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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-00854 WBS DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

Abraham J. Colman (SBN 146933) 

Email: acolman@reedsmith.com

Zachary C. Frampton (SBN 303225)

Email: zframpton@reedsmith.com Bryan D. Trader (SBN 318133)

Email: btrader@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1514

Telephone: +1 213 457 8000

Facsimile: +1 213 457 8080

Attorneys for Defendants

BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERESA GARDENHIRE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION 

SOLUTIONS, INC.;

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, 

LLC;

AVANT, LLC;

BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE;

CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A.,

Defendant(s).

No. 2:19-cv-00854 WBS DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

GRANTING STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-00854 WBS DB – 1 – STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Teresa Gardenhire

and Defendant Barclays Bank Delaware, by and through their respective counsel of 

record, that in order to facilitate the exchange of information and documents which may 

be subject to confidentiality limitations on disclosure due to federal laws, state laws, 

and privacy rights, the Parties stipulate as follows:

I. In this Stipulation and Protective Order, the words set forth below shall 

have the following meanings:

A. “Court” means the Honorable Judge William B. Shubb and 

Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes, or any other judge to which this Proceeding may be 

assigned, including Court staff participating in such proceedings.

B. “Confidential” means any Documents, Testimony, or Information 

which is in the possession of a Designating Party who believes in good faith that such 

Documents, Testimony, or Information is entitled to confidential treatment under 

applicable law.

C. “Confidential Materials” means any Documents, Testimony or 

Information as defined below designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential -

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” pursuant to the provisions of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order.

D. “Designating Party” means the Party or non-party that designates 

Documents, Testimony, or Information, as defined below, as “Confidential” or “Highly 

Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only”.

E. “Disclose” or “Disclosed” or “Disclosure” means to reveal, divulge, 

give, or make available Materials, or any part thereof, or any information contained 

therein.

F. “Documents” means any: (1) written, electronic, recorded, or 

graphic matter; (2) interrogatory answers filed in this action; (3) requests to admit and 

responses thereto filed in this action; (4) transcripts of and exhibits to depositions; (5) 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

and any portions of any court papers filed in this action that quote from or summarize 

any of these items.

G. “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” means any 

Documents, Testimony, or Information which is in the possession of a Designating 

Party who believes in good faith that such Documents, Testimony, or Information 

constitute extremely sensitive “Confidential” information, the Disclosure of which to 

another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could 

not be avoided by less restrictive means.

H. “Information” means the content of Documents or Testimony.

I. “Party” means a party to this Joint Stipulation and Protective Order, 

Teresa Gardenhire and Barclays Bank Delaware, including all its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 

support staffs).

J. “Proceeding” means the above-entitled proceeding, United States 

District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:19-cv-00854-WBS-DB. 

K. “Testimony” means all depositions, declarations or other testimony 

taken or used in this Proceeding.

II. The Designating Party shall have the right to designate as “Confidential” 

or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” any Documents, Testimony or 

Information that the Designating Party in good faith believes to contain non-public 

information that is entitled to confidential treatment under applicable law.

III. The entry of this Stipulation and Protective Order does not alter, waive, 

modify, or abridge any right, privilege or protection otherwise available to any Party 

with respect to the discovery of matters, including but not limited to any Party’s right 

to assert the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or other 

privileges, or any Party’s right to contest any such assertion.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

IV. Any Documents, Testimony or Information to be designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” must be clearly so 

designated before the Document, Testimony or Information is Disclosed or produced. 

The parties may agree that the case name and number are to be part of the “Confidential” 

or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designation. The “Confidential” 

designation should not obscure or interfere with the legibility of the designated 

Information.

A. For Documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other 

pretrial or trial proceedings), the Designating Party must affix the legend “Confidential” 

or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” on each page of any Document 

containing such designated Confidential Material.

B. For deposition and hearing transcripts the Designating Party may 

either:

1. Identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” 

Testimony, by specifying all portions of the Testimony that qualify as 

“Confidential;” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only”.

2. Designate the entirety of the Testimony at the deposition as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” (before 

the deposition is concluded) with the right to identify more specific 

portions of the Testimony as to which protection is sought within 30 days 

following receipt of the deposition transcript. In circumstances where 

portions of the deposition Testimony are designated for protection, the 

transcript pages containing Confidential Materials may be separately 

bound by the court reporter, who must affix to the top of each page the 

legend “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” as 

instructed by the Designating Party.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

C. For responses to interrogatories, the Designating Party must specify 

in the responses that the responses or specific parts thereof as designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only”. The Designating 

Party must also affix the legend “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” on each page of the responses to interrogatories containing Confidential 

Materials.

D. For Information produced in some form other than Documents, and 

for any other tangible items, including, without limitation, compact discs or DVDs, the 

Designating Party must affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 

containers in which the Information or item is stored the legend “Confidential” or 

“Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” If only portions of the Information or 

item warrant protection, the Designating Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify 

the “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” portions.

V. The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or nonParties to the Proceedings of any Document, Testimony or Information during 

discovery in this Proceeding without a “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential -

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designation, shall be without prejudice to any claim that such 

item is “Confidential” and such Party shall not be held to have waived any rights by 

such inadvertent production. A Party shall not be held to have waived any rights by 

such Inadvertent production, in the event that any Document, Testimony or Information 

that is subject to a “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only”, is 

produced by any Party without such label. In the event that any Document, Testimony 

or Information that is subject to a “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” designation is inadvertently produced without such designation, the Party 

that inadvertently produced the document may designate such Document, Testimony or 

Information as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by 

providing written notice within twenty (20) days of discovery of the inadvertent 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

production, together with a further copy of the subject Document, Testimony or 

Information designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” (the “Inadvertent Production Notice”). In the event that this provision conflicts 

with any applicable law regarding waiver of confidentiality through the inadvertent 

production of Documents, Testimony or Information, such law shall govern.

VI. In the event that counsel for a Party receiving Documents, Testimony or 

Information in discovery designated as “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” objects to such designation with respect to any or all of such items, said 

counsel shall advise counsel for the Designating Party, in writing, of such objections, 

the specific Documents, Testimony or Information to which each objection pertains, 

and the specific reasons and support for such objections (the “Designation Objections”). 

Counsel for the Designating Party shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the written 

Designation Objections to either (a) agree in writing to de-designate Documents, 

Testimony or Information pursuant to any or all of the Designation Objections and/or 

(b) file a motion with the Court seeking to uphold any or all designations on Documents, 

Testimony or Information addressed by the Designation Objections (the “Designation 

Motion”). Pending a resolution of the Designation Motion by the Court, any and all 

existing designations on the Documents, Testimony or Information at issue in such 

Motion shall remain in place. The Designating Party shall have the burden on any 

Designation Motion of establishing the applicability of its “Confidential” or 

“Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designation. In the event that the Designation 

Objections are neither timely agreed to nor timely addressed in the Designation Motion, 

then such Documents, Testimony or Information shall be de-designated in accordance 

with the Designation Objection applicable to such material.

VII. Access to and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as 

“Confidential” shall be permitted only to the following persons:

A. The Court;

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

B. (1) Attorneys of record in the Proceedings and their affiliated 

attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such attorneys who are 

actively involved in the Proceedings and are not employees of any Party. (2) In-house 

counsel to the undersigned Parties and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial staff 

employed by such counsel. Provided, however, that each non-lawyer given access to 

Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being Disclosed pursuant 

to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and that they 

may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms;

C. Those officers, directors, partners, members, employees and agents 

of all non-designating Parties that counsel for such Parties deems necessary to aid 

counsel in the prosecution and defense of this Proceeding; provided, however, that the 

Parties agree that such individual are bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order;

D. Court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions, hearings, 

or any other proceeding);

E. Any deposition, trial or hearing witness in the Proceeding who 

previously has had access to the Confidential Materials, or who is currently or was 

previously an officer, director, partner, member, employee or agent of an entity that has 

had access to the Confidential Materials;

F. Any deposition or non-trial hearing witness in the Proceeding who 

previously did not have access to the Confidential Materials; provided, however, that 

each such witness given access to Confidential Materials shall be advised that such 

Materials are being Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant 

to its terms and the Party making the disclosure shall secure the signature of such person 

on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

G. Mock jury participants, provided, however, that prior to the 

Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such mock jury participant, counsel for the 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

Party making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order 

to such person, shall explain that such person is bound to follow the terms of such Order, 

and shall secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form attached hereto 

as Exhibit A.

H. Outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the undersigned 

Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding, whether or not retained to 

testify at any oral hearing; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of 

Confidential Materials to any such expert or expert consultant, counsel for the Party 

making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to 

such person, shall explain its terms to such person, and shall secure the signature of 

such person on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. It shall be the 

obligation of counsel, upon learning of any breach or threatened breach of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order by any such expert or expert consultant, to promptly 

notify counsel for the Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach; 

I. Any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.

J. Any person who was the author, recipient or copy recipient of a 

document;

K. Any person whom the parties have agreed to use as a mediator in 

this Proceeding; and

L. Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon 

such terms as the Court may deem proper.

VIII. Access to and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as 

“Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” shall be permitted only to the following 

persons:

(a) The Court;

(b) (1) Attorneys of record in the Proceedings for the Receiving Party 

only (and their affiliated attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff employed 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

by such attorneys who are actively involved in the Proceedings and are not employees 

of any Party). Unless the Designating Party expressly provides in writing that another 

Parties’ counsel of record may review materials designated as “Highly Confidential -

Attorneys’ Eyes Only”, the Receiving Party’s counsel shall not share any such 

material with any other counsel of record. (2) In-house counsel for the Receiving 

Party (and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such counsel) 

responsible for the Proceeding. Each non-lawyer given access to Confidential 

Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being Disclosed pursuant to, and are 

subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and that they may not be 

Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms;

(c) Outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the undersigned 

Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding, whether or not retained to 

testify at any oral hearing; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of 

Confidential Materials to any such expert or expert consultant, counsel for the Party

making the Disclosure shall deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to 

such person, shall explain its terms to such person, and shall secure the signature of 

such person on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. It shall be the 

obligation of counsel, upon learning of any breach or threatened breach of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order by any such expert or expert consultant, to promptly 

notify counsel for the Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach;

(d) Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon 

such terms as the Court may deem proper; and

(e) Court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions, 

hearings, or any other proceeding).

IX. Confidential Materials shall be used by the persons receiving them only 

for the purposes of preparing for, conducting, participating in the conduct of, and/or 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

prosecuting and/or defending the Proceeding, and not for any business or other purpose 

whatsoever.

X. Any Party to the Proceeding (or other person subject to the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order) may ask the Court, after appropriate notice to the other 

Parties to the Proceeding, to modify or grant relief from any provision of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order.

XI. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order shall not:

A. Operate as an admission by any person that any particular 

Document, Testimony or Information marked “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential -

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” contains or reflects trade secrets, proprietary, confidential or 

competitively sensitive business, commercial, financial or personal information; or

B. Prejudice in any way the right of any Party (or any other person 

subject to the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order) to seek a determination by 

the Court of whether any particular Confidential Material should be subject to 

protection as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” under the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order; or to seek relief from the Court on 

appropriate notice to all other Parties to the Proceeding from any provision(s) of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, either generally or as to any particular Document, 

Confidential Materials, or Information.

XII. Any current Party or new Party to the Proceeding who has not executed 

this Stipulation and Protective Order as of the time it is presented to the Court for 

signature may thereafter become a Party to this Stipulation and Protective Order by its 

counsel’s signing and dating a copy of Exhibit A attached hereto, and filing the same 

with the Court, and serving copies of such signed and dated copy upon the other Parties 

to this Stipulation and Protective Order.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

XIII. Any Information that may be produced by a non-Party witness in discovery 

in the Proceeding pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated by such nonParty as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” under the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, and any such designation by a non-Party 

shall have the same force and effect, and create the same duties and obligations, as if 

made by one of the undersigned Parties hereto. Any such designation shall also function 

as a consent by such producing Party to the authority of the Court in the Proceeding to 

resolve and conclusively determine any motion or other application made by any person 

or Party with respect to such designation, or any other matter otherwise arising under 

this Stipulation and Protective Order.

XIV. If any person subject to this Stipulation and Protective Order who has 

custody of any Confidential Materials receives a subpoena or other process 

(“Subpoena”) from any government or other person or entity demanding production of 

Confidential Materials, the recipient of the Subpoena shall, within five (5) days, give 

notice of the same by electronic mail transmission, followed by either express mail or 

overnight delivery to counsel of record for the Designating Party, and shall furnish such 

counsel with a copy of the Subpoena. Upon receipt of this notice, the Designating Party 

may, in its sole discretion and at its own cost, move to quash or limit the Subpoena, 

otherwise oppose production of the Confidential Materials, and/or seek to obtain 

confidential treatment of such Confidential Materials from the subpoenaing person or 

entity to the fullest extent available under law. The recipient of the Subpoena may not 

produce any Documents, Testimony or Information pursuant to the Subpoena prior to 

the date specified for production on the Subpoena.

XV. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall be construed to 

preclude either Party from asserting in good faith that certain Confidential Materials 

require additional protection. The Parties shall meet and confer to agree upon the terms 

of such additional protection.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

XVI. If, after execution of this Stipulation and Protective Order, any 

Confidential Materials submitted by a Designating Party under the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order is Disclosed by a non-Designating Party to any person 

other than in the manner authorized by this Stipulation and Protective Order, the nonDesignating Party responsible for the Disclosure shall bring all pertinent facts relating 

to the Disclosure of such Confidential Materials to the immediate attention of the 

Designating Party.

XVII. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply 

with Local Civil Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to 

a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a 

Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the 

Receiving Party may file the information in the public record, unless otherwise 

instructed by the court.

XVIII. The Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use 

of Confidential Materials at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate 

order.

XIX. Neither this Protective Order nor the Disclosure of Confidential Materials 

shall be deemed a concession or determination of the relevance, materiality, or 

admissibility of Confidential Materials governed by or Disclosed under this Protective 

Order. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall affect the admissibility 

into evidence of Confidential Materials, or abridge the rights of any person to seek 

judicial review or to pursue other appropriate judicial action with respect to any ruling 

made by the Court concerning the issue of the status of Confidential Materials.

XX. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall continue to be binding after the 

conclusion of this Proceeding and all subsequent proceedings arising from this 

Proceeding, except that a Party may seek the written permission of the Designating 

Party or may move the Court for relief from the provisions of this Stipulation and 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

Protective Order. To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to 

enforce, modify, or reconsider this Stipulation and Protective Order, even after the 

Proceeding is terminated.

XXI. Upon written request made within thirty (30) days after the settlement or 

other termination of the Proceeding, the undersigned Parties shall have thirty (30) days 

to either (a) promptly return to counsel for each Designating Party all Confidential 

Materials and all copies thereof (except that counsel for each Party may maintain in its 

files, in continuing compliance with the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, 

all work product, and one copy of each pleading filed with the Court) (b) agree with 

counsel for the Designating Party upon appropriate methods and certification of 

destruction or other disposition of such Confidential Materials, or (c) as to any 

Documents, Testimony or other Information not addressed by sub-paragraphs (a) and 

(b), file a motion seeking a Court order regarding proper preservation of such Materials. 

To the extent permitted by law the Court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to review 

and rule upon the motion referred to in sub-paragraph (c) herein. 

XXII. After this Stipulation and Protective Order has been signed by counsel for 

all Parties, it shall be presented to the Court for entry. Counsel agree to be bound by 

the terms set forth herein with regard to any Confidential Materials that have been 

produced before the Court signs this Stipulation and Protective Order.

XXIII. The Parties and all signatories to the Certification attached hereto as 

Exhibit A agree to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its 

approval and entry by the Court. In the event that the Court modifies this Stipulation 

and Protective Order, or in the event that the Court enters a different Protective Order, 

the Parties agree to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order until such time as 

the Court may enter such a different Order. It is the Parties’ intent to be bound by the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its entry so as to allow for 

immediate production of Confidential Materials under the terms herein.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: February 20, 2020

THE LAW OFFICES OF JONATHAN A. 

STIEGLITZ

By: /s/ Jonathan A. Stieglitz1

Jonathan A. Stieglitz

Attorney for Plaintiff

TERESA GARDENHIRE

DATED: February 20, 2020

REED SMITH LLP

By: /s/ Bryan D. Trader Zachary C. Frampton

Bryan D. Trader

Attorneys for Defendant

BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE

 1 Pursuant to Eastern District Local Rule 131(e), filing counsel attests that all other signatories listed hereon and on whose behalf this filing is submitted concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 

_____________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty 

of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulation and Protective 

Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California on _________ in the case of Teresa Gardenhire v. Experian Information 

Solutions, Inc., et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case 

No. 2:19-cv-00854-WBS-DB. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that 

failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of 

contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information 

or item that is subject to this Stipulation and Protective Order to any person or entity 

except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further agree to submit 

to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order, even if 

such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby appoint 

_____________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_____________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] 

as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any 

proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulation and Protective Order.

Date: _____________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: _____________________________

Printed name: _____________________________

Signature: _____________________________

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who will 

decide the matter related to that request to seal.

2. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential 

pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document with the court 

under seal. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed by 

Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a written 

order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a mere 

request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires that 

“[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing, the 

requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the 

document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b).

3. A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that 

“compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially related” 

to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.” Ctr. for 

Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana v. City 

and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006).

4. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of 

certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the court 

at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.

5. With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order which the 

parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in Local Rule 251. 

Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery disputes on an ex parte basis or on 

shortened time.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

6. The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the court’s 

approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and 

proposed order for the court’s consideration.

7. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of 

the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.

8. Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this order is 

hereby DISAPPROVED.

DATED: February 24, 2020 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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