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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: SALARY INFORMATION

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STEPHEN P. BERZON (SBN 46540)

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN (SBN 126715)

PEDER J. THOREEN (SBN 217081)

Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, 

 Rubin & Demain

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

sberzon@altshulerberzon.com

jdemain@altshulerberzon.com

pthoreen@altshulerberzon.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Service Employees International Union, 

Local 1000

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANNE KNOX; WILLIAM L. BLAYLOCK;

ROBERT A. CONOVER; EDWARD L.

DOBROWOLSKI, JR.; KARYN GIL;

THOMAS JACOB HASS; PATRICK

JOHNSON; AND JON JUMPER, ON BEHALF

OF THEMSELVES AND THE CLASS THEY

SEEK TO REPRESENT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STEVE WESTLY, Controller, State of

California; AND CALIFORNIA STATE

EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1000,

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL

UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC,

Defendants. _______________________________________

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE:

SALARY INFORMATION

(WITH COURT’S MODIFICATIONS)

For good cause shown, the Court hereby orders that this Protective Order be entered in

this action pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which shall apply to

the parties in this action, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and those

persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this order by

personal service or otherwise, as follows:

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1. Confidential Information. In connection with discovery proceedings in this

action, the parties may designate any document, thing, material, testimony or other information

derived therefrom, regardless of how such information is embodied (collectively

“information”), as “CONFIDENTIAL” under the terms of this Protective Order (hereinafter

“Order”), to the extent that it constitutes, contains, or concerns evidence of the rates, or total

amounts, of wages and/or salaries received by union employees and union members, including

but not limited to calculations of salaries or wages on an hourly, daily, bi-weekly or any other

basis, and/or the amount of any overtime premiums paid to union employees and union

members. The parties agree that disclosure of such information outside the scope of this Order

is likely to cause serious annoyance, embarrassment, and/or oppression within the meaning of

Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fischer v. United Parcel Serv., 2006

WL 1046973 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 19, 2006) (affirming, in relevant part, magistrate judge’s order

requiring production of salary information subject to a protective order); Crafton v. Blaine

Larson Farms, Inc., 2006 WL 343250, at *3 (D. Idaho Feb. 13, 2006) (acknowledging

confidential nature of financial documents, including salary information, and ordering parties to

agree to a protective order to preserve confidentiality of that information); Peskoff v. Faber,

230 F.R.D. 25, 33 (D.D.C. 2005) (salary information covered by protective order where

disclosure would damage reputation or invade privacy); Smith v. County of Chicago, 2005 WL

3215572, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 31, 2005) (good cause exists for protective order prohibiting

disclosure of salaries and rates of pay); Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego,

2004 WL 1234139, at *4 (S.D. Cal. June 1, 2004) (protective order permitting designation of

salary information, among other information, as “Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only”); Jacobs

v. Sea-Land Servs., Inc., 1980 WL 141, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 22, 1980) (“Defendant is entitled

to a Protective Order limiting dissemination of salary information.”).

2. Use of Confidential Materials. Information designated CONFIDENTIAL, and

any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from material

designated as CONFIDENTIAL (collectively “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL”) shall be used

by the parties to whom such information is produced solely for conduct of this litigation, and

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not for any other purpose. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall not be disclosed to anyone

except as provided in this Order. Nothing in this Order shall prevent or limit any party from

using or disclosing its own CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION for any purpose. Any party

may consent to have material previously designated or requested to be designated by it as

CONFIDENTIAL pursuant to this Order removed from the scope of this Order by so notifying

the other parties in writing or by so stating on the record at any hearing or deposition.

3. Marking Materials as Confidential. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL may be

designated CONFIDENTIAL by marking each page of such documents or by providing the

bates numbers of the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to counsel for the non-producing parties.

4. Deposition Testimony. Testimony taken at a deposition may be designated 

CONFIDENTIAL by a party by making a statement to that effect on the record at the

deposition. Arrangements shall be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing such

deposition to separately bind such portions of the transcript containing information designated

as CONFIDENTIAL, and to label such portions separately. Deposition testimony and exhibits

may also be designated CONFIDENTIAL within thirty days of receipt of a deposition

transcription, and until the end of thirty days following receipt of the transcript the entire

deposition shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL.

5. Disclosure of Confidential Materials. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL produced

pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made available only to in-house and outside counsel

for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff retained by such counsel)

necessarily involved in the conduct of this action, and to the “QUALIFIED PERSONS”

designated as follows:

(a) the parties and their officers, directors, employees, and representatives

(including inside and outside counsel) who have an actual, good-faith need for such

information to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action;

(b) experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such

counsel who have an actual, good-faith need for such information to assist in the prosecution,

defense, or settlement of this action and who have agreed to be bound by this Order;

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(c) the Court, jury, court personnel, court reporter(s), and similar personnel

involved in this action;

(d) a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action, but only to the

extent reasonably necessary for preparation of that person’s testimony or to the extent

necessary for the questioning of said person, and who have agreed to be bound by this Order;

and

(e) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree or who otherwise is

designated by the Court in the interest of justice, and who has agreed to be bound by this Order.

6. Parties and Persons Bound by Order. All QUALIFIED PERSONS as defined in

Sections 5(a) and 5(c) shall be bound by this Order by its terms. Prior to receiving, being

shown or using any CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, those QUALIFIED PERSONS as defined

in Sections 5(b), (d), and (e) shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute a

nondisclosure agreement in the form of Appendix A, which shall be retained by counsel for a

party providing the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to such QUALIFIED PERSON. If a

deponent refuses to execute such a nondisclosure agreement, disclosure of such information to

the deponent shall not constitute a waiver of the designation of the information as

CONFIDENTIAL. Under such circumstances, the deponent shall be required to exercise the

right to sign the original deposition transcript in the presence of the court reporter and no copy

of the transcript or related exhibits shall be given to the deponent.

7. Filing Under Seal; Use in Court. If CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, including

any portion of a deposition transcript designated as CONFIDENTIAL, is included in or as a

part of any papers to be filed in Court, such papers shall be labeled “CONFIDENTIAL –

SUBJECT TO COURT ORDER” and be made the subject of a request to filed under seal

pursuant to Local Rule 39-141., and the Court by this Order hereby permits the parties to this

Order to file such papers under seal. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS

AND/OR CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL are included in or as part of any papers filed with the

Court under seal pursuant to this Order, copies of such papers shall be provided directly to the

Court’s chambers. If any party seeks to use at trial or at any Court hearing in this matter any

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CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, including any portion of a deposition transcript designated as

CONFIDENTIAL, that party shall give sufficient prior notice to the other parties of its intent to

do so to permit any of those parties to move the Court for an order that the evidence be

received in camera, under seal, or under other conditions to prevent unnecessary disclosure. 

The Court will then determine whether the proffered evidence should continue to be treated as

covered by this Order requested and, if so, what protection, if any, may be afforded to such

information.

8. No Effect of Use in Proceeding. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL is used in any court proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its

CONFIDENTIAL status through such use, and the party using such shall take all reasonable

steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use.

9. Third-Party Request for Disclosure. In the event that any person who has

obtained CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL receives a subpoena, other process or order in another

action to produce or disclose CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, the recipient shall promptly

provide counsel for all parties with written notice thereof (including a copy of the subpoena,

other process or order, or Freedom of Information Act request) to enable them to take whatever

action they deem appropriate, including seeking a protective order in the other action or filing

suit to prevent disclosure.

10. Effect of Order. Entering into, agreeing to and/or complying with the terms of

this Order shall not:

(a) affect in any way the right of any party to object to the production of documents

or information it considers not subject to discovery and/or privileged against disclosure or to

seek from the Court a determination of whether particular designated material should be

produced; or 

(b) affect in any way the right of any party to apply to the Court to rescind or

modify the terms of this Order, or to move the Court for a further protective order.

(c) constitute an admission or agreement as to the authenticity or relevancy of any

document or other information as CONFIDENTIAL.

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11. Inadvertent Disclosure. The inadvertent or unintentional disclosure to another

party or its counsel of CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, regardless of whether the material was

so designated at the time of disclosure, shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a

claim that such material is covered by this Order. In the event of inadvertent or unintentional

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, the party seeking coverage by this Order shall

give prompt notification to counsel for the other parties after learning of an inadvertent or

unintentional disclosure, and shall provide said counsel with new copies of the inadvertently or

unintentionally produced documents, re-marked as "CONFIDENTIAL." The material

inadvertently or unintentionally produced without such designation shall then be returned

promptly to the party that produced it.

12. Challenge to Designation. In the event that any party believes in good faith that

information designated CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL does not merit such designation

pursuant to the terms of this Order and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), it shall provide

all other counsel with written notice specifying the basis for such belief. The party that

designated the material CONFIDENTIAL shall, not more than ten (10) court days after receipt

of such notice, respond in writing and either agree to withdraw the designation or specify the

basis for the designation. Thereafter, counsel for the parties shall meet and confer to attempt to

resolve the dispute. If agreement cannot be reached, the party challenging the designation may

move the Court for relief with respect to the designation of such information and shall bear the

burden of establishing that such information should not be so designated. If the challenging

party so moves the Court, the restrictions of this Order with respect to such information shall

continue to apply unless and until the Court grants the motion.

13. Purpose of this Order. 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

production of any information or documents under the terms of this Order nor any proceeding

pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect of any admission or waiver by either

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party or of altering the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document or information.

14. Additional Parties. In the event that any additional persons or entities become

parties to this action, neither they nor their counsel shall have access to CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL produced by the parties or any non-parties or other witnesses until the newlynamed party, by its or his or her counsel, and the existing parties to this action have so agreed

in a Supplemental Protective Order executed by all parties and entered by the Court.

15. Survival of the Order. 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.

16. Return and Destruction. Upon termination of this action, one complete set of

the materials covered by this Order shall be returned to counsel for the producing party, and

any other copies shall be destroyed or returned to counsel for the producing party. Within

forty-five days of the termination of this action, counsel for the parties shall certify that all

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL has either been returned to the producing party or destroyed. 

Because this case seeks an award under 42 U.S.C. Section 1988, and because the provisions of

this paragraph may require that work be performed by Plaintiffs’ counsel subsequent to the

entry of judgment and any such award, the parties agree and stipulate that Defendant Local

1000 shall – if such award is made – pay any actual attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred in

performing the duties imposed by this paragraph at the rate awarded by the Court, limited to no

more than $1,000. Plaintiffs’ counsel will utilize clerical staff in performing the duties

imposed by this paragraph, to the extent appropriate, supervised by attorneys.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: November 30, 2006 W. James Young

c/o NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK 

 LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION, INC.

8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600

Springfield, VA 22160

Telephone: (703) 321-8510

Facsimile: (703) 321-9319

Steven R. Burlingham (SBN 88544)

GARY, TILL & BURLINGHAM

5330 Madison Avenue, Suite F

Sacramento, California 95841

Telephone: (916) 332-8122

Facsimile: (916) 332-8153

by: /s/ W. James Young 

Attorney for Plaintiffs and the Class

Dated: November 30, 2006 Stephen P. Berzon

Jeffrey B. Demain

Peder J. Thoreen

ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM,

 RUBIN & DEMAIN

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

by: /s/ Jeffrey B. Demain 

Attorneys for Defendant Service

Employees International Union, Local 1000

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

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