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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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WO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

JOSÉ PARRA; GONZALO ESTRADA; 

AURELIA MARTINEZ, on behalf of 

themselves and all individuals similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

BASHAS’, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. CIV 02-0591-PHX-RCB

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

MODIFY PROTECTIVE ORDERS 

 Upon motion by Plaintiffs and their counsel, the Court finds as follows: 

Two protective orders have been filed in this case, one on October 23, 2003 (doc. 71) 

and the other on February 23, 2004 (doc. 110). 

On July 13, 2009, Defendant Bashas’, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 

in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona. (In re Bashas’, Inc., Basha’s 

Leaseco, Inc., Sportsman’s, LLC, 2:09-BK-16050-JMM, 2:09-BK-16051-JMM, 2:09-BK16052-JMM). On July 19, 2009, Bashas’ filed a Notice of Filing Bankruptcy in this action. 

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the putative class, Jocelyn Larkin of the Impact Fund and 

Elizabeth Lawrence of Davis, Cowell & Bowe, have retained bankruptcy counsel, Dean 

Gloster and Kelly Woodruff of Farella, Braun & Martell, LLP and Steven M. Cox of 

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Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C. (“Plaintiffs’ Bankruptcy 

Counsel”), to represent Plaintiffs and the class in the bankruptcy proceeding. 

Plaintiffs and their counsel move to have the protective orders (docs. 71 and 110) 

modified to allow Plaintiffs’ counsel’s staff and Plaintiffs’ bankruptcy counsel and their staff 

access to confidential documents filed under the protective orders in this case. 

Defendant’s counsel has been informed of Plaintiff’s Motion and has stated 

Defendant would not oppose it. See Not. Of Non-Opposition (doc. 291) at l:20-21. 

Based on all the foregoing, and with good cause shown, the Court hereby grants the 

Motion to Modify Protective Orders (doc. 289). 

Accordingly, the Stipulated Protective Order filed on October 23, 2003 and the 

Protective Order filed February 23, 2004 in this case shall be modified as follows: 

a) confidential information produced in this litigation may be used for purposes of 

Bashas’ bankruptcy proceeding; 

b) Plaintiffs’ Bankruptcy Counsel will have access to confidential information from 

this action; 

c) support staff of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Bankruptcy Counsel may have 

access, as needed, to the confidential information subject to the February 23, 2004 order; 

d) all attorneys, staff or experts who will have access to confidential information shall 

execute Exhibit A to the October 23, 2003 order (a copy of which is attached), if they have 

not done so already. 

DATED this15th day of October, 2009. 

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EXHIBIT A 

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER 

 I, ___________________________, (name), hereby acknowledge that I have read the 

Protective Order entered in Parra et al., v Bashas’, Inc., that I understand the terms of the 

Protective Order, and that in particular I have read paragraph 12 of the Protective Order. I 

hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of the Protective Order. 

 _______________________________ Dated: _____________________________

Signature 

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