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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIALITY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAY HUNT,

Plaintiff,

v.

CORECIVIC, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:24-cv-01164-JLT-CDB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIALITY

Judge: Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston

Ctrm: 4

Mag: Hon. Christopher D. Baker

Suite: 200

State Action Filed: April 29, 2024

Removal Filed: September 30, 

2024

Trial Date: April 27, 2026

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Jay Hunt (“Plaintiff”) 

and defendants CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC and CoreCivic, Inc. (collectively 

“Defendant”) (hereinafter referred to individually as “Plaintiff” or Defendant” and 

collectively as the “Parties”), as follows:

In order to facilitate the exchange of information and documents, which may 

be confidential for competitive reasons and/or privacy protected under federal and/or 

state laws, and to guard against the waiver of attorney-client privilege and attorney 

work product protection pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), the Parties 

have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”).

The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between 

the parties may contain information protected from disclosure by the right to privacy 

set forth in Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution and/or trade secret or 

other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing or other commercial 

information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G). The 

purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as 

practical during the litigation. THEREFORE:

DEFINITIONS

1. The term "confidential information" will mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, 

deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including 

data, summaries, and compilations derived therefrom that is deemed to be 

confidential information by any party to which it belongs.

2. The term "materials" will include, but is not be limited to: documents; 

correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or 

other material that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules 

or other matter identifying pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled 

checks; contracts; invoices; drafts; books of account; worksheets; notes of 

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conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; expense accounts; recordings; 

photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which information can be obtained 

and translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices; sketches; 

drawings; notes (including laboratory notebooks and records); reports; instructions; 

disclosures; other writings; models and prototypes and other physical objects.

3. The term “counsel” will mean outside counsel of record, and other 

attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms 

Angel City Law, PC and Gleason & Favarote LLP. Counsel also includes in-house 

attorneys for Defendant.

GENERAL RULES

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, 

deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or 

information that the producing party believes should be subject to this Protective 

Order may designate the same as "CONFIDENTIAL."

a. Designation as "CONFIDENTIAL": Any party may designate 

information as "CONFIDENTIAL" only if, in the good faith belief of such party and 

its counsel, the unrestricted disclosure of such information could be potentially 

prejudicial to the business or operations of such party.

5. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a 

disclosure of confidential information of any party:

a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as 

containing confidential information subject to the provisions of 

this Order; such designation must be made on the record 

whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of 

depositions as containing confidential information after 

transcription of the proceedings;

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b. the disclosing party will have the right to exclude from 

attendance at the deposition, during such time as the confidential 

information is to be disclosed, any person other than the 

deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the court 

reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 7 

below; and 

c. the originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the 

deposition must bear the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" and the 

original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing 

must not be filed unless it can be accomplished under seal, 

identified as being subject to this Order, and protected from being 

opened except by order of this Court.

6. All confidential information designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" must not 

be disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than those persons designated 

within this order and must be handled in the manner set forth below and, in any 

event, must not be used for any purpose other than in connection with this litigation, 

unless and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties, or by 

order of the Court.

7. Information designated "confidential" must be viewed only by counsel 

(as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant 

to the terms of paragraph 8), by court personnel, and by the additional individuals 

listed below, provided each such individual has read this Order in advance of 

disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by its terms:

a) Executives who are required to participate in policy decisions 

with reference to this action;

b) Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the 

parties find it necessary to consult, in the discretion of such 

counsel, in preparation for trial of this action; and

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c) Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the 

individuals identified above.

d) Any deposition, trial or hearing witness who previously had 

access to the “confidential” information, or who is currently or 

was previously an officer, director, partner, member, employee or 

agent of an entity that has had access to the “confidential” 

information;

e) Mock jury participants, provided, however, that prior to the 

disclosure of “confidential” information to any such mock jury 

participant, counsel for the Party making the disclosure shall 

deliver a copy of this Protective Order to such person, shall 

explain that such person is bound to follow the terms of such 

Order, and shall secure the signature of such person on a 

statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

f) Outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the 

undersigned Parties or their counsel in connection with this 

matter, whether or not retained to testify at any oral hearing; 

provided, however, that prior to the disclosure of “confidential” 

information to any such expert or expert consultant, counsel for 

the Party making the disclosure shall deliver a copy of this 

Protective Order to such person, shall explain its terms to such 

person, and shall secure the signature of such person on a 

statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

g) Mediators;

h) Plaintiff and representatives of Defendant; and

i) Any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.

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8. With respect to material designated "CONFIDENTIAL" any person 

indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, author or a recipient of a 

copy of the document, may be shown the same.

9. All information which has been designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" by 

the producing or disclosing party, and any and all reproductions of that information, 

must be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving party identified in 

paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized to view such information 

under the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for 

their participation in this litigation.

10. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents 

which are designated as confidential information are filed with the Court for any 

purpose, the party seeking to file such material must seek permission of the Court to 

file the material under seal.

11. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation 

of the materials as confidential information. The party objecting to confidentiality 

must notify, in writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials 

and the grounds for the objection. In the event Counsel for the Designating Party 

does not agree to withdraw its claim of Confidentiality, Counsel for the Designating 

Party shall have sixty (60) days from receipt of the notice in which to seek a further 

protective order from the Court with respect to the information at issue. The burden 

shall be on the Designating Party to justify the designation of the information as 

“Confidential.” All challenged information for which a protective order is not sought 

within this sixty (60)-day period shall thereafter not be accorded “Confidential” 

treatment under the terms of this Protective Order, unless and until otherwise ordered 

by the Court. This sixty (60)-day period may be reduced or extended by Court Order 

or by written stipulation of Counsel. The “Confidential” status of the information at 

issue shall be maintained until final ruling by the Court on any application for 

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protective order. the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been 

otherwise resolved.

12. All confidential information must be held in confidence by those 

inspecting or receiving it, and must be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel 

for each party, and each person receiving confidential information must take 

reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such 

information. If confidential information is disclosed to any person other than a 

person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure 

must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to 

the attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of 

the other parties, make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by 

the person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure.

13. No party will be responsible to another party for disclosure of 

confidential information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled 

or otherwise identified as such in accordance with this Order.

14. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any confidential information 

without labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with 

this Order, the designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that 

the document or thing produced is deemed confidential information, and that the 

document or thing produced should be treated as such in accordance with that 

designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the 

receiving party has disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the 

receiving party must notify the designating party in writing of each such disclosure. 

Counsel for the parties will agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or 

marking the inadvertently produced materials as "CONFIDENTIAL.”

15. When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 

inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 

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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure 

may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 

privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), the Parties 

agree that the inadvertent production of a privileged or protected document is not a 

waiver of the protection in the pending case or in any other federal or state 

proceeding.

16. Nothing within this order will prejudice the right of any party to object 

to the production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is 

protected as privileged or as attorney work product.

17. Nothing in this Order will bar counsel from rendering advice to their 

clients with respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any 

information designated as confidential information, provided that the contents of the 

information must not be disclosed.

18. This Order will be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 

production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than 

the mere presence of confidential information. The existence of this Order must not 

be used by either party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

19. Nothing within this order will be construed to prevent disclosure of 

confidential information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the 

Court.

20. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, 

counsel for each party must, upon request of the producing party, return all 

confidential information to the party that produced the information, including any 

copies, excerpts, and summaries of that information, or must destroy same at the 

option of the receiving party, and must purge all such information from all machinereadable media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each 

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party may retain all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents 

filed with the Court that refer to or incorporate confidential information, and will 

continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. 

Further, attorney work product materials that contain confidential information need 

not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the 

attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all 

such retained information.

21. Upon ex parte motion by either party for an order authorizing the 

destruction or return of any confidential documents in the Court’s possession, the 

Court will destroy or return any confidential documents in its possession within 10 

calendar days of the order.

22. The restrictions and obligations set forth within this order will not apply 

to any information that: (a) the parties agree should not be designated confidential 

information; (b) the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; 

(c) the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public knowledge other than as a 

result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its agents in violation of 

this Order; or (d) has come or will come into the receiving party's legitimate 

knowledge independently of the production by the designating party. Prior 

knowledge must be established by pre-production documentation.

23. The restrictions and obligations within this order will not be deemed to 

prohibit discussions of any confidential information with anyone if that person 

already has or obtains legitimate possession of that information. 

24. Transmission by email or some other currently utilized method of 

transmission is acceptable for all notification purposes within this Order.

25. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to 

approval by the Court.

26. Without a separate court order, the Order and the Parties’ stipulation 

does not change, amend, or circumvent any court rule or local rule.

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27. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good 

cause, or in the interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these 

proceedings. The parties prefer that the Court provide them with notice of the Court's 

intent to modify the Order and the content of those modifications, prior to entry of 

such an order.

Dated: January 7, 2025 ANGEL CITY LAW, PC

RICK MARTIN

JI-SU PARK

 By: /s/ Ji-Su Park

Ji-Su Park

Attorneys for Plaintiff Jay Hunt

Dated: January 7, 2025 GLEASON & FAVAROTE, LLP

PAUL M. GLEASON

DAVID H. DANNING

 By: /s/ Paul M. Gleason1

Paul M. Gleason

Attorneys for Defendants CORECIVIC,

INC., and CORECIVIC OF

TENNESSEE, LLC

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2025 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 All other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, 

concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE RE CONFIDENTIAL DISCOVERY MATERIALS

I hereby acknowledge that I, __________ [NAME], ________________________ 

[POSITION AND EMPLOYER], am about to receive Confidential information supplied in 

connection with the proceeding entitled Jay Hunt v. CoreCivic, Inc. et. al., United States District 

Court – Eastern District Case No. 1:24-cv-01164-JLT-CDB. I certify that I understand that the 

Confidential information is provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions of the Stipulated 

Protective Order entered in this Proceeding. I have been given a copy of the Stipulated Protective 

Order; I have read it, and I agree to be bound by its terms.

I understand that Confidential information, as defined in the Stipulated Protective Order, 

including any notes or other records that may be made regarding any such materials, shall not be 

disclosed to anyone except as expressly permitted by the Stipulated Protective Order. I will not 

copy or use, except solely for the purposes of this Proceeding, any Confidential information 

obtained pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order, except as provided therein or otherwise 

ordered by the Court in the Proceeding.

I further understand that I am to retain all copies of all Confidential information provided to 

me in the proceeding in a secure manner, and that all copies of such Information is to remain in my 

personal custody until termination of my participation in this proceeding, whereupon the copies of 

such Information will be returned to counsel who provided me with such Information.

I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed this ___ day of _____, 20__, at _____________________.

DATED:_________________________ BY: _____________________________________

Signature

______________________________________

Title

______________________________________

Address

______________________________________

City, State, Zip

______________________________________

Telephone Number

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PROOF OF SERVICE

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I, Paul M. Gleason, declare:

I am and was at the time of the service mentioned in this declaration, 

employed in the County of Los Angeles, California. I am over the age of 18 years 

and not a party to the within action. My business address is Gleason & Favarote, 

LLP, 3646 Long Beach Boulevard, Suite 203, Long Beach, CA 90807.

On January 10, 2025, I served a copy(ies) of the following document(s):

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: CONFIDENTIALITY

on the parties to this action as follows:

Attorney Party(ies) Served Method of 

Service

Rick Martin, Esq.

Ji-Su Park, Esq.

ANGEL CITY LAW, PC

645 W. 9th Street, Ste. 110-259

Los Angeles, California 90015

Telephone: (323) 364-8835

Facsimile: (323) 967-2425

rick@angelcitylaw.com

ji-su@angelcitylaw.com

Attorneys for 

Plaintiff; JAY 

HUNT

CM/ECF 

SYSTEM

[BY CM/ECF SYSTEM] I caused the above-referenced document(s) to be 

sent by electronic transmission to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF 

System for filing which generated a Notice of Electronic Filing to the 

CM/ECF registrants in this case.

I declare that I am a member of the bar of this court. I declare under penalty 

of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the above is true and 

correct, and that this declaration was executed on January 10, 2025, at Long Beach, 

California.

/s/ Paul M. Gleason

Paul M. Gleason

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