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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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ANDRADE GONZALEZ LLP BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

Sean A. Andrade (SBN 223591) William E. Padgett (pro hac vice)

sandrade@andradefirm.com William.Padgett@btlaw.com

Henry H. Gonzalez (SBN 208419) 11 S. Meridian Street

hgonzalez@andradefirm.com Indianapolis, IN 46204

Terence L. Finley Jr. (SBN 284402) Telephone: (317) 231-7353

tfinley@andradefirm.com Facsimile: (317) 231-7433

801 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1050

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Telephone: (213) 986-3950

Facsimile: (213) 995-9696

Attorneys for Defendants CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC and EIDP, Inc.

(formerly known as E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and improperly 

named in the First Amended Complaint as “E.I. du Pont” and “Dupont”)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

G&M FARMS INC., a California 

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

E.I. du PONT, and CORTEVA Agriscience, 

and Does 1-50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00213-BAM

Judge Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe

AMENDED [PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Plaintiff G&M Farms Inc. (“G&M Farms”) and Defendants EIDP, Inc.1and Corteva 

Agriscience LLC (hereby referred to collectively as “Corteva”), the parties to this action 

(collectively, “the Parties,” each a “Party”) are engaged in discovery proceedings which 

include, among other things, producing documents and other information.

1 EIDP, which Defendants contend is incorrectly named as “E.I. du Pont, is affiliated with Corteva Agriscience 

LLC (“Corteva”), but would have no legal liability for Fontelis® fungicide and is not a proper party in interest in 

this case. Corteva is the current United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and State of California 

registrant for Fontelis. Corteva and EIDP respond collectively as “Corteva” below, unless otherwise specified.

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Such discovery proceedings involve the production of certain documents and 

information that the Parties believe in good faith to be sensitive commercial, financial, 

business, or personal information.

The parties believe in good faith that discovery and expert disclosures will encompass 

certain documents which would reveal the formulation, of, and/or other confidential or 

proprietary information relating to Corteva’s and its predecessor’s product(s) which are the 

subject of this action, as well as confidential documents and proprietary information related to 

G&M Farms’ business.

Accordingly, counsel for the Parties have given their consent to these terms and have 

agreed to request that a protective order be entered based on the following facts:

A. Corteva contends that certain product formulation documents, including but not 

limited to Confidential Statements of Formula (“CSFs”), are protected from disclosure as trade 

secrets but is willing to produce such records to Plaintiffs pursuant to a protective order.

B. Corteva contends that information and documents regarding the phytotoxicity, 

toxicology, efficacy, environmental fate and other properties of Corteva’s product(s) which are 

the subject of this action, as well as product development, registration, and commercial 

information, are protected from disclosure as trade secrets. Specifically, if any other company 

uses Corteva’s studies in support of the registration of that company’s product, Corteva is 

“entitled to compensation for the use of such data.” See, e.g., 7 U.S.C. §§ 136a(c)(1)(F)(iii);

136a-1(h). In addition, information regarding testing procedures, protocols, and experimental 

methods which has been developed by Corteva and its predecessors over many years at 

considerable cost would be of immense competitive value. Though these materials are trade 

secrets, Corteva is willing to make such information and studies available to Plaintiffs pursuant 

to a protective order.

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C. G&M Farms contends that as a commercial grower it has developed specific 

means and growing practices and has protected that information as trade secrets. If that 

information was disclosed to competing farmers it would cause financial damage to G&M

Farms. That information includes (1) soil preparation, including additives used; (2) bed 

construction; (3) identification of the varieties that are successful in geographical areas; (4) 

fertilizer type, brand, and application; (5) pesticide use, and application; (6) irrigation practices; 

and (7) nurseries from which it buys its plants.

D. The parties therefore stipulate that a protective order be entered in this action

according to the following terms to protect the confidential status of protected documents 

information during discovery in this litigation.

Thus, good cause appearing and pursuant to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This Amended Proposed Stipulated Protective Order (“Protective Order”) shall

govern any and all documents, motions, replies, answers to interrogatories, responses to

requests for admission, and all other discovery (“Discovery Material”) taken in this action

pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to the extent such Discovery Material is

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with this Protective Order.

2. As used in this Protective Order, the term “information” includes documents of 

every kind and all extracts and summaries thereof, and all forms of recordation of information, 

including but not limited to writings, pictures, diagrams, drawings, tapes, and film.

3. As used in this Protective Order, the term “CONFIDENTIAL” shall mean 

sensitive proprietary commercial information, including financial or business plans, trade

secrets, proprietary business information, nonpublic research and development information, or

personal information of a sensitive nature (“Confidential Information”) that the designating 

Party or counsel for the designating Party believes in good faith is subject to protection under 

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Rule 26(c)(1)(G) or other applicable law.

4. Confidential Information includes but is not limited to all product formulation 

documents for those products whose compositions are claimed by Corteva to be a trade secret; 

all studies and other information regarding the toxicology, phytotoxicity, efficacy, 

environmental fate and other properties for which Corteva may be entitled to compensation 

under FIFRA; all testing procedures, protocols, experimental methods or other documents that

represent trade secrets, such that the disclosure of the documents could cause competitive harm 

to Corteva; customer lists; documents received from suppliers regarding materials used in the 

manufacturer’s formulation of end products; agreements claimed to be confidentiality 

agreements, indemnity agreements, agreements among the parties in this lawsuit, purchase-andsale agreements, and agreements which contain an indemnity or liability relationship between 

or among a party asserting protection under this Protective Order. 

5. Any Party (and any non-party who agrees to personal jurisdiction in this Court

for purposes of enforcing this Protective Order) may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” any 

Discovery Material it produces that it believes, in good faith, contains Confidential Information. 

Publicly issued or disseminated documents may not be designated “CONFIDENTIAL.” Only

documents containing Confidential Information shall be so designated. 

6. Any Discovery Material that has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL”

pursuant to this Protective Order shall be marked pursuant to Paragraph 11 herein, shall be

disclosed only to “Qualified Persons” (as defined below in Paragraph 7), and shall be used only

in connection with this action.

7. “Qualified Persons” shall be limited to the following:

a. The named Parties to the Action, Defendants’ parent corporations or 

other subsidiaries of Defendants’ parent corporations, their respective current, past, or future

employees and agents, and counsel representing the Parties in the Action (including members of 

such counsel’s staff, such as paralegals, secretaries, independent contractors, and law clerks, to

whom it is reasonably necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this action);

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b. The Court and its personnel;

c. Experts and consultants retained or considered for retention in this action

(including persons directly employed by such experts or consultants) and any person other than

those set forth in subsection 7.a. above expected to testify at trial or at a deposition to the extent

that the Discovery Material relates to his/her proposed testimony and provided that such person 

executes the Nondisclosure Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit A);

d. Any court reporter or typist rendering services for recording or 

transcribing of testimony in this action, any outside independent reproduction firm, any 

technical or technology services firm, independent exhibit makers, independent translators, and 

other independent litigation support services retained by counsel for purposes of this action; 

and any person indicated on the face of a document or accompanying covering letter, email, or 

other communication to be the author, addressee, or an actual or intended recipient of the 

document, or, in the case of meeting minutes, an attendee of the meeting.

8. Counsel making disclosures to Qualified Persons who have executed a 

Nondisclosure Agreement in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto shall retain all executed

Nondisclosure Agreements during the pendency of this action.

9. Discovery Material marked “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be used solely for the

purposes of this action and for no other purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of

the producing Party. All persons receiving or given access to “CONFIDENTIAL” Discovery 

Material in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order consent to the continuing 

jurisdiction of the Court for the purposes of enforcing this Protective Order and remedying any 

violations thereof. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Discovery Material other than in

accordance with the terms of this Protective Order may subject the disclosing person to such 

sanctions and remedies as the Court may deem appropriate

10. Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall abrogate any legal obligation of 

any Party to disclose any document or information as required by law or court order. However, 

before a Party shall disclose any Discovery Material marked “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to 

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any demand or request for production of documents or any subpoena, the Party, when permitted 

by law, shall give written notice of the request or subpoena or demand (including the delivery 

of a copy thereof) to the attorneys for the producing Party at least fifteen (15) business days 

prior to the time when production of the information is required. In no event shall Confidential 

Information be produced before the expiration of fifteen (15) business days after written notice 

to counsel for the designating party. Furthermore, the person receiving the subpoena or other 

process shall cooperate with the producing party in any proceeding related thereto.

11. “CONFIDENTIAL” Discovery Material, if in writing, shall have the following

language or similar legend stamped on the face of the writing:

CONFIDENTIAL – PRODUCED PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

Such stamping or marking will take place prior to production by the producing Party, or 

subsequent to selection by the receiving Party for copying but prior to the actual copying if

possible. The stamp shall be affixed in such manner as not to obliterate or obscure any written

matter in the Discovery Material, and can be placed on every page of the subject document.

12. Any party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL,” testimony, including 

transcripts and/or portions of transcripts of such testimony (i) by a statement on the record, by 

counsel, at the time of such disclosure or before the conclusion of the testimony; or (ii) by 

written notice, sent to all Parties within 15 business days after receipt of the written transcript 

of the testimony; provided that only those portions of the transcript designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL shall be deemed Confidential Information. Until the expiration of such 

fifteen (15) day period, all testimony given shall be treated as if “CONFIDENTIAL” under the 

Protective Order, after which only the portions specifically designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 

pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph shall be so treated.

13. Interrogatory answers or other responses to written discovery and information 

contained therein shall be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by means of a statement at the 

conclusion of each answer specifying the information that is confidential is contained therein or 

by another method that clearly indicates which portions of the answer or information are 

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considered protected, and by placing the legend referenced in Paragraph 9 above on the front of 

any set of interrogatory answers containing such information.

14. A producing Party that inadvertently fails to designate its Discovery Material as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” may so designate the Discovery Material by fully complying with the

following: within ten (10) days after the producing Party discovers that it inadvertently

produced the Discovery Material without designating it as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this

Protective Order, the producing Party may designate the Discovery Material as Protected by

sending a written notice explaining why the producing Party considers the Discovery Material

to be “CONFIDENTIAL,” along with replacement copies of such Discovery Material bearing

the “CONFIDENTIAL” designation, to all Parties to whom such Discovery Material was 

produced. Upon receipt of such written notice and replacement copies, and from that time

forward, the provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to the newly designated Discovery

Material. Such designation may be challenged in accordance with Paragraph 16 herein, but the

inadvertent production without confidentiality designation shall not constitute a waiver of any

claim of confidentiality. After receipt of a written notice and replacement copies in accordance

with this provision, the receiving Party shall make reasonable efforts to retrieve copies of the

Discovery Material from any non-Qualified Person to whom it was previously disseminated,

and shall make reasonable attempts to destroy or return all copies of the original documents that

were inadvertently not designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

15. Inadvertent production of any information that a producing Party later claims in 

good faith should not have been produced because of immunity, privilege, or other legal 

protection, including, but not limited to, the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine 

(“Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material”), will not be deemed to have waived any 

privilege or other legal protection. A producing Party may request the return of any 

Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material. A request for the return of Inadvertently Produced 

Privileged Material shall identify the privileged material inadvertently produced and the basis 

for withholding it from production. If a producing Party requests the return, pursuant to this 

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paragraph, of any Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material, such Inadvertently Produced 

Privileged Material and all copies thereof shall be returned to the producing Party within 

twenty (20) days unless the Party that received the Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material 

gives notice to the producing Party within that time that it declines to return such materials 

because of a legal obligation to keep them and/or disagreement with the producing Party’s 

claim of immunity, privilege, or other legal protection. In such event, the producing Party may, 

within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the notice described in the preceding sentence, serve a 

motion calling for the return of the Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material. The producing 

Party shall bear the burden of establishing grounds for the return of the Inadvertently Produced 

Privileged Material that it seeks. The Inadvertently Produced Privileged Material shall not be 

used by the receiving Party for any purpose until the Court resolves the Motion, except in 

connection with such Motion; provided, however, that the Inadvertently Produced Privileged 

Material and any writings revealing the contents of that material not otherwise redacted must be 

filed under seal.

16. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed in any way as a judicial 

finding that information designated as “Confidential” actually constitutes Confidential 

Information. At any time during the Action, any Party to the Action may challenge the 

designation of such material as “CONFIDENTIAL” by written notice to the Party that 

produced such material. Within twenty (20) days of such a challenge, the Party that produced 

such material shall respond in writing either stating the basis under which the material should 

be treated as “Protected,” or agreeing to remove the designation. 

17. After the written basis is provided to the challenging Party, the Parties shall meet

and confer in an attempt to resolve any such disagreements. For any disagreement that cannot

be resolved, the producing Party must move the Court for enforcement of this Protective Order 

within ten (10) days after the challenging Party gives written notice that the dispute has not been

resolved and that it continues to challenge the designation of the material as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or such other time period as the Parties may agree. On such a motion, the 

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producing Party shall have the burden of demonstrating the confidential nature of Discovery 

Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL.” The material(s) at issue shall continue to be treated 

in the manner as designated by the producing Party until the Court orders otherwise.

18. This Protective Order shall not prevent any persons bound by it from making use 

of information or documents without the restrictions of the Protective Order if the information

or documents are lawfully in their possession by means other than through production as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” through this Action, except for information or documents that a person

bound by this Protective Order obtains knowing that the information or documents were made

available in violation of this Protective Order.

19. To the extent that any Party files Discovery Materials marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” with the Court, or files any pleading, motion, or other paper with the 

Court containing or disclosing any such “CONFIDENTIAL” material, the Party shall either 

redact those portions containing Confidential Information or file an accompanying motion to 

seal the Confidential Information.

20. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent or restrict any Party in any way 

from inspecting, reviewing, copying, transmitting, using, or disclosing any Discovery Material 

produced or provided by that Party, including Discovery Material designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” Nothing shall prevent disclosure beyond that permitted under the 

Protective Order if the producing Party consents in writing to such disclosure, or if the Court, 

after notice to all affected Parties, orders such disclosure.

21. A Party may refer to and use “CONFIDENTIAL” Discovery Material in pretrial

conferences before the Court, at depositions, at evidentiary hearings, and at trial. The use of 

such material at evidentiary hearings and at trial may be addressed in subsequent orders prior to

such hearings and in the final pretrial order. Any Party or attorney that reasonably believes that

it will disclose Confidential Information in a hearing or any other public proceeding before the

Court other than at evidentiary hearings and at trial shall so inform the Court and the producing 

Party in advance of actual disclosure insofar as possible. If the producing Party objects, the

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producing Party shall be entitled to ask the Court to decide what precautions, if any, are

appropriate to protect the Confidential Information, including how exhibits designated as

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall be filed to maintain their confidentiality.

22. Neither the termination of the Action nor the termination of employment of any 

person shall relieve any person from the obligation of maintaining both the confidentiality and 

the restrictions on use of anything disclosed pursuant to this Protective Order.

23. This Protective Order shall not enlarge, narrow, or in any way affect the proper 

scope of discovery in this action or any other action, nor shall this Protective Order imply that 

Discovery Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” under the terms of this Protective Order

is properly discoverable, relevant, or admissible in this action or any other action.

24. The designation of Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall constitute a 

representation that such Discovery Material has been reviewed by an attorney representing the 

Party making the designation.

25. Entering into this Protective Order, or agreeing to and/or producing or receiving 

Discovery Material or otherwise complying with the terms of this Protective Order, shall not:

a. Prejudice in any way the rights of any Party to (i) seek production of 

documents or information it considers subject to discovery, or (ii) object to the production of 

documents or information it considers not subject to discovery;

b. Prejudice in any way the rights of any Party to object to the authenticity 

or admissibility into evidence of any Discovery Material;

c. Operate as an admission by any Party that any particular Discovery 

Material constitutes or contains Confidential Information;

d. Prejudice in any way the rights of any Party to (i) petition the Court for a 

further protective order relating to any purportedly Confidential Information, or (ii) seek a 

determination by the Court whether any Discovery Material or Confidential Information 

should be subject to the terms of this Protective Order;

e. Prevent any Party from agreeing in writing to alter or waive the 

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provisions or protections provided herein with respect to any particular Discovery Material;

f. Prejudice in any way the rights of any Party to object to the relevance, 

authenticity, use, or admissibility into evidence of any documents, testimony, or other evidence 

subject to this Protective Order;

g. Preclude any Party from objecting to discovery that it believes to be 

otherwise improper; or 

h. Operate as a waiver of any attorney-client, work product, business 

strategy, trade secret, or other privilege.

26. This Protective Order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, a producing 

Party’s use or disclosure of its own Discovery Material for any purpose. Nothing herein shall: 

(i) prevent a producing Party from disclosing its own Confidential Information; or (ii) impose 

any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a person of documents, materials, or information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” obtained lawfully by such person independently of the 

discovery proceedings in this Litigation, and not otherwise subject to confidentiality 

restrictions.

27. The provisions of this Protective Order are not intended to shift any burdens of 

proof, including the burden of establishing that any Discovery Material validly constitutes 

Confidential Information, which burden remains on the Party that designates such Discovery 

Material or testimony as “CONFIDENTIAL”.

28. The terms of this Protective Order shall remain in force after dismissal or entry 

of final judgment not subject to further appeal. The Parties shall take such measures as are 

necessary and appropriate to prevent the public disclosure of Discovery Material designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” through inadvertence or otherwise, after the conclusion of the Action. 

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Dated: July 9, 2024 /s/ William E. Padgett 

Sean A. Andrade 

sandrade@andradefirm.com

Henry H. Gonzalez 

hgonzalez@andradefirm.com

Terence L. Finley Jr. 

tfinley@andradefirm.com

ANDRADE GONZALEZ LLP

801 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1050

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Telephone: (213) 986-3950

Facsimile: (213) 995-9696

William E. Padgett (admitted pro hac vice) 

william.padgett@btlaw.com

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

11 S. Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Telephone: (317) 231-7353

Facsimile: (317) 231-7433

Dated: July 9, 2024 MITCH TAYLOR LAW 

/s/ Mitchell Taylor

Mitchell Taylor

Attorney for Plaintiff

G&M FARMS INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

G&M FARMS INC., a California 

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

E.I. du PONT, and CORTEVA Agriscience, 

and Does 1-50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00213-BAM

Judge Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION

EXHIBIT A: NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

The undersigned, having read the Protective Order Regarding Confidential Information 

entered by the Court in this action between Corteva Agriscience LLC and G&M Farms Inc.,

Case No. 1:24-cv-00213-BAM, and intending to be legally bound thereby, agrees as follows:

1. All documents and Confidential Information disclosed to the undersigned 

pursuant to the Protective Order shall be used only in connection with the above-captioned 

action and shall not be used for any business or other purpose.

2. Such documents and Confidential Information shall be disclosed to and 

discussed only with parties to this suit, the parties’ legal counsel and other persons who have 

executed a similar Nondisclosure Agreement. Neither such documents nor information 

acquired or extracted from such documents will be divulged or made accessible to any other 

person, company, firm, or news entity whatsoever, except in compliance with this 

Nondisclosure Agreement. This Nondisclosure Agreement does not limit the right of the 

signatory to testify at trial in this action or to prepare documents or other materials for 

submission at trial in this action.

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3. The undersigned agrees to take all appropriate and necessary precautions to 

avoid loss or inadvertent disclosure of documents or information designated as confidential.

4. The undersigned affirms that he or she is not employed by any competitor of

Corteva Agriscience LLC, EIDP, Inc., G&M Farms Inc., or their affiliated companies or 

corporations.

5. The undersigned further agrees that upon the final termination of these actions, 

he or she shall return any such documents and Confidential Information which may be in his or 

her possession or control (including all abstracts, summaries, descriptions, lists, synopses, 

pleadings, or other writings reflecting or revealing such information), to the attorney from 

whom he or she received such documents and materials.

6. By signing this agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to subject 

himself/herself to the jurisdiction of the state and/or federal courts of Indiana for the purpose of 

any proceedings relating to the performance under, compliance with or violation of this 

Agreement.

Dated: 

Signature

Name

Address

Employer

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ORDER

Having considered the above stipulation and finding good cause, the Court adopts the 

signed stipulated protective order with the amendment that a portion of paragraph 22 is

amended from “Neither the termination of the Action” to “Neither dismissal or entry of final 

judgment not subject to further appeal.”

The parties are advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States District 

Court, Eastern District of California, any documents subject to the protective order to be filed 

under seal must be accompanied by a written request which complies with Local Rule 141 prior 

to sealing. The party making a request to file documents under seal shall be required to show 

good cause for documents attached to a non-dispositive motion or compelling reasons for 

documents attached to a dispositive motion. Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 

677-78 (9th Cir. 2009). Within five (5) days of any approved document filed under seal, the 

party shall file a redacted copy of the sealed document. The redactions shall be narrowly 

tailored to protect only the information that is confidential or was deemed confidential.

Additionally, the parties shall consider resolving any dispute arising under the 

protective order according to the Court’s informal discovery dispute procedure.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 12, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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