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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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CHAVEZ & GERTLER LLP

Jonathan E. Gertler (Bar No. 111531)

Dan L. Gildor (Bar No. 223027)

42 Miller Avenue

Mill Valley, California 94941

Tel: (415) 381-5599

Fax: (415) 381-5572

ANDRUS ANDERSON LLP

Lori E. Andrus (Bar No. 205816)

155 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 986-1400

Fax: (415) 986-1474

Attorneys for Plaintiff SHAMEKA BOLTON

the Proposed Class and Subclass

PAUL HASTINGS LLP

Thomas E. Geidt (Bar No. 080955)

Paul W. Cane, Jr. (Bar No. 100458)

Jeffrey P. Michalowski (Bar No. 248073)

Chase W. Ensign (Bar No. 275035)

55 Second Street, 24th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-3441

Tel.: (415) 856-7000

Fax: (415) 856-7100

Attorneys for Defendant U.S. NURSING CORP.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAMEKA BOLTON, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

U.S. Nursing Corp., and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No: C 12-04466 LB

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

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1. Discovery in this litigation may involve production of personal, private 

information, corporate trade secrets or other confidential information for which special protection 

from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation would 

be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer 

blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords 

extends only to the information or items that are entitled to protection as described herein. The 

parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12, infra, that this Stipulated Protective Order 

creates no entitlement to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth 

the procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be applied when a party 

seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

DEFINITION OF “CONFIDENTIAL” INFORMATION

2. For the purposes of this Order, “Confidential Information” means

(a) Information that constitutes a “trade secret” in accordance with the 

Uniform Trade Secrets Act, meaning information, including a formula, 

pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that: 

i. Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not 

being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by 

proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value 

from its disclosure or use; and

ii. Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances 

to maintain its secrecy;

(b) Information, materials, and/or other documents reflecting non-public 

business or financial strategies, and/or confidential competitive information 

which, if disclosed, would result in competitive harm to the disclosing 

party; and

(c) Information subject to federal or state privacy rights, including private 

consumer information.

DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

3. Each party or non-party that designates information or items for protection under 

this Order (“Designating Party”) must take care to limit any such designation to information that 

qualifies under the appropriate standards. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are 

prohibited. 

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4. If documents being produced or written discovery responses being served contain 

Confidential Information, counsel for the Designating Party may identify such information or 

documents as Confidential Information by placing or affixing on the first page of the material and 

on each page of the material, in a manner that will not interfere with the material’s legibility, the 

word “Confidential.”

DEPOSITION TESTIMONY

5. If Confidential Information is used or marked as an exhibit in a deposition, or if 

deposition questions, testimony, or colloquy discloses Confidential Information, counsel for the

Designating Party may identify such information or documents as Confidential Information by 

informing the court reporter and counsel for the other parties of the claim of confidentiality either 

contemporaneously on the record during the deposition or in writing within 30 days after having 

received a copy of the deposition transcript. Transcript pages designated as containing 

Confidential Information must be identified by the court reporter by affixing to the top or bottom 

of each such page the legend “Confidential,” as instructed by the Party or nonparty offering or 

sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony. All transcript pages and testimony designated 

as Confidential shall be treated as Confidential Information, pursuant to the terms of this Order, 

except as otherwise agreed in writing by each party claiming confidentiality or as otherwise 

ordered by the Court. 

ACCESS AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

6. Confidential Information shall not be used or shown, disseminated, copied, or in 

any way communicated, orally, in writing, or otherwise, by the parties, their counsel, or any of 

their representatives, agents, expert witnesses, or consultants, to anyone for any purpose 

whatsoever, other than as reasonably necessary by the parties and their counsel for the preparation 

and trial of this action. Access to Confidential Information shall be limited to those persons 

designated below as “Qualified Persons”:

(a) the parties and their officers, directors, employees, and agents;

(b) counsel of record for the parties and employees and agents of such counsel 

who are assisting such counsel in the preparation or trial of this action;

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(c) the Court and the Court’s employees and staff in this case, in accordance 

with the procedures regarding filing under seal as described herein and as 

set forth in Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 79-5; 

(d) employees of outside copying, printing, binding, litigation support, 

mediators or computer input services;

(e) experts and consultants retained by the parties whose assistance is 

necessary for the litigation of this action, provided that, before disclosing 

any Confidential Information to any such person, counsel of record for the 

party intending to make that disclosure shall obtain from the expert or 

consultant a written statement, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, 

which statement shall be retained by counsel of record for the party making 

the disclosure;

(f) any person who is an author, addressee or intended recipient of a document 

containing Confidential Information, or who is identified in the document 

as the original source of the Confidential Information;

(g) deposition witnesses;

(h) potential lay witnesses reasonably necessary for the litigation of this matter, 

provided that, before disclosing any Confidential Information to any such 

person, counsel of record for the party intending to make that disclosure 

shall obtain from the expert or consultant a written statement, in the form 

of Exhibit A attached hereto, which statement shall be retained by counsel 

of record for the party making the disclosure;

(i) any other person as to whom the party that designated the document or 

information as “Confidential” has consented to disclosure in advance; and

(j) by Order of the Court.

7. Prior to disclosure of any material designated “Confidential” to any person 

described in paragraph 6 subsection (e) or (i), supra, such person shall be given a copy of this 

Stipulated Protective Order, and shall agree in writing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, 

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to be bound by the terms of this Order and to be subject to the jurisdiction of this Court for the 

purposes of any proceeding relating to the performance under, compliance with, or violation of 

this Order. Counsel for each party shall maintain a list of all Qualified Persons to whom they or 

their client have provided any Confidential Information, and that list shall be available for 

inspection by the Court. In addition, each of the parties and their attorneys expressly stipulates to 

be subject to the personal jurisdiction of this Court for purposes of any proceeding brought by a 

party to this action to enforce this Order.

8. Except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Order, every Qualified Person 

provided copies of or access to Confidential Information pursuant to this Order shall keep all such 

materials and information, and any copies, notes, extracts, summaries, or descriptions of such 

material, within their exclusive possession and control, shall treat all such copies, notes, extracts, 

summaries, or descriptions of the Confidential Information or any portion thereof as Confidential, 

shall take all necessary and prudent measures to maintain the confidentiality of all such materials 

or information, and shall not disseminate such Confidential Information. 

9. If any counsel of record distributes copies of material containing Confidential 

Information to one or more Qualified Persons, all such materials, and all copies, notes, extracts, 

summaries, or descriptions of such material, shall be returned to that counsel of record or 

destroyed at the completion of the Qualified Person’s consultation or representation in this case. 

Counsel of record shall, upon request by opposing counsel or the Court, execute an affidavit 

stating that to the best of counsel’s knowledge all materials containing Confidential Information, 

and all copies, notes, extracts, summaries, or descriptions of any such material, have been 

returned or destroyed as required. If any counsel of record distributes copies of material 

containing Confidential Information to one or more Qualified Persons, all such materials, and all 

copies, notes, extracts, summaries, or descriptions of such material, shall be either destroyed or 

returned to that counsel of record at the completion of the Qualified Person’s consultation or 

representation in this case. If a Qualified Person destroys such material, rather than returning it to 

that counsel of record, the Qualified Person shall promptly provide to that counsel of record an 

affidavit stating that all materials containing Confidential Information, and all copies, notes, 

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extracts, summaries, or descriptions of any such material, have been destroyed. That counsel of 

record shall, upon request by opposing counsel or the Court, provide to opposing counsel (a) an 

affidavit stating that all materials containing Confidential Information, and all copies, notes, 

extracts, summaries, or descriptions of any such material, have, to the best of that counsel of 

record’s knowledge, been returned or destroyed as required, and (b) all affidavits of Qualified 

Persons who provided that counsel of record with affidavits pursuant to the provisions of this 

paragraph. 

10. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at trial or hearing or during 

a deposition, or in connection with briefs or other papers filed with the Court, any Confidential 

Information. Absent an order by the Court, such use shall not expand the persons to whom such 

documents or information may be disclosed pursuant to this Order. 

11. Prior to the use of Confidential Information at trial or a hearing, the parties will 

discuss with the Court appropriate procedures for the use of Confidential Information.

FILING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

12. If a party wishes to file with the Court a document designated as “Confidential”, or 

if a party wishes to refer to information in any papers filed with the Court that has been 

designated as “Confidential,” the party submitting the materials shall proceed as follows: 

(a) If the filing party is the Designating Party and is seeking to have all or a 

portion of the record containing such information sealed, the party shall 

comply with all of the requirements of Civil L.R. 79-5(b) or (c), as 

applicable;

(b) If the filing party is not the Designating Party and is not seeking to have the 

record containing such information sealed, the party shall comply with all 

of the requirements of Civil L.R. 79-5(d). Any affected party or non-party 

who wishes to have the document sealed may then follow the appropriate 

procedures set forth in Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

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DURATION AND FINAL DISPOSITION

13. Promptly after the termination of this action by entry of a final judgment or order 

of dismissal, all materials containing Confidential Information shall be returned to counsel for the

party who produced those materials or shall be destroyed. Notwithstanding this provision, 

counsel of record may retain one copy of each deposition transcript designated as Confidential, as 

well as an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, transcripts, legal memoranda, 

correspondence or attorney work product, even if such materials contain materials designated 

Confidential. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Confidential Information 

Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order. If material containing Confidential 

Information is destroyed, rather than returned, counsel of record shall promptly provide to 

opposing counsel of record written confirmation that materials containing such Confidential 

Information have been destroyed consistent with this Order. 

14. After the termination of this action by entry of a final judgment or order of 

dismissal, the provisions of this Order shall continue to be binding. The terms of this Order 

constitute, and shall be deemed to be, an enforceable agreement between the parties (and their 

agents and attorneys, to the extent permitted by the California Rules of Professional Conduct), 

and the terms of this Order may be enforced by specific performance in any court of competent 

jurisdiction.

15. This Order shall be binding on the parties, their attorneys, and the parties’ and their 

attorneys’ successors, executors, personal representatives, administrators, heirs, legal 

representatives, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, independent contractors, and 

other persons or organizations over whom or which the parties have control. 

RIGHT TO ASSERT OTHER OBJECTIONS

16. This Order does not constitute a waiver or limitation of any party’s right to object 

to discovery on any ground, including the ground that information sought contains trade secrets or 

other confidential research, development, or commercial information; nor does it constitute a 

waiver of any party’s right to challenge the confidentiality of any redaction or designation. By 

producing documents for review and inspection, the parties do not waive any objections to 

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relevance for summary judgment or other purposes or to the admissibility at trial of any such 

document or of any information contained in any such document.

17. This Order does not constitute a waiver or limitation of any party’s right to 

withhold or redact information protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or other 

applicable privilege, including the work-product doctrine, or any other protection, law, or 

regulation, or to seek appropriate protective orders respecting documents asserted to be subject to 

any such privilege, doctrine, protection, law, or regulation.

18. The entry of this Order shall be without prejudice to the rights of the parties, or any 

one of them, or of any non-party, to assert or apply for additional or different protection. 

19. Nothing in this Order shall limit any party’s right to disclose to any person, or use 

for any purpose, its own information and documents.

INADVERTENT FAILURES TO DESIGNATE

20. If a party inadvertently produces Confidential Information without the required 

“Confidential” legend, the producing party shall, within five (5) business days of discovering the 

inadvertent omission, inform the receiving party in writing of the inadvertent omission and the 

specific material at issue. Upon receipt of such notice, the receiving party shall treat the material 

identified in the notice as Confidential until (a) the parties agree to non-confidential treatment of 

the subject material, or (b) the Court, on motion of either party made within ten (10) days of the 

date of the written notice regarding inadvertent omission, issues an order addressing the 

appropriate treatment of the subject material. A party shall not be deemed to have waived any 

right to designate material as “Confidential” by allowing inspection of such material prior to a 

designation of such material as “Confidential” or by inadvertently failing to mark a document as 

“Confidential” prior to its disclosure.

CHALLENGING DESIGNATIONS

21. If a party contends that any document has been erroneously or improperly 

designated Confidential, it shall nevertheless treat the document as Confidential until either 

(a) that party obtains from the designating party written permission to do otherwise, or (b) this 

Court enters an order stating that the document shall not be treated as Confidential Information.

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22. A party may challenge the designation of a document or other material as 

Confidential as follows:

(a) If a party believes that material designated by another as Confidential has 

not been properly so designated or should be reclassified or revealed to an 

individual not otherwise authorized to have access to that material under 

this Order, that party (the “challenging party”) shall provide to the 

designating party written notice of that disagreement, stating the reason(s) 

for the challenge. During the 10-day period following service of the 

written challenge on the designating party (the “Meet and Confer Period”), 

the challenging and designating parties shall first try to dispose of such 

challenge in good faith on an informal basis. 

(b) If neither the designation nor the objection is withdrawn during the Meet 

and Confer Period, the designating party shall have 20 days from the 

receipt of the written challenge notice to apply to the Court for an order 

designating the material as Confidential. The designating party bears the 

burden of establishing that the material is entitled to protection as 

Confidential Information. Any material that is designated as Confidential 

Information that is the subject of a challenge shall remain subject to this 

Protective Order until the Court rules on the designating party’s motion or, 

if no motion is made, until the time for the designating party to bring a 

motion has expired. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 07, 2013 CHAVEZ & GERTLER LLP

ANDRUS ANDERSON LLP

/s/ Dan L. Gildor

By:_________________________________

Dan L. Gildor

Counsel for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class

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Dated: January 07, 2013 PAUL HASTINGS LLP

/s/ Thomas E. Geidt

By:_________________________________

Thomas E. Geidt

Counsel for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ___________________ _______________________________________

THE HONORABLE LAUREL BEELER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAMEKA BOLTON, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

U.S. Nursing Corp., and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No: C 12-04466 LB

CLASS ACTION

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, ________________________________________, declare and agree as follows:

1. My address is ____________________________________________________ .

2. My present employer is ____________________________________________ .

3. I acknowledge that I may receive information or material, or both, designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with the Protective Order (“Order”) regarding treatment of 

Confidential Information entered by the Court in the lawsuit identified in the above caption.

4. I have received a copy of that Order and have read it. I am familiar with its terms 

and conditions. I agree to comply with and to be bound by each of the terms and conditions of 

that Order. In particular, I agree to hold in confidence, in accordance with the requirements of the 

Order, any information and material disclosed to me pursuant to that Order.

5. I understand that the Order has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction 

and is enforceable by the power of contempt. I understand fully that my breach of the Order, or 

any of its terms, may result in sanctions by the Court, contempt proceedings, or other proceedings 

to enforce the terms of the Order.

6. I agree (a) to notify all stenographic, clerical, or other personnel who are required 

to assist me in my assigned duties of the terms of the Order, (b) to provide them with a copy of 

this declaration for their signature, and (c) to obtain and keep the copy of this declaration after it 

has been properly signed.

7. I agree that I will not show, disseminate, or in any way communicate, orally, in 

writing, or otherwise, to anyone, or use or copy, for any purpose whatsoever, other than as 

required for the preparation and trial of this action, any Confidential Information provided to me 

in connection with this litigation, and I will not reveal any Confidential Information to any person 

who is not a “Qualified Person” as defined in paragraph 6 of the Order.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct and represents my understanding of my agreement to be bound to the 

terms of the Protective Order. Executed this __th day of _________, ______, at 

________________________.

Signed: ________________________________

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