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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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sweissman~dsmith.com 

ccrawford eedsmith.com 

Michael K. Brown (SBN 104252) REED SMITH LLP 

355 South &and Avenue Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, CA 9007 1-15 14 

Telephone: 213.456.8000 

Facsimile: 213.457.8080 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Medtronic, Inc. 

Steven A. Fabbro (SBN 107973) Law Offices of Steven A. Fabbro 

101 Montgom San Francisco 7 A St*, 94 27th 104 

Telephone: 4f 5.391.6850 

Facsunile: 415.391.6856 

Attorney for Plaintiff J. R. C., b qnd throu h his Guardian ad Litem 4: uis R. 

Caste 5 anos 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA I 

SAN JOSE DMSION I 

J. R. C., b and throu h his Guardian ad Case No. C 06-05525 JW 

 item L& R. CAS~LLANOS, I Before the Honorable James Ware 

Plaintiff, S~ULATION AND PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORD At 

Defendants. 

vs. 

MEDTRONIC, INC., a corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 100, 

stipulation And [Proposed] Protective Order 

Location: Courtroom 8 

AS AMENDED BY THE COURT *E-filed 1/18/07*

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WHEREAS, during the course of this action, the parties or others may be 

required to produce in discovery information which a party or the person or entity 

from whom discovery is sought considers to be confidential business information, 

confidential and proprietary intellectual property, confidential technical 

information, confidential clinical trial and other information subject to privacy 

protection under applicable constitutional and statutorj law, confidential 

information pertaining to the financial affairs of the parties and the method(@ by 

which the parties conduct their business, non-public, proprietary or other 

confidential information (collectively "confidential information" as further defined 

below); and 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to agree to a protective order for the 

protection of confidential information during the pendency of this action and 

thereafter, and also for resolution of other issues which have or may arise in 

connection with this litigation; 

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. - Terms: The terms defined in this Paragraph shall have the meanings 

provided. Defined terms may be used in the singular or plural. 

1.1 "Producing Party" means the party, or the person or entity other than 

a party, being asked to produce documents or information considered by that party 

person or entity to be Confidential Information, and includes a party asserting a 

confidentiality interest in information produced by others. 

1.2 "Receiving Party" means that party, person or entity receiving or 

requesting production of Confidential Information. 

1.3 "Confidential Information" means information, whether or not 

embodied in any physical medium, including all originals and copies of any 

document and/or information, used by the Producing Party in or pertaining to its 

business, or information pertaining to third-party privacy interests, which 

Stipulation And [Proposed] Protective Order means information (regardless of how 

generated, stored, or maintained) or tangible things that have been determined in 

good faith to qualify for protection under standards developed under Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 26(c). 

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information the Producing Party reasonably and in good faith believes contains or 

concerns confidential, non-public, proprietary andlor sensitive information 

including, but not limited to, financial data, technical information, such as product 

design and manufacturing techniques or processing information, formulae, research 

and development information, product specifications, testing procedures, test 

criteria and results of clinical studies, non-public submissions and communications 

with the Food and Drug Administration, proprietary or nonpublic commercial 

information, proprietary information, intellectual property, information involving 

privacy interests, and commercially andor competitively sensitive information of a 

nonpublic nature, or received on a confidential basis. 

1.4 "Litigation Documents" means all pleadings, motions, affidavits and 

related papers, all documents produced or exchanged in the course of this action or 

any settlement negotiations, all written discovery responses and all transcripts and 

testimony given in depositions, in hearings or at trial. 

1.5 "Termination" means the dismissal of this Action, or entry of final 

judgment or expiration of all periods to appeal or seek judicial review of this 

Action. 

2. Redaction of Documents 

2.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 1 above, Producing Party 

may redact from any materials containing Confidential Information the following 

information: 

(a) Financial data; 

(b) Customer identities; and 

(c) Names and any information that would identify clinical 

trial subjects or patients (other than the parties), physicians or others who report 

information regarding patients or clinical trials and any third party involved with 

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such subjects or patients, including but not limited to a physician or hospital or 

other institution. 

2.2 Any discovery materials so redacted shall have "REDACTED" 

stamped on each page from which material or information has been redacted. 

2.3 If there is a dispute whether any redacted material qualifies for 

redaction under this paragraph, counsel may move for a ruling, which may require 

this Court's in camera inspection of a document on the issue of whether certain 

information is entitled to redaction. If other Confidential Information is deemed by 

the Producing Party to be trade secret or otherwise in need of redaction such that 

the scope of this protective order is insufficient to adequately protect the 

information contained therein, the Producing Party shall seek to meet and confer on 

the specific information with the Receiving Party and, failing good faith meet and 

confer on informal resolution, shall seek the Court's determination by way of 

formal motion. 

3. Use Of Confidential Information. 

3.1 Materials and the contents of materials designated "confidential" shall 

be used for purposes of this action only and for no other purpose except the 

customary business purposes of the party producing such materials, and shall not, 

without leave of this Court, be disclosed to any person or entity other than this 

Court (under seal) and the parties in this "Action" and counsel for the parties in this 

action who have executed this Stipulation and Protective Order, except for 

"qualified persons" as defined in paragraphs 3.2. This "Action" specifically refers 

to the pretrial proceedings and trial or settlement of the action entitled J.R. C., by 

and through his Guardian ad Litem Luis R. Castellanos v. Medtronic, Inc., Case 

NO. C 06-05525 JW. 

(a) Submission to this Court of materials or the contents of 

materials designated "confidential" shall not constitute a violation of, or a waiver 

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of, the protections afforded by this Stipulation and Protective Order to the materials 

or contents of the materials so submitted. (Provided the provisions of paragraph 7 

are followed.) 

(b) The disclosure by counsel for a party to this action of materials 

or the contents of materials designated "confidential" to other counsel, to 

paralegals, and to clerical staff employed in the disclosing counsel's office shall not 

constitute a violation of, or a waiver of, the protections afforded by this Stipulation 

and Protective Order to the materials or contents of the materials so disclosed. 

(c) The disclosure by counsel for a party to this action of materials 

or the contents of materials designated "confidential" to experts or consultants who 

are employed by such counsel, and who, prior to such disclosure, have executed an 

Affidavit in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall not constitute a violation 

of, or a waiver of, the protections afforded by this Stipulation and Protective Order 

to the materials or contents of the materials so disclosed. 

3.2 "Qualified Person" for Confidential Information means: 

(a) Such partners, associate attorneys, paralegal assistants and 

stenographic or clerical staff employed by counsel of record for the parties in this 

Action and who have been specifically assigned to assist counsel in the prosecution, 

defense or settlement of this Action; 

(b) Persons noticed for depositions or designated as trial witnesses 

to the extent reasonably necessary in preparing to testify; 

(c) Any party, including employees of a party; 

(d) Any expert or consultant, including any employees thereof, used 

or retained by counsel or a party as an expert or consultant, to the extent deemed 

necessary by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this Action, 

provided that each such expert has read this Stipulated Protective Order in advance 

of disclosure and undertakes in writing to be bound by its terms. A copy of such 

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writing shall be furnished to the producing party on reasonable request as set forth 

in Paragraph 3.4, except consulting experts shall not be disclosed. For good cause 

shown, the producing party may request the Court for identification of such 

consulting experts; 

(e) The Court or any other Court having jurisdiction over discovery 

procedures in this Action; 

(0 Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, 

upon such terms as the Court may deem proper; 

(g) Any court reporter or typist recording or transcribing testimony 

in this Action and any outside independent reproduction firm; 

(h) Any person who was the author, recipient or copy recipient of a 

document for the purpose of interrogation of such person at trial, by deposition or 

during the course of preparation for trial or deposition; 

(i) In-house counsel for a party; 

(j) Zn the event that any of the foregoing persons ceases to be 

engaged in the preparation of this Action, access by such person@) to discovery 

material designated as Confidential Information shall be terminated. Any such 

material in the possession of any such person(s) shall immediately be returned or 

destroyed within 48 hours. The provisions of this Order shall remain in full force 

and effect as to all such person(s) as to all such material and the obligations not to 

disclose any portions of such material, except as may be specifically ordered by the 

Court. 

3.3 No person receiving discovery material or a transcript designated as 

confidential pursuant to this stipulation and order shall disclose it or its contents to 

any person other than those described in Paragraph 3.2. No such disclosure shall be 

made for any purpose other than those specified in Paragraphs 3.1 andlor 3.2, and ir 

no event shall such person make any other use of such discovery material or 

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transcript. Counsel shall be responsible for obtaining prior written agreement to be 

bound to the terms of this Order from all persons to whom any discovery material 

or transcript so designated is disclosed. Such written agreement shall be obtained 

by securing the signature of any recipient of such discovery material or transcript at 

the foot of Attachment "A" to this Order after having swh recipient read the Order 

and having explained its contents to such recipient. Counsel shall be responsible 

for maintaining a list of all persons to whom any discovery material or transcript so 

designated is disclosed and, for good cause shown, such list shall be available for 

inspection by counsel for other parties upon order of the Court. 

3.4 Before disclosing any Confidential Information to any person listed in 

subparagraphs 3.2 (b) and (d) who is a competitor or employee of or consultant to a 

competitor of the Producing Party, the Receiving Party shall give at least ten days 

advance notice in writing to counsel for Producing Party, stating the names and 

addresses of the person@) to whom the disclosure will be made, and stating the 

purpose of such disclosure. If within the ten-day period, a motion is filed objecting 

to the proposed disclosure, disclosure is not permissible until and unless the Court 

denies such motion. If Producing Party has reason to believe that a competitor has 

improperly acquired or learned of Confidential Information, upon written demand 

from Producing Party, the Receiving Party shall reveal to the Producing Party 

whether Confidential Information was disclosed to any officer, director, employee 

or consultant of such competitor. Such request may only be made by Producing 

Party upon a good faith belief that information has been improperly received by a 

competitor and Producing Party shall disclose the reasons for such belief. 

4. Desimation of Confidential Information. 

4.1 Documents. Any Producing Party may, in good faith, designate 

Confidential Information contained in a document or thing specifically by either 

marking the document or thing as "CONFIDENTIAL" or by designation, in 

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writing, identifying the Bates stamp number which has been assigned to the 

document or thing. 

4.2 Depositions. Any Producing Party may, in good faith, designate 

information or documents disclosed during deposition as Confidential Information 

by indicating on the record at the deposition that the entire deposition testimony, or 

any specified part of the testimony given or to be given, andlor all or any part of the 

document or thing marked for identification at such deposition is Confidential 

Information subject to the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Within 

thirty (30) days after receipt of a deposition transcript, any Producing Party may 

specifically designate information not previously designated as confidential as 

Confidential Information, by notifying all parties in writing of any specific pages 

and lines of the transcript which contain the Confidential Information. Each party 

shall attach a copy of such written statement to the face of the transcript and each 

copy thereof in its possession, custody or control. 

4.3 Interrogatories. Any party may, in good faith, designate Confidential 

Information contained in a response to an interrogatory by designating the 

responses Confidential, or the Receiving Party otherwise shall be advised in writing 

of such confidential status, and the information may be served and filed in a 

separate document if desired. 

5. Mistake or Inadvertence. Notwithstanding the procedure set forth in 

paragraph 4, above, documents or other discovery materials produced and not 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL through mistake or inadvertence shall likewise be 

deemed confidential upon notice of such mistake or inadvertence. Moreover, where 

a Producing Party has inadvertently produced a document which the Producing 

Party later claims should not have been produced because of privilege, the 

Producing Party may require the return of any such document within 10 days of 

I discovering that it was inadvertently produced (or inadvertently produced without 

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redacting the privileged content). A request for the return of any document shall 

identify the document by Bates number and the basis for asserting that the specific 

document (or portions thereof) is subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work 

product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or immunity from discovery, the 

basis for asserting that the production was inadvertent, and the date of discovery 

that there had been an inadvertent production. The inadvertent production of any 

document which a Producing Party later claims should not have been produced 

because of a privilege will not be deemed to be a waiver of any privilege to which 

the Producing Party would have been entitled had the privileged document not 

inadvertently been produced. If a Producing Party requests the return, pursuant to 

this paragraph, of any such document from another party, the party to whom the 

request is made shall within 10 days return to the requesting party all copies of the 

document within its possession, custody, or control -including all copies in the 

possession of experts, consultants, or others to whom the document was provided. 

In the event that only portions of the document contain privileged subject matter, 

the Producing Party shall substitute a redacted version of the document at the time 

of making the request for the return of the requested document. In the event the 

Receiving Party contests the claim of privilege or inadvertent production, the 

Receiving Party shall file a motion within 10 days after return of the document to 

obtain a court determination that the document is not privileged. 

6. Challen~e of Designation. The Receiving Party shall not be obligated to 

challenge the propriety of the Confidential Information designation at the time 

made or upon a submission to the Court. In the event a party disagrees at any stage 

of these proceedings with the Producing Party's designation of Confidential 

Information, the parties shall first try to dispose of such dispute in good faith on an 

informal basis. If a dispute cannot be informally resolved, the Receiving Party may 

seek appropriate relief from this Court, and the Producing Party shall have the 

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Pursuant to Fed R. 

Civ. P. 26(c), the 

burden is always 

on the party 

seeking protection 

to show that it is 

warranted.

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mden of proving that the information is entitled to confidentiality protection 

unless otherwise provided by the applicable law. The Confidential Information 

shall remain Confidential and under the status given to it by the desigdating party 

unless and until the court rules to the contrary. 

7. Court Filinps. All Litigation Documents filed with the Court in connection 

with motions and proceedings, except for summary judgtnent/summary 

adjudication proceedings or trial, and designated by either party as containing 

Confidential Information shall be filed in a sealed envelope (or other appropriately 

sealed container) which shall be endorsed with the title of this action, an indication 

of the nature of the contents of such sealed envelope or container and the phrase 

s'CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER." 

All Litigation Documents filed with the Court in connection with summary 

judgrnent/summary adjudication proceedings or trial shall be filed under seal until 

further order of this court. 

8. Subpoena bv The Courts or Agencies. If another court or an administrative 

agency subpoenas or orders production of Confidential Information that the parties 

have obtained under the terms of this Order, the parties shall promptly notify the 

Producing Party of the pendency of such subpoena or order. 

9. Client Consultations. Nothing in this Order shall prevent or otherwise 

restrict counsel from rendering advice to their clients and, in the course thereof, 

relying generally on examination of Confidential Information; provided however, 

that rendering such advice and otherwise communicating with such clients, counsel 

shall not make specific disclosure of any item so designated except pursuant to the 

procedures of Paragraph 3. 

10. Use. Persons obtaining access to Confidential Information under this Order 

shall use the information only for preparation and trial of this case, and shall not us1 

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pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). 

This order does not preclude any party from moving to 

de-designate information that has been designated confidential.

A party wishing to file documents under seal must comply 

with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

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such information for any other purpose, including business, governmental, 

commercial, administrative, or judicial proceedings. 

1 1. Non-Termination. The provisions of this Order shall not terminate at the 

conclusion of this action. This Order shall remain in hll force and effect and each 

person subject to this Order shall continue to be subject to the jurisdiction of this 

Court for the purposes of enforcement of the confidentiality terms of this Order. 

Within 120 days after final conclusion of all aspects of this lawsuit, Confidential 

Information and all copies of same (other than exhibits of record) shall be returned 

to the Producing Party. All counsel of record shall make certification of 

compliance herewith and shall deliver the same to counsel for the Producing Party 

not more than 150 days after final conclusion of this litigation. 

12. Modification Permitted. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party fkom 

seeking modification of this Order, or from objecting to discovery that it believes 

otherwise to be improper. 

13. Res~onsibitv of Attornevs. The attorneys of record are responsible for 

employing reasonable measures, consistent with this Order, to control duplication 

of, access to, and distribution of copies of Confidential Information. Parties shall 

not duplicate any Confidential Information except working copies and for filing in 

court under seal. All copies made of Confidential Information shall bear the 

appropriate confidential designation. 

14. Nowaiver. 

14.1 Review of the Confidential Information by counsel, experts, or 

consultants for the litigants in the lawsuit shall not waive the confidentiality of the 

documents or objections to production. 

14.2 The inadvertent, unintentional, or in camera disclosure of Confidential 

Information shall not, under any circumstances, be deemed a waiver in whole or in 

part, of any party's claims of confidentiality. 

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The terms of this Protective Order shall surGive and remain in effect after the 

termination of this and any related lawsuit. The parties agree that the Court may 

maintain jurisdiction over this matter beyond the termination of this action for 

purposes of enforcement of this agreement. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: November, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN A. 

FABBRO 

By Is/ Steven A. Fabbro 

Steven A. Fabbro 

Attorne for Plaintiff 

J.R.C., xy and throu his 

Guar&an ad Litem uis R. 

Castellano 

P 

DATED: November -, 2006 REED SMITH LLP. 

By Is/ Sonja. S. Weissman 

Michael K. Brown 

Sonja S. Weissrnan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Medtronic, Inc. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ,2006 

Honorable Howard R Lloyd 

Magistrate Judge of the United 

States District Court 

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The Court will retain jurisdiction over this matter for six months beyond the termination January 18, 2007 

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ATTACHMENT A 

AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN COIWIDENTIALITY 

1, [Name -Print or Type], have been given and read a copy of 

Protective Order, dated , in this case. I understand and will strictly 

adhere to the contents of said order. I understand that produced material disclosed 

to me is subject to the order of this Court and that I am prohibited from copying, 

disclosing or otherwise using such material except as provided by said court order. 

I understand that unauthorized disclosure of the stamped confidential information 

may constitute contempt of court and agree to be subject to personal jurisdiction of 

this Court for the purpose of enforcing my obligations under this Agreement, the 

order, and any contempt proceeding that may be instituted for alleged violation 

thereto. I understand also that my execution of this Agreement to Maintain I 

Confidentiality, indicating my agreement to be bound by said order, is a 1 

prerequisite to my review of any produced document and materials. I 

[Signature] 

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