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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

AXIS ELECTRIC, LLC PLAINTIFF

V. CASE NO. 5:24-CV-5074

THE HILB GROUP CENTRAL, LLC 

d/b/a WALKER BROTHERS INSURANCE;

UCPM, LLC; and EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY DEFENDANTS

PROTECTIVE ORDER

The parties stipulate to the Court’s entry of the following protective order to govern

pretrial discovery in this case: 

1. Confidential Information. Confidential information is information that is normally kept 

secret and that derives independent value from being kept secret. Examples of 

confidential information include social security numbers, medical information, trade 

secrets, and other confidential research, development, or commercial information.

2. Designation. When designating information as confidential, the parties must make 

every effort to limit claims of confidentiality to specific citations—such as sentences, 

paragraphs, or pages—rather than entire documents or large page ranges.

a. To designate documentary information—such as paper or electronic 

documents but excluding deposition transcripts—as containing confidential 

information, the producing party must conspicuously mark each page that 

contains confidential information with the word “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a 

portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 

designating party also must clearly identify the confidential portion(s) (e.g., by 

making appropriate markings in the margins).

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b. To designate an interrogatory answer as confidential, the answering party 

must insert the word “CONFIDENTIAL” in brackets at the beginning of each 

answer claimed to contain confidential information.

c. To designate all other information or items as confidential, the designating 

party must conspicuously affix the word “CONFIDENTIAL” to the portion or 

portions of the information or items that warrants protection under this Order.

If timely corrected, a party’s inadvertent failure to designate information or items 

as confidential does not, standing alone, waive the party’s right to secure protection 

under this Order for such material.

3. Disputes. The designating party has the burden to show designated information is 

confidential, but the receiving party must treat as confidential all designated information 

until the designating party removes its designation or the Court rules that the information

is not confidential. If the parties cannot agree on a designation or otherwise have a 

dispute arising under this Order, the parties must follow the procedures for resolution of 

a discovery dispute provided in the case management order. 

4. Dissemination. Confidential Information shall be used only for the purpose of this 

litigation. Confidential information may not be given, shown, made available, or 

communicated to anyone except the following:

a. the Court and its staff;

b. the parties in this case, including a party’s officers, directors, partners, 

managers, members, employees, and independent contractors;

c. counsel of record for any party in this case, including other attorneys and 

support personnel in counsels’ law firms and third parties engaged for 

litigation support;

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d. experts and consultants—including their employees, associates, and support 

staff—retained by a party for the preparation or trial of this case; 

e. witnesses who may give deposition or trial testimony in this case and to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary; 

f. court reporters, videographers, and other support staff engaged for 

depositions; 

g. the original author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;

h. any other person for whom the designating party provides prior, written 

consent; and

i. any other person as this Court may order.

When giving confidential information to anyone, other than the Court or its staff,

the disclosing party must provide the recipient with a copy of this Order and obtain a 

signed copy of the attached Acknowledgment form from the recipient.

5. Filing. Any confidential material disclosed in any pleading, motion, deposition

transcript, brief, exhibit, or other filing with the Court shall be maintained

under seal. To the extent such confidential filing is capable of redaction, the

redacted version of the document is to be filed on the public docket, with the

unredacted version filed in CM/ECF using the Civil or Criminal RESTRICTED

event → Sealed Document. The redacted version of a confidential filing may

include, when necessary, slip pages appropriately labeled "UNDER SEAL" to

indicate the exhibits or other materials that have been omitted in their entirety

from the public filing. The parties are permitted to file confidential information without 

further leave of Court. However, in no event shall an entire motion or brief be filed under 

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seal without a corresponding redacted version of the motion or brief also filed on the 

public docket unless prior leave of Court is sought and granted.

6. Duration. After the final resolution of this case—including any appeals—the 

confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a designating

party agrees otherwise in writing or a court orders otherwise.

7. Return or Destruction of Information. Within 60 days of the final resolution of this 

case—including any appeals—the receiving party must return or destroy and, if 

applicable, permanently delete from all databases all information designated as 

confidential. However, counsel of record may retain a copy of any confidential 

information that has been filed with the Court. In addition, if necessary to fulfill a Party’s 

contractual, business, legal and/or regulatory obligations, to any auditors, accountants, 

reinsurers, reinsurance intermediaries or retrocessionaires who, in the normal course of 

business, would have access to, or to whom a Party has a contractual, business, legal 

or regulatory obligation to provide, such confidential material, a Party may retain any 

confidential documents in its possession in order to provide access to those parties. 

Retention of confidential materials shall be subject to the provisions of this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED on this 19th day of September, 2024.

/s/ Timothy L. Brooks_____________

TIMOTHY L. BROOKS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

AXIS ELECTRIC, LLC PLAINTIFF

V. CASE NO. 5:24-CV-5074

THE HILB GROUP CENTRAL, LLC 

d/b/a WALKER BROTHERS INSURANCE;

UCPM, LLC; and EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY DEFENDANTS

PROTECTIVE ORDER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I have received information designated as confidential and understand disclosure of 

this information is governed by the Protective Order entered in this case. I have read the 

Protective Order, understand it, and agree to be bound by its terms.

I agree not to disclose any information designated as confidential to anyone other 

than those people to whom disclosure is allowed by the Protective Order. I agree to return

or destroy and, if applicable, permanently delete from all databases all information 

designated as confidential upon the conclusion of my role in this case or 60 days after the 

final resolution of the case, whichever comes first. 

I submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Western District 

of Arkansas in matters relating to the Protective Order. I understand that violating the terms 

of the Protective Order could expose me to penalties and other punishment for contempt of 

court. 

Printed Name Signature Date

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