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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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MICHAEL BARNES (State Bar No. 121314)

SONIA MARTIN (State Bar No. 191148)

MENGMENG ZHANG (State Bar No. 280411)

DENTONS US LLP

525 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300

E-mail: michael.barnes@dentons.com

sonia.martin@dentons.com

mengmeng.zhang@dentons.com

Attorneys for Defendant

ALLSTATE NORTHBROOK INDEMNITY

COMPANY, erroneously sued as ALLSTATE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

LATONYA R. FINLEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ALLSTATE, DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-04261-RS

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED

PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING

CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY

DOCUMENTS PRODUCED

By and through their respective attorneys of record, plaintiff Latonya R. Finley, in pro

per, and defendant Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company, erroneously sued as Allstate,

collectively referred to as the “Parties,” and individually as a “Party,” stipulate and agree to the

entry of the following Protective Order.

THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS THAT:

1. The production of private, confidential and proprietary documents by any Party in

response to another Party’s discovery requests in this action will take place pursuant to this

Protective Order, which shall apply to all such documents (the “Confidential Discovery

Documents”) regardless of how a Party came or comes into their possession.

2. Confidential Discovery Documents may only be disclosed and/or made available to

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the following persons:

(a) The Parties or employees of a Party who are assisting counsel in this

litigation;

(b) Witnesses, other than the Parties, who provide or may provide deposition or

trial testimony in the instant action;

(c) The attorneys of record for a Party and the current employees of those

attorneys or their firms;

(d) Any experts or consultants retained by a Party or its counsel of record in

good faith in connection with this lawsuit, as well as any experts designated by order of this

Court;

(e) Outside copy services, interpreters, translators, court

reporters/stenographers (other than those employed by the Court), and similar vendors retained

by the Parties whose normal job functions require them to have access to the documents; and

(f) Court personnel, provided that the requirements of Paragraph 6 below are

satisfied.

3. No Confidential Discovery Documents may be disclosed or made available to any

of the persons designated in Paragraphs 2(b) and 2(d) above unless those persons agree, in

advance, to be bound by this Protective Order, to use such documents solely for purposes of this

action, and not to disclose any such documents to any other person, firm, or concern. Such

persons shall execute an affidavit, in the form attached as Exhibit “A,” which is to be kept by

counsel and shall be subject to inspection by opposing counsel upon reasonable notice;

provided, however, that opposing counsel shall not be entitled to review the affidavits of any

persons described in Paragraph 2(d) until after the designation of experts occurs.

4. Each page of the Confidential Discovery Documents produced by a Party in

discovery in this action shall be marked, “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE

ORDER,” which marking shall designate such documents as Confidential Discovery Documents

covered by this Protective Order. If a Party disputes the propriety of such a designation, it shall,

after meeting and conferring with counsel for the Party producing the Confidential Discovery

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Documents, bring the matter to the attention of the Court within the later of 120 days before the

trial in this action or 45 days from their receipt of the document(s) at issue.

5. A Party may designate as a Confidential Discovery Document (under the terms of

the Protective Order) the record of any hearing, deposition, trial, or other proceeding, including

any testimony or statements made at the deposition or proceeding and any exhibits or

attachments, by either: (1) giving oral notice during the taking of the deposition or the

proceeding, or (2) written notice to all counsel of record within forty-five (45) days before the

trial in this action, unless the hearing, deposition, trial, or other proceeding at issue is within

forty-five (45) days of the trial in this action, in which case the Party may give such notice at

trial. All portions of any such transcripts, exhibits, or attachments shall be marked

“CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” before being provided to the

Court or other persons or entities.

6. Before filing or submitting any Confidential Discovery Documents to the Court,

Parties must comply with the procedures for sealing documents under Civil Local Rule 79-5.

7. Any person or entity who receives any Confidential Discovery Documents (or any

copies thereof) in connection with this action (a) may not use those Confidential Discovery

Documents in any other case, matter, or proceeding; and (b) must return the Confidential

Discovery Documents (and any and all copies) to counsel for the Party producing the

Confidential Discovery Documents, or destroy the Confidential Discovery Documents (and any

and all copies), within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of this action and all appeals. In the

event the person or entity in receipt of Confidential Discovery Documents elects to destroy

them, instead of returning them, that person or entity must provide counsel for the Party

producing the Confidential Discovery Documents with an affidavit or declaration, under penalty

perjury, stating that the Confidential Discovery Documents (and any and all copies) have been

destroyed.

8. All copies of the Confidential Discovery Documents shall be kept and stored in a

manner reasonably calculated to preserve their confidentiality.

9. If a person or party in receipt of a Confidential Discovery Document believes that

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said document is required by law to be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Protective

Order, then that person or party shall (a) immediately notify counsel for the Party producing the

Confidential Discovery Document, and in no event later than two (2) business days after

receiving the request at issue, including by providing counsel for the Party producing the

Confidential Discovery Document with a copy of the request; (b) timely serve written objections

to the request that expressly reference this Protective Order; and (c) cooperate with any efforts

by the Party producing the Confidential Discovery Document to limit, condition, or prevent the

disclosure of the Confidential Discovery Document.

10. Producing or receiving Confidential Discovery Documents, or otherwise complying

with the terms of this Protective Order, shall not prejudice the rights of the Party producing the

Confidential Discovery Documents to object to the production, use, or introduction into

evidence of any Confidential Discovery Documents (or any portions) on the grounds of

relevance, privilege, the work-product doctrine, or any other grounds other than

confidentiality/privacy.

11. If Confidential Discovery Documents subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege,

the work product doctrine, privacy rights of third parties, or any other applicable privilege or

protection are inadvertently or mistakenly produced, such production shall in no way prejudice

or otherwise constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim of privilege or protection for

those Confidential Discovery Documents, and the Party producing the Confidential Discovery

Documents may, within twenty-one (21) days of discovery of such inadvertent or mistaken

production, make a written request for the return of those documents. Within fifteen (15)

business days of receipt of such a request, the inadvertently or mistakenly produced Confidential

Discovery Documents, as well as all copies and all documents, materials, or information

reflecting the contents of such Confidential Discovery Documents, shall be returned to the Party

producing the Confidential Discovery Documents, and no Party shall make any use of those

documents. If a receiving party objects to the return of the documents within the fifteen (15)

business day period described above, the receiving party may, within forty-five (45) days after

the service of said objection, file a motion with the Court for an order compelling their

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EXHIBIT A - DECLARATION

I, ______________________________, hereby declare:

1. My address is _______________________________________________.

2. I am presently employed by _______________________________________, whose

business address is _________________________________________________________.

3. My present occupation or job description is _______________________.

4. I am involved with this case in the capacity of a __________________________ retained

by or affiliated with _______________________ (name of party, if applicable).

5. I have been given a copy of the Protective Order in this case signed by a Honorable

Richard G. Seeborg on ___________________________.

6. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the Protective Order.

7. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order.

8. I will hold in confidence any and all Confidential Discovery Documents, as well as any

and all words, summaries, abstracts, or indices of Confidential Discovery Documents, that

are disclosed to me, and I will not disclose any of them to anyone who is not qualified to

receive them under the terms of the Protective Order.

9. I will return all Confidential Discovery Documents that come into my possession, and any

and all documents or things that I have prepared relating to those Confidential Discovery

Documents, to the party from whom I received them.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is

true and correct and that this declaration was executed on ___________________, 201_, at

_______________________, ___________________ (city, state).

Signed: ______________________________

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