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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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LITTLER MENDELSON 

A P ROFESSIONAL C ORPORATION

5200 North Palm Avenue 

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SPENCER H. HIPP, Bar No. 090485 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

5200 North Palm Avenue 

Suite 302 

Fresno, CA 93704.2225 

Telephone: 559.244.7500 

Facsimile: 559.244.7525 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PRODUCERS DAIRY FOODS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOE ROMERO, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

PRODUCERS DAIRY FOODS, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:05-CV-00484 REC DLB 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Documents and/or information which are subject to discovery and/or are being sought 

by Plaintiffs through discovery in this action and which relate to confidential Company, third party 

employee and/or former employee information, which is being produced by Defendant Producers 

Dairy Foods, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Defendant”) or which may be disclosed throughout the 

course of this litigation, reflect or may reflect confidential, personal, financial, commercial, and/or 

proprietary information regarding Defendant and/or its employees and/or former employees, and/or 

clients/customers of Defendant. The following Stipulation and Protective Order shall govern the 

production, disclosure, and use of such confidential information in this action. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties, through 

their respective undersigned counsel, that a Court may enter the following Protective Order pursuant 

to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c) and 37, and Local Rules 39-140 and 39-141, in this action 

as follows: 

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1. Confidential Information. 

For purposes of this Stipulation and Protective Order, “confidential information” 

means any type or classification of information, regardless of form, and regardless of whether 

originals, copies, or in redacted form, consisting of business, personal, or financial 

information/records or documents, or other proprietary information, concerning Defendant’s 

employees and/or former employees.1

 No information shall be claimed to be confidential unless 

counsel making the claim has a reasonable, good faith belief that the information meets the criteria 

specified above. Once so designated, confidential information shall be subject to the protection of 

this Protective Order unless such protection is expressly waived in writing by all of the stipulating 

parties or removed in whole or in part upon further order of the Court. 

2. Definition and Manner of Designation. 

(a)

(b)

(c)

 

All information, records, and documents concerning Defendant’s employees 

and/or former employees or the above described Confidential Information shall be defined as 

confidential, regardless of its designation as such in order to limit the risk of disclosure of such 

confidential information. 

Counsel may designate other documents and writings as confidential if 

additional documents related to the confidential information described above are located by 

Defendant. Such designation shall be made, at the time of production of such other documents or 

other writings. Documents shall be designated confidential by placing the word “confidential” in red 

on the document or by otherwise indicating that the document is confidential and subject to 

protective order. 

The failure to designate information in accordance with this Protective Order 

or the failure to object to a designation at a given time shall not preclude the filing of a motion at a 

later time seeking to impose such a designation or challenge the propriety thereof. 

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 “Confidential information” does not include information produced by Defendant to Plaintiffs regarding the named 

Plaintiffs’ employment with Defendant. Further, if and/or when any other current or former employees of Defendant 

consent in writing that their employment information is not confidential, such employees’ information will be removed 

from the definition of “confidential information.” 

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A P ROFESSIONAL C ORPORATION

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3. Coverage. 

This Protective Order shall control the pretrial production, disclosure, and use of the 

above-described confidential information This Protective Order shall not constitute or be deemed to 

constitute an admission by any of the stipulating parties or a determination by a Court as to any 

contested issue in this case, including, without limitation, the existence or non-existence of a privacy 

interest or privilege relating to said confidential information or its admissibility at trial. 

4. Use of Confidential Information At Hearing Not Covered. 

This Protective Order applies only to information disclosed in the course of pre-trial 

discovery in this action. Counsel for the stipulating parties agree to negotiate in good faith with 

respect to the procedure for utilizing confidential information at the trial of this action. Any dispute, 

regarding the use of any confidential information at the trial of this action, will be resolved by the 

Court. 

5. Limits on Disclosure and Use. 

(a)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Documents and information designated confidential pursuant to this Protective 

Order shall not be disclosed to any persons other than the parties herein and their respective 

attorneys, except that documents and information defined or designated confidential may be 

disclosed to the following persons and entities for a purpose directly related to the prosecution 

and/or defense of this action: 

the parties, counsel for the parties hereto, clerks, secretaries, 

paralegals, investigators, and legal assistants assisting such counsel, court or stenographic reporters 

retained to report a deponent’s testimony taken in this litigation, and firms retained by counsel to 

provide litigation services and the employees of said firms; 

management or supervisors of Defendant who are responsible for 

assisting counsel in the preparation for or trial of this case; 

expert witnesses retained for purposes of testifying at trial; 

persons who are being prepared by counsel to give testimony at a 

deposition or at hearing of this case, provided it is necessary for their testimony; 

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(v)

(vi)

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persons who are being examined by counsel at a deposition or at 

hearing of this case; and 

court and administrative personnel, including judges, administrative 

law judges, court commissioners, court reporters, law clerks and clerks engaged in proceedings in 

this case. 

The parties and their respective counsel shall safeguard the confidential 

information referenced above against disclosure. All counsel shall advise persons listed in 

subparagraphs (i) through (v) above, who receive confidential information in this action, of this 

Protective Order and shall secure their representation before being shown a confidential document 

that they shall not further disclose or use such confidential information, except as provided under 

this Protective Order. Any portion of a deposition involving the disclosure of confidential 

information shall, at the request of any party, be placed under seal and shall be treated as 

confidential pursuant to this Agreement. 

Information and documents subject to this Protective Order may be used only 

in connection with this litigation and not for any other legal, business or competitive purpose. 

Further, such information may not be disclosed to anyone except as provided in this Protective 

Order. 

Lodging or Filings With The Court. 

All confidential information lodged or filed with the Court and any pleading, motion, 

deposition or other paper filed with or otherwise submitted to the Court disclosing confidential 

information, shall, as permitted by the Court, (a) be submitted for lodging or filing in sealed 

envelopes as specified in paragraph 7 below, and (b) remain sealed by the Court as to all persons and 

entities who are not parties to this litigation, and (c) be available for review only for purposes of this 

litigation by the persons and parties described in paragraph 5 as eligible to receive confidential 

information. 

7. Notice of Coverage By Order. 

(a) The portions of any pleading, motion, affidavit, transcript of any deposition or 

other paper filed with the Court which constitutes, identifies, quotes or refers to confidential 

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(b)

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information shall, as permitted by the Court, be filed with the Court, only in sealed envelopes 

bearing the following statement: 

CONFIDENTIAL: THIS ENVELOPE CONTAINS DOCUMENTS 

AND INFORMATION FILED SUBJECT TO A PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

Deposition transcripts and other discovery materials which contain or 

reference designated confidential information will be marked by the court reporter or by the parties 

or their counsel on the cover of the transcripts or in other prominent locations to reflect this 

Protective Order. 

Modification of Order. 

(a)

(b)

(c)

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Material disclosing confidential information may be removed from the 

restrictions of this Protective Order only upon the written agreement of the stipulating parties or by 

Court Order. 

In the event that the stipulating parties disagree as to the definition or 

designation of materials as confidential, or are unable to reach agreement regarding removing from 

the restrictions of this Protective Order any document or other material claimed to be confidential, 

the stipulating party contesting confidentiality may, upon motion with notice to the other stipulating 

party, seek a Court Order removing the contested information from the terms of this Protective 

Order. Such notice shall comply with the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

applicable Civil Local Rules, unless the parties are in trial or it is otherwise determined by the Court. 

Upon noticed motion by either stipulating party in accordance with Paragraph 

8(b) above, the Court shall have authority to modify the terms of this Protective Order for good 

cause shown. 

Return of Designated Confidential Information. 

When the action has terminated by settlement, judgment or dismissal and all appeals 

have been exhausted, all confidential information shall be returned to the party producing the 

documents, including all copies thereof, within thirty (30) days of written request from the party that 

produced the confidential information. 

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10. Limits on Scope of Protective Order. 

Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to relieve any party from the 

obligation to respond timely to discovery requests, nor shall this Protective Order be construed as a 

waiver of the right to assert any objection to a discovery request. To the extent that a party produces 

documents or information pursuant to this Protective Order that are covered, or believed in good 

faith to be covered, by the attorney work product doctrine or attorney-client communication 

privilege or any other privilege, no waiver of the attorney work product doctrine or attorney-client 

privilege or any other privilege shall be construed as a result of that production as it relates, or may 

relate, to the documents produced, or otherwise. Neither shall this Protective Order be construed so 

as to prejudice the right of any party hereto to file and use a confidential document in connection 

with motions, pretrial proceedings, settlement conference, hearing, or any other proceeding in this 

matter, so long as the provisions of this Protective Order are complied with. 

Nothing in this Protective Order shall operate as an admission by any party that any 

particular document is, or is not, admissible in evidence at the hearing of this action. 

Dated: October _____, 2005 LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

/s/ Spencer H. Hipp 

SPENCER H. HIPP 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PRODUCERS DAIRY FOODS, INC. 

Dated: October _____, 2005 BEESON TAYER & BODINE 

/s/ Teague Paterson 

TEAGUE L. PATERSON 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

October 17, 2005 /S/ Dennis L. Beck 

Dated U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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