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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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Case No. 1:13-CV-01151-AWI-GSA

GREGORY F. HURLEY, Cal. Bar No. 126791

ghurley@sheppardmullin.com

ALANA R. CHIMES, Cal. Bar No. 254730

achimes@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership

Including Professional Corporations

650 Town Center Drive, 4th Floor

Costa Mesa, California 92626-1993

Telephone: (714) 513-5100

Facsimile: (714) 513-5130

Attorneys for Defendants HOME DEPOT 

U.S.A., INC., and HD DEVELOPMENT 

OF MARYLAND, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT GEORGE CURTIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a 

Delaware Corporation; HD 

DEVELOPMENT OF MARYLAND, 

INC., a Maryland Corporation, dba HD 

PROPERTIES OF MARYLAND,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01151-AWI-GSA

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER THEREON

Hearing Information:

Date:

Time:

Dept.:

Complaint Filed: July 24, 2013

Trial Date: None Set

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by plaintiff Albert George 

Curtis ("Plaintiff") and defendants Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. and HD Development 

of Maryland, Inc. ("Defendants") (collectively, the "Parties"), through their 

undersigned counsel, that the following Protective Order be entered in this action to 

govern the use and dissemination of information, documents, and other tangible 

items designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION as set forth below:

1. Designation of Confidential Information. This Protective Order applies 

to all discovery in this action whether directed to the Parties or third parties. 

Confidential information is information, documents or other material that concerns 

or relates to personal, private, confidential, commercially sensitive, and/or 

proprietary information of the Parties which the Parties would not normally reveal to 

third parties or would cause third parties to maintain in confidence, including, 

without limitation, trade secrets, non-publically available financial data, contracts 

and agreements, current and future business plans, marketing, research, 

development or commercial information, projections, analyses or studies, costs, 

pricing, or purchasing information, training and operation policies and procedures, 

and other non-public, confidential information ("CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION"). A party may designate information as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION by placing a stamp or notice stating "CONFIDENTIAL" prior to 

production. The designation shall be placed on the first page of each document 

which is bound, stapled or otherwise affixed by a permanent or semi-permanent 

means of attachment, and on each page of any document not so affixed. If 

information is produced in electronic format, such information may be designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by placing a stamp or notice on the storage 

medium. With respect to documents produced by third parties, designation may be 

made within 30 days after receipt by counsel. With respect to documents made 

available for inspection and copying, designation need not be made until after 

inspection and selection by counsel. Any such designated documents shall be 

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stamped "CONFIDENTIAL" by the copying service selected by the inspecting 

party. Information disclosed at a deposition (including without limitation, 

questions, answers and exhibits) may be designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION by a statement on the record, or in writing within 30 days after 

completion of the original transcript of the deposition. The entire deposition 

transcript may not be labeled as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, rather, only 

specific pages and/or lines that contain CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Any 

documents produced in this action before entry of this Order may be designated in 

writing as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION within 30 days after entry of this 

Order.

2. Subsequent Designation. Information or documents inadvertently 

disclosed without being designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be 

subsequently designated as such with written notice of that designation and a 

replacement copy, marked in accordance with this Protective Order. There will be 

no breach of this Protective Order for any disclosure made prior to receipt of such 

notice that would otherwise have been authorized by this Protective Order but for 

the subsequent designation. Those individuals who reviewed the re-designated 

material before the notice of the re-designation shall abide by the provisions of this 

Protective Order with respect to all future use and disclosure of any information 

contained in the re-designated materials.

3. Challenging Designation. A Party may challenge the designation of 

any document as "Confidential Information" under this Protective Order by 

notifying the designating Party in writing of said challenge, including the identity of 

each document to which the challenge is directed and the specific factual and legal 

bases supporting the challenge. Within ten (10) days of receipt of such challenge, 

the Parties shall meet-and-confer in good faith in a recorded telephone call in an 

effort to resolve the matter informally. If the Parties are unable to resolve their 

dispute, the designating party must file a motion to determine the propriety of the 

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challenged designation. Said motion must be filed within fourteen (14) days of the 

non-designating party informing the designating party that the meet and confer has 

failed and comply with the filing requirements of the Eastern District of California. 

Until the Court rules on the challenge, all parties shall continue to treat the material 

as confidential. The designating party shall bear the burden of demonstrating that 

confidential treatment is warranted.

4. Permissible Disclosures. Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION shall be used only for the prosecution and/or defense of this 

litigation and for no other purpose, and may not be disclosed to any person other 

than:

A. The Court and its personnel;

B. Any mediator or settlement officer that may be retained by the 

Parties;

C. Attorneys of record and their employees who have a need to 

know the information; 

D. Consultants or experts retained by any party for purposes of 

assisting in the preparation, investigation or presentation of claims or defenses in 

this litigation;

E. Copy, data, hosting, court reporters and other providers of 

litigation services retained by the Parties for the purposes of this litigation;

F. A deposition or trial witness in this litigation that may be 

examined and may testify concerning CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

Prior to being shown CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, any person falling 

within paragraph 4(B), (D), and (E) shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms 

of this Protective Order by signing an "Agreement to be Bound by Protective Order" 

attached as Exhibit A hereto. The original, executed Agreement to be Bound by 

Protective Order signed by persons receiving CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

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shall be maintained by counsel who obtained the agreement and shall be produced to 

the designating party at his written request.

Notwithstanding any restrictions in this Protective Order regarding the use or 

disclosure of materials designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, nothing 

contained herein shall prevent any party from disclosing its own CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION as deemed appropriate.

5. Protection from Disclosure. Anyone in possession of 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall take reasonable measures to bar access to 

the designated information by anyone not allowed access pursuant to the terms of 

this Protective Order. If anyone subject to this Protective Order receives a subpoena 

or other process to produce CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, then the recipient 

shall promptly give notice of the same to the designating party's counsel. The 

recipient may not produce any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION prior to the date 

specified for production and shall seek a reasonable extension of time, if necessary, 

to afford the designating party an opportunity to object to the process and seek 

protection from the Court.

6. Filing and Use in Court of Designated Confidential Documents. If any 

party wishes to use any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION with any papers filed in 

Court, such papers shall be accompanied by an application, pursuant to Local Rule 

79-5 to file the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION under seal. Parties and counsel 

may not paraphrase or quote from designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

in any papers filed with the Court unless such party or counsel complies with Local 

Rule 79-5 to file such papers under seal.

7. Non-Termination. The provisions of this Protective Order shall not 

terminate at the conclusion of this action and the obligation to comply shall continue 

indefinitely thereafter. Within 60 days following the conclusion of this litigation 

(defined as the end of this matter by trial, motion or settlement and, if concluded by 

motion or trial, the exhaustion of available appeals or the running of time for taking 

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such appeals, as provided by applicable law), anyone subject to this Protective Order 

shall return CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to the designating party.

STIPULATED AND AGREED.

Dated: April 21, 2014

MOORE LAW FIRM, P.C.

By: /s/ Tanya Moore 

TANYA E. MOORE, ESQ.

Attorney for Plaintiff

Albert George Curtis

Dated: April 21, 2014 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & 

HAMPTON LLP

By: /s/ Gregory F. Hurley

GREGORY F. HURLEY

ALANA R. CHIMES

Attorneys for Defendants

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., and HD 

DEVELOPMENT OF MARYLAND, 

INC.

ORDER

The parties’ stipulation for a protective order as set forth above (also filed as 

Doc. 37) is hereby GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 24, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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