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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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LAW OFFICES 28

Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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DOUGLAS TUCKER 172550 

HENRY Y. CHIU 222927 

KIMBLE, MacMICHAEL & UPTON 

A Professional Corporation 

5260 North Palm, Suite 221 

Fresno, California 93704 

Telephone: (559) 435-5500 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

CAVALRY INVESTMENTS, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

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JEFF REICH, individually and doing 

business as THE REICH LAW FIRM, 

 Plaintiff, 

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CAVALRY INVESTMENTS, LLC, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. CIV. F-04-5546 REC DLB 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER CONCERNING PRODUCTION 

OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS 

In recognition that the parties, and third-party witnesses, may possess confidential and/or 

proprietary information that may be necessary or desirable to reveal to other parties during 

discovery and trial of the present action, and that a protective order of the above captioned Court 

is desirable to protect such information in accordance with local, state and federal privacy laws, 

and from disclosure to competitors and to the general public, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL, AND 

ORDERED BY THIS COURT, that the parties and their counsel shall follow the following 

procedures concerning the documents, testimonies, written discovery responses and other 

information provided in the course of pretrial discovery, and any information contained therein 

or derived therefrom: 

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Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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DEFINITIONS

A. The phrase “Financial Information” shall mean all information concerning the 

assets and liabilities of any third-party person or entity vis-à-vis any other person or entity, 

collected and maintained in an accessible form, including, but not limited to: personal and real 

properties; debts and other obligations; credit scores; the existence, identification and amounts of 

any checking, savings, retirement and other money accounts; and any other information that the 

disclosing party has an obligation to protect from unrestricted disclosure under any federal or 

state law. 

B. The phrase “Personally Identifiable Information” mean all individually 

identifiable information concerning any third-party person or entity collected and maintained in 

an accessible form, including, but not limited to: first, last and maiden names; physical and email addresses; telephone and facsimile numbers; social security numbers, or any other federal or 

state identification numbers; other identifiers that permit the contacting or specific identification 

of an individual or entity; and any other information that the disclosing party has an obligation to 

protect from unrestricted disclosure under any federal or state law. 

C. The phrase “Proprietary Information” shall be defined herein as any information 

that: (a) is not known by actual or potential competitors of the disclosing party, or is generally 

unavailable to the public; (b) has been created, discovered, developed, or otherwise become 

known to the disclosing, or in which property rights have been assigned or otherwise conveyed 

to the disclosing; and (c) has material economic value or potential material economic value to the 

disclosing party’s present or future business. It shall include trade secrets (as defined under 

California Civil Code section 3426.1) and all other discoveries, developments, improvements, 

inventions, formulas, software programs, processes, data, research, techniques, customer and 

supplier lists, and any modifications or enhancements of any of the foregoing, which has actual 

or potential economic value to the disclosing party. It shall not include any information that: (a) 

is, at the time of disclosure, in the public domain by publication or otherwise; (b) becomes at any 

time, through no act or failure to act on the part of the recipient party, part of the public domain 

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Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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by publication or otherwise; (c) is already in the possession of a party at the time of disclosure by 

the other party, and was not acquired directly or indirectly from the disclosing party; or (d) is 

made available to a party by a third party who obtained the same by legal means and without any 

obligation of confidence to the party claiming its confidential nature. 

D. The phrase “Subject Information” shall collectively include Financial 

Information, Personally Identifiable Information and Proprietary Information, as each phrase is 

individually defined above. 

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USE AND PROTECTION OF THE SUBJECT INFORMATION

1. The parties shall not be required to specifically designate documents or 

information as being or comprising Personally Identifiable and/or Financial Information. The 

parties shall specifically designate any Proprietary Information as being “Proprietary” or 

“Confidential.” 

2. The parties agree that access to the Subject Information shall be for the duration 

of the present action only, and limited to the following persons: 

a. outside attorneys of record for the parties, and associates, paralegals, 

secretaries and other persons regularly employed by said attorneys; 

b. in-house counsel and designated representatives of each party; 

c. any deponent in the present action, but only to the extent disclosure is 

reasonably believed, in good faith, to be necessary for the deponent may 

understand the deposition questions and context; 

d. experts retained by the parties; 

e. any court reporter reporting a deposition; and 

f. the Court, if such information is filed or lodged pursuant to this 

Stipulation and Order. 

3. All persons identified in Paragraph 2(b)–(e) who are to be given access to the 

Subject Information in the course of this action shall be required to first read this Stipulation and 

Order, and execute the Acknowledgment attached hereto as Exhibit A. Copies of all such 

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Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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Acknowledgments shall be retained by the party allowing access to the Subject Information. Said 

Acknowledgments shall be protected under the work product doctrine unless the Court suspects 

that any of the Subject Information has been disclosed to a person or entity not bound by this 

Stipulation and Order. In such an event, the Court shall conduct an in-camera review of all 

Acknowledgments. If the Court finds that it is probable that a person or entity bound by an 

Acknowledgment disclosed any information protected under this Stipulation and Order, the 

Court shall order that/those Acknowledgment(s) to be immediately discoverable. 

4. The parties shall not use or reveal, directly or indirectly, any information in 

violation of this Stipulation and Order. The Court may make any order against a signatory to this 

Stipulation and Order, or any Acknowledgment, that the Court deems appropriate to compel 

compliance with its Order, in addition to any injunctive relief available to the parties. Nothing in 

this Stipulation and Order is intended to abridge or limit any remedy or recovery of damages that 

a party may be entitled to bringing an action to enjoin a violation of this Stipulation and Order, to 

compel compliance herewith, and/or to recover damages arising from any violation or noncompliance. 

5. If the Subject Information is disclosed to any persons in the manner inconsistent 

with, or unauthorized by, this Stipulation and Order, the person or party responsible for such 

disclosure must immediately inform the other party of all pertinent facts concerning such 

disclosure, and, without prejudice to other rights and remedies of any party, make every 

reasonable effort to prevent further such disclosure. In addition, the responsible person or party 

shall defend and indemnify the original producing party (the party producing such Subject 

Information pursuant to this Stipulation and Order) from any and all claims asserted against said 

producing party by the persons or entities that are the subject of the Personally Identifiable 

Information or Financial Information, or by any licensors or owners of the Proprietary 

Information. Sanctions for inadvertent or intentional disclosure of the Subject Information shall 

be determined by the Court, after opportunity for briefing and argument by the affected parties. 

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Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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III 

DISPUTES CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF THE SUBJECT INFORMATION

6. In the event any party disputes the designation of any documents or information 

as being protected Financial Information, Personally Identifiable Information or Proprietary 

Information, the parties shall make a reasonable and good-faith attempt to meet and confer 

regarding such designation. If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the recipient party shall 

refrain from disclosing such information until the producing party has an opportunity to obtain a 

protective order from the Court, provided that: (a) the motion for such protective order be filed 

within ten (10) days from the date that the recipient party informs the disclosing party in writing 

of the non-resolution; and (b) the hearing upon such motion is scheduled as soon as possible. 

IV 

DISPOSITION OF THE SUBJECT INFORMATION

7. The Subject Information disclosed herein shall be used solely for the purposes of 

this present action, and not for any other purpose or action. 

8. Within sixty (60) days after the final disposition of the present action, whether 

through final judgment or otherwise (including all appeals), all persons and entities authorized by 

this Stipulation and Order to receive any Subject Information shall return all originals, copies 

and any other writing containing or referring to any Subject Information, except that the 

attorneys of record (who are not in-house counsel) shall be entitled to retain pleadings, 

memoranda, declarations or affidavits, written responses to discovery requests, responses to 

requests for admission, or deposition transcripts to the extent necessary to preserve a litigation 

file, which contents shall be disclosed only in accordance with this Stipulation and Order. The 

parties shall also be responsible for obtaining originals and all copies of the Subject Information 

provided by them to any and all persons identified in Paragraph 3(c)–(g) and returning all 

originals to the producing party. As an alternative to returning the Subject Information, the 

persons and entities who received such material may destroy, by shredding or incineration, all 

originals and copies of such material. 

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Kimble, MacMichael 

& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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9. Each person or entity shall thereafter provide a signed declaration to the party 

who produced the Subject Information, identifying with reasonable particularity all such 

material, and declaring, under penalty of perjury, that all such originals and copies were 

destroyed by shredding or incineration or were returned to the producing party. 

10. Return or destruction of any Subject Information upon the termination of the 

present action does not waive the parties and/or their attorneys’ rights or abilities to retrieve 

copies of such documents from the producing party for the purposes of defending actions that 

arise from this lawsuit. The producing party of any Subject Information shall maintain these 

documents in its files for three (3) years after the termination of this action so that retrieval of 

these documents can be completed in a timely manner. The requesting party must reimburse the 

producing party for reasonable expenses incurred in the retrieval of such documents. The terms 

of this Stipulation and Order will apply to any and all documents retrieved after the termination 

of these actions pursuant to the terms of this Paragraph. 

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ADDITIONAL TERMS

11. Nothing contained in this Stipulation and Order shall prejudice any party’s right 

to use the Subject Information before this Court. However, before doing so, to the extent not 

otherwise authorized herein, the party intending to use the Subject Information shall so inform 

the producing party of such intended use, and the producing party may apply to the Court for 

appropriate protection, including clearing the hearing room or courtroom of persons not entitled 

to receive such information. 

12. Nothing in this Stipulation and Order shall affect the admissibility of any Subject 

Information into evidence, or abridge the rights of any party to seek judicial review or to pursue 

other appropriate judicial action with respect to any ruling made by the Court concerning the 

status of any Subject Information. However, any party may apply to the Court for appropriate 

protection of such information. 

13. Nothing contained in this Stipulation and Order shall bar or otherwise restrict the 

right of any counsel involved in this action from advising their client with respect to this action, 

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& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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doing anything necessary to prosecute or defend this action, or furthering the interests of their 

clients, provided that, absent an Order of this Court or consent of the disclosing party, no 

attorney may disclose any Subject Information in violation of this Stipulation and Order. 

14. The parties recognize and acknowledge that the nature of this action, and of some 

of the confidential information that may be sought, are so sensitive that a party may believe that 

even this protective order may not provide sufficient protection. In such an event, this Stipulation 

and Order shall not be deemed consent or an admission that such information should be 

disclosed, and such party may resist disclosure of such information until the matter has been 

heard by the Court. 

15. This Stipulation and Order is intended to provide a mechanism for handling the 

disclosure of Subject Information to which there is no objection other than confidentiality. This 

Stipulation and Order shall not prejudice the right of a party to: (a) object to a request for 

discovery on any ground; (b) object to the introduction of any information or documents into 

evidence; (c) seek additional protections for any such information or documents; (d) object to the 

designation of any document or information as being “proprietary” or “confidential”; or (e) seek 

any modification of or relief from any provision of this Stipulation and Order. 

16. Nothing in this Stipulation and Order shall be construed to restrict the signatories 

to this Stipulation and Order from sharing the Subject Information with other signatories to this 

Stipulation and Order. 

17. This Stipulation and Order may be amended without leave of Court by the written 

agreement of counsel for the parties bound by this Stipulation and Order, and any third parties 

likewise bound, in the form of a stipulation, which shall be filed in this case; provided however, 

that any such amendment shall not impose any additional burdens on the Court. This Stipulation 

and Order is intended to regulate the handling of confidential information and documents during 

the entirety of this litigation through appeal, and thereafter, and shall remain in full force and 

effect until modified, superseded or terminated on the record by agreement of the Parties to this 

litigation and any pertinent third parties, or by order of the Court. 

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& Upton 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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18. The terms of this Stipulation and Order shall survive and remain in full force and 

effect after the termination of this lawsuit, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties, 

their attorneys, and all other persons to the Subject Information have been disclosed for the 

purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulation and Order or redressing any violation thereof. 

Dated: February _22 , 2006. KIMBLE, MacMICHAEL & UPTON 

 A Professional Corporation 

 

 By: /s/ Douglas Tucker 

 DOUGLAS TUCKER 

 Attorney for Defendant, 

CAVALRY INVESTMENTS, LLC 

Dated: February 15 , 2006. ORNWELL & SAMPLE LLP 

 

 By: /s/ Stephen R. Cornwell 

 STEPHEN R. CORNWELL 

 Attorney for Plaintiff, 

JEFF REICH, individually and doing 

business as THE REICH LAW FIRM, 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________, 2006. 

 _______________________________________ 

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT 

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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EXHIBIT A

EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

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JEFF REICH, individually and doing 

business as THE REICH LAW FIRM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CAVALRY INVESTMENTS, LLC, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. CIV. F-04-5546 REC DLB 

AFFIDAVIT OF: 

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I have received and reviewed a copy of the Stipulation and Protective Order Concerning 

Production of Confidential Documents executed between the parties in the above-entitled action. 

I understand that the above-entitled action involves the disclosure of certain business 

records, trade secrets, financial data, proprietary information and other confidential information 

(collectively referred to herein as “the Subject Information”) for which the Court has issued the 

above-mentioned Protective Order to protect against any unauthorized disclosure. 

I also understand that the attorneys and their staff for the parties who have signed the abovementioned Protective Order are authorized to receive and disseminate the Subject Information in 

accordance with the provisions of the Stipulation and Protective Order. 

I agree to comply with all provisions of the Stipulation and Protective Order that are 

applicable to me, specifically: 

(1) I will use the Subject Information solely for the purposes of this litigation; 

(2) I will hold in confidence and not disclose to anyone not qualified or designated 

under the Stipulation and Protective Order the Subject Information, or any words, summaries, 

abstracts, or indices of the Subject Information; 

(3) If it is necessary for me to disclose the Subject Information to any partner, associate, 

clerical personnel or assistant in order to accomplish the objectives for which I have been given the 

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

5260 NORTH PALM AVENUE

SUITE 221 

P. O. Box 9489 

FRESNO, CA 93792-9489

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EXHIBIT A

Subject Information, I will request that such person sign an affidavit similar to this one and provide 

the counsel for whom my services have been engaged the signed affidavit at least five (5) days prior 

to when such disclosure would be necessary. I will not disclose the Subject Information to that 

person until authorized to do so by the counsel for whom my services have been engaged; and 

(4) I will return all of the Subject Information, and summaries, abstracts, and indices 

thereof which come into my possession, and documents or things which I have prepared relating 

thereto, to the counsel for whom my services have been engaged once the present action is 

concluded. 

Dated: ______February 27, 2006_____________ 

Signed: _/s/ ROBERT E. COYLE

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