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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER; 

CASE NO. 2:18-CV-01923-KJM-KJN

Craig E. Famer (SBN 61086)

(cfarmer@farmercurtislaw.com)

Dawn D. Curtis (SBN 227076)

(dcurtis@farmercurtislaw.com)

FARMER CURTIS, LLP

3620 American River Drive, Suite 218

Sacramento, CA 95864

Telephone: (916) 679-6565; Fax: (916) 679-6575

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EDWARD ROYCE STOLZ, II

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD ROYCE STOLZ II, an 

individual

Plaintiff,

vs.

TRAVELERS COMMERCIAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

Connecticut corporation, et al.

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:18-CV-01923-KJM-KJN

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER REGARDING PRODUCTION 

AND DISSEMINATION OF 

PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND 

PRIVATE MATERIALS

Action Filed: 7/11/18

Assigned to: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller

 U.S. District Judge

Referred to: Hon. Kendall J. Newman

 U.S. Magistrate Judge

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff 

EDWARD ROYCE STOLZ II (“STOLZ”) and Defendant TRAVELERS 

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY (“TRAVELERS”), by their 

undersigned attorneys, that a Protective Order be entered in this action pursuant to 

United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Rule l 43(b), and a trial 

protective order pursuant to L.R. 141.l(b)(2). Pursuant to General Order No. 492, 

L.R. 141.1, the parties stipulate as follows:

1. As used herein, information designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” as hereinafter provided, includes any document 

(including writings, as defined by 28 USC §1732) produced by any party in response 

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to any discovery request, interrogatory answers, any response to a request to admit, 

and deposition transcripts, together with all information contained therein and 

derived therefrom, and all copies, excerpts, or summaries thereof.

2. If any party in good faith believes a document or other discovery 

response constitutes, contains, or reflects privileged, private, or other confidential 

matter, that party may designate such document or discovery response a 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” in accordance with the procedures set forth in 

paragraphs 3 and 4, hereof. Any document of discovery response so designated, and 

all information contained therein and derived therefrom, and all copies, excerpts and 

summaries thereof, shall be considered “CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” for 

purposes of this Stipulation and Protective Order.

3. To designate any information as protected information under this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, the party choosing to make such designation shall:

a. In the case of documents and other tangible things, mark such 

matters “CONFIDENTAL/PRIVILEGED” at or prior to the time of 

production.

b. In the case of depositions, state on the record that the deposition 

or a specified portion thereof involves confidential information, or by so 

advising all counsel within ten (10) days of receipt of the “rough” transcript. 

During this period, all deposition transcripts and the information contained 

therein shall be deemed designated CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED.” The 

certified court reporter will affirmatively mark any portion of the deposition 

on the record as “CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED.”

4. All information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” shall 

be used solely for the prosecution or defense of this action. Such Information shall 

not be used in or for any other cases, proceedings, disputes or for any commercial, 

business, competitive or any other purpose whatsoever and shall not be disclosed, 

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except as otherwise set forth in this Stipulation and Protection Order. Such

information shall not be presumed to be discoverable in other cases, proceedings or 

disputes, even if relevant, and the burden shall be on the party seeking discovery to 

establish that access to this information is proper and necessary. It shall not be 

disclosed in any manner to anyone other than the following:

a. counsel who are actively engaged in the prosecution or defense 

of this action and employees or agents of such counsel assisting in the conduct 

of this action;

b. experts or consultants assisting counsel in this action;

c. parties and consultants of any party where deemed necessary by 

counsel to assist in the prosecution or defense of this action;

d. witnesses and their counsel during the course of, or in the 

preparation for hearings or depositions in this action where deemed necessary 

by counsel to assist in the prosecution or defense of this action;

e. the mediator assigned by the Court or mutually agreed to by the 

parties’ attorneys to mediate this case and any of his or her employees she/he 

deems necessary to effectively mediate this case;

f. the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California and its personnel, including stenographic reporters regularly 

employed by the Court;

g. stenographic reporters not regularly employed by the Court, who 

are engaged in such proceedings as are necessarily incident to the conduct of 

this action; and

h. other persons only in accordance with paragraph 7 of this 

Stipulation and Order.

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5. Each person to whom any information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” is disclosed shall be bound by the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order.

6. Prior to disclosure of any information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” under this Stipulation and Protective Order, 

each person to whom such information is to be disclosed (excluding the Court, 

counsel of record and legal assistants or other law firm employees working under 

their supervision in the prosecution or defense of this action) shall execute the form 

attached hereto as APPENDIX A. Counsel shall maintain all such executed forms on 

file throughout the pendency of this action.

7. In the event that counsel for any party determines that the prosecution 

or defense of this action requires that any “CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED”

information be disclosed to persons not otherwise authorized therein, such counsel 

shall provide to counsel for the party that produced such material written notice of 

the intended disclosure (which notice shall specify with particularity the information 

to be disclosed and the identity, including name, title, and employer, of the 

otherwise unauthorized person) not less than seven (7) days prior to disclosure, or 

such shorter period as is agreeable to the party that produced such material. If, 

within four (4) days of receipt of such notice, counsel for the party which produced 

the material objects in writing to such disclosure to the counsel giving notice, the 

information shall not be disclosed unless the Court so orders. A Court order to 

disclose information as described in this paragraph may be obtained on an ex parte 

basis.

8. The designation of specific material as 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” shall be subject to challenge only after the 

parties have met and conferred in order to resolve any dispute regarding such 

designation. If the parties are unable to informally resolve a dispute regarding a 

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“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” designation, any party may seek to obtain a 

court order ruling that the disputed information or document is or is not 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED.” This order may be sought on an ex parte basis.

9. If any party wishes to include any information subject to this 

Stipulation and Protective Order or any summary, abstract or description thereof in 

any document filed with the Court in connection with the resolution of a hearing 

other than trial, such document or such portion thereof that contains 

“CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” information shall be filed with the Court under 

seal in an envelope marked ‘CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED.” All material so filed 

shall be maintained by the Clerk of the Court separate from public records in this 

action and shall be released only upon further Order of the Court.

10. Each person to whom any information subject to this Stipulation and 

Protective Order is disclosed is hereby prohibited from divulging such material or 

any information contained therein or from exploiting in any way such material or 

information for his or her own benefit, and from using such material or information 

for any purposes or in any manner not connected with the prosecution or defense of 

this action.

11. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Order shall not:

a. operate as an admission that any particular designated material 

constitutes, contains or reflects trade secrets, proprietary or commercial 

information, or privileged or other confidential matter;

b. prejudice in any way the right of any party to object to the 

production of documents or information it considers not subject to discovery 

or to seek a Court determination whether particular designated material should 

be produced;

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c. prejudice in any way the right of any party to apply to the Court 

to rescind or modify the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order or to 

move the Court for a further protective order;

d. prejudice in any way the right of any party to use, or object to the 

use of any designated material at any hearing or at trial;

e. affect the obligations of any party or person to comply with the 

terms of any compulsory process; or,

f. affect any existing rights of the parties or any member of the 

public to review, or republish materials, designated or not, that have been used 

at trial or submitted as a basis for adjudication.

12. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall have no effect upon, and its 

scope shall not extend to, any party’s use of its own documents, testimony and 

information.

13. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall be effective from the date on 

which it is entered by the Court and shall apply from that date forward to all 

discovery and documents in this matter, whether produced before or after that date.

14. Within sixty (60) days after final disposition of this action (including all 

appellate proceedings), all “CONFIDENTIAL/PRIVILEGED” material and all 

copies, excerpts, and extracts (excluding excerpts or extracts incorporated into any 

privilege memoranda), except for such material which becomes part of the record in 

this action, shall be destroyed or returned to the person producing the material. Any 

party to this Stipulation and Protective Order may seek assurances that such 

destruction or return has taken place by serving a demand in writing to counsel for 

the other party for such assurance, which shall be responded to in writing within 

thirty (30) days of receipt thereof.

15. The consent of the undersigned attorneys to this Stipulation and 

Protective Order shall be deemed binding upon such attorneys’ professional, 

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stenographic, paralegal, clerical and other employees, as well as upon such 

attorneys’ clients of record herein.

DATED: March 5, 2020 FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH

PONZI & RUDLOFF PC

By: /s/ Edward P. Murphy

Edward P. Murphy

Attorneys for Defendant Travelers 

Commercial Insurance Company

DATED: March 5, 2020 FARMER CURTIS, LLP

By: /s/ Craig E. Farmer

Craig. E. Farmer

Attorneys for Plaintiff Edward Royce Stolz II

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated protective order, which complies with the 

relevant authorities and the Court’s applicable local rule. See L.R. 141.1(c);1see also Phillips ex 

rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210 (9th Cir. 2002) (“Generally, the 

public can gain access to litigation documents and information produced during discovery unless 

the party opposing disclosure shows ‘good cause’ why a protective order is necessary.”) Therefore, 

the Court GRANTS the request subject to the following clarification.

It is unclear as to the parties’ intent concerning the duration of the Court’s jurisdiction 

1 The Court’s Local Rules instruct the parties, when requesting a protective order, to 

include in their submission: 

(1) A description of the types of information eligible for protection under the order, 

with the description provided in general terms sufficient to reveal the nature of 

the information (e.g., customer list, formula for soda, diary of a troubled child);

(2) A showing of particularized need for protection as to each category of 

information proposed to be covered by the order; and

(3) A showing as to why the need for protection should be addressed by a court 

order, as opposed to a private agreement between or among the parties.

Local Rule 141.1(c).

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regarding this protective order. The Local Rules indicate that once this action is closed, “unless 

otherwise ordered, the Court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any 

protective order filed in that action.” L.R. 141.1(f). Courts in the district generally do not agree to 

retain jurisdiction after closure of the case, and the Court sees no reason to do so here. See, e.g., 

MD Helicopters, Inc. v. Aerometals, Inc., 2017 WL 495778 (E.D. Cal., February 03, 2017). Thus, 

for clarity, the undersigned informs the parties that once the case is closed, the court will not retain 

jurisdiction over this protective order.

Dated: March 10, 2020

stol.1923

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APPENDIX A

The undersigned hereby acknowledges having read the annexed Stipulation 

and Protective Order entered in the above-entitled action on _____________, and 

understands the terms thereof, and agrees to be bound by said Stipulation and 

Protective Order and by such other orders as may be made by the Court respecting 

the discovery of confidential material in this action.

In addition, the undersigned agrees that, except as set forth in said Stipulation 

and Protective Order, he/she will not publish any copy of any confidential material 

given to him/her, and will not communicate the contents of such confidential 

material to any person not otherwise authorized to receive such material according to 

the Stipulation and Protective Order, and agrees to hold such confidential material in 

confidence according to the terms of the Stipulation and Protective Order.

In addition, the undersigned agrees that at the conclusion of his/her duties in 

connection with the above entitled action, all confidential material received by 

him/her, and all copies, extracts, Abstracts, charts and summaries thereof, whether 

written or otherwise recorded, will be returned to the person from whom such 

material was received. The undersigned understands that a violation of the 

Stipulation and Protective Order may result in civil or criminal contempt penalties.

Dated: _____________ BY: ____________________________

Print Name: ______________________

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