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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331pi Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NAWAL DEWIDAR, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 

CORPORATION (AMTRAK); Doe 

Amtrak Employees 1-10, individually and 

in their official capacity, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 3:17-CV-00062-CAB-RBB

ORDER APPROVING NON 

DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

AGREEMENT [ECF NO. 19], AS 

MODIFIED BY THE COURT 

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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT 

AND STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 Plaintiff Nawal Dewidar, an individual, by and through her attorneys, the Law 

Offices of Timothy A. Scott, APC, and the Law Offices Of Mark F. Fleming; and 

Defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation service mark Amtrak, through 

its attorneys, Sims Law Firm LLP, stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. The parties anticipate that they may have to disclose to each other 

during the course of discovery sensitive documents (“SD”), including but not limited 

to the passenger manifest for the train that is the subject of Plaintiff’s complaint, the 

substance and content thereof being considered confidential information that is 

subject to the terms of this Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective 

Order. 

 2. The term “documents” as used in this order specifically includes any 

and all derivative copies of such documents regardless of its format, including but 

not limirted to CDs, DVDs, paper and electronic copies, transcripts, prints, negatives, 

recordings, duplicates, and summaries of the SD. 

 3. Prior to producing SD, or any part thereof, to Plaintiff, Amtrak shall 

stamp it with the word “Confidential” or other similar language, and in the event that 

there is a deposition or other testimony regarding the SD, or any part thereof, in this 

lawsuit or any related matter, a copy of this agreement shall be provided to the court 

reporter by the party introducing the SD into the record, and those parts of the 

transcript shall be kept “Confidential.” 

 4. Counsel of record who receive any form of the SD from counsel of 

record for Amtrak shall not, except as provided in Paragraph 4, divulge or disclose 

the SD, or any part thereof, to any person or entity other than their clients or 

individuals employed by them to assist in the preparation or trial of this case, if any – 

such as secretaries or legal assistants who work with and for the attorneys – and who 

have a need to know the content of the SD for purposes of this lawsuit. In addition, 

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counsel of record who receive any form of the SD from counsel of record for Amtrak 

may disclose it, or any part thereof, to consulting or testifying expert witnesses who 

may be employed to assist in the preparation or trial of this case subject to the 

requirements in Paragraph 4. 

 5. Counsel receiving the SD, on behalf of themselves, their secretaries, 

legal assistants, and staff, shall provide to counsel for Amtrak the signed 

acknowledgment (Exhibit A) that they have reviewed and understand this NonDisclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order; that they agree to be bound 

by all of its terms; that they agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of this Court with 

respect to any claimed violations of this Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated 

Protective Order; that they will not reveal the Confidential Information, or any part 

thereof, to any other person or entity; and that they will not discuss the Confidential 

Information, or any part thereof, with anyone other than the counsel of record who 

retained them. Consulting or testifying experts must sign the acknowledgment 

before counsel provides them with the SD. Counsel shall keep the acknowledgment 

signed by any testifying or consulting expert provided the SD pursuant to this order 

as Exhibit A. 

 6. Any person who receives the SD in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 

above, shall use it solely for the purposes of this lawsuit except as expressly 

authorized by this Court, and the recipients thereof shall not use, give, show, divulge, 

or otherwise disclose the SD, or any part thereof, or any paper or electronic copies, 

transcripts, prints, negatives, recordings, or summaries of the SD, to any other person 

or entity. 

 7. Prior to filing the SD, or any part thereof, with the Court as an exhibit or 

otherwise, the filing party shall give at least ten (10) days notice to counsel for 

Amtrak so that Amtrak may move the Court to have the SD sealed. Upon filing of a 

motion to seal, the SD will be treated as sealed pending the Court’s ruling on such 

motion. 

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8. 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 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. 

 9. Within 30 days after the termination of this lawsuit, including any 

appeals, by final judgment, settlement or otherwise, counsel of record for any party 

who received the SD from counsel of record for Amtrak shall retrieve all such SD 

paper and electronic copies, transcripts, prints, negatives, recordings and summaries 

thereof that are in the possession of any other person or entity, including their 

employees, consultants and expert witnesses; shall return to counsel of record for 

Amtrak all copies of the SD; and shall certify under penalty of perjury, in writing, to 

counsel of record for Amtrak that they have complied with this Paragraph 7. 

 10. No person who receives any form of the SD shall sell, offer, advertise, 

publicize or provide, under any circumstances or conditions, the SD, or any part 

thereof, to any person or entity other than in accordance with the provisions of this 

Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order. No person who 

receives any form of the SD shall make it available on the internet. 

 11. In the event that the SD, or any part thereof, appears in any form, in the 

hands of an unauthorized person or entity in any proceeding or forum other than this 

lawsuit as a result of an unauthorized disclosure by any recipient of the SD, including 

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counsel of record and the plaintiff, such shall be considered a direct violation of the 

provisions of this Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order, for 

which any and all appropriate sanctions and legal remedies may be imposed against 

the offending recipient who disclosed the SD in an unauthorized manner or who 

disclosed it to an unauthorized person or entity. 

 12. Nothing in this Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective 

Order is intended to deny any party the right to an open and public trial of the 

issues in this lawsuit and the Court will address use of the SD as evidence and/or 

additional protections of the SD, if necessary, at time of trial. 

 13. If the Court refuses to accept this Non-Disclosure Agreement and 

Stipulated Protective Order for any reason, each and all of the provisions of this 

Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order still are effective and 

legally binding on the parties to this Non-Disclosure Agreement and Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

 SO STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

Date: July 17, 2017 

 /s/ Timothy A. Scott 

 ________________________________ 

 Timothy A. Scott, Esq. 

 Nicolas O. Jimenez, Esq. THE LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY A. 

SCOTT 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NAWAL DEWIDAR 

Date: July 17, 2017 

 /s/ Mark F. Fleming 

 ________________________________ 

 Mark F. Fleming, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF MARK F. FLEMING 

Attorneys for NAWAL DEWIDAR 

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Date: July 17, 2017 

 /s/ Selim Mounedji 

 ________________________________ 

 Michael E. Murphy, Esq. 

 Selim Mounedji, Esq. SIMS LAW FIRM, LLP 

Attorneys for NATIONAL RAILROAD 

PASSENGER CORPORATION service mark 

AMTRAK 

 

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 The Court, having considered this matter and having found that all parties, by 

and through their respective attorneys, have agreed to this Non-Disclosure 

Agreement and Stipulated Protective Agreement, hereby APPROVES this agreement 

and enters its order pursuant to the agreed upon terms as set forth above. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 25, 2017 

 ____________________________ 

Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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