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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Javier Torres, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v.

Terry Goddard, Attorney General of

Arizona, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-06-2482-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Upon review of the parties’ Stipulated Motion for Protective Order (Dkt. 120), and

good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

Whereas this lawsuit (“Action”) involves claims brought by JAVIER TORRES,

ALMA SANTIAGO and LIA RIVADENEYRA on behalf of themselves and a putative class

of others against TERRY GODDARD and CAMERON (“KIP”) HOLMES (collectively,

“the Parties”); 

Whereas the Plaintiffs issued and served a Subpoena for the Production of Records

(“Subpoena”) to Western Union Financial Services, Inc. (“Western Union”) on December

17, 2007 (and as amended thereafter) that seeks the production of certain documents; 

Whereas the time for Western Union to respond to the Subpoena has been

extended;

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Whereas Western Union has asserted that certain documents responsive to the

Subpoena contain commercially sensitive, proprietary or other confidential information;

and

Whereas counsel on behalf of Plaintiffs have agreed that certain documents to be

produced by Western Union shall be kept confidential in accordance with the terms of

this Protective Order Regarding Documents Produced by Western Union (“Order”) in

order to facilitate the discovery of such records and avoid unnecessary disputes; 

Now therefore, it is ordered agreed as follows:

1. Western Union may designate as “Confidential,” documents or portions of

documents which reveal either (a) the names or other personal or contact

information regarding Western Union customers or persons to whom they sent or

attempted to send funds by money transfer, or (b) proprietary business practices of

Western Union or Western Union trade secrets.

2. All documents or portions of documents designated “Confidential” and produced

by Western Union; and all information contained therein, shall be deemed

“Confidential Information” pursuant to this Order. However, upon certification by

the Court of any class, the identity and mailing address of any member of the class

shall not be Confidential Information, and nothing in this Order shall restrict the

ability of Plaintiffs’ counsel to communicate with members of the class or the

putative class, or to make a public filing of return of service of notice to class

members or otherwise publically disclose in a court filing the identity and mailing

address of any class member.

3. All Confidential Information produced by Western Union shall be used solely for

the prosecution, defense or settlement of this action and may be disclosed only to:

i. Counsel for the Parties to the action including partners, associates, or

other attorneys, law clerks, paralegals, secretaries, translators,

stenographers, and any person or entity employed to assist in class

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notice or claim processing, employed by the law firms of Parties’

counsel;

ii. The Parties, including their insurers, or indemnifiers, whose

participation in the action is deemed necessary by counsel of record

for the Parties;

iii. Employees of copy services to the extent necessary to copy the

Confidential Information;

iv. Deposition, hearing or trial witnesses, to the extent necessary for the

witnesses’ preparation for or giving of testimony;

v. Experts or consultants hired or retained by any of the Parties who are

required or requested to review the Confidential Information to

prepare or formulate opinions or conclusions;

vi. Court officials involved in this litigation, including but not limited to

the presiding judge, court reporter, persons monitoring video

equipment at depositions, and any special master or discovery

referee appointed by the Court; and

vii. Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon

such terms as the Court may deem proper.

4. Before disclosure of any Confidential Information is made to any person described

in subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of Paragraph 3 hereof, such person shall be

provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute the Agreement to be Bound

appended to this Order as Exhibit A prior to being given access to such materials. 

It shall be the responsibility of counsel and the Parties giving access to preserve 

and retain in a separate file all executed Agreements to be Bound until the 

expiration of one year following final termination of the action.

.5. No person receiving Confidential Information produced by Western Union shall

reveal or discuss such Confidential Information with any person who is not entitled

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to disclosure of such materials under Paragraph 2 hereof or use such documents or

other information for any purpose other than this action.

6. Any document or pleading containing Confidential Information filed with the

Court in this action shall be filed under seal in accordance with the Local Rules of

the United States District Court for the District of Arizona governing the filing of

documents under seal. Any party seeking to have any filing containing

Confidential Information unsealed shall meet and confer with Western Union

before filing any motion or otherwise seeking to unseal any Confidential

Information. Any such motion or notice that such relief will be sought must be

served by hand on Karl Tilleman, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Collier Center, 201 E.

Washington St., 16th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85004, at least seven business days before

the matter will be heard. 

7. The portion of any deposition transcript containing or referring to Confidential

Information shall be designated as “Confidential - Subject to Protective Order” and

disseminated only in accordance with the terms of this Order. Confidential

Information may be referred to in written discovery requests and/or responses as

long as the portions of the written discovery requests and/or responses that contain

Confidential Information are disseminated only in accordance with the terms of

this Order.

8. The failure to designate documents as “Confidential” does not constitute a waiver

of such a claim and Western Union may so designate documents at any time within

30 days after such documents have been provided by notifying the attorney or

party to whom the documents have been produced. The inadvertent disclosure of

documents that are subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work product

doctrine or any other applicable privilege or immunity shall not constitute a waiver

of, or an estoppel as to, any claim of such privilege or protection, and any party

who has received such documents shall, upon learning that such materials are

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subject to a claim of privilege, either (a) immediately return such documents to

Western Union, or (b) promptly notify the undersigned counsel in writing of its

possession of such documents and immediately cease to use such documents for

any purposed until obtaining the consent of Western Union or an appropriate order

from the Court.

9. Nothing in this Order shall operate as an admission by Western Union that any 

particular document contains for any purpose other than discovery in this action 

commercially sensitive, propriety or other confidential information, nor shall this 

Order otherwise affect Western Unions’ rights concerning discovery or any 

applicable objections, privileges or immunities in this or any action. 

10. Within 60 days after the final determination of the action, all Confidential

Information produced by Western Union and all copies thereof, including but not

limited to, any notes or other transcriptions made therefrom, shall be returned to

Western Union or, in lieu thereof, shall be discarded in a manner designated to

prevent the information from being disclosed.

11. The attorneys of record and Parties are responsible for employing reasonable 

measures to control, consistent with this Order, access to, and distribution of 

copies of documents produced by Western Union.

12. Nothing herein shall prevent Western Union from seeking further and greater

protection with respect to the use of any documents being produced by Western

Union pursuant to the subpoena.

13. This Order shall be binding on all Parties and their counsel and anyone granted

access to any Confidential Information produced by Western Union pursuant to

subpoena by executing the annexed Agreement to be Bound.

14. The Parties shall give reasonable notice to the Court and Karl Tilleman, Steptoe &

Johnson, LLP, Collier Center, 201 E. Washington St., 16th Floor, Phoenix, AZ

85004, if they intend to use any Confidential Information as evidence during the

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trial or in any public hearing so that Western Union may apply to the Court for

appropriate protective procedures consistent with the rules of this court and

applicable precedent, which may include in camera review of Confidential

Information, sealing of portions of transcripts containing or discussing

Confidential Information and/or excluding persons from the courtroom who are

not described in Paragraph 3 when Confidential Information is shown or discussed. 

Any party may object to any proposed protective procedure, and the Court will

rule on the proposals and any objections prior to the trial or public hearing in

question. 

15. Any documents used as an exhibit at trial or any public hearing in the course of

this action shall no longer be deemed to be Confidential Information pursuant to

this Order.

16. The Court shall retain the authority, sua sponte or for good cause shown, to modify

the provisions of this Order or to determine that any documents or information

designated as Confidential Information shall no longer be protected by the

provisions of this Order.

DATED this 17th day of June, 2008.

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“EXHIBIT A”

VIEWING RECORD AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I hereby acknowledge that I have been provided with a copy of the Confidential

Stipulation and Protective Order entered in JAVIER TORRES, ALMA SANTIAGO and

LIA RIVADENEYRA v. TERRY GODDARD and CAMERON (“KIP”) HOLMES, and

all related cross-actions, Case No. CV 06-02482-PHX-SMM, that I have read carefully

and understand fully its provisions; that I agree to be bound by its terms with respect to

all Confidential Information which may be disclosed to me in connection with this

litigation; and that I submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for purposes of enforcement

of the Confidential Stipulation and Protective Order, including without limitation, against

me.

DATED: ______________________

NAME: ______________________

ADDRESS: ______________________

OCCUPATION: ______________________

EMPLOYER: ______________________

JOB TITLE: ______________________

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