed. 

e. Should any motion be filed concerning the Privileged or Protected 

Information or Documents, the moving party shall not assert in support of such motion the fact or 

circumstances of the disclosure, whether inadvertent or otherwise. 

f. Paragraph 21 and its subparts shall be interpreted to provide the maximum 

protection allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502 and shall be enforceable and grant full faith 

and credit in all other state and federal proceedings by 28 U.S. Code § 1738. In the event of any 

subsequent conflict of law, the law that is most protective of privilege and work product shall 

apply.

22. No Waiver of Confidentiality. 

a. Disclosure of any document, testimony or information without the required 

confidentiality designation, whether inadvertent or otherwise, that the Producing Party intended to 

designate as Confidential Material shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of the 

Producing Party’s claim of confidentiality, either as to specific documents and information 

disclosed or as to the same or related subject matter. 

b. In the event that a Producing Party makes such a disclosure, it shall contact 

the Receiving Party as promptly as reasonably possible after discovery of the disclosure and 

inform the Receiving Party in writing of the specific material at issue. 

c. Upon receipt of such notice, the Receiving Party shall treat the material 

identified in the notice as Confidential Material until (i) the Parties agree to non-confidential 

treatment of the subject material, or (ii) the Court, on motion of any Party, issues an order 

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addressing the appropriate treatment of the subject material. 

d. Within 5 business days of receiving such notice, the Receiving Party must 

return or destroy all copies of such Confidential Material and provide a certification that all such 

Confidential Material has been returned or destroyed. The Receiving Party shall notify every 

person or entity that received copies of or access to the material identified in the notice that such 

material contains Confidential Material and must be returned or destroyed. No party shall be 

found to have violated this Order for failing to maintain the confidentiality of material during a 

time when that material has not been designated as Confidential Material. 

e. The Producing Party shall thereafter re-produce the Confidential Material 

with the appropriate legend. 

f. Should any motion be filed concerning the Confidential Material at issue, 

the moving party shall not assert in support of such motion the fact or circumstances of the 

disclosure, whether inadvertent or otherwise. 

g. Paragraph 22 and its subparts shall be interpreted to provide the maximum 

protection allowed under applicable law.

23. No Effect on Other Rights or Obligations. 

a. This Order shall not enlarge or affect the proper scope of discovery in this 

litigation or any other proceeding. Each Party reserves the right to object to any disclosure of 

Confidential Material on any ground it may deem appropriate, including but not limited to third 

party privacy rights protected by the California Constitution and other applicable law. 

b. Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall limit a Party’s right to 

conduct a review of documents or information (including metadata) for relevance, responsiveness 

and/or segregation of privileged or protected information before production. 

c. Nothing herein shall be construed as an admission or concession by any 

Party that Confidential Material, or any document, testimony or information derived from or 

based upon Confidential Material, constitutes material, relevant or admissible evidence.

24. Violation. 

Any violation of this Order may subject the offending person to such sanctions and 

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remedies as the Court may deem appropriate, including, and without limitation, contempt, 

injunctive relief, and/or damages. 

WE SO MOVE and agree to abide by the terms of this Order, 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: February 6, 2020 BOUCHER LAW 

 Signed by permission: 

 By: /s/ Robert L. Boucher 

 Robert L. Boucher 

Attorney for Plaintiff JOHN ROITINGER 

Dated: February 6, 2020 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 

 By: /s/ Barbara L. Lyons 

 Barbara L. Lyons 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., 

PRUDENTIAL ANNUITIES LIFE 

ASSURANCE CORPORATION, and 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE OF 

AMERICA 

ORDER 

The parties having so stipulated, and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 11, 2020. ________________________________________ 

 Hon. Edmund F. Brennan 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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ATTACHMENT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the Protective Order dated 

 , in the above-captioned action and attached hereto, understands the terms thereof and 

agrees to be bound by those terms. The undersigned submits to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California in matters relating to the Order and 

understands that the terms of the Order obligate him/her to use Confidential Material solely for 

the purposes of the above-captioned action, and to not disclose any such Confidential Material to 

any other person, firm or entity, except in accordance with the provisions of the Order. 

The undersigned certifies that he/she is not a Competitor, as defined in paragraph 8 of the 

Order, is not currently employed by a Competitor, is not a consultant for a Competitor, and is not 

otherwise contracted with a Competitor. 

The undersigned acknowledges that his/her obligation to honor the confidentiality of 

Confidential Material will continue even after the conclusion of the above-captioned action. 

The undersigned acknowledges that violation of the Protective Order may result in 

sanctions or other remedies, including, but not limited to, contempt, injunctive relief and 

damages. 

Name (Printed): _______________________________________________ 

Job Title: _______________________________________________ 

Employer: _______________________________________________ 

Business Address: _______________________________________________ 

Signature: _______________________________________________ 

Date: _____________________________________________ 

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