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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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JONATHAN D. WOLF, CA STATE BAR NO. 127043

SUSAN E. BISHOP, CA STATE BAR NO. 187253

KATHLEEN F. SHERMAN, CA STATE BAR NO. 241200

BERLINER COHEN, LLP

TEN ALMADEN BOULEVARD

ELEVENTH FLOOR

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95113-2233

TELEPHONE: (408) 286-5800

FACSIMILE: (408) 998-5388

jonathan.wolf@berliner.com

susan.bishop@berliner.com

kathleen.sherman@berliner.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT 

CAPITAL MAILING SERVICES, INC. AND COUNTERDEFENDANTS PERICE D. SIBLEY AND APC HOLDING 

AND MANAGEMENT, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CAPITAL MAILING SERVICES, INC., a 

California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SALT CREEK MEDIA, INC., a California 

corporation; ANDREW CODY, an individual; 

MATTHEW KELSOE, an individual; 

ROBERT RICO, an individual; JOSHUA 

BYRD, an individual; and DOES 1-20,

Defendants.

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[Case Filed: November 10, 2015]

ANDREW CODY, an individual, 

Counterclaimant,

v.

PERICE D. SIBLEY, aka PERICE D. 

SIBLEY-CODY, an individual; CAPITAL 

MAILING SERVICES, INC., a California 

corporation; APC HOLDING & 

MANAGEMENT, INC., a California 

corporation; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Counter-Defendants.

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following 

Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket 

protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from 

public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to 

confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as 

set forth in Section 13.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file 

confidential information under seal; General Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must 

be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court 

to file material under seal.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order.

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c).

2.3 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record (as well as their support staff).

2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that 

it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

SOURCE CODE.”

2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter.

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2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or 

as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s 

competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party 

or of a Party’s competitor.

2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” 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.

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” representing computer code and 

associated comments and revision histories, formulas, engineering specifications, or schematics 

that define or otherwise describe in detail the algorithms or structure of software or hardware 

designs, 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.

2.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 

action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this 

action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of 

that party.

2.12 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action.

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2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

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

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

subcontractors.

2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.”

2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 

(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 

all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 

a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including

becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to 

the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure 

from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality 

to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate 

agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 

this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 

order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 

claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after 

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the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this 

action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time 

pursuant to applicable law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 

or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care 

to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 

To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only 

those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so 

that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is 

not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 

shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 

for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 

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

withdrawing the mistaken designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 

designated before the material is disclosed or produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 

but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to each page that contains 

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

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

appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection 

being asserted.

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which 

material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all 

of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 

copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, 

qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the 

Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” [Optional: or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– SOURCE CODE]) to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions 

of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 

the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, 

for each portion, the level of protection being asserted.

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, 

that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or 

other proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to 

protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the 

Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding 

is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to 

which protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those 

portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall 

be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating 

Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly 

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invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” and may de-designate portions of the 

transcript within 21 days after the certified transcript has been delivered.

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing 

or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 

shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page 

that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 

pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material 

and the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 

inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 

expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless 

otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 

actually designated.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 

any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of 

the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” If only a portion or portions of the 

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

identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted.

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

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designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 

treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 

challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 

original designation is disclosed.

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 

for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 

notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 

specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in 

good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 

forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 

conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 

designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the 

designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, 

to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next 

stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or 

establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in 

a timely manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under 

Civil Local Rule 230 within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the 

parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is 

later. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the 

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movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding 

paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required 

declaration within the required time shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for 

each challenged designation. After three failed challenges, the burden shall shift to the 

Challenging Party to move to challenge the confidentiality designation for any further 

designation disputes. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a 

confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge 

to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought 

pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the 

movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding 

paragraph.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party, except that as stated above the burden shall shift to the Challenging Party after three failed 

challenges by that Challenging Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper 

purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 

expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the 

confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, 

all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is 

entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 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 

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

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

section 14 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 

in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.

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7.2 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:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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

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

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who 

have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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

reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be 

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

under this Stipulated Protective Order.

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

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disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the

information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party (1) to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, and (2) who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(c) the court and its personnel;

(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 

Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who 

have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and

(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

8. SOURCE CODE

(a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a 

Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SOURCE CODE” 

if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code.

(b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

SOURCE CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information, and may be disclosed only to 

the individuals to whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

information may be disclosed, as set forth in Section 7.3.

(c) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has 

inspected any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall 

maintain all paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. 

The Receiving Party shall maintain all electronic copies of any source code on a secured 

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computer in a secured room without Internet access or network access to other computers. Any 

paper copies of source code that are used in depositions or included within court filings, 

pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying expert’s report) shall be submitted to the court 

along with a request pursuant to General Local Rule 141 to file the documents under seal if that 

source code was designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” by the Producing 

Party. 

9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 

LITIGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– SOURCE CODE,” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 

issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is 

subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated 

Protective Order; and

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued 

by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” before a determination by the court from 

which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 

permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 

that court of its confidential material. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

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authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from 

another court.

10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS 

LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” Such 

information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 

remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 

produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an 

agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the 

Party shall:

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 

that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a 

Non-Party;

2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 

description of the information requested; and

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the 

Non-Party.

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court 

within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 

produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the 

Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information 

in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party 

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before a determination by the court.1 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall 

bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

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

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated 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 unauthorized 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” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 

MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 

provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 

order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Furthermore, if a receiving 

party discovers that it has come into possession of materials that it reasonably should understand 

would be subject to a claim of privilege or other protection by the producing party, and which 

reasonably appear under the circumstances to have been produced inadvertently, the receiving 

party will give immediate notice to the producing party. If the producing party then confirms that 

the materials are subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, and were inadvertently 

produced, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).

13. MISCELLANEOUS

 

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The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights of a NonParty and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality interests in this court.

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13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to 

seek its modification by the court in the future.

13.2 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 disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, 

no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material 

covered by this Protective Order.

13.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party 

or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in 

the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 

Protected Material must comply with General Local 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. Pursuant to General Local Rule 141, a sealing order will issue only upon a 

request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade

secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party’s request to file 

Protected Material under seal pursuant to General Local Rule 141 is denied by the court, then the 

Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record unless otherwise instructed 

by the court.

14. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in section 4 

(DURATION), each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or 

destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, 

abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party 

must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, 

to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where 

appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the 

Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other 

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, 

Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, 

and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert 

reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials 

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

Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: JANUARY 25, 2016 BERLINER COHEN, LLP

BY: /S/ KATHLEEN F. SHERMAN

JONATHAN D. WOLF

SUSAN E. BISHOP

KATHLEEN F. SHERMAN

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND COUNTERDEFENDANT CAPITAL MAILING SERVICES, INC.,

COUNTER-DEFENDANTS PERICE D. SIBLEY AND 

APC HOLDING AND MANAGEMENT, INC., AND 

THIRD PARTY HIRAM SIBLEY

Dated: January 25, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF DAVID S. BARRETT

Attestation of Consent to File:

I, Kathleen F. Sherman, declare that 

David S. Barrett gave me his permission 

to affix his electronic signature to this 

document.

/s/ Kathleen F. Sherman

BY: /S/ DAVID S. BARRETT

DAVID S. BARRETT

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT AND COUNTERCLAIMANT ANDREW CODY AND DEFENDANTS 

SALT CREEK MEDIA, INC., MATTHEW KELSO,

ROBERT RICO, AND JOSHUA BYRD

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: JANUARY 27, 2016

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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

District of California on [date] in the case of Capital Mailing Systems, Inc. v. Salt Creek Media, 

Inc., et al., and related Counterclaims, Eastern District of California Case No. 2:15-CV-02337-

TLN-CKD. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 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 Stipulated 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 the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 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 Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: 

____________________________________________________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: 

________________________________________

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Printed name: _____________________________-

__________________________

Signature:

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