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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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 Amended Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order 

ANDREW J. MORRISSEY (State Bar No. 156827) 

SARA M. KNOWLES (State Bar No. 216139) 

LELAND, SCHULTZ, MORRISSEY & KNOWLES LLP 

1660 HUMBOLDT ROAD, SUITE 6 

CHICO, CALIFORNIA 95928 

TELEPHONE: (530) 342-4500 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SULLIVAN DRILLING, INC. AND 

CHARLES SULLIVAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

ROBERT GALLEGOS, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SULLIVAN DRILLING, INC. 

and 

CHARLES SULLIVAN, 

 Defendants. 

__________________________________________

| No. 2:15-cv-01565-KJM-EFB (TEMP) 

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| AMENDED STIPULATED 

| CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

| AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

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The parties agree that during the course of discovery in this action, it may be necessary to 

disclose certain confidential and private information relating to the subject matter of this action. 

THEREFORE, on stipulation of the parties, and on a showing that an Order is needed to 

prevent unwarranted disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, the Court orders the 

following: 

1. Definitions: 

a. Parties shall include the above-named Plaintiff and Defendants, and 

individuals or entities subsequently named as parties, officers and employees of any corporate 

party, and the above-named Defendants’ non-party affiliates. 

b. Document means any writing, and includes the original or a copy of 

handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of 

recording upon any tangible thing and form of communicating or representation, including 

letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations of them. 

c. Furnish shall mean to provide, file, or deliver for inspection or review to any 

person or persons, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, whether pursuant to discovery, pretrial 

exchange or otherwise, in prosecution or defense of this action; or to give testimony or 

statements of any kind, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, and whether in deposition or in 

court proceeding. 

d. Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association, 

unincorporated organization or other entity. 

e. Confidential Information shall mean the contents of any document or transcript 

of testimony which shall have been designated by any Producing Party as confidential and meets 

the following definition: non-publicly available information related to (a) trade secrets, 

intellectual property, or other confidential research, development, or commercial information, 

including non-public financial and revenue information; (b) financial, marketing and other 

proprietary information of the Parties, including without limitation income, expenditures, profits, 

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losses, sales and customer lists, and marketing plans; (c) customer information; (d) medical 

records; and (e) confidential employee records, files, and information (hereinafter “Confidential 

Information”), except that, Confidential Information shall not include documents which relate to 

allegations of harassment, discrimination or retaliation, investigations of same, or discipline 

resulting from such allegations, even if such documents are maintained in employee records. 

Documents concerning harassment, discrimination or retaliation containing identifying or contact 

information shall not be marked “confidential,” but prior to dissemination of such documents, 

names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, or other personally-identifying information shall 

be redacted by the user. 

f. Producing Party shall mean the person that produces any information that is 

subject to the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order (Agreement) 

including persons who are not Parties to this action but who agree in writing to produce 

Confidential Information subject to the terms of this Agreement. Non-parties may do so by 

executing an agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto. 

2. This Agreement shall govern any information, document or tangible thing, 

response to a discovery request, deposition testimony or transcript, or other information or 

material, including the contents, copies, excerpts and summaries thereof, furnished, provided, 

produced, filed, or served in response to either Plaintiff’s or Defendants’ discovery requests in 

the above-captioned action (herein collectively referred to as Discovery Material). 

3. Any Producing Party may designate Discovery Material it produces as 

Confidential Information, provided the material satisfies the requirements of Section 1(e) of this 

Agreement, and that such designation complies with any orders this Court has issued concerning 

this Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order. Any such designation shall be made with a 

good faith belief that such Discovery Material constitutes operational, financial, or personal 

information, disclosure of which could result in harm to the Producing Party or others. 

4. Subsequent to the date hereof, Discovery Material designated as Confidential 

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Information pursuant to this Agreement, all copies or reproductions thereof, and all information 

contained herein, shall not be disclosed, disseminated, or communicated in any manner, directly 

or indirectly, except to the following Qualified Persons; 

a. The Parties’ counsel of record herein and persons regularly employed as inhouse counsel by the Parties, including all regular employees of counsel such as legal associates, 

paralegals, secretaries and other support staff; 

b. The Court, in camera, and to persons serving as court personnel or court 

reporter personnel or staff in connection with this action; 

c. Parties in this action, or an officer, director or employee of a Party, deemed 

necessary by counsel to and in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

d. Consultants or experts of any Party deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the 

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, so long as all such persons are informed of this 

Agreement and agree to its terms by executing a copy of the non-disclosure agreement attached 

hereto as Exhibit 1; 

e. Any person contacted or interviewed by counsel for use or potential use as a 

witness in this action, so long as all such persons are informed of this Agreement and agree to its 

terms by executing a copy of the non-disclosure agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 

Discovery Material designated as Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement, all copies 

or reproductions thereof, and all information contained herein shall be used by Qualified Persons 

subject to this Order solely for the purpose of the prosecution or defense of the claims in this 

action and for no other purpose whatsoever; 

f. Witnesses to the extent such confidential materials are used in depositions or 

court proceedings; 

g. Any appellate court having subject matter jurisdiction over this action; and 

h. Any other person to whom the Producing Party agrees in writing in advance of 

disclosure, or to whom the Court permits or orders disclosure. 

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5. Designation of information as Confidential Information shall be accomplished as 

follows: With respect to documents, any document produced by a Producing Party may be 

marked at the time it is furnished, in whole or in part, with the legend CONFIDENTIAL. With 

respect to deposition testimony, testimony may be designated as Confidential Information by an 

appropriate contemporaneous statement during the deposition. All testimony so designated shall 

initially be treated as Confidential Information for a period of twenty-five (25) days from the 

date the deposition transcript is delivered to the Parties. Each Party and non-party shall have 

twenty-five (25) days from the date the deposition transcript is delivered to the Parties to 

designate which, if any, pages of the transcript are Confidential Information by sending written 

notice of such designation to all counsel of record and the reporter that prepared the transcript. 

6. Prior to disclosure, dissemination or communication of any Confidential 

Information, any copies or reproductions thereof, or any information contained therein to any 

person contacted or interviewed by counsel for use or possible use as a witness or consultant in 

this action, a copy of this Agreement first shall be presented to the person to whom the 

Confidential Information is to be disclosed or communicated and such person shall execute a 

nondisclosure agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto. 

7. In the event that any Party objects to the designation of any Discovery Material as 

Confidential Information, that Party shall make the objection known to the Producing Party and 

thereafter, counsel shall meet and confer (by telephone or otherwise) in a good faith attempt to 

resolve the dispute. In the event that the dispute is unresolved, the Producing Party making the 

confidentiality designation shall present the dispute to the Court within a reasonable length of 

time, but no more than thirty (30) days after the Parties have been unsuccessful in their efforts to 

resolve the dispute. If the Party objecting to the designation needs or desires resolution by the 

Court sooner than the time allotted, it may present the dispute to the Court ex parte. In either 

case, any Discovery Material designated as Confidential Information shall remain protected until 

the Court rules otherwise. 

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8. In the event that any Party receiving Confidential Information is served with a 

subpoena, notice, or request to produce such information by any person, entity, or government 

agency to whom disclosure is not otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Party receiving 

such subpoena, notice, or request, shall apprise the Party who served the subpoena, notice, or 

request about the existence of this Agreement, shall immediately notify the Producing Party 

thereof in writing to enable that Party to take whatever steps it deems appropriate to protect the 

Confidential Information from disclosure. The Producing Party shall serve any objection or take 

any legal measures to prevent disclosure within the time required by the subpoena, notice or 

request. The receiving party shall not violate this Order by complying with a lawfully issued 

subpoena to which the Producing Party has not timely objected. 

9. When any Party intends to file any motion, petition, brief, memorandum, pretrial 

statement or other filing containing Confidential Information, in conformity with Local Rules 

140 and 141, and this Court's Standing Order, it shall be the burden of the party who designated 

the information as “confidential” to move the Court for sealed filing. If a Party plans to make a 

filing containing Confidential Information, it shall provide the proponent of sealing with 

sufficient notice in advance of that filing, to allow the proponent to seek an order of sealing or 

redaction from the Court if desired. 

10. This Confidentiality Agreement is not intended to prohibit the use or admissibility 

of Confidential Information upon trial of this action. Issues involving the protection of 

Confidential Information during trial will be presented to the Court prior to or during trial as 

each party deems appropriate, with direction from the Court. 

11. In the event any Party is dismissed as a party to this action, it shall continue to be 

bound by and have rights under this Agreement. Any such Party shall, within 45 days of 

dismissal, promptly return all Confidential Information, and all copies, reproductions, extract, 

and summaries of such information to the Producing Party at the requesting party's expense, or, 

shall destroy all such Confidential Information, except that the parties’ counsel of record may 

retain their working files (including pleadings, motion papers and other filings, deposition or 

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hearing transcripts, correspondence, and any attorney work-product), on the condition that those 

files will remain confidential. This paragraph is inapplicable to Documents filed with, or 

testimony given before, the Court or court of competent jurisdiction. 

12. Upon termination of this lawsuit (whether by judgment, verdict, settlement or 

otherwise), each Party shall, within 45 days of termination, promptly return or destroy all such 

Discovery Material and all copies, reproductions, extracts, and summaries of all such Discovery 

Material to the Producing Party, except that the parties’ counsel of record may retain their 

working files (including pleadings, motion papers and other filings, deposition or hearing 

transcripts, correspondence, and any attorney work-product), on the condition that those files 

will remain confidential. This paragraph is inapplicable to Documents filed with, or testimony 

given before, the Court or court of competent jurisdiction. 

13. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict or limit the authority of the Court 

to direct the disclosure of any information designated as Confidential Information by any Party 

to this litigation. 

14. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict in any way a Producing 

Party or its attorneys with respect to its own documents or to prevent a Producing Party from 

using or disclosing information obtained from public documents or other documents legally and 

properly obtained other than pursuant to being furnished in this case. 

15. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of, or prejudicial to, any 

claim that any Party would otherwise have regarding the produceability or discoverability of any 

item about which there is a discovery dispute. 

16. In no event shall any of the findings, conclusions, determinations, or results of the 

Court herein be considered or deemed confidential. 

17. For good cause shown, a Party to this Agreement may be released from its terms 

by order of the Court after notice and hearing. 

18. It is agreed that this Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding 

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between and among the Parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreements and understandings 

among them respecting the subject matter hereof. There are no agreements or understandings 

(oral or written) between and among the Parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this 

Agreement that are not set forth or expressly referred to herein. Amendments or modifications to 

this Agreement shall be invalid unless made in writing and signed on behalf of all of the Parties. 

19. If, for any reason, any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity 

shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement not held so invalid, and each such other 

provision shall to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect. If any 

provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid in part, such invalidity shall in no way affect 

the rest of the provision not held so invalid, and the rest of such provision, together with all other 

provisions of this Agreement, shall to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force 

and effect. 

The foregoing provisions are agreed to and stipulated to by all Parties to this litigation. 

AGREED TO BY:

By: /s/ Giselle Schuetz, Esq. 

Giselle Schuetz, Esq. 

Rebecca Houlding, Esq. 

Law Offices of Joshua Friedman, P.C. 

1050 Seven Oaks Lane 

Mamaroneck, NY 10543 

Tel: (888) 369-1119 x5 

Fax: (866) 731-5553 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

By: /s/ Andrew J. Morrissey, Esq. 

Andrew J. Morrissey, Esq., SBN 156827 

Sara M. Knowles, Esq., SBN 216139 

Leland, Schultz, Morrissey & Knowles LLP 

1660 Humboldt Road, Suite 6 

Chico, California 95928 

Tel: (530) 342-4500 

Fax: (530) 345-6836 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS 

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ORDER

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

DATED: January 21, 2016.

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EXHIBIT 1

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT GALLEGOS, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SULLIVAN DRILLING, INC. AND 

CHARLES SULLIVAN, 

Defendants. 

___________________________________/

Case No. 2:15-CV-KJM-EFB (TEMP)

HON. KIMBERLY J. MUELLER 

JUDGE FOR ALL PURPOSES 

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AGREEMENT CONCERNING MATERIAL COVERED BY A CONFIDENTIALITY 

 AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

The undersigned acknowledges that he/she has read the attached Stipulated 

Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order agreed to by the Parties and entered by the 

Court in the above-captioned case, and understands the terms thereof and agrees to be bound by 

such terms. 

 

DATE SIGNATURE 

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