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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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550 South Hope Street, Suite 2000

Los Angeles, California 90071-2627

HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP

EMILY BURKHARDT VICENTE (SBN 263990)

Email: ebvicente@hunton.com

CHRISTIANE A. ROUSSELL (SBN 249847)

Email: croussell@hunton.com

J. T. WILLIAMS (SBN 284056)

Email: jtwilliams@hunton.com

550 South Hope Street, Suite 2000

Los Angeles, California 90071-2627

Telephone: (213) 532-2000

Facsimile: (213) 532-2020

Attorneys for Defendant

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC

MICHAEL J. F. SMITH, P.C.

Michael J. F. Smith 

John L. Migliazzo

1391 West Shaw Ave., Suite D

Fresno, California 93711

Telephone: (559) 229-3900

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LUIS PACHECO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LUIS PACHECO, an individual, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1-50;

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:14-cv-01258-BAM

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe 

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WHEREAS, to expedite the flow of discovery material, facilitate the prompt resolution of 

disputes over the confidentiality of information, adequately protect material entitled to be kept 

confidential, and ensure that protection is afforded only to material so entitled, Plaintiff Luis 

Pacheco and Defendant Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC seek to enter into a Stipulated Protective Order 

(“Protective Order”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff and 

Defendant have stipulated to the procedures set forth below regarding the use of material disclosed 

as part of the discovery process in this case; and

WHEREAS, the procedures set forth below do not purport to modify or alter the Eastern 

District of California Local Rules regarding the filing of documents under seal or any other topic;

GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

WHEREAS, the parties submit that good cause exists for the issuance of this Protective 

Order for the following reasons: 

(i) Discovery obtained in the above-captioned action may involve disclosure of nonpublic, confidential, proprietary, commercially-sensitive and/or trade secret information. Disclosure

of this information to persons who are not entitled to it carries the danger of compromising the 

competitive business interests of Defendant, and also risks invasion of legitimate personal privacy 

interests of Plaintiff and non-parties;

(ii) Defendant anticipates that it may need to produce material that contains proprietary 

information concerning its business practices and procedures for the operation of its facilities that 

may be of value to a competitor or may cause harm to its legitimate business interests in the 

marketplace;

(iii) Defendant further anticipates that it may need to produce non-public information 

concerning Plaintiff or non-parties that is personal in nature and/or protected by the right of privacy;

(iv) The issuance of this Protective Order will allow for efficiency in the discovery 

process and provide a mechanism by which discovery of relevant confidential information may be 

obtained in a manner that protects against risk of disclosure of such information to persons not 

entitled to such information; and

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(v) The issuance of this Protective Order will protect the parties’ interests by providing 

the parties recourse in this Court in the event that a party or non-party improperly handles nonpublic, confidential, proprietary, commercially-sensitive and/or trade secret information that the 

parties have had to exchange in the course of discovery propounded and depositions taken in this 

action; 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, having stipulated and agreed, by and through their respective 

counsel, to the entry of this Protective Order in the above-captioned action;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AS FOLLOWS:

1.0 Definitions.

1.1 Party: Any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, and in-house counsel (and their support staff).

1.2 Disclosures or Discovery Material: All items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

transcripts, documents or tangible things) that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses 

to discovery in this matter.

1.3 “Confidential” Information or Items:

(i) Information that is a “trade secret” as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. 

§ 1839; 

(ii) Confidential and proprietary business and/or financial information;

(iii) Non-public information about any individual or individuals, including 

personnel records, evaluations, compensation levels, databases, surveys, statistical analysis, 

analyses of personnel practices, or other information incorporating or aggregating 

information pertaining to individuals; and/or

(iv) Information alleged in good faith by a Party to be subject to protection 

under the Federal Rules of Evidence and/or information that is confidential, of commercial 

value, and falling into one or more of the following categories:

a. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC’s policies and procedures for 

operating its stores;

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b. Documents that reflect the implementation of Lowe’s Home 

Centers, LLC’s policies and procedures for operating its stores;

c. Information that is protected against disclosure by a written 

confidential information agreement between a third party and Plaintiff or Defendants; and

d. Business plans, models, marketing analyses, sales and financial 

statements.

1.4 Designating Party: A Party or non-party that designates its Disclosures or 

Discovery Material as “Confidential.”

1.5 Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosures or Discovery Material 

from a Designating Party.

1.6 Protected Material: Any Disclosures or Discovery Material that is designated 

as “Confidential.”

1.7 Outside Counsel: Attorneys who are not employees of a Party but who are 

retained to represent or advise a Party in this action.

1.8 In-House Counsel: Attorneys who are employees of a Party.

1.9 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel and In-House Counsel (as well 

as their support staffs).

1.10 Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its Counsel to serve as an expert 

witness or as a consultant in this litigation; and who is not a past or a current employee of a Party 

and who, at the time of retention, was not anticipated to become an employee of a Party. This 

definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in connection with this litigation.

1.11 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation support 

services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, 

organizing, storing, retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.) and their employees and 

subcontractors.

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2.0 Scope.

The protections conferred by this Protective Order cover not only Protected Material (as 

defined above), but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies, 

excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by 

parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings that would reveal Protected Material.

3.0 Duration.

The Parties hereby voluntarily agree to comply with the terms of this Order immediately 

upon its execution by all parties hereto, and they shall continue to comply with its terms regardless 

of when or whether it is entered by the Court. Further, even after the termination of this litigation, 

the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Protective Order shall remain in effect until a 

Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a Court orders otherwise.

4.0 Designating Protected Material.

4.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Disclosures or Discovery 

Material for Protection: Each Party or non-party that designates Disclosures or Discovery Material 

for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific Disclosures or

Discovery Material that qualifies under the appropriate confidentiality standard. A Designating 

Party must take care to designate for protection only those parts of the Disclosures or Discovery 

Material, so that other portions of the Disclosures or Discovery Material for which protection is not 

warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Protective Order. If it comes to a 

Designating Party’s attention that Disclosures or Discovery Material that that Party designated for 

protection does not qualify for protection at all, or does not qualify for the level of protection 

initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing 

the improper designation.

4.2 Manner and Timing of Designations: Except as otherwise provided in this Protective 

Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 4.2(a), below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosures or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Protective Order must be 

clearly so designated before such material is produced. Designation in conformity with this 

Protective Order requires:

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4.2(a) For Disclosures or Discovery Material in documentary form (apart 

from transcripts of depositions or other pretrial proceedings), that the Designating Party affix 

the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” prominently on each page that contains Protected Material. 

If only a portion or portions of a document or material on a page qualifies for protection, the 

Designating Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making 

appropriate markings in the margins).

A Party or non-party that makes original Disclosures or Discovery Material 

available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party 

has indicated which Disclosures or Discovery Material it seeks to have copied and produced. 

During the inspection and before the designation, all of the Disclosures or Discovery 

Material made available for inspection shall be deemed “Confidential.” After the inspecting 

Party has identified the Disclosures or Discovery Material it seeks to have copied and 

produced, the Designating Party must determine which, if any, Disclosures or Discovery 

Material, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Protective Order. Prior to 

producing the specified Disclosures or Discovery Material, the Designating Party must affix 

the appropriate “Confidential” legend prominently on each page as set forth above.

4.2(b) For Disclosures or Discovery Material in the form of testimony given 

in deposition or in other pretrial proceedings, that the Party or non-party offering the 

testimony identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding, all protected testimony, and further specify any portions of the testimony that 

qualify as “Confidential” information.

Any Party may also designate testimony that is entitled to protection by 

notifying all Parties in writing within twenty (20) days of receipt of the transcript, of the 

specific pages and lines of the transcript that should be treated as “Confidential” thereafter. 

Each Party shall attach a copy of such written notice or notices to the face of the transcript 

and each copy thereof in its possession, custody, or control. Unless otherwise indicated, all 

deposition transcripts shall be treated as “Confidential” for a period of twenty (20) days after 

the receipt of the transcript. This preliminary treatment, however, shall not limit a 

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deponent’s right to review the transcript of his or her deposition under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 30(e)(1).

Transcript pages containing Protected Material must be separately bound by 

the court reporter, who must prominently affix on each such page the legend “Confidential” 

as instructed by the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the witness or presenting the 

testimony.

4.2(c) For Disclosures or Discovery Material produced other than in 

documentary or testimony form, and for any other tangible items, that the Designating Party 

affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container in which or disk (or similar device) 

on which the information or item is stored the legend “Confidential.” If only portions of the 

information or item warrant protection, the Designating Party, to the extent practicable, shall 

identify the protected portions, specifying whether they qualify as “Confidential.”

4.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate: An inadvertent failure to designate 

qualified information or items as “Confidential” does not, standing alone, waive the Designating 

Party’s right to secure protection under this Protective Order for such material. If any Disclosures or 

Discovery Material is appropriately designated as “Confidential” after the material was initially 

produced, the Receiving Party, on notification of the designation, must make reasonable efforts to 

assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Protective Order.

4.4 Nonparty Designations During Deposition: During the deposition of any 

nonparty, the nonparty may designate any Disclosures or Discovery Material as “Confidential” so 

long as it is conducted in good faith. Further, any nonparty seeking to invoke any protection 

accorded by the Protective Order must either provide a copy of the “Agreement to Be Bound by 

Protective Order” (attached as Exhibit A) executed by the nonparty to all counsel of record for the 

Parties or so agree on the record during the deposition.

5.0 Access To And Use Of Protected Material.

5.1 Basic Principles: A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for 

prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be 

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disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Protective 

Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions 

of Section 10 below. Protected Material must be maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 

in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to persons authorized under this Protective 

Order.

5.2 Disclosure of “Confidential” Information or Items: Unless otherwise ordered 

by the Court, or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 

information or item designated “Confidential” only to the following:

5.2(a) The Receiving Party, who may share confidential information and 

items with its officers, directors, and employees (including In-House Counsel) to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

5.2(b) Outside Counsel in this litigation, as well as its employees to whom it 

is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation;

5.2(c) Experts (as defined in this Protective Order) of the Receiving Party to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 

“Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” (attached as Exhibit A);

5.2(d) The Court and its personnel;

5.2(e) Court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

5.2(f) During their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably calculated to lead to discovery of admissible evidence. Pages of transcribed 

deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that contain Protected Material must be 

separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as 

permitted under this Protective Order.

5.2(g) The author of or recipient of the Protected Material or the original 

source of the information.

5.2(h) Professional vendors.

5.2(i) The Parties to this litigation and their current directors, officers and 

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employees to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation.

5.2(j) Any mediators or arbitrators utilized in this litigation.

5.2(k) Witnesses who are being prepared by counsel to give testimony at a 

deposition or at trial, or who are being examined by counsel at a deposition or at trial.

5.2(l) The Jury.

6.0 Protected Material Subpoenaed Or Ordered Produced In Other 

Litigation.

If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or a Court order issued in other litigation that 

would compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “Confidential,” the 

Receiving Party must immediately notify the Designating Party, in writing and in no event more than 

five (5) court days after receiving the subpoena or Court order. Such notification must include a 

copy of the subpoena or Court order. If Plaintiff is the Designating Party, notice shall be sent to 

counsel for Plaintiff at Michael J. F. Smith, P.C., 1391 West Shaw Ave., Suite D, Fresno, CA 93711. 

If Defendant is the Designating Party, notice shall be sent to counsel for Defendant at Hunton & 

Williams LLP, 550 South Hope Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90071. 

The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the Party who caused the 

subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all the Protected Material covered by 

the subpoena or order is the subject of this Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must 

deliver a copy of this Protective Order promptly to the Party in the other action that caused the 

subpoena or order to issue.

The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this 

Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect its 

confidentiality interests in the Court from which the subpoena or order issued. The Designating 

Party shall bear the burdens and the expenses of seeking protection in that court of its Protected 

Material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a 

Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another Court.

7.0 Unauthorized Disclosure Of Protected Material.

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

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Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Protective Order, the 

Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the 

person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and 

(d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(attached as Exhibit A).

8.0 Filing Protected Material.

In the event that counsel for any party desires to file with the Court any document which 

includes any Protected Material, an application to file such document(s) under seal shall be filed 

pursuant to the relevant Local Rules. This Section shall not apply to the Parties’ submission of 

exhibits in connection with a hearing or for trial, nor the handling of exhibits during the hearing or 

trial, without further order of the Court. 

9.0 Final Disposition.

Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the Designating Party, after the final 

termination of this litigation, including any appeals, if a Designating Party requests in writing the 

return or destruction of any or all of its Protected Material to the Receiving Party, within thirty (30) 

days of such request, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification, under penalty of 

perjury, to the Designating Party that all Protected Material was returned or destroyed, including any 

copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Outside Counsel may retain an archival set of 

copies of Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material 

remain subject to this Protective Order.

10.0 Inadvertent Production of Privileged Documents.

Inadvertent production of any document or information that a Party later claims should not 

have been produced because of a privilege, including but not limited to attorney-client or work 

product privilege (“Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document”), will not be deemed to waive any 

privilege. A Party may request the return of any Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document. A 

request for the return of an Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document shall identify the document 

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inadvertently produced and the basis for withholding such document from production. If a Party 

requests the return, pursuant to this paragraph, of any Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document 

then in the custody of another party, the possessing party shall within three (3) days return to the 

requesting Party the Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document and all copies thereof and shall 

not make use of such documents or information in this proceeding or otherwise. The Party returning 

such material may then move the Court for an order compelling production of the documents or 

information, but said party shall not assert as a ground for entering such an order the fact or 

circumstances of the inadvertent production.

11.0 Miscellaneous.

11.1 Right to Further Relief: Nothing in this Protective Order abridges the right of 

any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

11.2 Right to Assert Other Objections: By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 

Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to producing any Disclosures or 

Discovery Material on any ground not addressed in this Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives 

any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the Disclosures or Discovery Material 

covered by this Protective Order.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: October 21, 2014 MICHAEL J. F. SMITH, P.C.

By: /s/ John L. Migliazzo

JOHN MIGLIAZZO

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LUIS PACHECO

DATED: October 21, 2014 HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP

By: /s/ Christiane A. Roussell

CHRISTIANE A. ROUSSELL

Attorneys for Defendant

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC

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Exhibit A

Agreement to be Bound By Protective Order

I, ___________________, do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the terms of the 

Protective Order entered in Luis Pacheco v. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, E.D. Cal. Case No. 1:14-

cv-01258-BAM, and hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of the 

Protective Order unless and until modified by further order of the Parties or this Court. I hereby 

consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Protective Order.

Signature: 

Printed Name: 

Dated: 

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ORDER

The Stipulated Protective Order in Pacheco v. Lowe’s, Case No.: 1:14-cv-01258-BAM is 

hereby APPROVED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 22, 2014 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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