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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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LINDBERGH PORTER, Bar No. 100091

lporter@littler.com 

ROBERT L. ZALETEL, Bar No. 96262 

rzaletel@littler.com 

TARUN MEHTA, Bar No. 262886 

tmehta@littler.com 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

650 California Street 

20th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108.2693 

Telephone: 415.433.1940 

Facsimile: 415.399.8490 

Attorneys for Defendant 

TIMEC COMPANY, INC. d/b/a TRANSFIELD 

SERVICES, LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JOSEPH VIERRA and KEVIN 

WOODRUFF, on behalf of themselves and 

classes of those similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

TIMEC COMPANY, INC. and 

TRANSFIELD SERVICES, LTD., and 

DOES 1 through 100 Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-04105-EMC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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This agreement is entered into by and between the undersigned attorneys on behalf of 

their respective clients, JOSEPH VIERRA and KEVIN WOODRUFF, on behalf of themselves and 

classes of those similarly situated (“Plaintiffs”) and TIMEC COMPANY, INC. d/b/a TRANSFIELD 

SERVICES, LTD. (“Defendant”). 

Plaintiffs and Defendant (hereinafter “Parties”) have or will request the production of 

certain documents for inspection and copying, and will take depositions in conjunction with 

discovery in this litigation, and 

These documents and depositions could include sensitive, confidential and/or 

proprietary information and records including, but not limited to, employee personnel records, 

including employee evaluations, employee earnings records, sales figures, training materials, 

employee contact information, and employer manuals and procedures and policy manuals 

(hereinafter “Confidential Material”). 

Prejudice or harm could come to employees and former employees of Defendant if 

their personal and contact information is disclosed to third parties, and their rights of privacy under 

the California and federal constitutions could be jeopardized. Defendant could suffer harm to its 

business and competitive advantage if its sales figures, schedules, staffing plans, policies, proprietary 

training materials, and other confidential business information were disclosed to its competitors. A 

protective order is necessary to protect the interests of Plaintiffs and Defendant against 

dissemination of confidential and proprietary information. 

Copies of Confidential Material, including portions of depositions and deposition 

transcripts and exhibits, will be marked “Confidential” on the document, or on the record at the 

deposition. 

Confidential documents and/or depositions, and deposition transcripts and exhibits, 

all copies thereof, and any summaries, charts or notes made therefrom that reveal Confidential 

Material, and any facts or information contained therein or derived therefrom that reveal 

Confidential Material, shall be disclosed only to the Court and/or to: (a) the parties; (b) counsel for 

the parties hereto and their agents, employees, paralegals, or other secretarial and clerical employees 

or agents; (c) experts or consultants retained by one or more of the parties to this action or their 

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counsel, to assist in preparation of this action for trial; (d) deponents and their counsel; (e) 

stenographic reporters and videographers who are involved in depositions, the trial or any hearings 

or proceedings before the Court in this action; and (f) witnesses at the trial of this action. 

No person authorized hereunder to view copies of Confidential Material, or to make 

notes therefrom, may disclose any portion of the subject matter or contents of either to any person 

not authorized hereunder. Experts and consultants and witnesses shown Confidential Material must 

sign the attached acknowledgement agreeing to be bound by this Order. 

The Confidential Material, copies of any portion of the Confidential Material itself, 

and all notes arising from examination of said Confidential Material that might reveal Confidential 

Material, as well as discussions of the contents therein, shall be used only in connection with the 

instant case, and shall not be used in connection with any other lawsuit or for any other purpose 

whatsoever, unless such Confidential Material is independently discovered in another proceeding. 

Within 60 days following the conclusion of this action, including appeals, if any, the parties and 

their counsel, upon written request of the other party, shall destroy or return all Confidential 

Materials and provide notice to the other parties’ attorneys of record. 

The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned parties or non-parties to the 

proceedings of any document, testimony or information during discovery in this proceeding without 

a Confidential designation, shall be without prejudice to any claim that such item is Confidential and 

such party shall not be held to have waived any rights by such inadvertent production. In the event 

that any document, testimony or information that is subject to a Confidential designation is 

inadvertently produced without such designation, the party that inadvertently produced the document 

shall notify the non-designating party of the inadvertent nature of the production, and request that the 

non-designating party apply a “Confidential” stamp to the Confidential material inadvertently 

produced. The non-designating party shall comply with this request and shall treat the document as if 

it were produced with the “Confidential” designation. This provision is not intended to apply to any 

inadvertent production of any information protected by attorney-client or work product privileges. In 

the event that this provision conflicts with any applicable law regarding waiver of confidentiality 

through the inadvertent production of documents, testimony or information, such law shall govern. 

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    In the event that counsel for a party receiving documents, testimony or information in 

discovery designated as Confidential objects to such designation with respect to any or all of such 

items, said counsel shall advise counsel for the designating party, in writing, of such objections, the 

specific documents, testimony or information to which each objection pertains, and the specific 

reasons and support for such objections (the “Designation Objections”). If the parties cannot reach 

an informal resolution with respect to the Designation Objections, the non-designating party shall 

have the option to file a motion with the Court challenging the Confidentiality designation(s) at issue 

(the “Designation Motion”). Pending a resolution of the Designation Motion by the Court, any and 

all existing designations on the documents, testimony or information at issue in such Motion shall 

remain in place. 

This Protective Order is without prejudice to reconsideration by the Court as 

discovery continues. 

The Parties may request that Confidential Material be filed under seal. However, any 

such request shall be subject to approval by the Court, for “compelling reasons,” upon noticed 

motion, pursuant to Local Rule 79-5, under the standards set forth in Kamakana v. Honolulu, 447 

F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). The Parties may first meet and confer prior to any filing of 

Confidential Material as to whether or not the Parties should request that the Confidential Material 

be filed under seal. 

Any Party may move the Court for relief from, or modification of, this order at any 

time, and each Party reserves the right to contend in any such motion that documents produced by 

another Party and information contained therein are not confidential. This stipulation does not 

constitute an admission as to the admissibility of any Confidential Material at trial. 

In the event any third parties serve a subpoena or document request in other litigation 

to a party holding Confidential Material in this case, the party subject to the subpoena or document 

request will promptly notify the other party that produced the Confidential Material to allow that 

party to file objections or otherwise attempt to prevent disclosure of the Confidential Material to the 

third party, and will not produce the Confidential Material to the third party until legally required to 

do so. 

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The Parties agree to act in good faith in designating Confidential Material and agree 

not to use this Stipulation for any purpose other than as stated herein. The parties agree to make a 

good faith determination that any information designated “confidential” truly warrants protection 

under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Designations of material as 

“Confidential” must be narrowly tailored to include only materials for which there is good cause. 

DATED: February 12, 2015 

/s/ Robert L. Zaletel 

LINDBERGH PORTER 

ROBERT L. ZALETEL 

TARUN MEHTA 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

TIMEC COMPANY, INC. d/b/a 

TRANSFIELD SERVICES, LTD 

DATED: February 12, 2015 

/s/ Jay T. Jambeck JAY T. JAMBECK 

LEIGH LAW GROUP 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JOSEPH VIERRA and KEVIN WOODRUFF, 

on behalf of themselves and classes of those 

similarly situated 

 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or type 

full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the 

Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District 

of California on [date] in the case of JOSEPH VIERRA and KEVIN WOODRUFF v. TIMEC 

COMPANY, INC. d/b/a TRANSFIELD SERVICES, LTD. I agree to comply with and to be bound by 

all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 

comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise 

that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated 

Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District 

of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such 

enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

Date: ______________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: _______________________________ 

Signature: __________________________________ 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

For good cause appearing, it is SO ORDERED. 

Dated:____________________ 

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

2/13/15

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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