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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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John L.B. Smith #067592

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

 BAKER, MANOCK & JENSEN

 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

 FIG GARDEN FINANCIAL CENTER

 5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE, FOURTH FLOOR

 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93704-2209

 T ELEPHON E (559) 432-5400

 T ELECOPI E R (559) 432-5620

Attorneys for

Non-Party Deponent Ryan Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Non-Party Pacific

Ethanol, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

In re:

Greg Braun, Chapter 11 Trustee for

COAST GRAIN COMPANY, a California

corporation,

Plaintiff, 

v.

AGRI-SYSTEMS, a Montana Corporation,

Defendant.

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Case No.: CIV-F-02-6482 AWI SMS

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE

ORDER AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

WHEREAS, Defendant AGRI-SYSTEMS, a Montana corporation, has issued that

Subpoena and that Notice of Taking Deposition of Ryan Turner (Chief Operating Officer of Pacific

Ethanol, Inc.) with Production of Documents attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; and 

WHEREAS, Ryan Turner and Pacific Ethanol are not parties to the within litigation;

and 

WHEREAS, the testimonial and documentary evidence that may be sought in the

Deposition Duces Tecum may include confidential proprietary information; and 

WHEREAS, therefore, good cause exists for entry of protective order. 

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

Therefore, the undersigned parties to the within Stipulation (the “Parties”), by and

through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that the Protective Order set forth hereinbelow be

entered by this Court. 

DATED: August 31, 2005. DOAK & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

/s/ Jon Doak (as authorized on August 31,

2005)

By__________________________________

Jon Doak

Attorneys for Defendant and CrossComplainant AGRI-SYSTEMS

DATED: August 31, 2005. LAW OFFICES OF HENRY D. NUNEZ

/s/ Henry D. Nunez (as authorized on

August 31, 2005)

By__________________________________

Henry D. Nunez

Attorneys for Defendant AGRI-SYSTEMS

DATED: August 31, 2005. KIMBLE, MacMICHAEL & UPTON

/s/ Steven D. McGee (as authorized on

August 31, 2005)

By__________________________________

Steven D. McGee

Attorneys for Complainant, Plaintiff, and

Cross-Defendant GREG BRAUN,

Chapter 11 Trustee for COAST GRAIN

COMPANY, a California corporation

DATED: August 31, 2005. BAKER, MANOCK & JENSEN

/s/ John L.B. Smith

By__________________________________

John L.B. Smith

Attorneys for Non-Party Deponent Ryan

Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Non-Party

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Deposition Duces Tecum

1. The Deposition Duces Tecum of Ryan Turner, Chief Operating Officer of

Pacific Ethanol, Inc., regarding matters subsequent to the close of escrow on Pacific Ethanol’s

purchase of the real property subject to the within litigation, and the below-listed Exhibits

produced in response to the Subpoena attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” shall be marked

“Confidential Pursuant to Protective Order,” or words to that effect, and shall be deemed

“Confidential Information”:

As to documents requested to be produced, the following documents shall be

subject to this Protective Order: 

a. Photographs taken after close of escrow on Pacific Ethanol’s

purchase of the subject property; 

b. None; 

c. Documents referring to inspection, examination, and/or testing

requested by Pacific Ethanol following the close of escrow; 

d. None; 

e. All; 

f. Documents regarding grain mill receiving condition, all after close

of escrow; and

g. Documents regarding grain mill receiving performance, all after the

throughput testing conducted after close of escrow.

2. At the request of counsel for any Party, all persons other than those to

whom disclosure of confidential information is permitted under the terms of this Protective Order,

shall be excluded from the deposition of Mr. Turner. 

Use of Confidential Information at Hearings or Trial

3. Any disclosure of Confidential Information subject to the within Protective

Order shall be made only upon prior written notice to Ryan Turner, Chief Operating Officer of

Pacific Ethanol, Inc., via telecopier at (559) 435-1478, with a copy to John L.B. Smith at Baker,

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Manock & Jensen, via telecopier at (559) 432-5620, which notice shall be at least five (5) court

days prior to such disclosure.

4. At any proceeding before the Court in connection with this Litigation,

counsel for the Parties may, subject to the rules of evidence, disclose or refer to Confidential

Information in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order unless otherwise ordered by the

Court. 

5. At the request of counsel for any Party, during that portion of any

proceeding during which Confidential Information is to be disclosed or referred to, all persons to

whom disclosure of Confidential Information is not permitted under the terms of this Protective

Order shall be excluded from the Courtroom, if so ordered by the Court.

6. Counsel for any Party may send courtesy copies of documents containing

Confidential Information to the Court so long as the envelope containing such documents indicates

that the envelope contains Confidential Information subject to this Protective Order, and that such

Confidential Information has been filed with the Clerk of the Court under seal.

7. If Confidential Information is included in any papers to be filed with the

Court, the parties shall follow the procedures set forth in California Rules of Court, Rules 243.1

through 243.2.

8. All Confidential Information shall be used solely by the Parties to the within

Litigation for the purposes of such Litigation. 

9. Nothing herein shall limit the dissemination of documents containing

Confidential Information among counsel of record in this Litigation and their paralegals, clerical

and secretarial employees, nor shall it limit the dissemination thereof by Mr. Turner, Pacific

Ethanol, or their agents for any purpose whatsoever.

10. Confidential Information may be disclosed to or made available by counsel

for the Parties to the within Litigation receiving such information into the following “Qualified

Persons,” as defined herein, or to such other persons as the Parties may agree in writing. For

purposes of this Order, “Qualified Persons” means:

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a. The Court (and any Appellate Court), including Court personnel,

jurors and alternate jurors subject to California Rules of Court, Rules 243.1 through 243.2;

b. Court reporters;

c. Counsel of record to the Parties to this Litigation, and the paralegal,

clerical, and secretarial staff, and other persons employed or retained by such counsel;

d. The named Parties to this Litigation;

e. Outside photo-copying services;

f. Experts, advisors or consultants (including their employees and

support staff) retained by counsel of record in the Litigation; and

g. Persons who counsel of record in good faith believe may be fact

witnesses in this Litigation.

11. Prior to the disclosure of Confidential Information to any Qualified Person

defined in Subparagraphs 10(d), 6(f), and 6(g), counsel of record for the Party proposing to make

such disclosure shall ensure that a copy of this Order has been delivered to such person, that its

terms have been explained to such person, and that the person has executed a Confidentiality

Undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B.”

12. Nothing herein shall prevent any Party who has received Confidential

Information pursuant to this Protective Order from producing such Confidential Information in

response to a lawful subpoena or other compulsory process, provided that any Party receiving such

subpoena or process (i) shall, pursuant to the notice requirements of Paragraph 3 hereinabove, give

notice thereof to Ryan Turner, which notice shall include a copy of the subpoena or other

compulsory process so as to afford him a reasonable opportunity to enforce this Protective Order;

and (ii) if application to enforce this Protective Order is made before the return date, shall not

produce, such Confidential Information prior to receiving a Court Order or the written consent of

Mr. Turner.

13. Compliance with the terms of this Protective Order shall not operate as an

admission that any particular document or information is or is not confidential.

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14. The entry of this Protective Order does not waive any rights the Parties may

have to object on any grounds to the use of any Confidential Information as evidence at any trial or

hearing in this Litigation. Disclosure of any Confidential Information by any person or in any

manner not permitted by this Protective Order shall not result in a waiver of or otherwise limit the

right of the Parties to enforce the provisions of this Protective Order. Nothing contained herein

shall constitute a waiver by any Party of the right to claim that information designated by any other

Party as Confidential is not, in fact, Confidential.

15. After the conclusion of this Litigation, any Party’s counsel and all other

persons to whom Confidential Information shall have been disclosed shall not disclose or

communicate to, or discuss with, any person any portion of such Confidential Information, unless

such Confidential Information later becomes public knowledge and such public knowledge

becomes known to the Party’s counsel or such other persons.

16. Within ninety (90) days after the disposition of this action, all Confidential

Information shall be returned to Mr. Turner, provided, however, that counsel shall be entitled to

retain pleadings, memoranda, declarations or affidavits, or deposition transcripts which attach,

contain or refer to any Confidential Information, but only to the extent necessary to preserve a

litigation file with respect to these actions, subject to the terms of this Protective Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 27, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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