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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

CINDY M. GIL, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE N.A., 

Defendant. 

No. CIV 07-0181-PHX-SMM 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Entry of Protective Order submitted by Plaintiff 

Cindy M. Gil and Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (the "Parties") (Dkt. 7), and 

good cause appearing, it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

1. Only documents containing trade secret, proprietary or confidential business 

information or documents affecting actual or potential privacy interests of third parties 

may be designated “confidential,” provided such documents have not previously been 

disclosed by the producing party to anyone except those in its employment, those retained 

by it, or otherwise publicly filed. Such documents or parts thereof will be designated after 

review by an attorney for the producing party by stamping the word “confidential” on 

each page. 

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2. Documents designated “confidential” shall be shown only to the Parties, the 

Parties' attorneys, and other persons on the attorneys’ staff who must have access to them 

by virtue of their respective job duties. Documents designated “confidential” may also be 

shown to expert witnesses whom the attorneys deem necessary to review the documents 

for the prosecution or defense of this lawsuit. No other person, including actual or 

proposed lay witnesses, shall have access to any confidential documents without prior 

consent of the party that produced the confidential document. Each person who is 

permitted to see confidential documents shall first be shown a copy of this Order, shall 

further be advised of the obligation to honor the confidentiality designation, and if not a 

party or otherwise directly bound by this Order, shall execute an acknowledgement to be 

separately drafted and agreed upon by the parties confirming that the person will honor 

the confidentiality designation. 

3. If any party believes that a document designated or sought to be designated 

confidential by the producing party does not warrant such designation, it shall first make a 

good faith effort to resolve such dispute with opposing counsel. In the event that such a 

dispute cannot be resolved within a reasonable period of time not to exceed ten (10) 

calendar days (unless the parties stipulate to further extension), the party opposing the 

confidential designation may apply to the court for an order declaring that the document is 

not confidential. Until such an order is entered, the document shall be treated as 

confidential. In response to any such motion, the designating party shall bear the burden 

of proving that its designation was proper. 

4. At the time of deposition or within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of the 

deposition transcript, or, in the case of depositions that have already been taken, within 

ten (10) calendar days after entry of this Order, a party may designate as confidential 

specific portions of the transcript which contain confidential matters under the standards 

set forth in Paragraph 1 above. This designation shall be made in writing and shall be 

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served upon all counsel. Transcripts will be treated as confidential for this 10-day period. 

Any portions of a transcript designated confidential shall thereafter be treated as 

confidential in accordance with this Order. In filing materials with the Court in pretrial 

proceedings, counsel shall file under seal only those specific documents and that 

deposition testimony designated confidential, and only those specific portions of briefs, 

applications, and other filings which contain verbatim confidential data, or which set forth 

the substance of such confidential information in summary or analysis. 

 5. This stipulated protective order does not waive any applicable privileges or 

objections unrelated to the purported confidential or trade secret nature of a document 

which might otherwise be interposed during the course of discovery. 

6. This stipulated protective order does not authorize any particular form or 

method of discovery, all discovery being governed by the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

7. The parties may, by written agreement and at the Court’s discretion, 

suspend or relax any provision in this stipulated protective order. 

8. In any application to the Court referred to or permitted by this stipulated 

protective order, the Court may exercise discretion in determining whether the prevailing 

party in such a dispute may recover the costs and fees incurred by it and, if so, the amount 

to be awarded. 

9. This stipulated protective order does not assume or imply the existence of 

any cognizable trade secrets, proprietary business information or legally protected privacy 

interests. All parties expressly reserve the right to challenge any confidentiality 

designation made under this stipulated protective order. 

10. No confidential information shall be used by a non-producing party for any 

purpose other than the prosecution or defense of this lawsuit, and nothing in this 

Stipulation and Order shall limit a producing party’s right to utilize its own confidential 

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information in any manner it deems appropriate. 

11. At the conclusion of this litigation, all confidential documents shall be 

returned to the producing party. No party may retain copies or originals of any such 

confidential documents, and those parties receiving such confidential documents shall 

execute acknowledgments that all such documents have been returned to the producing 

party. 

 Dated this 29th day of March, 2007. 

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