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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TOMAMEX TIJUANA, INC., a California 

Corporation,

 Plaintiff, 

v.

CINTAS CORPORATION, a Washington 

Corporation,

 Defendant. 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION. 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER AS MODIFIED 

BY THE COURT 

Courtroom: B 

Judge: Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

Pretrial Conference: April 18, 2011 

Trial: May 24, 2011 

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. 

The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the parties may 

contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing or other 

commercial information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7). The purpose 

of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical during the 

litigation.

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THEREFORE:

DEFINITIONS 

1. The term “Confidential Information” will mean and include information contained or 

disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial 

testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, and compilations derived therefrom that is 

deemed to be Confidential Information by any party to which it belongs. 

2. The term “materials” will include, but is not be limited to: documents; correspondence; 

memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or other material that identify 

customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules or other matter identifying pricing; minutes; 

telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts; invoices; drafts; books of account; 

worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; expense accounts; recordings; 

photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which information can be obtained and translated 

into reasonably usable form through detection devices; sketches; drawings; notes (including laboratory 

notebooks and records); reports; instructions; disclosures; other writings; models and prototypes and 

other physical objects. 

3. The term “counsel” will mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys, 

paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms identified below: 

 a. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP 

 b. Keating, Muething & Klekamp, PLL, and 

 c. Hosey & Bahrambeygui LLP 

GENERAL RULES 

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party believes should 

be subject to this Protective Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

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a. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL”: Any party may designate information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the unrestricted 

disclosure of such information could be potentially prejudicial to the business or operations of such 

party.

b. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY”: Any party may 

designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” only if, in the good faith 

belief of such party and its counsel, the information is among that considered to be most sensitive by 

the party, including but not limited to trade secret or other confidential research, development, 

financial or other commercial information. 

5. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no marking 

need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For purposes of the initial 

inspection, all materials produced will be considered as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY,” and must be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. Thereafter, upon selection of 

specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, the producing party must, within a reasonable 

time prior to producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark the copies of those materials that 

contain Confidential Information with the appropriate confidentiality marking. 

6. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of 

Confidential Information of any party: 

a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as containing 

Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation must be 

made on the record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as 

containing Confidential Information after transcription of the proceedings; A party will have 

until fourteen (14) days after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or 

parties to the action of the portions of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

b. the disclosing party will have the right to exclude from attendance at the deposition, 

during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, any person other than the 

deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the court reporter, and the person(s) 

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agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; and 

c. the originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the deposition must bear the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” as appropriate, 

and the original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing must not be filed unless 

it can be accomplished under seal, identified as being subject to this Order, and protected from 

being opened except by order of this Court. 

7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL 

- FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must not be disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than those 

persons designated within this order and must be handled in the manner set forth below and, in any 

event, must not be used for any purpose other than in connection with this litigation, unless and until 

such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties, or by order of the Court. 

8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must be viewed 

only by counsel (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by independent experts under 

the conditions set forth in this Paragraph. The right of any independent expert to receive any 

Confidential Information will be subject to the advance approval of such expert by the producing party 

or by permission of the Court. The party seeking approval of an independent expert must provide the 

producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed independent expert, and an 

executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of providing any Confidential 

Information of the producing party to the expert. Any objection by the producing party to an 

independent expert receiving Confidential Information must be made in writing within fourteen (14) 

days following receipt of the identification of the proposed expert. Confidential Information may be 

disclosed to an independent expert if the fourteen (14) day period has passed and no objection has 

been made. The approval of independent experts must not be unreasonably withheld. 

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” must be viewed only by counsel (as 

defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the terms of 

paragraph 8), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such individual has read 

this Order in advance of disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by its terms: 

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(a) Executives who are required to participate in policy decisions with reference to this 

action; 

(b) Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find it necessary 

to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of this action; and 

(c) Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals identified above. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR 

COUNSEL ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, author or a 

recipient of a copy of the document, may be shown the same. 

11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL -FOR COUNSEL ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and any and all 

reproductions of that information, must be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving 

party identified in paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized to view such information 

under the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for their participation 

in this litigation. 

12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents which are designated as 

Confidential Information are filed with the Court for any purpose, the party seeking to file such 

material must seek permission of the Court to file the material under seal. 

 13. No items will be filed under seal without a prior application to, and order from, the 

judge presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge presiding over the hearing or trial 

permits filing an item or items under seal may confidential material filed with the Court be filed in a 

sealed envelope or other container marked on the outside with the caption of this action and the 

following statement: 

 “CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” 

If any person fails to file protected documents or information under seal, any party to this lawsuit 

may request that the Court place the filing under seal. 

 Whenever the Court grants permission to file an item under seal, a duplicate disclosing all 

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nonconfidential information shall be filed and made part of the public document. The public 

document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to an item filed under seal, e.g., “Redacted 

Copy of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment.” The 

sealed and redacted documents shall be filed simultaneously. 

14. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the 

materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality must notify, in writing, 

counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the objection. If the 

dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within seven (7) days of receipt of such a 

notice of objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The 

materials at issue must be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the designating party, 

until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 

15. All Confidential Information must be held in confidence by those inspecting or 

receiving it, and must be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, and each 

person receiving Confidential Information must take reasonable precautions to prevent the 

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is disclosed to 

any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized 

disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to the 

attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of the other parties, 

make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the person(s) receiving the 

unauthorized disclosure. 

16. No party will be responsible to another party for disclosure of Confidential Information 

under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise identified as such in 

accordance with this Order. 

17. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information without 

labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the designating 

party may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing produced is deemed 

Confidential Information, and that the document or thing produced should be treated as such in 

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accordance with that designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving party has 

disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving party must notify the 

designating party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the parties will agree on a mutually 

acceptable manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced materials as “CONFIDENTIAL“ 

or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” 

18. Nothing within this order will prejudice the right of any party to object to the 

production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged or as 

attorney work product. 

19. Nothing in this Order will bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients with 

respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information designated as 

Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the information must not be disclosed. 

20. This Order will be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose production of 

any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere presence of 

Confidential Information. The existence of this Order must not be used by either party as a basis for 

discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

21. Nothing within this order will be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court. 

22. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, counsel for each 

party must, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential Information to the party that 

produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries of that information, or must 

destroy same at the option of the receiving party, and must purge all such information from all 

machine-readable media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party 

may retain all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that 

refer to or incorporate Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by this Order with 

respect to all such retained information. Further, attorney work product materials that contain 

Confidential Information need not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person in 

possession of the attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all 

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such retained information. 

23. The restrictions and obligations set forth within this order will not apply to any 

information that: (a) the parties agree should not be designated Confidential Information; (b) the 

parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) the parties agree, or the Court rules, 

has become public knowledge other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its 

employees, or its agents in violation of this Order; or (d) has come or will come into the receiving 

party’s legitimate knowledge independently of the production by the designating party. Prior 

knowledge must be established by pre-production documentation. 

24. The restrictions and obligations within this order will not be deemed to prohibit 

discussions of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains 

legitimate possession of that information. 

25. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes within this order. 

26. This Order maybe modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by the 

Court.

27. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in the 

interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings. The parties prefer that the 

Court provide them with notice of the Court’s intent to modify the Order and the content of those 

modifications, prior to entry of such an order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 10th day of August, 2010 

 _____________________________ 

Magistrate Judge, United States District Court

_____________________________

M i t t Jd U it d St t Di t

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EXHIBIT A 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TOMAMEX TIJUANA, INC., a California 

Corporation,

 Plaintiff, 

v.

CINTAS CORPORATION, a Washington 

Corporation,

 Defendant. 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION. 

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Courtroom: B 

Judge: Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

Pretrial Conference: April 18, 2011 

Trial: May 24, 2011 

I, ________________________, declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as _____________________ by ____________________. 

2. I have read the Protective Order entered in TOMAMEX TIJUANA, INC. v. CINTAS 

CORPORATION, et. al., and have received a copy of the Protective Order. 

3. I promise that I will use any and all “Confidential” or “Confidential – For Counsel 

Only” information, as defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner authorized by the 

Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter. 

4. I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such “Confidential” or “Confidential – For 

Counsel Only” information, with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 8 and 9 of 

the Protective Order. 

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5. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect to 

enforcement of the Protective Order. 

6. I understand that any disclosure or use of “Confidential” or “Confidential – For 

Counsel Only” information in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may 

subject me to sanctions for contempt of court. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: _______________ ____________________________ 

101283643.1 

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