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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111

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BRIAN P. MASCHLER (SBN: 111824) 

GORDON & REES LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-5900 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCOTT SALYER AND 

NON-PARTY SK FOODS, LP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

ROBIN BREWER, individually and on behalf of 

all others similarly situated, 

 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

SCOTT SALYER, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01324-AWI-DLB 

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PRODUCED OR UTILIZED IN DISCOVERY

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY THE COURT AND STIPULATED by and between 

Plaintiff Robin Brewer (“Brewer”), Defendant Scott Salyer (“Salyer”), and non-party SK Foods, 

LP (“SK Foods”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, that certain documents 

described below, will be subject to this protective order. It is hereby ORDERED that: 

1. Documents or information produced or provided by any party or non-party during the 

course of discovery reflecting “Individual Personal Information” (as defined in 

paragraph 2) or “Business Confidential or Proprietary Information” (as defined in 

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paragraph 3) may be designated as “Confidential Information” so long as the party 

or non-party who seeks confidentiality has a good faith belief that it is entitled to 

confidentiality under the terms of this Order. 

2. As used herein, the term “Individual Personal Information” includes:1

a. Social security numbers; 

b. I-9 forms; 

c. Documents or information establishing or detailing an individual’s immigration or 

citizenship status; 

d. Tax identification numbers and other tax related information, such as W-2 and W4 forms; 

e. Bank account or financial account information; 

f. Other personal identification documents, such as drivers licenses, passports, and 

birth certificates; and/or 

g. Other personal, private or confidential information pertaining to non-party SK 

Foods, LP’s employees and applicants for employment. 

3. As used herein, the term “Business Confidential or Proprietary Information” 

means any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets pertaining to or 

owned by any party or non-party, including financial information, wage rates, product 

information, customer lists, competitive analyses, copyrights, patents, marketing 

plans, production data, trademarks, hiring practices or strategies, and/or employment 

policies. 

 

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 A number of these items are included in E.D.L.R. 39-140 with respect to court filings. 

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4. The parties have agreed that a protective order is necessary prior to disclosing 

“Confidential Information” because of the highly sensitive nature surrounding such 

information. 

5. All “Confidential Information” produced or exchanged in the course of this 

litigation by the parties shall be used solely for the purpose of this litigation, and such 

information disclosed shall not be used for any other purpose or for any other action. 

6. “Individual Personal Information” and “Business Confidential or Proprietary 

Information” shall be treated as “Confidential Information” and remain 

Confidential, in accordance with this Order. 

7. The designation of documents or information as “CONFIDENTIAL” (as detailed 

below) shall mean that such “Confidential Information” shall not be disclosed or 

transmitted, verbatim or in substance, to anyone except the following “Qualified 

Persons,” as defined herein: 

a. Each attorney for the parties, and partners and employees of such attorney to 

whom it is necessary that the material be disclosed for purposes of this litigation; 

b. Any expert or consultant who is retained by the parties in connection with this 

litigation, who has no other relationship with any of the parties hereto, who is not 

a competitor or employed by a competitor of any of the parties, and who has 

signed the “Acknowledgement of Protective Order” attached as Exhibit A; 

c. Those employees or representatives of the parties in this litigation to whom it is 

necessary that confidential information be disclosed for purposes of this litigation, 

and who have signed the “Acknowledgement of Protective Order” attached as 

Exhibit A; 

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d. Persons noticed for deposition or designated as trial witnesses on the condition 

that each person to whom the disclosure is made (i) is shown only confidential 

information that counsel in good faith decides is required for preparation for 

testimony or to testify, and (ii) acknowledges that they are bound by this 

Protective Order by signing a copy of Exhibit A; 

e. The Court, court personnel, members of the jury in this case, and court reporters 

or videographers transcribing depositions or other proceedings; and 

f. Any other person agreed to in writing by the parties or as the Court my direct. 

8. Disclosure of “Confidential Information” shall be made in accordance with the 

following provisions: 

a. In the case of “Confidential Information” being produced to any party, 

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall be placed clearly on each such page or portion of the 

Discovery Materials designated for protection. Failure to designate a document as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” does not constitute a waiver of such claim, and a Producing 

Party may so designate a document after such document has been produced 

through written correspondence, with the effect that such document is subject to 

the protections of this Protective Order on and after the date of its designation. 

b. In connection with this litigation, only the portion(s) of the documents and/or 

discovery responses that contain “Confidential Information” shall be treated as 

Confidential. The remaining portion(s) of the document(s) and/or discovery 

response(s) will not be treated as Confidential. 

c. The parties may disclose “Confidential Information” to any Qualified Person in 

accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7. If either party wishes to use “Confidential 

Information” (or documents containing “Confidential Information”) in 

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affidavits, briefs, or any other paper filed with this Court, they shall redact such 

information if possible, or else file such documents under seal in accordance with 

E.D. L.R. 39-140-141, and any other applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

d. In the event “Confidential Information” is filed with this Court not in 

accordance with Paragraph 7 of this Protective Order, any party, upon discovery 

of the filing, may immediately, and without notice to the other party, seek to have 

the Clerk of Court remove any document containing confidential information 

from the public record until such time as the party who filed the document 

containing confidential information can file it in accordance with paragraph 9, or 

otherwise resolve the issue with the Court. 

e. In connection with this litigation, only the portion(s) of a deposition transcript 

containing “Confidential Information” shall be treated as Confidential. During 

the deposition, the party producing the “Confidential Information” shall 

indicate on the record at the deposition that the specific part of the testimony 

and/or exhibit marked for identification is Confidential. Failure to do so shall not 

be deemed a waiver of this agreement. 

9. “Confidential Information” shall not be made available to anyone other than 

Qualified Persons. “Confidential Information” may be maintained in the possession 

only of Qualified Persons. 

10. Nothing shall prevent disclosure beyond the terms of this Order if the designating 

party consents to such disclosure, or if the Court, after notice to all affected parties, 

orders such disclosure in writing. 

11. If a party wishes to challenge a designation of “Confidential Information,” he/it 

must do so within ten (10) days of receipt or will be precluded from later challenging 

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the designation. The designating party or SK Foods will then have five (5) days to 

withdraw the designation. If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the objecting 

party may seek appropriate relief from the Court, in accordance with Civil Local Rule 

37-251. If a motion challenging the designation is filed, the designating party or nonparty shall have the burden of proving that the designated information is entitled to 

protection under this Order. The party or non-party that prevails in such a motion 

shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in bringing 

or opposing the motion. 

12. Within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of this litigation, whether by settlement or 

adjudication, including any appellate proceedings, all documents designated as 

“Confidential Information” that were produced by any party or non-party, including 

all portions of deposition transcripts marked as containing “Confidential 

Information”, shall be returned to their respective counsel or destroyed. Any work 

product, abstracts, or summaries of such “Confidential Information” prepared by 

either party or their counsel shall be retained in a secure manner or destroyed. 

13. Nothing in this Protective Order shall (a) restrict any attorney herein from rendering 

advice to his client with respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, referring 

to or relying upon his examination of confidential information; provided, however, 

that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating with his client, the 

attorney shall not disclose the content of any confidential information to anyone who 

is not a Qualified Person; (b) be construed as a waiver of any objection or an 

agreement to produce materials; (c) restrict any party’s right to oppose production of 

any information for any ground other than confidentiality, or (d) restrict any party’s 

right to apply to the Court to have any confidentiality designation removed from any 

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document before showing such document to the jury that may sit in this matter. 

14. Further, the parties may modify this Agreement in writing and with approval by the 

Court. The parties may request modification of this Order from the Court, after 

written notice to the other party. 

15. This Protective Order does not prohibit any party from objecting to the production or 

disclosure of documents or information on any available basis, such as for attorneyclient or work-product privilege. 

16. This Protective Order does not prevent the parties from seeking additional protective 

orders for unrelated matters in the future. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

DATED: July 9, 2007 

/s/ Howard Foster 

One of the Attorneys for the Plaintiff 

DATED: July 9, 2007 

/s/ Brian P. Maschler 

One of the Attorneys for Defendant Scott Salyer 

DATED: July 9, 2007 

/s/ Brian P. Maschler 

One of the Attorneys for Non-Party SK Foods, LP 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 16, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

 Dennis L. Beck 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

ROBIN BREWER, individually and on behalf of 

all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

SCOTT SALYER 

 Defendant. 

CASE NO: 1:06-cv-01324-AWI-DLB 

ATTACHMENT A 

TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 

ATTACHMENT “A” TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

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 I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear that I am familiar with the terms of the Stipulated 

Protective Order ("Order") entered in Brewer v. Salyer, Case No: 1:06-cv-01324, in the United 

States District Court for the Easter District of California, Fresno Division (“Action”); that I 

agree to be bound by its terms; and that I submit to the Jurisdiction of the Court in which the 

matter this matter is pending. 

Dated this _____ Day of _________, 20___, 

Signature: ___________________________ 

Printed Name: 

___________________________________ 

SKFO/1042292/1381879v.1 

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