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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1446pi Notice of Removal- Personal Injury

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHELLE BAXTER-HORTON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. and 

DOES 1 – 50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 3:18-cv-02603-LAB (RBB) 

[San Diego Superior Court Case No.: 

37-2018-00048010-CU-PO-CTL] 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

[ECF NO. 18] 

Assigned to the Hon. Larry A. Burns, 

United States District Judge, United States 

Magistrate Judge Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

The Court having read the parties’ Joint Stipulation for Entry of a Protective 

Order in this matter, finding no objection and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Stipulation for Entry of a Protective 

Order is GRANTED as modified herein, and the following protective order is entered:

 1. All Confidential Documents shall be designated as “Confidential” by the 

producing party and shall be revealed only to the parties, a settlement officer, counsel 

of record in this case, paralegals, law clerks and secretarial employees under counsel’s 

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direct supervision, and such persons as are employed by counsel to act as experts in 

this action. Information and documentation considered “Confidential” are subject to 

protection under the Local Rules of the U.S. District Court – Southern District of 

California, Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and other provisions of 

Federal law. 

 2. Counsel for both parties shall use all Confidential Documents solely for 

the purposes of preparation for and trial of this action. Under no circumstances shall 

information or materials covered by this Protective Order be disclosed to anyone other 

than counsel of record in this action, paralegals, law clerks, secretarial employees 

under counsel’s direct supervision, such persons employed to act as experts in this 

action, and the court and its personnel. At the conclusion of the proceedings in this 

action, all documents and information subject to this Protective Order, including any 

copies or extracts or summaries thereof, or documents containing information taken 

therefrom, shall be returned to counsel for the producing party or destroyed. Counsel 

for the receiving party must also submit to the producing party a written certification 

that identifies all the confidential material that was returned or destroyed and affirms 

that neither the party nor their counsel has retained any confidential material. 

 3. Prior to disclosure of any documents designated as “Confidential” to 

paralegals, law clerks, or secretarial employees, counsel for the receiving party shall 

require such employees to read this Protective Order and agree to be bound by its 

terms. 

 4. If counsel for the receiving party determines that for purposes of this 

action, documents or information produced by the producing party and designated as 

“Confidential” must be revealed to a person employed to act as an expert in this action, 

then counsel may reveal the designated documents or information to such person, after 

first complying with the following: 

(a) Counsel shall have the expert read this Order and shall explain the 

contents thereof to such expert. 

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(b) Counsel shall require such expert to sign a copy of this protective order 

that states: “I have read and understood the terms of this protective order. 

I further agree to be bound by its terms.” Nothing in this paragraph shall 

be deemed to enlarge the right to conduct discovery of any experts, except 

solely with respect to the ability of such expert to protect Confidential 

information and documents from re-disclosure. 

 5. The recipient of any Confidential information that is provided pursuant 

to this Order shall maintain such information in a secure and safe area and shall 

exercise due and proper care with respect to its storage, custody and use. 

 6. Inadvertent failure to designate documents or information as 

“Confidential” at the time of production or disclosure shall not constitute a waiver of 

any party’s right to later designate them “Confidential.” Once a belated designation 

has been made, the relevant documents shall be treated as Confidential in accordance 

with this Protective Order. 

7. The Court’s Order is subject to revocation and modification by Order of 

the Court upon written stipulation of the parties, or upon motion and reasonable notice, 

including opportunity for hearing and presentation of evidence. 

 8. This Order does not apply to the Court and court personnel, who are 

subject only to the Court’s internal procedures regarding the handling of material filed 

or lodged, including material filed or lodged under seal. 

 9. No items will be electronically filed under seal without a prior application 

to, and order from, the judge presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge 

presiding over the hearing or trial permits filing an item or items under seal may 

confidential material be filed with the Court under seal. 

 Whenever the Court grants a party permission to file an item under seal, a 

duplicate disclosing all nonconfidential information shall be filed and made part of the 

public record. The item may be redacted to eliminate confidential material from the 

public document. The public document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to an 

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item filed under seal, e.g., “Redacted Copy of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in 

Support of Motion for Summary Judgment.” The public redacted documents shall be 

filed within twenty-four hours of the Court order authorizing the filing of a document 

under seal. 

10. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of 

the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 

11. If counsel for either party plans to file a motion or other document with 

the court that will include any of the Confidential Documents as exhibits or 

attachments, said counsel must first notify the producing party’s counsel in writing at 

least 21 days before filing said motion or other document with the court so the 

producing party’s counsel has the ability to move to seal the Confidential Documents 

under applicable law and rules. 

12. No items will be electronically filed under seal without a prior application 

to, and order from, the judge presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge 

presiding over the hearing or trial permits filing an item or items under seal may 

confidential material be filed with the Court under seal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 31, 2019 By: 

 Honorable Ruben B. Brooks 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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