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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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ERIC D. HOUSER #130079 

SARA L. MARKERT #251277 

HOUSER & ALLISON 

A Professional Corporation 

9970 Research Drive 

Irvine, CA 92618 

Telephone: (949) 679-1111 

Facsimile: (949) 679-1112 

Email: smarkert@houser-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Nationwide Credit, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN JOSE DIVISION 

CINDY ANZALONE, 

 Plaintiff, 

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NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC. 

c/o CT Corporation System 

818 West Seventh St. 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

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Case No.: 5:09-cv-04252-JF 

Hon. Jeremy Fogel 

JOINT STIPULATION RE 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER; EXHIBITS 

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the above-captioned action are engaged in discovery pursuant 

to the rules of this Court; and 

WHEREAS, a great deal of the information sought by the parties or contained in 

documents sought by the parties may be claimed to be of a confidential and/or proprietary 

nature; and 

*E-FILED 03-22-2010* (MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

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1. All documents or portions thereof produced, information disclosed, and testimony 

given, in whatever form transmitted (“Discovery Material”), in this action and all related 

proceedings or appeals (the “Proceedings”) shall be used by the party to whom it is produced 

solely for litigation purposes in connection with the Proceedings and for no other purpose. 

Discovery Materials include that portion of documents prepared by counsel or the parties which 

summarize or reflect the information contained in Discovery Materials, provided that 

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2. Pursuant to discovery requests in this case and as may be required by applicable 

law, the parties shall produce documents, notwithstanding the fact that these documents may 

contain private information protected under federal, state or local privacy laws. Any party may 

designate as confidential any information, whether it be contained in a document, electronically 

memorialized, revealed during a deposition, contained in an interrogatory answer, or any other 

form of information, including, but not limited to, personal, personnel, commercial, financial or 

business information or data which the parties in good faith believe should be afforded 

confidential treatment. 

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3. Documents in hard copy shall be designated as confidential by placement thereon 

of the word “Confidential.” Testimony that the producing party wishes to be treated as 

confidential shall be designated confidential by the marking of the transcript of the testimony by 

the attorney for the witness. In order to ensure the confidentiality of testimony, all deposition 

 WHEREAS, the purpose of this Stipulation of Confidentiality is to permit the parties to 

discover such information and documents pursuant to procedures that are designed to protect the 

confidentiality of that material; 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, as follows: 

a. Nothing in This Order is intended to constitute an agreement regarding the scope 

of discovery; and 

b. The parties reserve the right to seek to remove certain Discovery Materials from 

the restrictions of this order. 

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testimony described above including exhibits thereto, shall be deemed confidential during the 

period from which said testimony is given until 30 days after the date on which the attorney for 

the witness has received the transcript of said testimony. Any testimony not designated 

confidential within 30 days of receipt of said transcript by the attorney for the witness shall not 

be considered confidential. Electronic data shall be designated as confidential by the producing 

party either by a designation in electronic form attached to the information or by a separate 

writing identifying the information that is to be treated as confidential. The inadvertent 

production of a document without a “Confidential” designation shall not be a waiver of such 

designation, provided that the producing party indicates in writing that the document should be 

treated as “Confidential” upon discovering its production without the appropriate designation 

and provides the receiving party with a copy marked “Confidential.” All documents otherwise 

protected under any federal, state or local law as confidential-or subject to any disclosure 

restrictions, irrespective of any confidentiality designation or lack thereof by the parties under 

this Agreement, shall be deemed as “Confidential” information under this Agreement as if such 

documents had been specifically designated “Confidential” as provided herein. 

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4. Any Discovery Materials or portion thereof produced in these Proceedings which 

are protected under any federal or state privacy law, or which is either designated as 

“Confidential” pursuant to the foregoing paragraph of this Protective Order or by further order of 

the Court (collectively “Confidential Discovery Material”), shall not be further disclosed, except 

as provided in Paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 below, without the express written consent of the attorneys 

for the Producing Party. 

5. Confidential Discovery Material may be disclosed only to the following: 

a. the attorneys for any party to this action; 

b. partners or employees of such attorneys who are actually involved in the litigation 

of these Proceedings; 

c. independent experts engaged to assist a party in the litigation of these 

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6. Any person described in paragraph 5 (c), (e), or (g) above, prior to being given 

access to any Confidential Discovery Material shall be provided with a copy of this Protective 

Order and shall be requested to execute an affidavit in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (for 

persons) or B (for entities). All such affidavits shall be kept by the party retaining the 

Independent Expert and shall be made available for inspection by any other party by Order of the 

Court. Confidential Discovery Material shall not be disclosed to any person described in 

paragraph 5 (c), (e), or (g) above who refuses to execute the annexed affidavit. Counsel shall 

promptly notify the parties of any breach of this order, whether intentional or otherwise, and 

shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary to remedy or minimize the damage resulting 

from such breach. 

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7. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit any party's right to challenge a 

designation of Discovery Materials as “Confidential.” If Discovery Material designated as 

“Confidential” becomes the subject of a dispute concerning confidentiality, the party challenging 

such designation (the “Challenging Party”) may submit such Discovery Material to the Court for 

an in camera inspection. The party asserting the confidential nature of the material (the 

Proceedings; 

d. the judge and personnel of the Court, including any referees appointed by the 

Court, involved in these proceedings (the “Court”); 

e. a party or an officer or employee thereof actually engaged to assist a party in the 

litigation of these proceedings; 

f. independent court reporters in the course of a deposition conducted in these 

Proceedings; 

g. any witness who may be called to testify as a witness at any deposition, hearing or 

trial in these Proceedings. In addition, Confidential Discovery Material may be 

disclosed to any authors or recipients of those documents in the ordinary course of 

business. 

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and good faith meet-and-confer negotiations fail to resolve the dispute, ==================================

=================== seek relief through an appropriately noticed motion under Civil Local Rule 7.

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“Asserting Party”) shall have the burden to show good cause why the Court should allow 

continuation of the designation to prevent unreasonable annoyance, expense, embarrassment, 

disadvantage or other prejudice. The Challenging Party shall have an opportunity to make a 

contrary submission. If the Asserting Party shall fail to persuade the Court that such good cause 

exists to continue the confidential designation, the material shall no longer be deemed 

“Confidential” and need not be treated as such by any person. Discovery Material will be 

maintained by the Court in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order. Access to 

documents submitted for in camera inspection shall be limited to the persons identified in 

paragraph 5 hereof, in accordance with Paragraph 6. In addition, the parties may agree to a 

modification of any of the provisions hereof and any party in any of the Proceedings may apply 

to the Court at any time for relief from or modification of any of the provisions of this Protective 

Order. 

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8. Any person in possession of Confidential Discovery Material shall maintain it in a 

secure manner so as to avoid disclosure of its contents and either (i) shall return it to the 

attorneys for the party which produced it within thirty (30) days following the termination of 

these proceedings or any related proceedings and appeals or (ii) destroy it within thirty (30) days 

of a written request by any party, in which case the party destroying the documents shall so 

certify to the party which produced it. 

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9. This Protective Order shall not: (a) prejudice in any way the right of a party to 

object to the production of Discovery Material it considers not subject to discovery; (b) prejudice 

in any way the right of a party to seek determination by the Court as to whether particular 

Discovery Material should be produced; or (c) restrict the producing party's use of its own 

Discovery Materials or Discovery Materials in its possession independent of discovery in these 

Proceedings. 

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10. The fact that Discovery Material is designated as “Confidential” shall not govern, 

or prejudice any party, in any way, from introducing, or objecting to the introduction of such 

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Discovery Material at any hearing, trial or appeal in these Proceedings. Any party wishing to 

submit confidential information in support of a motion must seek to file papers containing such 

confidential information under seal. 

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11. In the event a document which is claimed to be privileged is inadvertently 

produced, the producing party may demand in writing the return of such document from the 

receiving party. The receiving party shall thereupon return the document to the producing party 

within five (5) business days and take reasonable steps to destroy all copies made thereof. The 

inadvertent production or inspection of a document for which a timely demand for its return is 

made pursuant to this paragraph shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege. The return of any 

document pursuant to this paragraph shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the receiving 

party to make an application to the Court to compel production of such document. This 

paragraph shall not otherwise affect the right of any party to claim a privilege or the waiver of a 

privilege or an inadvertent disclosure of privileged materials. 

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12. The parties hereto anticipate seeking information from nonparties, which may 

include Confidential Discovery Materials. In that event, such nonparties may produce 

Confidential Discovery Materials in accordance with the provisions hereof by executing and 

delivering to the requesting party a copy of the appropriate exhibit affidavit(s) attached this 

Stipulation and Order. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED: 

Dated: March 17, 2010 HOUSER & ALLISON, APC

By: s/ Sara L. Markert 

Sara L. Markert 

Attorney for Defendant, 

Nationwide Credit, Inc. 

Dated: March 17, 2010 LEGAL HELPERS, P.C.

By: s/ Richard Meier 

Richard J. Meier 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

Cindy Anzalone 

13. For a period of six months after the final termination of this action, this court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order. PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES' STIPULATION, AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT, IT IS SO ORDERED. HOWARD R. LLOYD UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Dated: March 22, 2010

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EXHIBIT A 

AFFIDAVIT OF _________________________ 

STATE OF ___________________ ) 

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COUNTY OF __________________ ) 

I, __________________________ , being duly sworn depose and say that: 

1. My address is _____________________________________________________. 

2. My current employer is _____________________________________________, 

whose address is_____________________________________________________. 

3. My current occupation or job description is _____________________________ 

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4. I have received a copy of the Confidentiality Stipulation and Protective Order regarding 

discovery in this case on ______________________________. 

5. I have carefully read and I understand the provisions of the Stipulation and I will comply with 

all of its provisions. 

6. I will use the Discovery Materials and the Confidential Discovery Materials (the “Materials”) 

only in connection with this Action and will hold in confidence, and not disclose to anyone not 

qualified under the Stipulation, all Confidential Discovery Materials. 

7. I will return all Materials which came into my possession to the attorneys for the party or 

parties by whom I am employed. 

8. I understand that if I violate the provisions of the Stipulation I will be subject to sanctions by 

this Court and that the parties may assert other remedies against me. I hereby submit to the 

jurisdiction of this Court for those purposes. 

Dated: ___________________ Signed: _________________________ 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this _____ day of _____________, 201__ 

_______________________________ 

Notary Public 

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EXHIBIT B 

AFFIDAVIT OF _________________________ 

STATE OF ___________________ ) 

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COUNTY OF __________________ ) 

I, __________________________ , being duly sworn depose and say that: 

1. I am the _____________________________ (title) of 

__________________________________ (company). 

 

2. The current address of ____________________________ (company) is 

_____________________________________________________. 

3. A copy of the Confidentiality Stipulation and Protective Order regarding discovery in this case 

was received on ______________________________. 

4. I have carefully read and I understand the provisions of the Stipulation and I will comply, and 

undertake to ensure that all in the employ of _____________________ (company) will comply 

with all of its provisions. All in the employ of _______________________ (company) who will 

be shown Confidential Discovery Materials will read and sing an Affidavit in the form annexed 

as Exhibit A to the Stipulation. 

5. We will use the Discovery Materials and the Confidential Discovery Materials (the 

“Materials”) only in connection with this Action and will hold in confidence, and not disclose to 

anyone not qualified under the Stipulation, all Confidential Discovery Materials. 

6. All Materials which came into our possession will be returned to the attorneys for the party or 

parties from whom the Materials were received. 

7. We understand that if we violate the provisions of the Stipulation, we will be subject to 

sanctions by this Court and that the parties may assert other remedies against us. We hereby 

submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for those purposes. 

Dated: ___________________ Signed: _________________________ 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this _____ day of _____________, 201__ 

_______________________________ 

Notary Public 

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