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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:30505-30510 Exoneration, Limitation of Liability

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

CASE NO. 16-cv-1873 H (JMA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In the matter of the Complaint of

MARK S. FRANCIS and WENDY P. 

FRANCIS, as owners of the vessel 

“Fortuna,” 

For exoneration from, or limitation of, 

liability. 

CASE NO.: 16-cv-1873 H (JMA)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER1

 

 

1 This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective order 

provided by the United States District Court, Southern District of California.

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I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production 

of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from 

public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 

may be warranted. The purpose of the Protective Order is to allow the parties to have 

reasonable access to information from the other party with the means of limiting 

access to, and disclosure of, Confidential Information that is protected in this lawsuit 

without frequent resort to determinations of discoverability by the Court.

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does 

not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that 

the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 

information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 

legal principles. 

II. DEFINITIONS

1. When used in this Order, the word “documents” shall have the full 

meaning ascribed to the term “writings” as set forth in Federal Rule of Evidence 

1001(1) and shall include, without limitation, all originals written, recorded, or 

graphic matters and all copies thereof. 

2. The term “Confidential Information” will mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial and deposition 

testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including data, 

summaries and compilations derived therefrom, that is deemed to be Confidential 

Information by any party to which it belongs. 

3. The term “Discovery Materials” will mean any document or portion(s) 

thereof, testimony, or other information produced in this action through disclosure or 

discovery procedures by any party. 

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4. The term “Confidential Discovery Materials” shall mean Discovery 

Materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

III. GENERAL RULES

5. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to request for admissions, trial testimony, 

deposition testimony and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or 

information that the producing party believes should be subject to the Protective 

Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

6. All Confidential Discovery Materials (as defined in section II (4) above) 

produced or disclosed in this action shall be used solely for the prosecution and/or 

defense of any action between the parties. Any person who has been provided 

Confidential Discovery Materials in this action shall maintain them in a reasonably 

secure manner so as to avoid disclosure of their contents. 

7. Discovery materials may be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” by the 

producing party who believes in good faith that the unrestricted disclosure of such 

information could be potentially prejudicial to the protected privacy rights, business, 

or operations of such party and/or any party’s employees or clients. 

8. Discovery Materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be referred to 

herein as “Confidential Discovery Materials.” Confidential Discovery Materials 

include materials and documents that constitute or reflect parties’ confidential 

business and financial information, the disclosure of which may be prejudicial to 

parties’ protected privacy rights, business or operations, and/or information that may 

be protected by any third party’s right to privacy under the United States or California 

Constitutions. Materials provided by one party to the other informally in the course 

of this action may be brought within the terms of the Protective Order by written 

notification to counsel receiving such Materials at the time of any such exchange. 

9. The “CONFIDENTIAL” designation provided for in this Order may be 

made at or prior to the time of production of documents by stamping the word 

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“Confidential” on each page of the matter disclosed or conspicuously on the front of 

other media containing information (e.g., CD or DVD), or, in the case of depositions, 

as provided in section III(10) below. Inadvertent failure to designate materials as 

“Confidential” at the time of production may be remedied thereafter by written notice 

of supplemental production of the Discovery Materials with the “Confidential” 

designation. Upon the service of such notice and supplemental production, the 

Discovery Materials shall be subject to the Protective Order as if the materials had 

been initially designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

10. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a 

disclosure of Confidential Information of any party: 

a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as 

containing Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this 

Order; such designation must be made on the record whenever 

possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as 

containing Confidential Information after transcription of the 

proceedings; A party will have until fourteen (14) days after receipt 

of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the 

action of the portions of the transcript to be designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

b. the disclosing party will have the right to exclude from attendance 

at the deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information 

is to be disclosed, any person other than the deponent, counsel

(including their staff and associates), the Court reporter, and the 

person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 12 below; and 

c. the originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the 

deposition must bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” and the 

original or any copy ultimately presented to a Court for filing must 

not be filed unless it can be accomplished under seal, identified as 

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being subject to this Order, and protected from being opened except 

by order of this Court. 

11. No Discovery Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be 

disclosed, directly or indirectly, by the receiving party in the action to anyone other 

than those person designated within this order and must be handled in the manner set 

forth below and, in any event, must not be used for any purpose other than in 

connection with this litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either 

by agreement of the parties, or by order of the Court. 

12. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” must be viewed only by 

the individual listed below, provided each such individual has read this Order in 

advance of disclosure: 

a. the Court, necessary Court personnel, and jurors; 

b. the parties; 

c. the partners, associates, and employees of the attorneys’ law firms 

who are representing any named party in the action; 

d. Court reporters transcribing depositions or testimony in the action 

and administrative staff of Court reporting agencies as necessary 

for the processing of the transcript; 

e. any person who lawfully saw documents or information before its

designation as “CONFIDENTIAL;” 

f. any expert retained or consulted by any party in connection with 

this action, provided such persons sign an acknowledgment 

substantially similar to Exhibit “A”; 

g. non-party deponents at their depositions or non-party witnesses

at trial, but only to the extent reasonably necessary to give their 

testimony; 

h. copy services; and 

i. any person whom a party intends, in good faith, to call as a 

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witness in any hearing or at trial in the litigation, and that person’s 

attorneys, if other than those described in subsection (c) above, 

but only to the extent reasonably necessary to give testimony, 

provided such persons shall not be entitled to keep copies of 

Confidential Discovery Materials unless they sign an 

acknowledgement substantially similar to Exhibit “A.”

13. All persons to whom Confidential Discovery Materials are disclosed 

pursuant to section III(12)(a)-(i) above shall be provided with a copy of the Protective 

Order. 

14. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents 

which are designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” are filed with the Court for any purpose, 

the party seeking file such material must seek permission of the Court to file the 

material under seal. However, no document may be filed under seal without explicit 

“authorization.” In that respect, a party must file a “public” version of any document 

that it seeks to file under seal. In the public version, the party may redact only that 

information that is deemed “confidential.” The party should file the redacted 

document(s) simultaneously with a joint motion or ex parte application requesting 

that the confidential portion of the document(s) be filed under seal and setting forth 

good cause for the request. A party should submit the unredacted document(s) 

directly to chambers. 

15. Nothing shall be filed under seal, and the Court shall not be required to 

take any action, without separate prior order by the Judge before whom the hearing 

or proceeding will take place, after application by the affected party with appropriate 

notice to opposing counsel. The parties shall follow and abide by applicable law, 

including Civ. L.R. 79.2, ECF Administrative Policies and Procedures, Section II. j, 

and the chambers rules, with respect to filing documents under seal. 

16. If at any time any Confidential Discovery Materials governed by the 

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Protective Order are the subject of a subpoena issued to a party who has received 

Confidential Discovery Materials in this action by any Court, administrative, or 

legislative body, or by any other persons or entity purporting to have authority to 

require the production of such information, the person to whom the subpoena is 

directed shall promptly give written notice thereof, and include a copy of the 

subpoena or request (unless providing disclosure of subpoena or request is prohibited 

by law or Court order) to any person who has designated such information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” After receipt of the notice specified under this paragraph, the 

person seeking to maintain the “CONFIDENTIAL” designation shall have the sole 

responsibility, if it believes it necessary to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Discovery Materials, for obtaining an order from a Court having appropriate 

jurisdiction. Upon the filing of any such motion to maintain the confidentiality of 

the materials sought (notice of which shall be given to the person to whom the 

subpoena is directed), the person to whom the subpoena is directed shall respond 

timely to the subpoena, but will not allow access to Confidential Discovery Materials 

until such time as the Court has ruled on the motion filed by the person or entity 

seeking to preserve the confidentiality of the Discovery Materials, unless otherwise 

required by law to make an earlier production notwithstanding such motion. If the 

person seeking to maintain confidentiality does not move for a protective order within 

the time allowed for the discovery sought by the subpoena (or within such time as a 

Court may direct or as may be agreed upon between the designating person and the 

subpoenaing party) or give written notice of such motion to the subpoenaing party 

and the person to whom the subpoena is directed, the person to whom the subpoena 

or other request is directed may commence production in response thereto on the date 

designated on the subpoena. If the Court grants an application to file documents 

under seal, the Court’s mandatory paper chambers copies must include a complete 

version of the documents with an appropriate notation identifying the document or 

the portion of the document that has been filed under seal. 

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17. Nothing herein shall impose any restriction on the use or disclosure by 

a party of documents or information created by or for such party, or obtained by such 

party, independently of discovery proceedings herein. 

18. Entry of this Order shall be without prejudice to any motion or ex parte

application for relief from the Court from any restriction hereof or for any other or 

further restriction on the production, exchange, or use of any document, testimony, 

or other information produced, given or exchanged in the course of pre-trial 

discovery in this action. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to 

a designation of the materials as “CONFIDENTIAL.” The party objecting to 

confidentiality must notify, in writing, counsel for the designating party of the 

objected-to materials and the grounds for the objection. If the dispute is not resolved 

consensually between the parties within seven (7) days of receipt of such a notice of 

objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The 

materials at issue must be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the 

designating party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been 

otherwise resolved. 

19. Designated documents may be redacted to remove confidential portions 

to allow the elimination or reduction of the designation. Any party making such a 

redaction must notify the designating party of the redaction in writing. If at any time 

a dispute with regard to the redaction of particular Confidential Discovery Material 

arises, the parties shall meet and confer to resolve that issue within seven (7) Court 

days. If the dispute is not resolve consensually between the parties within seven (7) 

days of receipt of such a notice of objections, the redacting party may move the Court 

for a ruling on the objection. 

20. All Confidential Information must be held in confidence by those 

inspecting or receiving it, and must be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel 

for each party, and each person receiving Confidential Information must take 

reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such 

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information. If Confidential Information is disclosed to any person other than a 

person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure 

must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to 

the attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of 

the other parties, make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by 

the person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 

21. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information 

without labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with 

this Order, the designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that 

the document or thing produced is deemed Confidential Information, and that the 

document or thing produced should be treated as such in accordance with that 

designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the 

receiving party has disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the 

receiving party must notify the designating party in writing of each such disclosure. 

Counsel for the parties will agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or 

marking the inadvertently produced materials as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

22. Nothing within this order will prejudice the right of any party to object 

to the production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is 

protected as privileged or as attorney work product. 

23. Original documents that have been filed under seal will not be returned 

to the party who produced such documents in the action. However, a party may 

obtain copies of any documents that party produced and filed under seal within ninety 

(90) days after the final and non-appealable termination of this action. 

24. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to 

approval by the Court. 

25. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this order in the 

interest of justice or for public policy reasons at any time in these proceedings. The 

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Court acknowledges the parties prefer the Court provide them with notice of the 

Court’s intent to modify the order prior to entry of such an order. 

26. Unless specifically provided in an order of this Court, this Order does 

not change, amend, or circumvent any Court rule or local rule of this Court. 

27. Nothing within this Order will be construed to prevent disclosure of 

Confidential Discovery Materials if such disclosure is required by law or by order of 

the Court. 

28. This Order will be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 

production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than 

the mere presence of Confidential Discovery Materials. The existence of the 

Protective Order must not be used by either party as a basis for discovery that is 

otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

29. Subject to public policy, and further court order, nothing shall be filed 

under seal, and the Court shall not be required to take any action, without separate 

prior order by the Judge before whom the hearing or proceeding will take place, after 

application by the affected party with appropriate notice to opposing counsel. 

30. If the Court grants a party permission to file an item under seal, a 

duplicate disclosing all nonconfidential information, if any, shall be filed and made 

part of the public record. The item may be redacted to eliminate confidential material 

from the document. The document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to an 

item filed under seal, e.g., “Redacted Copy of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in 

Support of Motion for Summary Judgment.” The sealed and redacted documents 

shall be filed simultaneously. 

31. Even after final disposition of this action, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a designating party agrees 

otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 

deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with 

or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and 

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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time 

pursuant to applicable law. 

32. After the final disposition of this action, as defined in Section III (32), 

within 60 days of a written request by the designating party, each receiving party 

must return all Confidential Information to the producing party or destroy such 

material. As used in this subdivision, “all Confidential Information” includes all 

copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or 

capturing any of the Confidential Information. Whether the Confidential Information 

is returned or destroyed, the receiving party must submit a written certification to the 

producing party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the designating party) by 

the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the 

Confidential Information that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the 

receiving party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or 

any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Confidential Information. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all pleadings, 

briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that refer to 

or incorporate Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by this Order 

with respect to all such retained information. Further, attorney work product 

materials that contain Confidential Information need not be destroyed, but, if they 

are not destroyed, the person in possession of the attorney work product will continue 

to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. 

33. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 

measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 

sanctions. In the event motion practice is required to enforce the terms of this Order, 

and a party is found by the Court to have willfully violated the terms of this Order, 

the prevailing party on such a motion shall be awarded costs, expenses, and fees, 

including attorney or other professional fees, incurred in connection with the 

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discovery of the violation and the preparation, filing, and arguing of the motion or 

any other proceedings resulting from the violation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

COX, WOOTTON, LERNER, GRIFFIN & 

HANSEN LLP 

Dated: November 21, 2017 By: s/ Alena A. Eckhardt, Esq. 

Alena A. Eckhardt, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-in-Limitation 

MARK S. FRANCIS AND WENDY P. 

FRANCIS 

Email: aeckhardt@cwlfirm.com 

 

Dated: November 21, 2017 LAW OFFICES OF ELLIOTT KANTER 

/s/ Elliott N. Kanter 

Elliott N. Kanter 

Attorney for Claimant 

JASON ANDERSON 

Email: ekanter1@san.rr.com 

Dated: November 21, 2017 LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN A. ELIA 

 

/s/ Steven A. Elia 

Steven A. Elia 

Holly Attiq 

Maura Griffin 

Attorneys for Claimants 

DALE and ANA ANDERSON 

Email: Steve@EliaLaw.com 

Dated: November 21, 2017 CHARMASSON BUCHACA & LEACH 

 

/s/ Rob G. Leach 

Rob G. Leach 

Randy S. Perlman 

Attorneys for Claimant 

TATIANA SANCHEEVA 

Email: rob@charmasson.com 

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PETTIT KOHN INGRASSIA LUTZ & 

DOLIN PC 

Dated: November 21, 2017 By: s/ Jennifer N. Lutz, Esq. 

Jennifer N. Lutz, Esq. 

Attorneys for Third Party 

AQUANEERING, INC. 

Email: jlutz@pettitkohn.com

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO 

ORDERED. 

DATED: November 22, 2017 

_________________________________ 

 Jan M. Adler 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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EXHIBIT “A”

In The Matter Of The Complaint Of Mark S. Francis And Wendy P. Francis, As 

Owners Of The Vessel “Fortuna” 

U.S. District Court Case No. 16-cv-1873 H (JMA) 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, __________________________________, declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as __________________________________by 

___________________________________________________________. 

2. I declare that I have read in its entirety and understand the Protective 

Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of 

California in In The Matter Of The Complaint Of Mark S. Francis And Wendy P. 

Francis, As Owners Of The Vessel “Fortuna”, Case No. 16-cv-1873 H (JMA). 

3. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could 

expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise 

that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this 

Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with 

the provisions of this Order. 

4. I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District 

Court for the Southern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms 

of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after 

termination of this action. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Date: ______________ 

Printed Name: _________________ 

Signature: __________________________ 

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