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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff, 

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GATEWAY SECURITY SERVICES, INC. 

DBA HUGHES TOWING AND AUTO 

WRECKING; DEBRAH HUGHES; 

DONALD HUGHES; RAMON DEVINE; 

LUCINDA DEVINE, and ROES 1-10,

Defendants. 

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OF 

DOCUMENTS 

Complaint Filed: August 28, 2006 

Trial Date: December 4, 2007

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Clark J. Burnham, State Bar No. 041792

Andrew R. Shalauta, State Bar No. 186821 

Michelle M. Meyers, State Bar No. 236387 

BURNHAM BROWN 

A Professional Law Corporation 

P.O. Box 119 

Oakland, California 94604 

1901 Harrison Street, 11th Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 444-6800 

Facsimile: (510) 835-6666 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED upon by the parties hereto, by and 

through their respective attorneys of record, to the following Protective Order (the “Order”): 

1. The term “DOCUMENT(S)” means “documents” as defined in Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 34(a). 

2. A DOCUMENT is CONFIDENTIAL if it contains or comprises: 

a. a trade secret; 

b. proprietary information; 

c. confidential information; or, 

d. personal information relating to any individual or group of individuals. 

3. CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS include, but are not limited to, those 

documents containing information that relates to business processes, business operations, 

underwriting guidelines and procedures, underwriting processes, claims handling guidelines and 

procedures, claims handling processes, Department of Insurance complaints and investigations, 

inventories, product lines, business contracts, or, to production, sales, payroll, marketing, 

financial and tax information, or, to personnel files, manuals and handbooks, or, to identification 

of employees, customers, clients, beneficiaries and attorneys, or, to the amount or source of any 

income, profits, losses, and expenditures of any persons, firm, partnership, corporation, or other 

organization. 

4. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, as referred to in this Order, means a 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or any information derived therefrom. 

5. DOCUMENTS and other things claimed to be CONFIDENTIAL or to contain 

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall, prior to production, be marked by the producing party as 

“CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” Placement of the 

“CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” designation on each protected 

DOCUMENT, or on the initial page of a protected DOCUMENT when it is produced shall 

constitute notice and shall designate the DOCUMENT as CONFIDENTIAL and subject to this 

Order. Copies, extracts, summaries, notes, and other derivatives of CONFIDENTIAL 

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DOCUMENTS also shall be deemed CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject to the provisions of 

this Order. 

6. DOCUMENTS produced in this litigation that are not identified as 

CONFIDENTIAL when they were initially produced may within a reasonable time thereafter be 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL by the producing party, or by the party or parties receiving the 

production, by providing written notice to counsel for all other parties. Each party or person 

who receives such written notice shall endeavor to retrieve any CONFIDENTIAL 

DOCUMENTS and CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL that may have been disseminated, shall 

affix a “CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” designation to it, and shall 

distribute it only as allowed by this Order. No distribution prior to the receipt of such written 

notice shall be deemed a violation of this Order. 

7. Any party may contest the designation of any DOCUMENT as CONFIDENTIAL 

before the court, a court-appointed referee, or, an arbitrator agreed upon by the parties. 

8. This Order does not compel the production of any documents or materials that a 

party is not required to produce under applicable federal law or California state law. The parties 

reserve all rights to object to the production of CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS and 

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL as provided under applicable federal law and California state 

law. Accordingly, any party may contest the production of any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT 

or CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL under applicable California state law and federal law, 

including, but not limited to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

9. No CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT and CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall be 

disclosed to any person or entity except as provided under this Order. 

10. TESTIMONY taken at deposition, conference, hearing or trial may be designated 

as CONFIDENTIAL where an attorney for a party makes a statement to that effect on the record 

at the deposition or other proceeding. If such a statement is made declaring the testimony 

CONFIDENTIAL, then all provisions of this Order shall apply to such testimony and 

information until the court rules that such testimony and information is not CONFIDENTIAL. 

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11. DOCUMENTS designated as CONFIDENTIAL under this Order, and any 

summaries, copies, abstracts, or other CONFIDENTIAL information derived therefrom, in 

whole or in part, shall be used only for the purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of 

this action, and for no other purpose. 

12. Absent a court order, CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS and CONFIDENTIAL 

MATERIAL produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made available only to the 

Court, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff of such 

counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information), and to the 

“QUALIFIED PERSONS” designated below: 

a. a party, or an officer, director, or employee of a party deemed necessary 

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

b. experts or consultants (including their clerical staff to whom it is 

reasonably necessary to disclose the information) retained by such counsel 

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

c. court reporters employed in this action; 

d. a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and 

e. any other person as to whom the parties agree in writing. 

13. Prior to receiving any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or CONFIDENTIAL 

MATERIAL, each QUALIFIED PERSON shall be provided a copy of this Order and shall 

execute a non-disclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A. 

14. Depositions shall be taken only in the presence of QUALIFIED PERSONS. 

15. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on a party from disclosing its own 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL as it deems appropriate. 

16. Any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT, or any document containing 

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, that is filed or lodged with the Court shall be labeled 

“CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” and governed by the terms of this 

Protective Order. 

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17. If any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL is 

used in any court proceeding, the party using said document or material shall take all reasonable 

steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use. However, designation of materials as 

CONFIDENTIAL shall not act to bar its use as evidence at trial, where the use of such materials 

shall be controlled by the rules of evidence. 

18. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to bring before the 

Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is 

CONFIDENTIAL or whether its use should be restricted. 

19. Nothing contained in this Order shall be construed as creating an obligation on 

the producing party to disclose any CONFIDENTIAL information in excess of the obligations 

imposed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable California state law. The parties 

reserve all rights under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and applicable California state law, 

to withhold and to refuse to produce documents, things, or information, based on grounds that 

the documents, things, or information contain or concern trade secrets, proprietary information, 

confidential information, or, personal information relating to any individual or group of 

individuals. 

20. Unless all parties stipulate otherwise, evidence of the existence or nonexistence of 

this Order or a designation under this Order shall not be made in the presence of the jury during 

trial in this matter. The designation of documents or information as CONFIDENTIAL shall not 

be construed as a concession by the producing party that such document or information is 

relevant, admissible, or material to any issue, or by a receiving party that such information is, in 

fact, confidential information. Furthermore, nothing contained herein shall preclude the parties 

or a person from raising any available objection to the admissibility of any CONFIDENTIAL 

DOCUMENT or CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, or seeking any available protection with 

respect to any CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, including 

but not limited to, the grounds of admissibility of evidence, materiality, and privilege. 

21. Nothing in the production of any information or documents under the terms of 

this Order shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver by any party. 

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22. This Order may be modified by further written stipulation signed by counsel for 

all parties and approved by the Court and/or by further order of the Court. This Order is entered 

into without prejudice to the rights of any party to apply to the Court at any time for additional 

protection in the Order, or to modify or rescind the Order, or to determine whether a particular 

person or entity shall be entitled to receive any particular CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT or 

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. 

23. Within thirty (30) days of the final termination of this litigation by judgment, 

appeal, settlement, or otherwise, or sooner if so ordered by the Court, counsel for each party 

shall return to the counsel for the producing party all CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT(S) and 

not retain any copies of same. The CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT(S) shall be accompanied by 

a certification verifying that all such documents are being returned to the producing party and 

that no copies of such documents have been retained by the returning party. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: June ____, 2007 BURNHAM BROWN 

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ANDREW R. SHALAUTA 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

DATED: June ____, 2007 THE DUNNION LAW FIRM 

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TODD D. REEVES 

Attorneys for Defendants 

RAMON DEVINE and LUCINDA DEVINE 

DATED: January ___, 2007 WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI 

By___________________________ 

ALYSON BERG 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GATEWAY SECURITIES SERVICES, INC. 

DBA HUGHES TOWING AND AUTO 

WRECKING; DONALD HUGHES; DEBRAH 

HUGHES 

806656 

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BY ORDER OF THE COURT:

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Stipulation for Protective Order for Confidentiality of 

Documents is adopted by Order of the Court as the means by which confidential documents, 

materials and things shall be treated by all parties to the action. 

DATED: June 27, 2007 

 ____/s/ Oliver W. Wanger_____ 

 THE HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER 

 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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Attachment A 

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ____________________, do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the terms of 

the Stipulation for Protective Order for Confidentiality of Documents entered in Lincoln 

General Insurance Company v. Gateway Security Services, Inc., dba Hughes Towing And 

Auto Wrecking, et al. in the Eastern District of United States District Court for California, 

Case No. 06-CV-01143-0WW, and I hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms 

and conditions of said Order unless and until modified by further Order of this Court. I agree 

not to disclose any documents or information that have been designated as “CONFIDENTIALSUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” under said Order to any person or entity not 

authorized under said Order to view Confidential Document(s) or Confidential Material. I 

hereby consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this ____ day of ________, 2007. 

 ____________________________________ 

Name 

 ____________________________________ 

Address 

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Employer 

 ____________________________________ 

Job Title 

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