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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 SAN JOSE OPTIONS, INC.

 A California Corporation 

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

 HO CHUNG YEH, 

 An individual

a/k/a SEBASTIAN,

a/k/a/ MIKE,

d/b/a/ PAINTBARFACTORY,

d/b/a PAINTBARFACTORY.COM,

d/b/a PERSPICACATY 

INTERNATIONAL CORP, a sole 

proprietorship, and DOES 1 —10, 

inclusive,

Defendant(s).

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CASE NO. C 14-00500 KAW

[MODEL] STIPULATED ORDER 

RE: DISCOVERY OF 

ELECTRONICALLY STORED 

INFORMATION FOR STANDARD 

LITIGATION

1. PURPOSE

This Order will govern discovery of electronically stored information 

(“ESI”) in this case as a supplement to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this 

Court’s Guidelines for the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information, and 

any other applicable orders and rules. 

2. COOPERATION

The parties are aware of the importance the Court places on cooperation 

and commit to cooperate in good faith throughout the matter consistent with this 

Court’s Guidelines for the Discovery of ESI.

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3. LIAISON

The parties have identified liaisons to each other who are and will be 

knowledgeable about and responsible for discussing their respective ESI. Each 

e-discovery liaison will be, or have access to those who are, knowledgeable about 

the technical aspects of e-discovery, including the location, nature, accessibility, 

format, collection, search methodologies, and production of ESI in this matter. 

The parties will rely on the liaisons, as needed, to confer about ESI and to help 

resolve disputes without court intervention.

4. PRESERVATION

The parties have discussed their preservation obligations and needs and 

agree that preservation of potentially relevant ESI will be reasonable and 

proportionate. To reduce the costs and burdens of preservation and to ensure 

proper ESI is preserved, the parties agree that: 

a) Only ESI created or received between 1/1/2009and 12/31/2014 will be 

preserved, to the extent the ESI remains in the custody, control or 

possession of the parties;

c) The parties will agree on the number of custodians per party for whom 

ESI will be preserved;

d) These data sources are not reasonably accessible because of undue 

burden or cost pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(B) and ESI from 

these sources will be preserved (to the extent they still exist) but not 

searched, reviewed, or produced: systems or computers that are no 

longer in use that cannot be accessed; 

e) Among the sources of data the parties agree are not reasonably 

accessible, the parties agree not to preserve the following: backup 

media created before 1/1/2009, digital voicemail, instant messaging, 

automatically saved versions of documents]; 

f) In addition to the agreements above, the parties agree data from these 

sources (a) could contain relevant information but (b) under the 

proportionality factors, should not be preserved: n.a., with caveat that 

party responding to discovery request reserves all rights to assert any 

objection per Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2) et seq.

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5. SEARCH

The parties agree that in responding to an initial Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 request, 

or earlier if appropriate, they will meet and confer about methods to search ESI in 

order to identify ESI that is subject to production in discovery and filter out ESI 

that is not subject to discovery.

6. PRODUCTION FORMATS

The parties agree to produce documents in ☒ PDF, ☒TIFF, ☒native and/or

☒paper or a combination thereof (check all that apply)] file formats. If particular 

documents warrant a different format, the parties will cooperate to arrange for the 

mutually acceptable production of such documents. The parties agree not to 

degrade the searchability of documents as part of the document production 

process.

7. PHASING

When a party propounds discovery requests pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, 

the parties agree to phase the production of ESI and the initial production will be 

from the following sources and custodians: phased discovery unnecessary. 

Following the initial production, the parties will continue to prioritize the order of 

subsequent productions.

8. DOCUMENTS PROTECTED FROM DISCOVERY

a) Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), the production of a privileged or 

work-product-protected document, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is 

not a waiver of privilege or protection from discovery in this case or in 

any other federal or state proceeding. For example, the mere production 

of privileged or work-product-protected documents in this case as part 

of a mass production is not itself a waiver in this case or in any other 

federal or state proceeding.

b) The parties have agreed upon a “quick peek” process pursuant to Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and reserve rights to assert privilege as follows: 

parties may choose to “opt out” of “quick peek” process for certain 

documents that responding party identifies via a privilege log. 

c) Communications involving trial counsel that post-date the filing of the 

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complaint need not be placed on a privilege log. Communications may 

be identified on a privilege log by category, rather than individually, if 

appropriate. 

9. MODIFICATION

This Stipulated Order may be modified by a Stipulated Order of the parties 

or by the Court for good cause shown.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, through Counsel of Record.

Date: February 12, 2016 BELVEDERE LEGAL PC

By: _____/s/________________ 

MATTHEW D. METZGER 

MATTHEW D. METZGER (#240437)

Attorneys for Plaintiff San Jose Options, Inc.

Date: February 17, 2016 QUINTANA LAW GROUP, APC

By: _____/s/________________ 

ANDRES F. QUINANA (#190525)

Attorneys for Defendant Ho Chung Yeh

IT IS ORDERED that the forgoing Agreement is approved.

Dated:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT/MAGISTRATE

JUDGE

2/18/16

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