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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN DIEGO DIVISION 

ALFREDO KUBA, an individual; SAN 

DIEGO ANIMAL ADVOCATES, a California 

501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, 

Plaintiffs, 

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SEA WORLD, INC., dba Sea World Adventure 

Parks, a Delaware corporation; C. MICHAEL 

CROSS, as an individual; DAVE KUHNS, as 

an individual; RICK MARCELINO, as an 

individual; BRIAN HAY, as an individual; 

ROAN VAN DE WATERING, as an 

individual; LARRY BURNETT, as an 

individual; ROMMEL MOLINA, as an 

individual; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Plaintiffs and Defendants Sea World, Inc., David Koontz, Richard Marcelino, Brian Hay, 

Roan van de Watering, and Larry Burnett (each individually a “Party” and collectively, the 

“Parties”) have determined that certain confidential information may be produced in this litigation. 

Accordingly, the Parties have entered into and have stipulated to the entry of the following 

protective order (“Stipulated Order”). 

I. Confidential Information 

In providing or revealing discovery materials, or any other materials produced in this 

action, any Party or third party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” the whole or any part of 

such material which the Designating Party deems to constitute trade secrets, know-how, 

proprietary data, and/or marketing, contract, financial, negotiated or similarly commercially 

sensitive business information or data which the Designating Party either maintains in confidence 

or as to which the unprotected disclosure might result in economic or competitive injury, and 

which is not publicly known and cannot be ascertained from an inspection of publicly available 

documents, materials, or devices. 

II. Designation of Confidential Information 

If a Party to this proceeding or a third party determines that any of its documents or things 

or responses produced in the course of this proceeding should be designated as provided in 

paragraph 1 as constituting Confidential Information, the Party or third party shall advise the 

parties of this fact, and all copies of such documents or things or responses or portions thereof 

deemed to be confidential shall be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and treated as confidential. Each 

page of a “CONFIDENTIAL” multi-page document shall be marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

III. Use of Confidential Information 

All Confidential Information designated or marked as provided herein shall be used only 

for the purpose of preparing for, or the prosecution, defense or settlement of this proceeding 

(including appeals and retrials). Any use or disclosure of such documents, materials or 

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information for any other purpose is a direct violation of this Stipulated Order. 

IV. Use of Confidential Information in Depositions 

Any Party shall have the right to use Confidential Information at or for the purpose of 

taking depositions. At any deposition session, upon inquiry with regard to the content of a 

document marked “CONFIDENTIAL” or whenever counsel for a Party deems that a question or 

the answer to a question may result in the disclosure of confidential information, or whenever 

counsel for a Party deems that a question or the answer to a question has resulted in the disclosure 

of confidential information, the deposition (or portions thereof) may be designated by the affected 

Party as containing Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Stipulated Order. 

When such designation has been made, the testimony only shall be disclosed to those individuals 

specified herein. Counsel for the person whose confidential information is involved also may 

request that all persons other than the reporter, counsel, and those individuals specified herein, 

leave the deposition room during the confidential portion of the deposition. Counsel must 

designate portions of a deposition transcript no later than thirty (30) days after receiving the 

transcript. Counsel may request that the designated portions of the transcript be separately bound. 

During the thirty (30) day period, the entire transcript shall be treated as Confidential Information 

pursuant to this Stipulated Order. After expiration of the thirty (30) day period, if no confidential 

designations have been made, the entire transcript shall be considered nonconfidential. 

V. Disclosure of Confidential Information 

Confidential Information produced pursuant to this Stipulated Order may be disclosed or 

made available only to the Court and to the persons designated below: 

A. Counsel of record, as well a other counsel, for the Parties and in-house counsel to 

the Parties, including partners, of counsel, associate attorneys, paralegal, clerical, secretarial, and 

other staff, and accountants, business managers, and agents, employed by such counsel, or by the 

Parties, who are involved in preparing for, or the prosecution, defense or settlement of this 

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proceeding (including appeals and retrials); 

B. A Party, or an officer, director, or employee of a Party deemed necessary by 

counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this proceeding; 

C. Experts or consultants (together with their staff) retained by such counsel to assist 

in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this proceeding; 

D. The Court (and any appellate court), including court personnel, jurors and alternate 

jurors; 

E. Court reporter(s) employed in this proceeding; and 

F. Any other person as to whom the parties agree in writing. 

Prior to receiving any Confidential Information, person defined in paragraphs C and F 

shall be provided with a copy of this Stipulated Order and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement 

in the form of Attachment A, a copy of which shall, upon request, be provided forthwith to 

counsel for each Party. 

VI. Filing of Confidential Information With Court 

Any Confidential Information which is intended to be filed with the Court by any Party, 

including transcripts of depositions or portions thereof, documents produced in discovery, 

information obtained from inspection of premises or things, and answers to interrogatories or 

requests for admissions, exhibits, and all other documents which have been designated as 

containing such confidential information, or any pleading or memorandum reproducing or 

paraphrasing or containing such information, must comply with the Court’s Local Rules 

concerning the filing of documents under seal. The Party seeking to file any document containing 

Confidential Information with the Court must obtain a Court Order prior to filing any such 

document under seal. 

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VII. Application to Third Parties 

This Stipulated Order shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, third parties with 

respect to documents and information produced by them in the course of discovery in this action. 

VIII. Information Not Confidential 

The restrictions set forth in this Stipulated Order shall not be construed: 

A. To preclude any Party or its attorneys of record from making use of information 

which was lawfully in their possession prior to the approval by the Court of this Stipulated Order; 

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B. To apply to information obtained by a Party from any third party to this proceeding 

having the right to disclose such information; or 

C. To apply to information or other materials that have been or become part of the 

public domain by publication or otherwise and not due to any unauthorized act or omission on the 

part of a receiving Party. 

IX. Challenges to Designations 

If, at any time during the preparation for trial or during the trial of this action, counsel for 

any Party claims that counsel for any other Party or third party unreasonably has designated 

certain information as confidential information, or believes that it is necessary to disclose 

designated information to persons other than those permitted by this Stipulated Order, the 

Objecting Party must make such objection in writing within seven (7) business days of receiving 

notice of the designation, or within seven (7) business days of recognition of the alleged necessity 

of disclosure, whichever occurs last. Within ten (10) business days of the date of receiving the 

written objection, the Designating Party must respond to the Objecting Party, in writing, either 

agreeing to withdraw the designation, or explaining the reasons for retaining the designation. 

Thereafter, the Objecting Party must comply with Local Rule 37 and thereafter seek relief from 

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the Court. Until the Court rules on the merits of any motion, the information designated 

confidential shall remain as designated. 

X. Use In Court 

In the event that any Confidential Information is used in any Court proceeding, the 

information shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the Party using such 

information shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use. 

XI. Subsequent Production of Confidential Information 

Nothing herein shall prevent any person who has received Confidential Information 

pursuant to this Stipulated Order from producing such confidential information in cooperation 

with law enforcement personnel. Nothing herein shall prevent any person who has received such 

confidential information pursuant to this Stipulated Order from producing such confidential 

information in response to a lawful subpoena or other compulsory process; provided that any 

person receiving such subpoena or process shall: (1) as soon as reasonably practical, give notice to 

the Designating Party by telephone and email and shall furnish the Designating Party with a copy 

of the subpoena or other compulsory process so as to afford the Designating Party a reasonable 

opportunity to seek a protective order; and (2) not produce such confidential information prior to 

receiving a court order or the consent of the Designating Party, if application for a protective order 

is made by the Designating Party before the return date of the subpoena (or any extended return 

date). In the event that the court denies such an application for a protective order and production 

of such confidential information is made, such information shall continue to be treated as 

Confidential Information by all persons subject to this Stipulated Order unless and until this Court 

shall otherwise order. 

XII. Inadvertent Failure To Designate Materials As Confidential 

Inadvertent failure to designate materials as confidential information at the time of 

production may be remedied by supplemental written notice given by the designating party. Upon 

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receipt of such notification, all documents, materials, or testimony so designated or redesignated 

shall be fully subject to this Stipulated Order as if it had been initially so designated; provided, 

however, that the receiving party shall incur no liability for any prior treatment of such 

information in conformance with its original designation (or lack of designation). The party 

receiving such notice shall make a reasonable good faith effort to ensure that any analyses, 

memoranda, or notes which were internally generated based upon such information shall 

immediately be treated in conformance with any such designation or redesignation. 

XIII. No Waiver Re Confidential Nature of Information 

This Stipulated Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of 

documents and information between the Parties and third parties to this action without involving 

the Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Stipulated Order, nor the production of any 

information or document under the terms of this Stipulated Order, nor any proceedings pursuant to 

this Stipulated Order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or a waiver by any Party 

or of altering the confidentiality or the non-confidentiality of any such document or information or 

altering any existing obligation of any Party. 

XIV. No Waiver of Privilege 

This Stipulated Order will not prejudice the right of any Party or third party to oppose 

production of any information on the ground of attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or 

any other privilege or protection provided under the law. 

XV. Return or Destruction of Information 

Immediately after entry of final judgment including appeals, or of dismissal of this action, 

all documents and things, including transcripts of depositions or of trial, together with all copies 

thereof, which have been designated as Confidential Information shall be returned to the 

Designating Party or destroyed. 

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XVI. Right for Further Order of the Court 

The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any Party to apply to the Court for a 

further protective order relating to any confidential information or for an order permitting 

disclosure of Confidential Information other than as provided herein. The provisions hereof may 

also be modified on the Court’s own motion. In addition, the provisions of this Protective Order 

are subject to further Court Order, based upon public policy and other considerations. 

XVII. Stipulated Order Survives Termination 

This Stipulated Order shall survive the termination of this action, and the Court shall retain 

jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of Confidential Information disclosed 

hereunder. 

DATED: August 28, 2008 

 

 LOUISA S PORTER 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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Attachment A

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, _________________________________ (print or type name), in connection with 

07CV12745 JM (POR), pending in the Southern District of California, hereby acknowledge that I 

have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order entered into between and among the 

parties, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, have read the same, and agree to be bound by all of 

the provisions thereof. 

Dated: 

 Signature 

 

 Print Name 

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