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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 42:1395 HHS: Adverse Reimbursement Review

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BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

MELINDA HAAG 

United States Attorney 

JOEL McELVAIN 

Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch 

PETER M. BRYCE (Illinois Bar No. 6244216) 

Senior Counsel 

United States Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883, Room 7138 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 616-8335 

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470 

Peter.Bryce@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant, Sylvia Mathews Burwell 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, 

Plaintiff, 

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SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL, IN HER 

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 3:14CV5255 EMC 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

1. In this action for review on an administrative record, the relevant administrative record 

(“Administrative Record”) contains a significant amount of medical records, and information derived 

therefrom, for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 

prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition 

the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order: 

2. Subject to the requirements of this Protective Order, in connection with the production of 

the Administrative Record in this case, Defendant Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary, Department of Health 

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and Human Services, is authorized to release government records, documents, and other information, 

including computerized or electronic information, that are protected from disclosure by the Privacy Act 

of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 522a, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 

Privacy Rule, 45 C.F.R. pts. 160, 164, or whose disclosure might otherwise intrude upon the privacy 

interests of a third party or parties, without obtaining the prior written consent of the individual or 

individuals to whom the records or information pertain. 

3. The Administrative Record produced subject to Paragraph 2 above, and any documents 

contained therein, are hereinafter referred to as “Covered Documents.” All information derived from 

Covered Documents, even if incorporated in another document or compilation or referred to in 

testimony, is hereinafter referred to as “Covered Information.” Information obtained independent of any 

access to Covered Documents shall not be considered “Covered Information” subject to this Protective 

Order even if the same or similar information is contained within Covered Documents. 

4. Covered Documents and Covered Information may be used only for the purposes of this 

action. All Covered Documents and all copies thereof must be returned to Defendant or destroyed by 

Plaintiff’s counsel within 60 days after final judgment in this action. The term “final judgment” as used 

herein shall mean the entry of a judgment or dismissal that is final and not appealable. Any pleadings or 

other court filings created or filed by Plaintiff or its counsel that contain Covered Documents or Covered 

Information and are retained by Plaintiff or its counsel as part of their litigation files remain subject to 

the terms of this Protective Order. Any other documents created by Plaintiff or its counsel, or anyone 

working with them or on their behalf, that contain Covered Information must be destroyed by Plaintiff’s 

counsel or returned within 60 days after final judgment in this action. Plaintiff’s counsel will certify to 

Defendant’s counsel in writing within 60 days after final judgment in this action that such documents 

have been returned or destroyed. 

5. Covered Documents shall be marked by Defendant prior to production as “SUBJECT TO 

PROTECTIVE ORDER,” or contain a similar marking. For any Covered Documents, such as electronic 

data, whose medium makes such stamping impracticable, the case and any accompanying paper or email cover letter shall be marked “SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER,” or contain a similar 

marking. Except as provided in paragraph 6 below, no person who obtains access to Covered 

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Documents or Covered Information shall disclose those records or that information without further order 

of the Court. 

6. Plaintiff’s counsel may only disclose Covered Documents and Covered Information to (a) 

the Court and its personnel, including court reporters; (b) the attorneys of record for the parties and 

persons regularly in the employ of such attorneys who have a need for Covered Documents or Covered 

Information in the performance of their duties in connection with this action; (c) the plaintiff; (d) 

employees of Defendant. Any disclosure by Plaintiff or its counsel and anyone working with them or on 

their behalf shall be made only for litigation purposes related to this action. 

7. Any person listed in paragraph 6 (except the Court, Defendant’s employees, and the 

parties’ counsel) to whom disclosure of Covered Documents or Covered Information is to be made must 

sign the Acknowledgment of Protective Order attached hereto before disclosure. 

8. Plaintiff and its counsel shall not disclose Covered Documents or Covered Information to 

any persons except those enumerated in paragraph 6 without obtaining the prior express written approval 

of counsel for Defendant. If counsel for Defendant does not provide such consent to disclosure, then 

Plaintiff may, on motion, seek modification of this Protective Order by the Court. 

9. All individuals to whom Covered Documents and Covered Information are disclosed by 

Plaintiff or its counsel shall, after final judgment in this action, or when they are no longer participating 

in, or assigned or retained to work on, this case, whichever comes earlier, destroy or return to Plaintiff’s 

counsel records and information and all copies thereof protected by the Order so that the records and 

information may be returned to counsel for Defendant or destroyed within 60 days after final judgment 

in this action. 

10. In filing the Administrative Record the Court pursuant to Local Civil Rule 16-5, the 

parties will seek leave to file it under seal pursuant to Local Civil Rules 79-5 and 7-12. Any other 

pleadings or court filings that include Covered Documents or Covered Information shall either be 

redacted or de-identified in accordance with 45 C.F.R. pts. 160, 164, including, but not limited to, 45 

C.F.R § 164.514, or filed under seal in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

11. The designation, or failure to designate, any materials as Covered Documents or Covered 

Information shall not constitute a waiver of any party’s assertion that the materials are covered by this 

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Protective Order. 

12. Each party reserves the right to seek to modify the terms of this Protective Order at any 

time, and each party reserves the right to oppose any motion to modify the terms of this Protective 

Order. 

13. This Protective Order does not constitute a ruling on the question of whether any 

particular record or information is properly discoverable or admissible and does not constitute a ruling 

on any potential objection to the discoverability of any record or information, other than objections that 

the information may not be disclosed under the Privacy Act or the HIPAA Privacy Rule. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

MELINDA L. HAAG 

United States Attorney 

JOEL McELVAIN 

Assistant Branch Director 

Civil Division 

Dated: April 3, 2015 /s/ Peter M. Bryce_________________ 

PETER M. BRYCE (IL Bar No. 6244216) 

Senior Counsel 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

P.O. Box 883, Room 7138 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Tel: (202) 616-8335 

Fax: (202) 616-8470 

E-mail: peter.bryce@usdoj.gov

(I, Peter Bryce, attest that concurrence in the filing 

of this document has been obtained from each of the 

other Signatories.) 

Dated: April 3, 2015 /s/ _________________ 

Gregory Neil Pimstone 

Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP 

11355 West Olympic Coulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614 

310-312-4000 

Fax: 310-312-4224 

Email: gpimstone@manatt.com 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

United States District Judge 

 

4/6/15

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL, IN HER 

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 3:14CV5255 EMC 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, ____________________, hereby acknowledge that: 

1. I have read and understand the Protective Order (the “Order”) entered in this action, and 

hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Order. 

2. I agree that I will use records and information protected by the Order only for purposes of 

this action, and not for any other purpose of any kind. 

3. I agree that I will not disclose any documents or information protected by the Order to 

anyone except as expressly permitted by the Order or by further order of the Court. 

4. I agree that after final judgment in this action (as defined by the Order), or when I am no 

longer participating in, or assigned or retained to work on, this case, whichever comes earlier, records 

and information and all copies thereof protected by the Order will be destroyed or will be returned to 

Plaintiff’s counsel so that the records and information may be returned to counsel for Defendant or 

destroyed within 60 days after final judgment in this action. 

5. I hereby confirm that my duties under this Acknowledgment shall survive the termination 

of this case and shall be binding upon me unless and until they are modified by further order of the 

Court. 

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 6. I hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction for the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcement of the Order. 

Date: 

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