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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 42:12101 American Disability Act for Handicapped

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

SHANE DIXON PLAINTIFF/ COUNTER-DEFENDANT 

VS. CASE NO. 4~07-CV-00084-GTE 

ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC DEFENDANT/ COUNTER-PLAINTIFF 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. This Protective Order ("Order") shall be applicable to, and shalI govern the 

production and exchange of, a11 documents, answers to interrogatories, depositions, 

responses to requests for admissions, exhibits, and all other discovery given or made in this 

action by either Plaintiff or Defendant (the "Producer" ), as well as pleadings, matters in 

evidence and all other information exchanged or furnished in this action by the Producer. 

With regard to testimony adduced at hearings or trial, the parties intend to address that 

issue with the Court at the time of such hearing or trid. 

2. The Producer shall have the right to designate as confidential any information 

it produces that it believes in good faith constitutes confidential medical, business 

information, and/or trade secrets relating to its business or furnished to it in confidence 

by third parties, which information is not generally known and which the Producer would 

normally not reveal to third parties or, if disclosed, would cause such third parties to 

maintain confidence. Material so designated is collectively referred to as "Confidential 

Information." Confidential Information may be used only for the purpose of conducting 

this action, including appeals, and not for any persond, business, commercia1, scientific, 

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competitive or any other purpose whatsoever. 

3. Except with the prior written consent of the Producer or upon prior Order 

of this Court, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed except in accordance with the 

terms, conditions and restrictions of this Order. 

4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph5 below, Confidential Information, and 

any summary, description, analysis or report containing such Confidential Information, 

may be disclosed by the receiving party only to the following persons: 

a. the Court, persons employed by the Court, and stenographers 

transcribing the testimony or argument at a hearing, trial or 

deposition in this action or any appeal; 

b. independent experts or consultants of the receiving party who have 

been retained by counsel to assist in preparation of this action for trial, 

with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work and 

onIy after agreeing in writing to be bound by the terms of this Order; 

c. potential witnesses with whom counsel of record for a receiving party 

believes he or she needs to consult solely for purposes of prosecuting, 

defending and/or appealing this action, with disclosure only to the 

extent necessary to perform such consultation and only after they 

agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Order; 

d. the parties' counsel of record as specifically set forth below, and any 

other counsel for a party who appears in this action, and their 

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paralegal assistants, law clerks, stenographers and clerical employees 

who are assisting in the prosecution, defense and/or appeal of this 

action: 

For Plaintiff: 

Donald CoIson 

Attorney at Law 

114 West Sevier Street 

Benton, AR 72015 

For Defendant: 

Matthew R. House 

James & House, P.A. 

801 West Third Street 

P. 0. Box 3585 

Little Rock, AR 72203-3585 

e. to persons who generated or received the documents; and 

f. to witnesses at depositions, other than persons described above, who 

agree in writing or on the deposition record to be bound by the terms 

of this Order. 

5. It is the intention of this Protective Order that the following categories of 

information shall not be designated as Confidential Information, and this order should not 

be construed as governing or affecting a party's use or the Producer's disclosure of: (a) any 

I information that at the time of its disclosure in this action is part of the public domain by 

reason of publication or otherwise; (b) any information that at the time of its disclosure in 

this actionis already rightfully in the possession of the receivingparty, its counselof record 

or any expert retained by or for the receiving party under no obligations of confidence to 

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any third party with respect to that Information; or (c) any information to which the 

receivingparty is entitled independently of this action. During the pendency of this action, 

any disputes as to whether information is confidential under the terms of this Order shall 

be resolved according to the procedure set forth in paragraph 6 below. 

6. In the event that any receiving party disagrees at any stage of this actionwith 

the designation of Confidential Information, it shall provide to the Producer writtennotice 

of its disagreement with the designation. The receiving party challenging the designation 

shall first try to dispose of such dispute in good faith on an informal basis with the 

Producer. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the receiving party or the Producer defending 

the designation may request appropriate relief from the Court no sooner than five (5) days 

following the service of the written notice of disagreement. The burden of proving that 

information has been properly designated confidential is on the Producer defending such 

designation. Until a determination by the Court, the information in issue shall be treated 

as Confidential Mormation and subject to the terms of this Order. 

7. If Confidential Information is disclosed to any person not entitled to receive 

disclosure of such information under this Order, the receiving party responsible for the 

disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the 

attention of counsel for the Producer and, without prejudice to other rights and remedies 

of any party, make a reasonable good faith effort to retrieve such material and to prevent 

further disclosure by the Producer or by the person who received such information. 

8. Documents and written information may be designated as Confidential 

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Information by labeling each page or portion "CONFIDENTIAL" or by notrfying counsel 

for the receiving party in writing of their confidentiality with a clear description of the 

documents, written information, or designated portions. Testimony or information 

disclosed at a deposition of a witness may be designated as Confidential Information by 

indicating on the record at the deposition the specific testimony which contains 

Confidential Information which is to be made subject to the provisions of this Order. 

Alternatively, he Producer may designate testimony or information disclosed at a 

deposition, including exhibits, as Confidential Information by notifying all parties in 

writing, within seven (7) days after the Producer's receipt of the transcript, of the specific 

pages and lines of the transcript so designated. Whether or not designation is made at the 

time of deposition, each transcript of any deposition shall be treated as being designated 

Confidential Information in its entirety, from the taking of the deposition until seven (7) 

days after actual receipt of the transcript by the Producer, or until receipt of the notice 

referred to in this paragraph, whichever occurs sooner. At the expiration of the said seven 

(7) day period, unless notice to the contrary is given at the time of the deposition or prior 

to the expiration of said period, the entire transcript shall be deemed non-confidential. 

9. The Clerk of the Court is requested to maintain under seal all documents, 

tangible objects, transcripts, and other materials filed with this Court in this action by any 

party which are, in whole or in part, specifically Iabeled as Confidential Information, 

including all pleadings, deposition, trial or hearing transcripts, exhibits, discovery 

responses or memoranda purporting to contain or paraphrase such information. The party 

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filing such material shall file it with the Clerk of the Court in a sealed envelope or other 

appropriate sealed container prominently marked with the caption of the action and the 

notation: 

CONFIDENTIAL 

SUBJECT TO A PROTECTIVE ORDER ENTERED IN CASE 

NO. 4:07-CV-00084-GTE. This envelope is not to be opened, 

nor are the contents thereof to be displayed or revealed except: 

(1) to the court and then resealed, (2) by agreement of the 

parties, or (3) by prior Order of this Court. 

A second copy of any pleading or paper specifically intended for review by the Court may 

be hand-delivered to the Court's chambers appropriately marked, in order to assure that 

the same is brought promptly to the Court's attention. 

10. The inadvertent production by any party of documents subject to the 

attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection or other established legal 

protection ("Privileged Documents") shall not constitute a waiver of such privilege or 

protection notwithstanding any law to the contrary. Upon request, the party receiving 

Privileged Documents shall return to the party producing Privileged Documents, within 

two (2) business days, all copies of such documents and all other documents that 

incorporated information from the inadvertently produced documents. 

11. Nothing in this Order shall limit the right of either party to seek additional 

protection for Confidential Information. 

12. Nothing in this Order shall impose any restriction on the use or disclosure 

by a party of its own documents or information, including the deposition testimony of its 

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employees or experts. 

13. This Order shall remain in full force and effect until modified, superseded, 

or terminated on the record by an order of the Court. The obligations under the terms of 

this Protective Order will survive beyond the termination of this lawsuit. 

SO ORDERED this day of -007. 

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HONORABLE G. THOMAS EISELE 

APPROVED: 

Is1 Donald W. Colson 

Donald Colson 

Attorney at Law 

114 West Sevier Street 

Benton, AR 72015 

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 

James & House, P.A. 

801 West Third Street 

P. 0. Box 3585 

Little Rock, AR 72203-3585 

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT 

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