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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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2445 Capitol Street, 2nd Floor 

Post Office Box 1632 

Fresno, California 93717-1632 

Telephone: (559) 233-4800 

William C. Hahesy 105743 

Melody A. Hawkins 226522 

Attorneys for: Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BONITA A. HEARN HILL, 

 Plaintiffs, 

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JAMES LOWE; MONICA STEVENS; 

CATHY PEPPERS; McCLATCHY 

NEWSPAPERS, INC., dba THE 

FRESNO BEE; DOES 1-10, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 1: 05 CV 01299 AWI DLB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER 

 Plaintiff Bonita A. Hearn Hill and Defendants James Lowe, Monica Stevens, 

Cathy Peppers and McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., dba The Fresno Bee (collectively the 

“Stipulating Parties”) hereby stipulate, by and through their respective attorneys of record, to 

the entry of the following Protective Order pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

 1. Any document, or portion thereof, and any other form of evidence or 

discovery contemplated under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which, in the good faith 

opinion of the party providing such discovery (the “Producing Party”) contains any confidential 

information, including third party privacy documents, personnel information or proprietary 

information (“Confidential Information”), may be designated by the producing party as 

confidential. 

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 2. The term “Litigation” used herein shall mean only the litigation pending 

before United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division, Hill 

v. James Lowe, et al., Case No. CV-F-05-01299 AWI DLB, and any litigation to enforce any 

judgment thereon or appeals thereof. 

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 3. Confidential Information may be designated as follows: 

 a. Documents or copies of the same provided by a Producing Party to 

the other parties containing Confidential Information shall be designated by marking the page or 

the pages on which the Confidential Information appears with the legend: “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

 b. In lieu of marking each page, the producing party may, at its 

option, Bates-stamp the documents and identify in writing, groups of pages between which all 

the documents or information contain Confidential Information. 

 c. In lieu of marking the original of a document that contains 

Confidential Information prior to inspection, counsel for the Producing Party may orally 

designate such documents being produced for inspection as Confidential Information thereby 

making them subject to this Stipulation and Order. However, copies of such documents must 

be marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

 d. Confidential Information disclosed at a deposition may be 

designated by a Producing Party as Confidential Information by: (1) clearly indicating at the 

deposition and on the record, as set forth below, the specific testimony containing the Confidential 

Information that is to be made subject to the provisions of this Stipulation and Order; and (2) 

clearly indicating in writing to the other parties within 40 days of the completion of the deposition.

e. Confidential Information contained in responses to 

interrogatories, other discovery requests or responses, affidavits, briefs, memoranda, or other 

papers filed with the Court, may be designated as Confidential Information by the parties to the 

litigation by prominently marking each page containing Confidential Information with the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

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 f. The attorney of record shall be responsible for ensuring that any 

of their work product which contains Confidential Information of the Producing Party entitled 

to protection under this Order, including copies of production documents, notes, memoranda, 

and documents prepared for filing with the Court comply with this Protective Order. 

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 4. Confidential Information shall only be disclosed and made available to 

the following designated persons: 

 a. The attorneys of record for each party to this action and their/its 

agents and firm staff, including associates, paralegals, secretaries, and support staff and the 

like; 

 b. Contract or temporary personnel retained to perform work 

relative to this Litigation; 

 c. Any person designated by order of the Court after notice to all 

parties; 

 d. Independent experts or consultants retained by a party or counsel 

of record in connection with this Litigation (“Retained Experts or Consultants”), provided such 

Retained Experts or Consultants agree to be bound by this Stipulation, to use such confidential 

information solely for purposes of this Litigation and not to disclose any such Confidential 

Information to any other person, firm, or concern; 

 e. Court stenographers, outside copy services, interpreters and 

translators whose functions require them to have access to Confidential Information; and 

 f. The clients in this Litigation. 

 5. All Confidential Information produced or exchange in the course of this 

Litigation shall be used solely for the purpose of this Litigation. No Confidential Information 

shall be provided to any person or any entity other than as specifically set forth herein. In the 

event any request, subpoena, or other effort is made to obtain Confidential Information by 

other than those persons designated herein, no such Confidential Information shall be provided 

absent consent of the Stipulating Parties. Alternatively, upon an order of this Court and after 

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due notice and opportunity for all parties to be heard, the Stipulating Parties may release any 

such Confidential Information specified in the order. 

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 6. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using any Confidential 

Information at depositions, mediation, or during a hearing in this Litigation. However, the 

party using such information or material must request that the portion of the proceeding or the 

use of the material shall be made in camera and that the transcript of the portion of the 

proceeding be maintained under seal with access limited to persons entitled to access under this 

Order. During the course of any hearing or the trial of this Litigation, if any party believes that 

the information sought contains Confidential Information, he or she may so declare. 

 7. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a 

Confidential Information designation at the time made, and a failure to do so shall not preclude 

a subsequent challenge thereto. In the event that any party to this Litigation disagrees at any 

point in these proceedings with the designation by the producing party of any confirmation of 

Confidential Information, the party shall first try to dispose of such dispute in good faith on an 

informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the objecting party may seek appropriate 

relief from the Court. 

 8. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure beyond the terms of this Order if 

the Producing Party of Confidential Information consents in writing to such disclosure. 

 9. Nothing in this Stipulation and Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any 

attorney from rendering advice to his client with respect to this Litigation and, in the course of 

rendering advice, relying generally on his examination of Confidential Information produced 

or exchanged; provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise 

communicating with this client, the attorney shall not disclose the contents of any Confidential 

Information produced by the Stipulating Parties Access if that disclosure would be contrary to 

the terms of this Order. 

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 10. Inadvertent or unintentional disclosure of Confidential Information shall 

not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of the parties’ claim of confidentiality. Such 

inadvertent or unintentional disclosure may be rectified by notifying in writing the counsel of 

record for all parties to whom the information was disclosed that the information is 

confidential and subject to this Stipulation and Order. Such notification shall constitute a 

designation of the information as Confidential Information. 

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 11. This Protective Order shall not prevent any of the parties from applying 

to the Court for further or additional protective orders, or from agreeing among themselves to 

modification of this Protective Order as it relates to The Stipulating Parties’ documents. 

Dated: January 11, 2006 SAGASER, JONES & HAHESY 

 By:_____/s/ William C. Hahesy_____________ 

William C. Hahesy 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DATED: January 11, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN G. LITTLE 

 By: ___/s/ Kevin G. Little__________________ 

 Kevin G. Little 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 Bonita A. Hearn Hill 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 7, 2006 ____/s/ Dennis L. Beck_______________ 

Honorable Dennis L. Beck 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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