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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Stipulated Protective Order and Order 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB

Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

DION N. COMINOS (SBN: 136522) 

I. HOOSHIE BROOMAND (SBN: 210206) 

GORDON & REES LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 565-2900 

Facsimile: (916) 920-4402 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JUAN PABLO MOLYNEUX and 

J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN SACA, an individual, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JUAN-PABLO MOLYNEUX, also known as JUAN 

P. MOLYNEUX also known as J.P. MOLYNEUX, 

individually and as Chief Executive Officer of J.P. 

MOLYNEUX STUDIO, LTD; J.P. MOLYNEUX 

STUDIO LTD, a New York corporation; and DOES 

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CASE NO. 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER 

 

WHEREAS, the plaintiff JOHN SACA (“Plaintiff) served eight (8) 2nd amended 

deposition notices on defendants (defendants JUAN-PABLO MOLYNEUX, also known as 

JUAN P. MOLYNEUX also known as J.P. MOLYNEUX, individually and as Chief Executive 

Officer of J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO, LTD; J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO LTD) on or about 

July 18, 2007, and thereafter filed eight (8) Motions to Compel attendance and production of 

records in relation to the same, which were thereafter granted by the court on October 3, 2007, 

with the written Order issued on or about October 9, 2007. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff propounded four sets of written discovery to defendants in June of 

this year, and thereafter filed four (4) Motions to Compel Further Responses, which were also 

granted by the Court on October 10, 2007, with a written Order issued on October 12, 2007. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff contends that Defendants have and continue to improperly delay 

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Stipulated Protective Order and Order 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB

Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

Plaintiff’s discovery, that Defendants have not complied with the Court’s prior Orders, and have 

and continue to withhold relevant discovery and evidence. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff further contends that in order to get relevant financial evidence and 

discovery from Defendants, Plaintiff previously proposed entering into a reasonable protective 

Order, and on the afternoon of October 19, 2007, Defendants – for the first time – requested the 

same. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff contends that Defendants’ recent request for the same does not 

obviate, excuse or justify Defendants’ alleged prior or present deficient discovery, productions, 

responses or conduct, nor does it excuse non-compliance with the Court’s prior Orders. 

However, because Plaintiff still wants and needs the information/discovery that: he has and 

continues to seek, remains outstanding and is expected from Defendants, he remains willing to 

enter into a reasonable protective order. 

WHEREAS, Defendants contend that they have proposed this Stipulated Protective Order 

to facilitate discovery, and do so based on their concerns pertaining to the maintenance of 

proprietary and/or confidential information hereinafter produced and further contend that the 

current proposed order meets the court’s previous orders. 

WHEREAS, it is expressly understood and agreed between the Parties that this Protective 

Order does not modify or alter in any respect, the Court’s prior Orders and/or findings, or any 

rights or claims of the parties in that regard. To that end, this Protective Order should not be 

construed as modifying or altering, in any respect, the Court’s October 3rd/9th Order and any of 

the discovery therewith. 

NOW, THEREFORE, and based on the above-noted Recitals, the parties hereby consent 

to the entry of this Stipulated Protective Order in this case to provide reasonable protections as to 

alleged confidential documents and information hereinafter discussed and produced by 

Defendants. The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order are as follows: 

1. For purposes of this Protective Order only, and without Plaintiff conceding that 

any of said information is proprietary, privileged or confidential, or that by labeling said 

information conclusively establishes the same, “Confidential Information” shall mean any 

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Stipulated Protective Order and Order 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB

Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

alleged proprietary and confidential business information of defendants, including, but not 

limited to design drawings, pricing information, client and vendor contact and account 

information, the names and other identifying information of current and/or former employees or 

financial information hereinafter produced or provided by Defendants1, including, but not limited 

to any information relating or referring to: 

A. any company, business, corporation, joint venture, and/or partnership 

defendants own or has an ownership interest in; Any real property owned 

by defendants. 

B. any securities owned by defendants; 

C. any secured transaction by defendants; 

D. any bank accounts for defendants; 

E. any documents showing defendants’ net worth; and 

F. any documents relating to gross income of Mr. Molyneux. 

2. This protective order contemplates, and is intended to protect, the above-noted 

alleged “CONFIDENTIAL” information being produced by or obtained from defendants or their 

agents as part of: testimony adduced at depositions upon oral examinations; depositions upon 

written questions; deposition or trial related subpoenas, disclosures, answers to interrogatories, 

responses and documents produced pursuant to request for documents and things; and answers to 

requests for admission. It shall be the duty of the party or witness who seeks to invoke 

protection under this Stipulated Protective Order as to documents and information hereinafter 

produced to give immediate notice, in the manner set forth hereinafter, of the alleged confidential 

information and documents to be covered hereby, and the duty of any other party or person to 

maintain the confidentiality thereof, commencing with such immediate notice. 

3. To maintain the confidentiality of the documents hereinafter produced and listed 

in paragraph 1 above, the parties hereby stipulate that the documents shall be given, shown, 

disclosed, made available, or communicated only to: 

 

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 It is expressly understood that Plaintiff does not concede or agree that all of the information hereinafter produced 

or denominated by Defendants as “confidential,” is such, or the same isn’t discoverable absent his consent to this 

Order. 

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Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

A. A party to this litigation, to the extent confidential information is shown to 

the party or used by the party solely for the purposes of this litigation. The 

term “party” in this section includes corporate officers and agents of the 

parties that are corporations; 

B. the attorneys of record for any party in this litigation, their respective 

associates, clerks, paralegal assistants, secretaries and employees; 

C. Any person hired or retained by the attorneys of record to assist in the 

preparation of this litigation for trial, such as consultants or expert 

witnesses, whether or not designated, and their employees and 

representatives; 

D. any person who prepared or originated a document, who is indicated on its 

face as the recipient of a copy thereof, who otherwise legitimately receives 

a copy or who is reasonably anticipated to be a witness at the deposition or 

trial, where the Confidential Information is reasonably anticipated to relate 

to the testimony of such witness; 

E. any other person who is designed by written stipulation of all parties filed 

in this action, or by further order of the Court on motion by any party to 

this action; and 

F. Any proceedings or individuals in this Action, including the Court, court 

reporters or court personnel who are required to or do deal with such 

documents or information in connection with this litigation as well as 

witnesses or the jury at the trial of this Action. 

4. Any information designated as confidential information shall not be made 

available to persons other than those designated in paragraph 3 above or the party who produced 

the confidential information. 

5. On each occasion, prior to viewing or possessing documents or other information 

deemed allegedly as confidential, each person described in paragraph 3 above, including 

attorneys for the parties and the parties themselves, shall execute an “Agreement Pursuant to 

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Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

Protective Order,” a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” and shall 

tender the original signed agreement to the attorney for the party who provides said information 

as the custodian of the confidential documents or information. 

6. In addition, on each occasion, prior to giving, showing, disclosing, making 

available, or communicating documents or other information deemed confidential by any party, 

the persons described in paragraph 3 above shall have other persons described in paragraph 3 

above execute the same “Agreement Pursuant to Protective Order” (Exhibit “A”), the executed 

original of which shall be tendered to the attorney for the party who is the custodian of the 

confidential documents or information. For example, Plaintiff’s attorneys shall have and 

maintain all “agreements” relative to this Order, if they provide alleged confidential information 

to their experts, consultants, etc. Plaintiff is not required to disclose said individuals to 

Defendants, but should maintain adequate records in the event the Court requests the same. 

7. Documents with alleged confidential information hereinafter produced by 

Defendants may be designated, prior to or upon production, by either providing specific written 

notice to all other attorneys of record indicating the documents which are claimed to be 

confidential and by legibly marking or stamping each page with a notation indicating that such 

documents are “CONFIDENTIAL.” In lieu of marking the original of the documents, the party 

may mark the copies that are produced or exchanged. 

8. At any deposition session, upon any inquiry with regard to the content of a 

document hereinafter produced and deemed alleged confidential or when counsel for a party or 

witness deems that the answer to a question will result in the disclosure of alleged confidential 

information within the meaning of this Order, counsel, at counsel’s option, in lieu of taking other 

steps available under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in such situation, may direct that the 

question and answer be treated as confidential and subject to this Order. When such a direction 

has been given, and/or absent an agreement or Court Order to the contrary, the testimony shall be 

disclosed only to those individuals specified in paragraph 3 above, and the information contained 

therein shall not be used for any purpose other than for purposes of this suit. Each party shall 

then attach a copy of such written statement to the face of the transcript, and each copy thereof in 

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Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

his/her possession, custody or control. That party may also designate information disclosed at 

such deposition as alleged “CONFIDENTIAL” by notifying all parties in writing, within 10 

business days of the mailing or transmission of the transcript, by referencing the specific pages 

and lines of the transcript which are alleged to be “confidential” under this Protective Order. If 

said occurs, each party shall then attach a copy of such written statement to the face of the 

transcript, and each copy thereof in his/her possession, custody or control. The depositions shall 

remain confidential until ten (10) business days after being mailed or transmitted. 

9. Responses to written discovery demands and documents produced during the 

course of discovery may be designated as confidential by the answering party by marking the 

word “CONFIDENTIAL” on the cover page of the answers and indicating which of the answers 

are confidential. 

10. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall use confidential information 

subject to this Order in any manner whatsoever except for this Action, the preparation for trial, 

trial and any/or appeal of the above-entitled action. Furthermore, no person, firm, corporation or 

other entity subject to this Order shall give, show, disclose, make available or communicate 

confidential information to any person, firm, corporation or other entity not expressly authorized 

by this Order to receive such confidential information. A party's use, for any purpose, of its own 

documents and other things which it produces or discloses in this action shall not be considered a 

violation of this Order. 

11. This Protective Order is intended to regulate the handling of alleged 

CONFIDENTIAL information and documents hereinafter produced during the pretrial period of 

this litigation, but shall remain in force and effect until modified, superseded or terminated on 

the record by agreement of the parties hereto or by order of this Court, or as is deemed necessary 

and appropriate prior to or at trial. Nothing in this Stipulation or Protective Order should be 

deemed or considered as any sort of a bar or prohibition against Plaintiff to utilize any alleged 

confidential information hereinafter produced in this Action, rather it only reflects the manner in 

which the parties agree that the information properly designated will be handled and/or presented 

to the Court in advance of trial. Plaintiff reserves the right to object and challenge, at any point, 

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Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

during this litigation the alleged confidentiality or propriety of material or information 

denominated hereinafter as purportedly being “CONFIDENTIAL.” The failure by Plaintiff to do 

so does not constitute, nor should be considered, and admission by Plaintiff that information 

produced pursuant to this Agreement is privileged or confidential, nor should it be deemed a 

waiver of any of Plaintiff’s rights or claims. If Plaintiff objects or challenges the designation of 

alleged CONFIDENTIAL information, the Defendants shall have the burden of establishing, by 

way of Motion or hearing, the propriety of any “CONFIDENTIAL” designation given to the 

same. 

12. All transcripts of depositions or portions thereof, exhibits, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, and other documents denominated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” and that are hereinafter filed with the Court, or any pleading or 

memorandum purporting to reproduce or paraphrase such information, shall be filed in sealed 

envelopes or other appropriate sealed containers on which shall be endorsed the title of this 

action (including case number), an indication of the nature of its contents, the word 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” and a statement substantially in the following form:

CONFIDENTIAL

Filed pursuant to stipulated protective order by 

. Not to be opened nor the 

contents revealed except (1) to the court, and then re-sealed, (2) by 

agreement of the parties, or (3) by prior order of this Court.

13. The Clerk of this Court is requested to maintain under seal all documents and 

transcripts of deposition testimony hereinafter filed in Court in this litigation which have been 

designated, in whole or in part, as alleged “CONFIDENTIAL” by a party. All transcripts of 

depositions shall be kept under seal to the extent provided in paragraphs 7 and 8 above.

14. In the event that a party wishes to use any confidential information in any pretrial 

affidavits, declarations, briefs, memoranda of law, or other papers hereinafter filed in Court in 

this litigation, such confidential information used herein shall be maintained under seal by the 

Court, or until the Court orders otherwise.

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Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

15. Nothing in this stipulated protective order: (a) affects in any way, any of the 

Court’s prior Orders in this Action, (b) affects in any way the admissibility of any documents, 

testimony or other evidence at trial; or (c) restricts the use of information obtained from sources 

other than discovery conducted under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

16. Upon final termination of this action, including all appeals, each receiving party 

shall be under an obligation to assemble and return to the designating party within thirty (30) 

days all documentary material or memoranda embodying information still designated 

“confidential” including all copies of such memoranda or documentary material which may have 

been made; provided, however, that outside counsel of record may, subject to the disclosure 

limitations of this Order, keep one copy of each document designated “confidential” for 

reference in the event of disputes over the use or dissemination of information designated 

“confidential” and may also retain any of its work product which incorporates or refers to such 

confidential information. Receipt of such documentary material by the party from whom it 

emanated shall be acknowledged in writing. 

17. This stipulated protective order may be modified by agreement of the parties, or 

by the Court and is subject to approval of the Court. 

APPROVED: 

 GORDON & REES LLP 

Dated: November 1, 2007 /s/ I. HOOSHIE BROOMAND__ ______

 I. HOOSHIE BROOMAND 

Counsel for Defendants 

JUAN PABLO MOLYNEUX and 

J.P. MOLYNEUX STUDIO LTD. 

APPROVED: 

 FREIDBERG & PARKER, LLP 

Dated: November 1, 2007 /s/ Port J. Parker____________________________ 

 PORT J. PARKER 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

JOHN SACA 

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Stipulated Protective Order and Order 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB

Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

ORDER

The court approves of this stipulated protective order as modified herein. Specifically, 

nothing in paragraphs 5, 6, or any other part of the order, shall be construed as binding on the 

court or its personnel. Further, the court disapproves of, and therefore strikes, the language in 

the paragraphs 12, 13, and 14. Those paragraphs would circumvent this court’s Local Rules 

concerning sealing of documents. See L.R. 39-141. If either party wishes to file documents 

under seal, they must follow the procedures set forth in that Local Rule. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 5, 2007. 

 

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Stipulated Protective Order and Order 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB

Gordon & Rees LLP 

655 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95825

EXHIBIT A

AGREEMENT CONCERNING MATERIAL COVERED BY A 

PROTECTIVE ORDER ENTERED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

John Saca, an individual, v. Juan-Pablo Molyneux, et al.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 

Case No. 2:06-cv-02818-MCE-EFB 

I acknowledge that I have read the Stipulated Protective Order entered into this action by 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and that I understand its 

terms and agree to be bound by its terms. 

DATED: 

 Signature 

 

 Printed Signature 

 

CG/1044005/5194215v.1 

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