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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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PAUL J. BEARD II (State Bar No. 210563)

PIERSON FERDINAND LLP

453 S. Spring St., Suite 400-1458

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telephone: (818) 216-3988

E-mail: paul.beard@pierferd.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff PEACE RANCH LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEACE RANCH LLC,

Plaintiff

v.

ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as 

Attorney General of the State of California; 

and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:21-cv-01651-JAM-AC

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Complaint Filed: Sept. 13, 2021

Trial Date: October 6, 2025

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties to this action, that in order to facilitate 

the exchange of documents and information, which is likely to involve the production of confidential, 

proprietary, or private information, the following provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order (the 

“Order”) shall govern disclosure and use by the Parties of all documents, testimony, exhibits, interrogatory 

answers, responses to requests for admission, and any other materials and information disclosed or 

provided in the above-referenced action (the “Action”).

1. When used in this Order, the term:

(a) "Action" means the above-entitled proceeding action, Case No. 2:21-cv-01651-

JAM-AC.

(b) "Confidential Materials" means all Documents, Testimony, and Information, as

defined below, designated as "Confidential" pursuant to this Order.

(c) "Court" means Senior United States District Judge John A. Mendez, or any other 

judge to which this Action may be assigned, and further includes any applicable court staff.

(d) "Designating Party" shall refer to any party to this Action and any nonparty

disclosing or producing Confidential Materials in connection with this Action.

(e) "Disclose," "Disclosed," or "Disclosure" means to give, make available, or reveal

Confidential Materials, or any part thereof.

(f) "Discovery Material" shall refer to all Documents, Testimony, or Information

produced, generated, or Disclosed in discovery in this Action, regardless of the medium or manner in

which it was stored, generated, or maintained.

(g) "Documents" means (i) any "writing," "original," and "duplicate" that have been

produced during discovery in this Action by any person or entity and (ii) any copies, summaries, or

reproductions of the same, in whole or in part.

(h) "Information" means the content of any Documents or Testimony, including

individual records (and associated metadata) whether on paper, film, or other media, as discrete filesstored

electronically, optically, or magnetically, or as a record within a database, archive, or container file,

including emails, messages, word processed documents, digital presentations, spreadsheets, and database

content.

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(i) "Receiving Party" shall refer to any party to this Action that receives Confidential

Materials and any nonparty that receives Confidential Materials from a party to this Action.

(j) "Testimony" means all depositions, declarations, or other testimony taken or used

in this Action.

2. The Designating Party shall have the right to designate as “Confidential Material” any 

Discovery Material that the Designating Party in good faith believes to contain non-public information 

that is entitled to confidential treatment under applicable law.

3. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or authorized in writing by the Designating Party,

or as otherwise set forth in this Order, a Receiving Party may Disclose Confidential Materials only in this 

Action and only to:

(a) counsel of record in this Action, as well as counsel's employees to whom it is 

reasonably necessary to Disclose the Information in connection with this Action;

(b) the named parties, including in-house counsel, officers, directors, employees, and 

staff of the Receiving Party to whom Disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;

(c) experts, consultants, appraisers, or investigators, including their staff, who have 

signed the Acknowledgment Re: Receipt of Confidential Materials (“Acknowledgement”) attached 

hereto as Exhibit A;

(d) outside photocopying, microfilming, or database service providers, trial support 

firms, graphic production services, litigation support services, and translators engaged by the parties 

during this Action to whom Disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;

(e) the Court, any court to which a party petitions for discovery of a nonparty, any 

appellate court, necessary court personnel, and jurors;

(f) court reporters and their staff, stenographers or video operators, professional jury or

trial consultants, mock jurors, and professional vendors to whom Disclosure is reasonably necessary for

this Action;

(g) during their depositions and deposition preparation, any witnesses in the Action to

whom Disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the Acknowledgment attached hereto as

Exhibit A (although such individuals shall not be permitted to retain any copies);

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(h) any mediator or arbitrator engaged by any of the parties in connection with this

Action;

(i) the author or recipient of a document containing the Confidential Materials or a

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the Information; and

(j) other persons only after notice to all parties and upon order of the Court or upon

written consent of the Designating Party.

4. Designation of Documents, Information, or Testimony as containing Confidential Materials

as set forth in this Paragraphs 4 and Paragraph 5 of this Order may be made at or prior to the time of 

production of Documents by stamping or otherwise affixing the label "CONFIDENTIAL" or 

"CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER" on each page deemed Confidential in a 

manner that does not interfere with the legibility of the Document. The Designating Party must limit

designation of Confidential Materials to only those parts of Documents, Information, or Testimony that

are clearly identified as containing Confidential Materials. When Confidential Materials are Disclosed in

a form not appropriate for such placing or affixing, such Confidential Materials shall be designated as

Confidential in writing at the time they are delivered to the Receiving Party.

A party that makes original Documents available for inspection need not designate them for

protection until after the Receiving Party that conducted the inspection has indicated which material it

would like copied and produced. During the inspection, and before the designation, if so indicated in 

writing by the Designating Party, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed

"CONFIDENTIAL"/"CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER." After the Receiving

Party has identified the Documents or Information it wants copied and produced, the Designating Party

must determine which Documents or Information, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this

Order and affix the appropriate label before producing the Documents or Information.

5. A Designating Party may designate as Confidential any portion of a transcript from a

deposition, or a transcript from other pretrial or trial proceedings, deemed to contain such material. The

Designating Party shall advise the court reporter and counsel of record at the beginning and end of the

testimony containing Confidential Materials ("Confidential Testimony") either orally at the deposition or 

in writing no later than thirty (30) calendar days after receipt from the court reporter of the final certified

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transcript. If the Designating Party advises that the transcript contains Confidential Testimony, during such

30-day period, the parties shall treat the entire transcript as Confidential. The reporter shall mark

"CONFIDENTIAL"/"CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” on the face of the

transcript at the beginning and end of any portions of Confidential Testimony. Transcripts containing

Confidential Testimony shall have an obvious label on the title page that the transcript contains

Confidential Materials, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages (including line numbers as

appropriate) that have been designated as Confidential. At the request of any party, the court reporter shall

prepare a separate, original transcript that does not contain the Confidential Testimony. Copies of the

transcript for counsel’s use may contain both the Confidential Testimony and other testimony in a single

volume. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Confidential

Materials must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be Disclosed to anyone except as

permitted under this Order.

The failure to timely designate deposition testimony as Confidential Testimony waives any such

designation unless otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed in writing by all parties.

The use of a Document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect its designation as

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".

6. Each expert, advisor, consultant, fact witness, or potential fact witness who receives

Confidential Materials from a party to this Action shall be shown a copy of this Order and be advised of

its contents by that party. Each such individual shall execute the Acknowledgement attached hereto as

Exhibit A.

7. Any person or entity in possession of Confidential Materials received from a party to this 

Action shall maintain those materials in a reasonably secure manner, and shall not reveal or discuss such

Information to or with any person not entitled to receive it,so that the Confidential Materials are not further

Disclosed or used in any manner inconsistent with this Order. The protections conferred by this Order

cover not only the protected Information itself, but also any Information copied or extracted therefrom, as

well as copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or

presentations by parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings that might Disclose protected material

to persons not authorized to receive such material.

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8. All Discovery Material produced or Disclosed in the Action shall be used solely for the

prosecution or defense (including any appeal therefrom) of the Action and shall not be used for any other

purpose.

9. Nothing in this Order shall be construed as limiting a Designating Party's use of its own

Confidential Materials. If the Designating Party disseminates its own Confidential Materials outside of the

confines of this Order or otherwise files such Confidential Materials in this Action not under seal, such

Information shall no longer be subject to this Order. In addition, nothing in this Order shall prevent or in

any way limit the Disclosure, use, or dissemination of any Confidential Materials that:

(a) are or became public knowledge, not in breach of this Order;

(b) were acquired by a party from a nonparty that obtained the Confidential Materials 

from a source that is not a party to this Action; or

(c) were learned by a party as a result of that party's own independent efforts,

investigation, or inquiry without the use of, or resort to, any Confidential Materials. If a dispute arises as

to Disclosure limitations for any specific and duly-labeled Confidential Materials, the burden shall be on

the party seeking Disclosure to prove that such Confidential Materials were lawfully obtained through the

above means or sources.

10. If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has Disclosed Confidential

Materials to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Order, the Receiving Party must,

not later than five (5) calendar days after learning of the Disclosure, (a) notify in writing the Designating

Party of the unauthorized Disclosures; (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the

Confidential Materials; (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized Disclosures were made of

all the terms of this Order; and (d) request such person or persons to execute the Acknowledgment that is

attached hereto as Exhibit A.

11. If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in another litigation

or an investigation that compels Disclosure of any Confidential Materials, that Receiving Party must: (a)

promptly notify in writing the Designating Party and provide the Designating Party with a copy of the

subpoena or court order; (b) promptly notify in writing the individual or entity that caused the subpoena

or order to issue in the other litigation or investigation and provide it with a copy of this Order; and (c)

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cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures pursued by the Designating Party whose Confidential

Materials may be affected.

The Designating Party must notify the Receiving Party within five (5) calendar days of receiving

the notice and accompanying Information if it intends to seek a protective order from the court to avoid

Disclosure of the Confidential Materials.

(a) If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party served

with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any Confidential Materials before a determination by

the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Designating Party consents to such

production in writing. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection of its

Confidential Materials in the court that issued the subpoena or court order.

(b) If the Designating Party fails to notify the Receiving Party that it will seek a 

protective order within five (5) days or fails to seek a protective order from the court within thirty (30)

calendar days of receiving the notice and accompanying Information, the Receiving Party may produce 

the Confidential Materials responsive to the subpoena or court order.

(c) Nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a 

Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

12. Inadvertent failure to designate Documents as Confidential at the time of production may 

be remedied by supplemental written notice by the Designating Party. The Designating Party must notify 

the Receiving Party within twenty (20) calendar days after discovering that it inadvertently failed to 

designate the Documents or Information as Confidential. If such notice is given, all Documents and 

Information so designated shall be subject to this Order as if they had been initially designated as 

Confidential to the extent that such Documents or Information fall within the definition of Confidential 

Materials. Therefore, the Receiving Party should notify any nonparty to whom Disclosure was made about 

the confidentiality designation. The foregoing provision shall not apply to any Documents or Information 

that have already otherwise become publicly available.

13. When a Designating Party gives notice to a Receiving Party that certain inadvertently 

produced Confidential Materials are subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the Receiving Party 

must take the following steps: After being notified of a claim of privilege or of protection, a party that 

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received the information shall immediately sequester the information and either return the specified 

information and any copies that may exist or present the information to the court conditionally under seal 

for a determination of the claim. Prior to the resolution of any motion brought to contest the legitimacy of 

a claim of privilege or protection, a party shall be precluded from using or disclosing the specified 

information until the claim of privilege or protection is resolved. A party who received and disclosed the 

information before being notified of a claim of privilege or of protection shall, after that notification, 

immediately take reasonable steps to retrieve the information. If the receiving party contests the legitimacy 

of a claim of privilege or protection, he or she may seek a determination of the claim from the court by 

making a motion within 30 days of receiving the claim and presenting the information to the court 

conditionally under seal. Until the legitimacy of the claim of privilege or protection is resolved, the 

receiving party shall preserve the information and keep it confidential and shall be precluded from using 

the information in any manner. Insofar as the parties are subject to an order or reach an agreement 

regarding other privileged or protected information, such order or agreement is incorporated by reference 

herein with regard to the effect of Disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorneyclient privilege, work product protection, or another privilege or protection. This provision is not intended 

to modify whatever procedure may be established in such an order or stipulation.

14. If, during discovery, counsel for a Receiving Party object to the confidentiality designation, 

said counsel shall advise the Designating Party's counsel in writing of:

(a) counsel's objections;

(b) the Documents, Testimony, or Information at issue; and

(c) the reasons and support for such objections.

(Collectively, the "Written Objections").

Counsel for the Designating Party shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the Written Objections

to either:

(a) agree in writing to de-designate the Documents, Testimony, or Information at issue, 

pursuant to the Written Objections; and/or

(b) file a motion with the court to uphold any or all designations on Documents,

Testimony, or Information impacted by the Written Objections.

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Pending the Court's ruling on a motion pursuant to subsection (b) above, any and all existing

designations on the Documents, Testimony, or Information at issue in the motion shall conditionally remain

in place. The Designating Party shall have the burden on any motion described herein of establishing the

applicability of its "Confidential" designation. In the event that the Written Objections are neither timely

agreed to nor addressed in the motion described herein, then such Documents, Testimony, or Information

shall be de-designated in accordance with the Written Objections.

15. Where any Confidential Materials are a part of any motion to seal court records, the Parties

or any nonparties involved shall follow those rules and procedures for filing records under seal. For any

discovery motions or discovery proceedings that are not governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

the Parties must:

(a) if the Parties submit to the Court any Confidential Materials in connection with

discovery motions and discovery proceedings, file such materials under seal with the clerk of the Court in

an envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL-FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE

ORDER AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER SEALING ORDER REQUIRED"; or

(b) if only portions of a Document contain Confidential Information, the party filing

the Document shall submit to the court a redacted copy of the same, in accordance with the Court's rules.

16. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the final disposition of this Action, including any

appeals, each Receiving Party must either return all Confidential Materials to the Designating Party or

destroy such material, including all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other form in

which the Confidential Materials may have been reproduced or captured.

Whether the Confidential Materials are returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must

submit a written certification to the Designating Party by the 90-day deadline that affirms that the

Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, or any other form

reproducing or capturing any of the Confidential Materials.

Notwithstanding this provision, counsel for the Receiving Party may retain an archival copy

of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,

correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and

expert work product, even if such materials contain Confidential Materials. Any such archival copies that

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contain or constitute Confidential Materials remain subject to this Order.

17. Any nonparty producing Confidential Materialsin this Action may be included in this Order

by endorsing a copy of it and delivering the endorsed copy to the party that made the request for

Information. The Receiving Party, in turn, shall file the endorsed copy with the Court and serve it on

counsel for the other parties. The parties to this Action may designate Information produced by other

parties or nonparties as Confidential consistent with the terms and provisions of this Order.

18. In the event that additional persons or entities become parties to this Action, such parties

shall not have access to Confidential Materials produced by or obtained from any Designating Party until

the newly-joined parties or their counsel confirm in writing to all other parties that they have read this

Order and agree to be bound by its terms.

19. In the event that a Designating Party produces two or more identical copies of a document

of which at least one copy is designated as Confidential and at least one copy is not so designated, once

such a discrepancy is discovered, all copies of the document shall be treated with the greatest amount of

protection so designated. If a Receiving Party identifies such a discrepancy, it shall promptly notify the

Designating Party. Once the Designating Party identifies or becomes aware of the discrepancy, it shall

promptly notify all other parties to the Action.

20. This Order shall not prejudice in any way the rights of any party to introduce as evidence

at trial any Document, Testimony, Information, or other evidence subject to this Order that is otherwise 

admissible, nor prejudice in any way the rights of any party to object to the authenticity or admissibility

into evidence of any Document, Testimony, Information, or evidence subject to this Order. Prior to any

court proceeding in which Confidential Materials are to be used, counsel will confer in good faith on such

procedures that may be necessary or advisable to protect the confidentiality of any such Confidential

Materials.

21. Nothing in this Order, or any designation of confidentiality hereunder, or any failure to

make such designation, shall be used or characterized by any party as an admission by a party, nonparty,

or a party opponent.

The parties agree that a designation of materials as Confidential is not intended to be and shall not

be construed as an admission that the Confidential Materials are relevant to any party's claims or defenses,

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nor subject to an applicable privilege or protection.

Nothing in this Order shall be deemed an admission that any particular Confidential Materials are

entitled to protection under this Order or any other law.

23. When the Receiving Party is a public entity, and the Designating Party is a private entity, 

the Receiving Party must notify the Designating Party within three (3) business days following the receipt 

of any Public Records Act request for disclosure of Confidential Materials. In responding to such a Public 

Records Act request, the Receiving Party shall state, in writing, as applicable, that the Confidential 

Materials are not disclosable because, as may be applicable: (a) they do not “relat[e] to the conduct of the 

public’s business” (Gov. Code § 7920.530), (b) they are otherwise exempt from disclosure (see, e.g., id.

§§ 7927.200(a) (pending litigation), 7927.705 (records exempted or prohibited from disclosure pursuant 

to state law—i.e., a protective order), and/or (c) on the facts of the particular case the public interest served 

by not disclosing the Confidential Materials clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of 

the Confidential Materials (id.§ 7922.000).

24. After this Order has been signed by counsel for all parties, it shall be presented to the Court 

for approval and entry.

25. Counsel agree to be bound by the terms of this Order regarding any Confidential Materials

that have been produced in this Action and so designated as Confidential by a Designating Party before

the Court signs and enters the Order.

26. To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce, modify, or

reconsider this Order, even after the conclusion of this Action.

27. This Order shall not prevent any party from applying to the Court for further or additional

protective orders, for the modification of this Order, or from agreeing with the other parties to modify this

Order, subject to the Court's approval.

28. This Order may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which is an original, and

all of which together constitute only one agreement between the parties.

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DATED: December 23, 2024

s/ Paul Beard II

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Paul Beard II

Attorney for Plaintiff Peace Ranch

DATED: December 26, 2024 s/ Megan Richards

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Megan Richards

Attorney for Defendants Rob Bonta

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves this Stipulated Protective Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 27, 2024 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT RE: RECEIPT OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS

I, , declare that:

1. I am [POSITION AND EMPLOYER].

2. I have received a copy of the Protective Order ("Order") in this Action, Peace Ranch LLC 

v. Bonta.

3. I have carefully read and understand the Order, and I agree to abide by its terms.

4. I will hold in confidence, will not disclose to anyone other than those persons specifically

authorized by the Order, and will not copy or use for purposes other than for this Action any materials 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” that I 

receive in this Action, except to the extent that such material designated "Confidential" is or becomes

public information, or otherwise is not deemed "Confidential" in accordance with the Order.

5. I agree that at the conclusion of the litigation, I will return all Confidential Materials to the 

party or attorney from whom I received it, or permanently destroy such Confidential Materials if instructed to 

do so by the party or attorney from whom I received it.

6. I agree to subject myself personally to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of 

proceedings relating to my performance under, compliance with, or violation of the Order.

7. I understand that disclosure of materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL-SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” in violation of the Order may constitute 

contempt of court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true 

and correct. Executed this day of , 20 , at .

DATED: BY: _____________________________

Signature

Name: ____________________________________

Address: ___________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: _________________________

Telephone Number: __________________________

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