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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ANTHONY J. BARRON (CA State Bar No. 150447) 

MATTHEW A. RICHARDS (CA State Bar No. 233166) 

KHURSHID P. KHOJA (CA State Bar No. 233866)

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94105-3601 

Telephone: (415) 371-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 371-1211 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

R. MAX WILLIAMSON and JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION) 

SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation, NATIONAL 

CASUALTY COMPANY, a Wisconsin 

Corporation, SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, 

WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, R. 

MAX WILLIAMSON, an individual, JOSEPH 

A. LUGHES, an individual, and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-0312-MCE-DAD 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Consolidated with: 05-CV-01389-GEB-KJM 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed by, between, and among the parties to this 

action, and their counsel of record, that the terms and conditions of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order (hereinafter “Protective Order”) shall govern proceedings in this action. 

1. The Scope. This Protective Order is intended to apply to all documents, 

information, deposition testimony, discovery responses and other forms of information of any 

nature disclosed or produced by the parties or non-parties during the course of this litigation. 

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2. Definitions. 

(a) “DOCUMENTS” shall mean: (i) all written, recorded, or graphic matter and 

information produced on computer disks or tapes, including all “writings” as defined by Fed. R. 

Evid. § 1001, which (1) are or have been produced in connection with this action by any party to 

this action, or (2) are produced in this action to any party to this action by any non-party, whether 

pursuant to subpoena or by agreement; and (ii) any copies, excerpts, reproductions, or summaries 

of the foregoing, including microfilm copies. 

(b) “DISCOVERY INFORMATION” shall mean: (i) DOCUMENTS, other 

than DOCUMENTS that are publicly available; (ii) answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for production, including documents and other tangible things produced pursuant to such 

demand(s), and responses to requests for admission served or filed in this action; and 

(iii) transcripts of deposition testimony taken in this action and deposition exhibits. “DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION” shall also include copies, excerpts, reproductions, or summaries of the 

foregoing. 

(c) “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” shall mean: any information, however 

kept or stored, lawfully entitled to confidential treatment under existing United States and 

California law, which is not otherwise accessible to the public, and which discloses information of a 

proprietary business or technical nature that might reasonably be of value to a competitor or 

potential customer of the party or non-party holding the proprietary rights thereto, or might 

reasonably pose a commercial disadvantage to the producing party and that must be protected from 

disclosure. 

(d) “DESIGNATING PARTY(IES)” shall mean and include the party(ies) or 

non-party(ies) designating DISCOVERY INFORMATION as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION. 

3. Disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION shall be disclosed only to the following persons: 

(a) The parties’ attorneys of record in this action and their staffs; 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth below, the parties to this action; 

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(c) Any independent, outside experts and consultants the parties’ attorneys of 

record consult with and/or retain with respect to this litigation, but only to the extent necessary for 

their work on the case, and employees and assistants under the control of such experts or 

consultants; 

(d) Witnesses (other than persons described in Paragraph 3(c) of this Protective 

Order); 

(e) Judges, magistrates, law clerks, and other clerical personnel of the Court 

where this action is pending; 

(f) Court reporters, videographers, and other persons involved in recording 

deposition testimony in this action; 

(g) Other persons, but only to the extent required by the applicable rules of civil 

procedure, local rules of court, or court order; and 

(h) Any other person with the prior written consent of the DESIGNATING 

PARTY. 

All such persons, other than the persons identified in Paragraph 3(a), (b), (e), and (f) of this 

Protective Order, shall agree to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order by signing an 

acknowledgment, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, prior to receiving disclosure of any 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

4. Disclosure to Third-Parties. No person to whom CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION is disclosed shall discuss such information or disclose it to any person other than 

those described in Paragraph 3, above, or for any purpose other than that specified in Paragraph 3. 

5. Inadvertent Disclosure. The inadvertent or unintended disclosure of 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, regardless of whether the information was so designated at 

the time of disclosure, shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of the DESIGNATING 

PARTY’s claim of confidentiality, either as to the specific information disclosed or as to any other 

information relating thereto or on the same or related subject matter. 

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6. Cooperation. Should any non-party seek access from a party to DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by request, subpoena, or 

otherwise, that party’s attorneys of record shall: 

(a) Promptly notify counsel for the DESIGNATING PARTY; 

(b) Object in writing to any disclosure to any non-party without written consent 

from the DESIGNATING PARTY; 

(c) Seek written consent from the DESIGNATING PARTY; and 

(d) Make no disclosure without written consent from the DESIGNATING 

PARTY or court order. 

If the DESIGNATING PARTY does not given its written consent to the party from whom 

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is sought, that party shall work with the 

DESIGNATING PARTY to quash or otherwise oppose the request, subpoena, or other method of 

obtaining the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

7. Copies, Extracts, Summaries, and Memoranda. This Protective Order shall apply to 

copies, extracts, and summaries of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

8. Return of Materials. Within thirty (30) days after termination of this action, the 

parties and/or their counsel shall return or destroy all copies of the opposing parties’ DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION that has been designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION unless required 

by law or ordered by the Court to do otherwise. If DISCOVERY INFORMATION and/or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is destroyed, written confirmation of such destruction shall be 

provided promptly to counsel for all other parties. 

9. Modifications to Terms of Protective Order. This Protective Order may be modified 

by the Court for good cause shown. The Court may enter a subsequent order addressing the use at 

trial of DISCOVERY INFORMATION designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. In 

addition, nothing in this Protective Order shall prohibit a party from seeking further protection of 

DISCOVERY INFORMATION by stipulation among all of the parties or by application to the 

Court. This Protective Order does not limit any party’s right to object to any discovery request on 

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the ground that the documents or information sought requires a greater degree of protection than is 

afforded by this Protective Order. 

10. Responsibility for Compliance. Counsel to whom CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION is disclosed or produced shall be responsible for ensuring that parties and other 

persons are informed of this Protective Order, and for obtaining the required execution of the 

acknowledgment form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Specifically, before disclosing 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to any other person, such counsel shall obtain from that 

person an executed copy of the attached acknowledgment form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

11. Admissibility. Nothing in this Protective Order affects or restricts in any way: 

(a) the admissibility of any documents, testimony, or other evidence at trial; or (b) a party’s right to 

apply to the Court for relief from this Protective Order or for further or additional protective 

orders. 

12. Designation of DISCOVERY INFORMATION. 

(a) Any DISCOVERY INFORMATION, except depositions, that a party 

wishes to designate as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall be so designated in a conspicuous 

place on each page of such DISCOVERY INFORMATION. 

(b) For purposes of depositions in this action, if any party seeks to designate all 

or a portion of the transcript from such deposition as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, then at 

the outset of such deposition, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the attorney for such party 

shall notify counsel for the other parties to this action that the deposition is subject to this 

Protective Order. Thereafter, the deposition and the transcript thereof shall be deemed 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION until twenty (20) days following such counsel’s receipt of the 

transcript from the deposition, within which time the attorney requesting the application of this 

Protective Order shall either: (a) designate in writing only certain portions of said deposition 

transcript as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; or (b) confirm in writing the CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION designation, or withdraw any designation. Failure to provide such information in 

writing within twenty (20) days shall result in the automatic waiver of any designation of such 

deposition transcript as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. If any such deposition transcripts are 

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designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, they shall be regarded as such unless successfully 

challenged as set forth Paragraph 19 of this Protective Order. 

(c) Any DISCOVERY INFORMATION designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION that is identified as an exhibit in connection with testimony given in these 

proceedings shall be marked “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” in a conspicuous place on each 

page thereof, and any testimony concerning the exhibit or thing shall also be considered 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, and shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. 

13. Third-Party Subpoenas. With respect to DOCUMENTS obtained from a third-party 

by subpoena duces tecum or other discovery method authorized by law, the parties shall have thirty 

(30) days from the date said DOCUMENTS are produced to designate said DOCUMENTS 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, during which time the parties shall treat such DOCUMENTS 

as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION as set forth herein. If any such DOCUMENTS are not so 

designated, they shall not be regarded as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. If any such 

DOCUMENTS are designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, they shall be regarded as such 

unless successfully challenged as set forth Paragraph 15 of this Protective Order. 

14. Filing DISCOVERY INFORMATION Under Seal. Eastern District of California 

Local Rules 39-140 and 39-141 apply to discovery materials, including DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION as defined in this Protective Order, that are submitted to the Court for any 

purpose. In the event a party wishes to file DOCUMENTS with the Court that have been 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, then that party shall provide written notice to 

the DESIGNATING PARTY of its intent to file items under seal, identifying with particularity each 

and every DOCUMENT it wishes to file. Thereafter, the DESIGNATING PARTY must serve a 

Notice of Intent to Protect within five (5) days of such notice, and within ten (10) days of service 

of the Notice of Intent to Protect, file a noticed motion with the Court to have the DOCUMENTS 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION filed under seal, pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26(c) and Eastern District of California Local Rules 39-140 and 39-141 in order to 

require those DOCUMENTS be sealed or filed under seal. If and when the DESIGNATING 

PARTY files such a noticed motion to have the DOCUMENTS designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

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INFORMATION filed under seal, and during the pendency of such motion, all other parties will 

refrain from filing such materials or shall lodge such materials with the Court under seal in a manner 

consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and Eastern District of California Local Rules 

39-140 and 39-141, until such time as the Court can conduct a hearing and determination on the 

DESIGNATING PARTY’S motion. If no Notice of Intent to Protect or motion is served after said 

notice, such DOCUMENTS may be used for any purpose. 

15. Challenging a Designation. Any party may challenge the designation of information 

as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by any other party or non-party by written notice to such 

DESIGNATING PARTY specifying which information or DOCUMENTS or class of information 

should not be designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Upon receipt of said notice, the 

parties (through their counsel) shall make good faith and reasonable efforts to informally resolve 

any dispute regarding designations. If, within thirty (30) days of sending a notice challenging the 

designation, the challenge has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the party challenging the 

designation, then the DESIGNATING PARTY(IES) may, within sixty (60) days of receipt of a 

notice challenging the designation, bring a motion for a protective order pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c) to protect the designated DISCOVERY INFORMATION. On any such 

motion to protect the designated DISCOVERY INFORMATION, the DESIGNATING 

PARTY(IES) shall bear the burden of demonstrating that the disputed designation(s) is/are legally 

warranted. If such a motion to protect the designated DISCOVERY INFORMATION is not 

brought within the time period specified herein, all designation of the DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION is waived. The party who prevails on such a motion shall be entitled to the 

recovery of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with such motion, at the 

discretion of the Court for good cause shown. Nothing herein abrogates the parties’ ability to 

extend, by mutual agreement, the time frame within which a motion described above shall be 

brought. 

16. In Camera Review. Any Court hearing which refers to or describes 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall, at the Court’s discretion, be in camera. 

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17. Jurisdiction. The Court retains jurisdiction to modify this Protective Order and to 

make further orders with respect to the custody, control, and use of DISCOVERY 

INFORMATION pursuant to this order, including orders as to the ultimate disposition of said 

DISCOVERY INFORMATION. 

18. Headings. The headings used in this Protective Order are supplied for the 

convenience of the parties and shall not be taken into account in the interpretation of this Protective 

Order. 

Dated: June ___, 2006 THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

By: ____________________________ 

Anthony J. Barron 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, 

WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, R. MAX WILLIAMSON, and 

JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

Dated: June ___, 2006 AGUILAR & SEBASTINELLI, PLC 

By: ____________________________ 

Dominic G. Flamiano 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant 

SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC. and Cross-Defendants, 

MARTIN F. SULLIVAN, SR. and GLORIA 

SULLIVAN 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 5, 2006 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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SF #1076973 v2 -1- [2:05-CV-00312-MCEDAD]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING PROTECTIVE ORDER 

THELEN REID

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ANTHONY J. BARRON (CA State Bar No. 150447) 

MATTHEW A. RICHARDS (CA State Bar No. 233166) 

KHURSHID P. KHOJA (CA State Bar No. 233866)

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94105-3601 

Telephone: (415) 371-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 371-1211 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, 

SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY, WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

R. MAX WILLIAMSON and JOSEPH A. LUGHES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION) 

SOVEREIGN GENERAL INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation, NATIONAL 

CASUALTY COMPANY, a Wisconsin 

Corporation, SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, 

WESTERN HERITAGE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, R. 

MAX WILLIAMSON, an individual, JOSEPH 

A. LUGHES, an individual, and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-00312-MCE-DAD 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Consolidated with: 05-CV-01389-GEB-KJM 

I, ______________________, state and represent as follows: 

My Current address is as follows: ____________________________________________. 

My present occupation is: _________________________________________________________. 

I have been advised of the Protective Order in this case and have reviewed a copy of the 

same that has been provided to me. I understand the Protective Order and agree to be bound by it. 

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SF #1076973 v2 -2- [2:05-CV-00312-MCEDAD]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING PROTECTIVE ORDER 

THELEN REID

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the court for the purposes of enforcement of the Protective 

Order in this action. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I 

have read, understood, and agreed to be bound and abide by the terms of this Acknowledgement 

Regarding Protective Order, and that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my 

knowledge. 

Dated: ______________________ 

______________________ 

 (Signature) 

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