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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (DISCOVERY PHASE) 

ROBERT P. HENK, Bar No. 147490 

SHERI L. LEONARD, Bar No. 173544 

HENKLEONARD

A Professional Law Corporation 

735 Sunrise Avenue, Suite 160 

Roseville, CA 95661 

Phone: (916) 787-4544 

Fax: (916) 787-4530 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MARY G. GONZALES 

STEVEN W. MOORE, Bar No. 193068 

MARY PRICE BIRK, Pro Hac Vice 

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 

303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 1100 

Denver, CO 80203-1264 

Telephone: 303.861.0600 

Facsimile: 303.861.7805 

Email: smoore@bakerlaw.com

Email: mbirk@bakerlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS 

CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARY G. GONZALES, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS 

CORPORATION and DOES 1 through 5, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 06-CV-01378-FCD-KJM 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

(DISCOVERY PHASE) 

 This matter comes before the court on the parties’ Stipulated Motion for Entry of 

Protective Order. The court has reviewed that motion, and finds that it is meritorious and 

acceptable with the understanding that the Protective Order shall apply to the discovery phase of 

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this case; to the extent any party wishes to submit any document designated CONFIDENTIAL 

under the Protective Order to the court at any time, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the 

Local Rules shall govern whether and how such documents shall be sealed. Therefore, IT IS 

ORDERED: 

 1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and information, 

including without limitation, documents produced, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admission, deposition testimony, and other information disclosed pursuant to the 

disclosure or discovery duties created by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 2. As used in this Protective Order, "document" is defined as provided in 

Fed.R.Civ.P. 34(a). A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of 

this term. 

 3. Information designated "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be information that is 

confidential and implicates common law and statutory privacy and/or confidentiality interests 

such as: (a) personnel records of current or former employees of Defendant EDS; (b) Defendant 

EDS’ trade secrets, customer information, and other confidential commercial information; (c) 

Plaintiff’s tax returns; and (d) Plaintiff’s medical records. CONFIDENTIAL information shall 

not be disclosed or used for any purpose except the preparation and trial of this case. 

 4. CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively 

"CONFIDENTIAL information") shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or 

further Order of the Court, be disclosed except that such information may be disclosed to: 

(a) attorneys actively working on this case; 

(b) persons regularly employed or associated with the attorneys actively working on 

the case whose assistance is required by said attorneys in the preparation for trial, 

at trial, or at other proceedings in this case; 

(c) the parties, including the designated representatives for the Defendant; 

(d) expert witnesses and consultants retained in connection with this proceeding, to 

the extent such disclosure is necessary for preparation, trial or other proceedings 

in this case; 

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(e) the Court and its employees ("Court Personnel"); 

(f) stenographic reporters who are engaged in proceedings necessarily incident to the 

conduct of this action; 

(g) deponents, witnesses, or potential witnesses; and 

(h) other persons by written agreement of the parties. 

 5. Prior to disclosing any CONFIDENTIAL information to any person listed above 

(other than counsel, persons employed by counsel, Court Personnel and stenographic reporters), 

counsel shall provide such person with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain from such 

person a written acknowledgment stating that he or she has read this Protective Order and agrees 

to be bound by its provisions. All such acknowledgments shall be retained by counsel and shall 

be subject to in camera review by the Court if good cause for review is demonstrated by opposing 

counsel. 

 6. Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on them (in 

a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the following or other appropriate notice: 

"CONFIDENTIAL." 

 7. Before any information is designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” counsel of record for 

the designating party must first review the information and make a determination, in good faith, 

that the documents and/or information are confidential or otherwise entitled to protection under 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(7). 

 8. Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL information, 

the deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject to 

the provisions of this Protective Order. Such designation shall be made on the record during the 

deposition whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as 

CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided written notice of the designation is promptly given 

to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice by the court reporter of the completion 

of the transcript. 

 9. A party may object to the designation of particular CONFIDENTIAL information 

by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The written notice 

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shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the parties cannot resolve the 

objection within ten (10) business days after the time the notice is received, it shall be the 

obligation of the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate 

motion requesting that the Court determine whether the disputed information should be subject to 

the terms of this Protective Order. If such a motion is timely filed, the disputed information shall 

be treated as CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Protective Order until the Court rules on 

the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within the prescribed time, the 

disputed information shall lose its designation as CONFIDENTIAL and shall not thereafter be 

treated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with this Protective Order. In connection with a 

motion filed under this provision, the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL shall 

bear the burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed information to be treated as 

CONFIDENTIAL. 

 10. At the conclusion of this case, unless other arrangements are agreed upon, each 

document and all copies thereof which have been designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be 

returned to the party that designated it CONFIDENTIAL, or the parties may elect to destroy 

CONFIDENTIAL documents; provided, however, that counsel for each party may retain one 

copy of the CONFIDENTIAL documents for the sole purpose of maintaining a complete file, and 

all such retained documents will not be released, disclosed, or utilized except upon express 

permission of this Court after written notice to counsel for the party that produced the documents. 

The provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order shall survive the conclusion of this litigation 

and continue to be binding upon all parties. 

 11. This Protective Order may be modified by the Court at any time for good cause 

shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard. 

 SO ORDERED. 

 DATED: October 2, 2006. 

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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