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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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Case No. 2:12-CV-01945-GEB-CKD

GARY R. BASHAM (Bar No. 130119)

NANCY L. McCOY (Bar No. 184983)

AARON R. JACKSON (Bar No. 233816)

BASHAM LAW GROUP

1545 River Park Drive, Suite 205

Sacramento, CA 95815

Telephone: (916) 993-4840

Facsimile: (916) 993-4849

Attorneys for Defendants,

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. and

SEARS HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT 

CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUDY A. DAYTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO., a New York 

Corporation; SEARS HOLDINGS 

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware 

Corporation; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:12-CV-01945-GEB-CKD

AMENDED STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER

WHEREAS, the parties believe that discovery in this action will involve 

production by the parties of documents, material, or testimony containing or concerning 

confidential or proprietary business or financial or trade-secret information, or other information 

which otherwise may be deemed confidential; 

WHEREAS, in light of these confidentiality concerns, the parties mutually wish to 

establish procedures which will be fair to each of them.

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED as follows by and 

between Plaintiff JUDY A. DAYTON (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant SEARS, ROEBUCK AND 

CO. and SEARS HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (“Defendants”), collectively 

(“the parties”), by and through their attorneys of record:

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1. This Confidentiality Order ("Order") shall govern the designation and 

handling of documents, records, discovery responses, or testimony containing or concerning 

confidential or proprietary non-public, commercial, financial, trade secret and/or private 

information, including but not limited to medical records or retirement documents, or private 

information relating to third parties produced in this lawsuit, whether produced by the parties or 

by third parties.

2. With respect to any confidential information or documents within the scope 

of paragraph 1 above, the person or entity producing the documents or information may 

designate, at or prior to the time of production of documents or disclosure of other discovery 

material, all or any portion of such material, documents or information as “confidential” by notice 

legend on the documents or materials, or by designating in writing to other parties, as provided in 

paragraph 10 below, the document numbers of such documents containing confidential 

information.

3. A party may designate any portion of deposition testimony or exhibits as 

“confidential” information under the terms of this Order on the record during the deposition or 

within ten days after receipt of the transcript, by notice legend on the transcript.

4. A party may designate any material produced as “confidential” pursuant to 

this Order. A party may designate as “confidential” any information that the party in good faith 

believes constitutes confidential information within the scope of paragraph 1 above. The parties 

may designate as “confidential” any confidential personal information or information subject to a 

legally protected right of privacy.

5. The term “Confidential” information as used herein shall mean all 

information contained or set forth in any document, material or testimony which has been 

designated by any party or third party as confidential pursuant to the terms of this Order.

6. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court in this action, all confidential 

information will be held by the receiving party solely for the use in connection with this litigation 

and will be maintained and disclosed only in accordance with this Order. Experts referred to in 

paragraph 7(d) who have complied with the requirements of paragraph 7 hereof may review and 

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retain certain documents and other Confidential information for purposes of study, analysis, and 

preparation in connection with the case.

7. Except with prior written consent of the party designating the information 

as Confidential, or upon prior order of this Court obtained upon notice to counsel for all parties, 

Confidential information shall not be disclosed by any party to any person other than:

a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in 

house counsel for purposes related to this litigation;

b) employees or independent contractors of each such law firm;

c) any named party;

d) experts, consultants, or advisors employed or utilized by counsel to 

assist in this litigation, or to testify at trial or any other proceeding 

in this action;

e) the Court and court personnel, including stenographic reporters as 

necessary incident to the preparation for trial or trial of this action;

f) noticed or subpoenaed deponents and their counsel; and

g) any person identified as having authored or previously reviewed or 

received the Confidential material at issue.

Confidential documents may be shown to any person listed in sub paragraph d) and f) of this 

paragraph only after such person has been shown a copy of this Order and advised of its terms, 

and only after such person executes a copy of the form of certification attached to this Order as 

Exhibit "A" (the "Certification"). A party that has produced particular Confidential documents (as 

opposed to a party that has received the Confidential documents) may, however, disclose such 

Confidential documents to any person or entity, with or without any conditions to such disclosure, 

as the party deems appropriate. Counsel for each party will make a good faith effort to persuade 

non-party deponents who are not current employees, officers, directors, or shareholders of any 

party to sign Exhibit "A".

8. Counsel shall maintain complete records of every original signed 

Certification obtained from any person pursuant to paragraph 7. These Certifications need not be 

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disclosed to the opposing parties absent further order by the Court.

9. Any person receiving Confidential information shall not reveal the 

information to, or discuss the contents of the information with, any person who is not entitled to 

receive such information as set forth herein.

10. When any discovery material produced or disclosed, or any deposition 

testimony given, is claimed to contain Confidential information, it shall be stamped or marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or with similar legend. In the event, however, that a party produces original 

documents for inspection or copying, the party may designate Confidential information by 

document number, and the appropriate legend shall be placed on the documents by the producing 

party during the copy process. If the claim is made at deposition that subject matter or material is 

Confidential or contains or concerns Confidential information, the court reporter shall stamp or 

mark the appropriate legend on the cover page and relevant pages of the transcript. If the claim is 

made within ten days after receipt of the deposition transcript, the party designating the material 

Confidential shall inform counsel for all parties, in writing, of the specific pages of the transcript 

to be treated as Confidential. Upon receipt of such notice, any person or party in possession of 

copies of such designated transcript shall affix a suitable legend thereto.

11. In the event that counsel for any party determines to file with or submit to 

the Court (a) any Confidential material, or information derived therefrom, or (b) any papers 

containing or making reference to such information, such counsel shall provide written notice to 

the counsel for the opposing party three (3) court days prior to the date such counsel intends to 

submit any such information to the Court. Such written notice shall identify the specific batesnumbered pages of the Confidential material (or information derived therefrom or reference made 

thereto) that the party intends to submit to the Court. Such written notice is intended to allow the 

opposing party to seek a ruling from the Court that such information shall be filed under seal, in 

accordance with Eastern District of California Local Rule 141. Such information shall not be 

filed with the Court until the Court has ruled on the opposing party's request for an order that such 

information shall be filed under seal.

12. The parties shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a 

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confidential information designation at the time made, and a failure to do so shall not preclude a 

subsequent challenge thereto. In the event that a party objects at any stage of these proceedings 

to the propriety of a designation by a party of any information as confidential, the parties shall 

attempt first to dispose of the dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the disputed cannot be 

resolved, any party may seek appropriate relief from the Court, and the party challenging the 

Confidentiality designation shall have the burden of proving that the information designated as 

Confidential is not subject to the restrictions of this Order. The party challenging the 

Confidentiality designation may not make any unauthorized disclosure of any information 

designated as Confidential unless and until the Court has ruled that the challenge information is 

not subject to the restrictions of this Order.

13. All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of 

Confidential information shall continue to be binding after the concluding of this action unless 

subsequently modified by the agreement between the parties or under the Court.

14. Within ninety (90) days after the final termination of this action, including 

all appeals, any and all Confidential information and all copies made thereof shall, at the option 

of the parties holding such information, either (a) be returned promptly to the party that produced 

the material, or (b) be destroyed, and a certificate to that effect shall be provided to the party that 

produced the material. However, any work product (as defined under applicable law), pleadings, 

deposition transcripts or trial exhibits in this action may be retained by counsel subject to the 

terms of this Order.

15. Entry of this Order shall be without prejudice to any application for relief 

from any restriction contained herein or for any order compelling or further restricting the 

production, exchange or use of any document, testimony, interrogatory, response or other 

information produced, given or exchanged in the course of pretrial discovery in this action.

16. This Order does not operate as an agreement by any party to produce any 

or all documents and/or information demanded or requested by another party. Nothing herein 

shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or to be construed as an acknowledgement of 

the applicability of any privilege.

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17. All persons bound by this Order are hereby notified that if this Order is in 

any manner violated, the person or entity who commits such violation shall be subject to such 

sanctions as the Court, on motion and after hearing, deem just. The terms and conditions of this 

Order shall remain in full force and effect until further order of this Court or a Court of competent 

jurisdiction and shall not cease to be in effect because this litigation is finally adjudicated. The 

Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter after entry of final judgment to enforce the terms of 

this Order.

18. The inadvertent failure of any party to designate as confidential any 

document produced in the course of regular discovery in this action shall not constitute a waiver 

of that party’s right to assert later that such document is confidential.

19. The court retains jurisdiction to make such amendments, modifications and 

additions to this order as it may deem appropriate.

Date: January 14, 2013 SHIMODA LAW CORP.

By: /s/ Galen T. Shimoda

GALEN T. SHIMODA 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

JUDY A. DAYTON

Date: January 14, 2013 BASHAM LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Nancy L. McCoy

GARY R. BASHAM

NANCY L. MCCOY

AARON R. JACKSON

Attorneys for Defendants,

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. and

SEARS HOLDINGS 

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2013

___________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

EXHIBIT A

I ________________________________, hereby state and declare that I have read and 

understand the attached Amended Protective Order of the United States District Court, Eastern 

District of California, in the matter of Judy A. Dayton v Sears, Roebuck and Co. et al., United 

States Eastern District Court Case No. 2:12-cv-01945-GEB-CKD, and hereby agree to fully 

comply with the terms and conditions thereof. I further consent to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court, Eastern District of California with respect to enforcement of the 

Confidentiality Order.

Executed this ____ day of ___________, 2013, at ______________________________.

____________________________________

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