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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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Stipulated Protective Order 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH ANDERSON,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. DOES 1 

to 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02627-JAM-CKD

Stipulated Protective Order 

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 

(“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for 

competitive reasons, normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to 

be bound by the terms of this Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 

Plaintiff KENNETH ANDERSON (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) and defendant HOME 

DEPOT U.S.A., INC. (hereinafter “Defendant”) have stipulated to the following 

protective order: 

1. In response to Requests for Production of Documents served on Defendant 

by Plaintiffs, Defendant will produce documents which it considers proprietary. Such 

documents may include manuals, policy statements, training videos, claims information, 

and inspection reports. This Stipulated Protective Order, is intended to cover and apply 

to any and all documents produced by Defendant in this litigation, and any information 

contained in any of those documents (hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Material".) 

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Stipulated Protective Order 

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2. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may not be disclosed 

or made available to any person or entity other than Plaintiffs, their counsel (including 

the paralegal, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such counsel and working on this 

case), and experts or consultants retained by that counsel (subject to paragraph 3, below). 

3. Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, any experts or consultants 

retained by plaintiffs’ counsel shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall 

execute a non-disclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A, a copy of which shall 

be provided forthwith to counsel for defendant. 

4. Confidential Material may be used only in connection with the prosecution 

and defense of this action (U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Case No. 2:14-cv-02627-

JAM-CKD), and not for any other purpose. Use of Confidential Material is permitted at 

depositions of parties or their experts or in motions filed with the court, subject to the 

requirements of paragraph 5. 

5. In making use of any Confidential Material, counsel for Plaintiff is required 

by this protective order to make reasonable and good faith efforts to prevent the 

disclosure of any Confidential Material to any person or entity not specified in section 2., 

above. These efforts shall include taking steps to ensure that Confidential Material used 

during a deposition, in connection with a motion, or at trial is used under seal, or in some 

other manner which prevents its disclosure to any person or entity not specified in 

section 2., above. The parties agree to meet and confer in a good faith effort to address 

any issues related to the use of Confidential Material at depositions, in court filings, or 

otherwise. 

6. Upon settlement of this action, or upon final judgment once each party's 

appellate rights have been exhausted or the time within which each party may exercise 

such rights has expired, Plaintiffs' counsel shall demand return of all copies of all 

Confidential Material from any persons to whom disclosure has been made under 

paragraph 2., above and shall return to defendant's counsel all copies of all Confidential 

Material which it has in its possession, including copies it returned by any persons to 

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whom disclosure has been made under paragraph 2., above. 

7. Any disclosure of Confidential Material, other than is permitted by this 

protective order, shall be a contempt of court. 

8. Defendant shall not be deemed to have waived any terms of this protective 

order, including this paragraph, except by express written waiver of counsel. 

9. The terms of this order was reached without prejudice to later modification 

by agreement of the parties, or by order of the court upon a showing of good cause. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/28/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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ATTACHMENT A - AFFIDAVIT 

Goodman Neuman 

Hamilton LLP 

417 Montgomery Street 

10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel.: (415) 705-0400 

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Goodman Neuman 

Hamilton LLP 

417 Montgomery Street 

10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel.: (415) 705-0400 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNETH ANDERSON,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. DOES 

1 to 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02627 

EXHIBIT A - AFFIDAVIT 

 I, , swears or affirms and states under penalty of perjury: 

1. I have read the Protective Order in the above-captioned case, a copy of which 

is attached to this Affidavit. 

2. I promise that I have not and will not divulge, or undertake to divulge to any 

person or recording device any information designated as “Confidential” which 

has been shown or told to me except as authorized in the Protective Order. I 

will not use said information for any purpose other than this litigation. 

3. For the purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective Order, I hereby 

submit myself to the jurisdiction of the court in the civil action referenced 

above. 

4. I will abide by the terms of the Protective Order. 

 

DATED: 

 (Print name) 

 

 (Signature) 

 (Organization) 

 (Telephone number) 

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