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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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1119417.1 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND ORDER THEREON 

LINDA S. GOLDMAN (SBN 193419) 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue 

Thirty-Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 

Telephone: (213) 683-9100 

Facsimile: (213) 687-3702 

E-mail: Linda.Goldman@mto.ocm 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PLATINUM EQUITY and GEOLOGIC SOLUTIONS, 

INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TERRY DON BEZZANT, 

Plaintiff(s), 

vs. 

PLATINUM EQUITY, a business 

entity unknown, SLINGSHOT 

ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a 

Delaware Corporation, GEOLOGIC 

SOLUTIONS, Inc., a Delaware 

Corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, 

Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 1: 05 CV 00881 AWI DLB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER THEREON 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Terry Don Bezzant (“Plaintiff”) has requested 

production of certain information and/or documents from Defendants Platinum 

Equity and Geologic Solutions, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”), and/or Defendants 

are producing said documents and/or information as part of their Initial Disclosures; 

WHEREAS, Defendants have requested the production of certain 

medical records of Plaintiff and his spouse, and/or Plaintiff is producing said 

records and/or information as part of his Initial Disclosures; 

WHEREAS, said information and/or documents requested and/or to be 

produced include personnel manuals, medical records, employee handbooks, 

company policies, client information, employee information, and other documents 

relating to Plaintiff’s employment with Defendants and Defendants’ business; 

WHEREAS, Defendants and Plaintiff have asserted that information 

contained therein is confidential and proprietary information not in the public 

domain and would potentially infringe individual privacy rights and undermine 

Defendants’ competitiveness in the marketplace if such information was 

unnecessarily disclosed; 

WHEREAS, in order to expedite discovery in this action, while 

protecting the above-referenced documents and information from unrestricted 

disclosure to or discovery by third parties, the parties have agreed to production of 

documents and information upon the terms and conditions specified herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among the parties hereto, 

through their respective counsel of record, that an Order be entered providing as 

follows: 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

1. For the purpose of this Order, “information” is defined broadly 

to include information in any form, whether provided in response to a request for 

information, in documents, or in testimony. “Document” is defined broadly to 

include tangible paper as well as information stored electronically on disc, tape or 

otherwise. 

2. The parties acknowledge that they will be exchanging 

confidential information solely because they are parties to the above-captioned case 

and therefore agree that all information exchanged between them that is designated 

as confidential will be used only for purposes of this case and any litigation or 

arbitration relating to the claims alleged in this action and/or alternative dispute 

resolution efforts between the parties hereto and for no other purpose. 

3. A party may mark documents produced by that party in 

discovery falling into the following categories as “Confidential” on the face of the 

document along with an indication identifying the producing party: 

(a) The following information regarding parties, witnesses, current 

and/or former clients, employees or other individuals: name, address, social 

security number, wage and benefit data, date of birth, medical information, 

telephone numbers, account numbers, tax records, and other financial information 

such as credit, loans or other business transactions, assets, and/or income data; 

(b) All documents contained in Defendants’ personnel or other files; 

(c) Proprietary trade secret, proprietary financial, competitive 

and/or other proprietary information of Defendants, including, but not limited to, 

any manuals, procedures and/or policies generated for the internal use of 

Defendants’ management and/or employees, and notes, correspondence and/or 

documents referring thereto, all asset purchase agreements, sales data and/or related 

information of Defendants; 

(d) All documents containing names, account data, or other 

information relating to Defendants’ current and/or former clients; and 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

(e) All medical records of Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s spouse. 

4. A party seeking to designate as “Confidential” any document 

falling into the categories set forth in paragraph 3 shall notify the other party by 

labeling the document “Confidential” on the face of the document along with an 

indication identifying the producing party, and the adverse party receiving the 

information shall thereafter treat the information as confidential and shall take the 

steps it deems reasonably necessary to ensure that others listed in paragraph 10 who 

have received the information treat it as confidential. 

5. A party also may mark as “Confidential” any information set 

forth in the transcript of any deposition taken in this action falling into the 

categories set forth in paragraph 3. 

6. If the confidential information is contained in testimony offered 

at the hearing of the case or otherwise, the party seeking to designate the 

information as confidential shall do so on the record at the time the testimony is 

offered or as soon thereafter as practical. 

7. Information inadvertently disclosed without being designated 

confidential may thereafter be designated confidential by promptly notifying the 

party receiving the information in writing that such information is confidential and 

the receiving party shall thereafter treat the information as confidential and shall 

take the steps it deems reasonably necessary to ensure that others who receive the 

information treat it as confidential. 

8. If any party receives from a third party a subpoena, discovery 

request or other demand for confidential information disclosed in this case, the 

party receiving the subpoena, discovery request or other demand for confidential 

information shall immediately notify the party who designated confidential 

treatment that it has received a demand for the information and shall take all steps 

reasonably necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the information. The party 

seeking to preserve the confidentiality shall pay the reasonable expense of such 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

efforts, and the party in possession of the confidential information shall reasonably 

cooperate with the party who designated the information as confidential in seeking 

a protective order or other limitation on disclosure of the confidential information. 

9. Any document, response, testimony or information which has 

been marked as “Confidential” may and shall be used solely for the purpose of, in 

connection with and to prepare for this action. Neither the original nor any copy of 

any document, response, testimony or information which has been marked as 

“Confidential” nor any excerpt, quotation, paraphrase or other description thereof 

which conveys the confidential contents thereof (hereinafter all collectively referred 

to as “Confidential Material”) shall be disclosed to any person, or used for any 

purpose, except in accordance with the terms of this Stipulation and Order. 

10. The parties agree to limit access to and disclosure of 

Confidential Material, except as otherwise provided herein, or agreed by the parties 

to this Stipulation, or as otherwise ordered by the Court, to: 

(a) The Court; 

(b) The parties to this action, the attorneys of record for said parties, 

and their associates and stenographic, clerical and paralegal employees, provided 

that before counsel discloses any Confidential Material counsel shall provide the 

person to whom the disclosure is to be made with a copy of this Stipulation and 

obtain a signed Agreement to Comply with the Protective Order in the form of 

Exhibit “A”; 

(c) The court reporter at any deposition; and 

(d) Outside experts and consultants for any party, including their 

stenographic and clerical personnel, whose advice or consultation is being or will 

be used by such party in connection with this action, provided that before counsel 

discloses any Confidential Material counsel shall provide the person to whom the 

disclosure is to be made with a copy of this Stipulation and obtain a signed 

Agreement to Comply with Protective Order in the form of Exhibit “A.” No copies 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

of Exhibit “A” signed by any experts and/or consultants shall be provided to 

opposing counsel unless and until said experts and/or consultants are disclosed in 

the ordinary course of litigation. 

11. The attorneys for a party may disclose Confidential Material to 

any person in the course of a deposition taken in this action or in the course of 

preparing any witness to give testimony at deposition or trial; provided, however, 

that the witness first must be shown this Stipulation and agree to abide by its terms. 

Any deponent or witness who is not a party or an employee, officer or director of a 

party shall not retain the original or any copy of any such Confidential Material and 

only may be shown such material. Deponents and witnesses shall make no 

disclosure or use of such Confidential Material, or any part thereof, except to 

respond to deposition questions during the course of a deposition taken in this 

action or at trial or otherwise in accordance with this Stipulation and Order. Any 

deponent or witness who is not a party or an employee, officer or director of a party 

who is shown any Confidential Material shall first be provided a copy of this 

Stipulation and Order and shall be informed, as part of the transcribed or reported 

deposition, that disclosure or other use of Confidential Material, or any part thereof, 

is controlled by this Stipulation and Order and must be in accordance with this 

Stipulation and Order. No copy of any portion of any deposition transcript or 

deposition exhibit for a deposition in this action which contains Confidential 

Material shall be furnished by the reporter to any person not identified in paragraph 

10 above. 

12. In the event a party wishes to use any Confidential Information 

in affidavits, briefs, memoranda of law, or other papers filed in this litigation, such 

Confidential Information shall be filed under seal with the Court. The Clerk of this 

Court is directed to maintain under seal all transcripts of deposition testimony, 

answers to interrogatories, admissions and other papers filed under seal in this 

litigation which have been designated, in whole or in part, as Confidential 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

Information by any party to this litigation. 

13. Nothing in this Stipulation shall require disclosure of any 

material that a party contends is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client 

privilege or the attorney work product doctrine. 

14. The entering into this Stipulation and Order shall not and does 

not constitute an admission or concession or permit an inference that any document, 

response, testimony or information designated as “Confidential Material” is, in fact, 

confidential or contains Confidential Material. Conversely, any disclosure of 

Confidential Material under this Stipulation and Order shall not be construed as a 

waiver of the confidentiality of the information. 

15. Any party, through counsel, may make a good faith written 

objection to the designation of any document, response, testimony or information as 

“Confidential Material” and may make a motion for an order compelling disclosure 

of and/or access to such material without restriction, or a motion under FRCP 26(c) 

for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information, 

including restrictions differing from those as specified herein. Applicable federal 

law shall govern the burden and standard of proof on any such motion. The failure 

to seek to remove the confidential designation shall not be construed as a 

concession that the information is confidential. 

16. This Stipulation and any Order thereon may be modified in part 

or entirely by written agreement of the parties hereto or upon application to and 

entry of an Order by the Court for good cause shown. 

17. This order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, the 

producing party’s use of its own Confidential Information for any purpose 

following its production. 

18. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the 

exchange of documents and information between the parties to this action without 

involving the Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

production of any information or document under the terms of this order nor any 

proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect of an 

admission or waiver by either party or of altering the confidentiality or 

nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering any existing 

obligation of any party or the absence thereof. 

19. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to 

the extent that the information contained in Confidential Material is not or does not 

become known to the public, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any 

dispute concerning the use of information disclosed hereunder. Upon termination 

of this case, counsel for the parties shall assemble and return to each other all 

documents, material and deposition transcripts designated as confidential and all 

copies of same, or shall certify the destruction thereof. 

DATED: September 1, 2005 SAGASER, JONES & HAHESY 

 HOWARD A. SAGASER 

By: /s/ Howard A. Sagaser 

Howard A. Sagaser 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TERRY DON BEZZANT 

DATED: September 1, 2005 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

LINDA S. GOLDMAN 

By: /s/ Linda S. Goldman 

Linda S. Goldman 

Attorneys for Defendants PLATINUM 

EQUITY and GEOLOGIC SOLUTIONS, 

INC. 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

* * * * * 

ORDER 

Good cause having been shown for the necessity of a Protective Order 

in this matter, it is hereby ordered that the terms of the Stipulation be followed as 

specified above. 

DATED: September 6, 2005 

 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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AND ORDER THEREON 

EXHIBIT “A” 

AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, ______________________, hereby certify that I have read and 

understand the provisions of the Stipulation and Protective Order (“Order”) in the 

action titled Terry Bezzant v. Platinum Equity, et al., U.S.D.C., Case No.: 05 CV00881-AWI-DLB. 

I understand that my use of any and all documents, information and 

materials in this litigation is governed by the terms and conditions of the Order, and 

I hereby certify that I will comply fully with those terms and conditions where 

applicable, and that I will not disclose any information or documents marked 

Confidential or any information obtained in Confidential documents except as 

provided in the Order. I understand that my failure to comply with these terms may 

be punishable as contempt of court. I agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this 

Court for the limited purpose of enforcement of the terms of the Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements and 

representations are true and correct. 

Signature: ____________________________ 

Address: _________________________________________________ 

Signed at ______________________________________ 

this _____ day of _________________, 200_. 

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