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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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GARRETT R. BROSHUIS

(Bar No. 329924)

gbroshuis@koreintillery.com

KOREIN TILLERY, LLC

505 North 7th Street, Suite 3600

St. Louis, MO 63101

Telephone: (314) 241-4844

Facsimile: (314) 241-3525

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Taylor 

Smart and Michael Hacker, 

Individually and on Behalf of All 

Those Similarly Situated

[additional attorneys listed on 

signature page]

DENNIS STEWART (State Bar No. 99152)

dstewart@gustafsongluek.com

GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC

600 West Broadway, Suite 3300

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (612) 333-8844

Facsimile: (612) 339-6622

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Those 

Similarly Situated [additional 

attorneys listed on signature page]

CAROLYN H. LUEDTKE 

(State Bar No. 207976)

carolyn.luedtke@mto.com

JUSTIN P. RAPHAEL 

(State Bar No. 292380)

Justin.Raphael@mto.com

CHRISTOPHER CRUZ 

(State Bar No. 346128)

Christopher.Cruz@mto.com

JAVIER KORDI

(State Bar No. 348358)

Javier.Kordi@mto.com

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street, 27th Flr

San Francisco, CA 94105-2907

Telephone: (415) 512-4000

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

Attorneys for Defendant 

National Collegiate Athletic 

Association, an 

Unincorporated Association.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAYLOR SMART AND MICHAEL HACKER, 

Individually and on Behalf of All

Those Similarly Situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION, an

unincorporated association,

Defendant.

No. 2:22-cv-02125 WBS KJN

Chief United States Magistrate 

Judge Kendall J. Newman (KJN)

Assigned for non-dispositive 

matters

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

JOSEPH COLON, SHANNON RAY, KHALA 

TAYLOR, PETER ROBINSON, KATHERINE

SEBBAME, and PATRICK MEHLER, 

individually and on behalf of all

those similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 

ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated 

association,

Defendant.

No. 1:23-cv-00425 WBS KJN

Chief United States Magistrate 

Judge Kendall J. Newman (KJN)

Assigned for non-dispositive 

matters

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I. INTRODUCTION

The parties, by their undersigned counsel, pursuant to Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1), hereby stipulate to the following 

provisions.

II. SCOPE OF PROTECTED INFORMATION

In the course of discovery in this action, the parties may 

be required to produce information that constitutes, in whole or 

in part, protected information such as trade secrets, non-public 

research and development, commercial or financial information, or 

other information that may cause harm to the Producing Party or a 

non-party. The parties anticipate production of the following 

categories of protected information: 

A. “Confidential” information: 

1. Information (regardless of how it is generated, 

stored, or maintained) or tangible things that 

qualify for protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c);

2. Information protected from disclosure by statute;

3. Information that reveals trade secrets;

4. Research, technical, commercial, or financial 

information that the party has maintained as 

confidential;

5. Medical information and protected health information 

concerning any individual;

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6. Personal identifying information of any person who is 

not a party to this action, including absent class 

members; 

7. Any information whose disclosure would cause severe 

competitive harm to the Designating Party if 

disclosed;

8. Personnel or employment records of a person who is 

not a party to this action, 

9. Education records concerning any individual; and

10. Other information the disclosure of which would 

breach a legal or contractual obligation.

B. “Confidential” Information under this order does not 

include any information that

1. is publicly available at the time of disclosure and 

became publicly available through lawful means and 

without the violation of any court orders;

2. becomes publicly available after disclosure through 

no fault of the Receiving Party (defined below); or

3. the Receiving Party lawfully obtains at a later date 

from a third party without restriction as to 

disclosure.

C. “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information: 

1. Documents, testimony, or information that contains, 

or is reasonably believed to contain, or is claimed 

by another party to contain education records defined 

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by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 

U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations passed pursuant 

to that Act by the Department of Education or any 

other federal agency (“FERPA Records”) of any student 

who has not consented to the disclosure of such 

records; and

2. Other non-public, extremely sensitive confidential 

information, disclosure of which the Designating 

Party believes in good faith would create a 

substantial risk of serious financial, reputational, 

or other harm, or a serious violation of a privacy 

interest that could not be avoided by less 

restrictive means.

III. DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED INFORMATION

A. Scope: This Order governs the production and handling 

of any protected information in this action. Any party or nonparty who produces protected information in this action may 

designate it as “Confidential” or “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” 

consistent with the terms of this Order. “Designating Party” 

means the party or non-party who so designates the protected 

information; “Receiving Party” means the party or non-party to 

whom such information was produced or disclosed. Whenever 

possible, the Designating Party must designate only those 

portions of a document, deposition, transcript, or other material 

that contain the protected information and refrain from 

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designating entire documents. Regardless of any designations 

made hereunder, the Designating Party is not otherwise restricted 

from use or disclosure of its protected information outside of 

this action. In addition, any party may move to modify or seek 

other relief from any of the terms of this Order if it has first 

tried in writing and in good faith to resolve its needs or 

disputes with the other party(ies) pursuant to the terms of this 

Order and E.D. Cal. L.R. 251, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and 37.

B. Application to Non-Parties: Before a non-party is given 

copies of designated information as permitted hereunder, it must 

first sign the acknowledgment to be bound to these terms that is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A; if it fails to do so, the parties 

to this action must resolve any such dispute before making 

disclosure of designated information as permitted hereunder to 

the non-party. If a non-party wishes to make designations 

hereunder, it must first sign the acknowledgment to be bound to 

these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

C. Timing and Provisional Protection: Designations may be 

made at any time. To avoid potential waiver of protection 

hereunder, the Designating Party should designate information at 

the time of production or disclosure, including on the record 

during the taking of any testimony. Deposition testimony will be 

deemed provisionally protected for a period of 15 days after the 

transcript is released to the parties by the court reporter, 

although the parties may agree at any time to different timelines 

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of provisional protection of information as Confidential or 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only as part of one or more specific depositions. 

To retain any designations beyond the provisional period, a 

Designating Party must designate specific pages and lines of 

deposition testimony before the provisional period has expired. 

Such designations must be made in writing so that all counsel and 

court reporters may append the designation to all copies of the 

transcripts.

D. Manner of Designation: Information may be designated 

hereunder in any reasonable manner or method that notifies the 

Receiving Party of the designation level and identifies with 

specificity the information to which the designation applies. If 

made verbally, the Designating Party must promptly confirm in 

writing the designation. Whenever possible, the Designating 

Party should stamp, affix, or embed a legend of “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” on each designated page of the document or 

electronic image.

IV. CHALLENGES TO DESIGNATED INFORMATION

In the event that a Receiving Party disagrees at any time 

with any designation(s) made by the Designating Party, the 

Receiving Party must first try to resolve such challenge in good 

faith on an informal basis with the Designating Party pursuant to 

E.D. Cal. L.R. 251 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. The Receiving Party 

must provide written notice of the challenge and the grounds 

therefor to the Designating Party, who must respond in writing to 

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the challenge within 15 days. At all times, the Designating 

Party carries the burden of establishing the propriety of the 

designation and protection level. Unless and until the challenge 

is resolved by the parties or ruled upon by the Court, the 

designated information will remain protected under this Order and 

shall remain Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only as designated. 

The failure of any Receiving Party to challenge a designation 

does not constitute a concession that the designation is proper 

or an admission that the designated information is otherwise 

competent, relevant, or material.

V. LIMITED ACCESS/USE OF PROTECTED INFORMATION

A. Restricted Use: Information that is produced or 

exchanged in the course of this action and designated under this 

Order may be used solely for the preparation, trial, and any 

appeal of this action, as well as related settlement 

negotiations, and for no other purpose, without the written 

consent of the Designating Party. No designated information may 

be disclosed to any person except in accordance with the terms of 

this Order. All persons in possession of designated information 

agree to exercise reasonable care with regard to the custody, 

use, or storage of such information to ensure that its 

confidentiality is maintained. This obligation includes, but is 

not limited to, the Receiving Party providing to the Designating 

Party prompt notice of the receipt of any subpoena that seeks 

production or disclosure of any designated information and 

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consulting with the Designating Party before responding to the 

subpoena. Any use or disclosure of Confidential or Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only information in violation of the terms of this Order may 

subject the disclosing person or party to sanctions.

B. Access to “Confidential” Information: The parties and 

all persons subject to this Order agree that information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” may only be accessed or reviewed by 

the following:

1. The Court, its personnel, and court reporters;

2. Outside counsel for any party in this action and 

their employees who assist outside counsel in this 

action and are informed of the duties hereunder;

3. The parties, including their agents and employees 

who are assisting or have reason to know of this 

action, so long as each such agent or employee has 

signed the acknowledgment to be bound to these terms 

that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

4. Experts or consultants employed by the parties or 

their counsel for purposes of this action, as well as 

mock jurors, so long as each such expert, consultant 

and mock juror has signed the acknowledgment to be 

bound to these terms that is attached hereto as 

Exhibit A; 

5. Any mediators that the parties may engage in this 

action or that the Court appoints, including 

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supporting personnel, so long as such mediator or 

supporting staff signs the acknowledgment to be bound 

to these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

6. Vendors who provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, 

preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and processing, 

organizing, storing, reviewing, categorizing, or 

retrieving data in any form or medium) whose 

representative signs the acknowledgement to be bound 

to these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

7. Entities who provide insurance coverage to parties in 

this case, so long as any personnel employed by the 

insurance entity who is to be granted access to the 

information sign the acknowledgment to be bound to 

these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

8. Witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary, so long as such witnesses 

signed the acknowledgement to be bound to these terms 

that is attached as Exhibit A unless the Receiving 

Party has a good faith basis to believe that the 

witness was an author or recipient of the information 

designed as “Confidential”; and

9. Other witnesses or persons with the Designating 

Party’s consent or by court order.

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C. Access to “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Designations: Because 

designation of information as “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” is more 

restrictive on disclosure and may interfere with the discovery 

process, such designations should be used only to the extent 

necessary. The parties and all persons subject to this Order 

agree that information designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may 

only be accessed or reviewed by the following:

1. The Court, its personnel, and court reporters;

2. Outside counsel for any party in this action and 

their employees who assist outside counsel in this 

action and are informed of the duties hereunder;

3. In-house counsel for each party and their employees 

who assist in-house counsel, who sign the 

acknowledgement to be bound to these terms that is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

4. Any mediators that the parties may engage in this 

action or that the Court appoints, including 

supporting personnel, so long as such mediator or 

supporting staff signs the acknowledgment to be bound 

to these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

5. Experts or consultants employed by the parties or 

their counsel for purposes of this action, as well as 

mock jurors, so long as each such expert, consultant 

or mock juror has signed the acknowledgement to be 

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bound to these terms that is attached hereto as 

Exhibit A; 

6. Vendors who provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, 

preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and processing, 

organizing, storing, reviewing, categorizing, or 

retrieving data in any form or medium) whose 

representative signs the acknowledgement to be bound 

to these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

7. Witnesses at deposition for which the Receiving Party 

has a good faith basis to believe that the witness 

was an author or recipient of the information

designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”; and 

8. Other witnesses or persons to whom the Designating 

Party agrees in advance of disclosure or by court 

order and who sign the acknowledgement to be bound to 

these terms that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

D. Review of Witness Acknowledgments: At any time and for 

any purpose, including to monitor compliance with the terms 

hereof, any Designating Party may demand to review all copies of 

Exhibit A in any Receiving Party’s possession. The Receiving 

Party must, within 3 business days of the demand, provide all 

such copies to the Designating Party making the demand. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Receiving Party has 

retained an expert whose identity has not yet been disclosed to 

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the Designating Party, the Receiving Party may generically 

identify how many acknowledgments that it has in its possession 

attributable to non-disclosed experts, whose acknowledgements 

must later be provided contemporaneously with any reports issued 

by one or more of said experts. If a Receiving Party is not 

required to disclose the identity of any consulting experts, it 

may not be compelled to produce any acknowledgments from those 

experts to the Designating Party. However, if the Designating 

Party provides to the Court evidence of breach of this Order via 

unauthorized leak of designated information, the Court may 

require an in camera production of all acknowledgments held by a 

Receiving Party in order to determine breach and consider 

enforcement of this Order.

E. Non-Waiver Effect of Designations: Neither the taking 

of, nor the failure to take, any action to enforce the provisions 

of this Order, nor the failure to object to any designation, will 

constitute a waiver of any party’s claim or defense in this 

action or any other action or proceeding, including but not 

limited to a claim or defense that any designated information is 

or is not confidential, is or is not entitled to particular 

protection, or embodies or does not embody information 

protectable by law. 

F. In-Court Use of Designated Information: If information 

designated pursuant to this Order will or may be offered in 

evidence at a hearing or trial, then the offering party must give 

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advance notice to the party or non-party that designated prior to 

offering the information so that any use or disclosure may be 

addressed in accordance with the Court’s case-management or other 

pre-trial order, or by a motion in limine. 

Nothing in this Order shall be construed as a waiver by a party 

of any objections that may be raised as to the admissibility at 

trial of any evidentiary materials.

VI. CLAW-BACK REQUESTS

A. Failure to Make Designation: If, at any time, a party 

or non-party discovers that it produced or disclosed protected 

information without the appropriate designation, the Producing 

Party shall promptly notify the Receiving Party within ten (10) 

business days of the discovery of the disclosure in writing and 

identify with particularity the information to be designated and 

the level of designation (the claw-back notification). The 

Receiving Party shall promptly destroy the document and may then 

request substitute production of the newly-designated 

information. Within 30 days of receiving the claw-back 

notification, the Receiving Party must (1) certify to the 

Designating Party it has destroyed all copies that it received, 

made, and/or distributed; and (2) if it was practicably unable to 

destroy any information because disclosures occurred while the 

Receiving Party was under no duty of confidentiality under the 

terms of this Order regarding that information, the Receiving 

Party must reasonably provide as much information as practicable 

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to aid the Designating Party in protecting the information, 

consistently with the Receiving Party’s attorney-client, workproduct, and/or trial-preparation privileges.

B. Inadvertent Production of Privileged Information: If, 

at any time, a party discovers that it produced information that 

it reasonably believes is subject to protection under the 

attorney/client, work-product, trial-preparation privileges, or 

any other legally-recognized privilege, then it must promptly 

notify each Receiving Party of the claim for protection, the 

basis for it, amend its privilege log accordingly, and comply 

with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5). Whenever possible, the Producing 

Party must produce substitute information that redacts the 

information subject to the claimed protection. The Receiving 

Party must thereupon comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) as to 

the information subject to the claimed protection. The parties 

must also comply with E.D. Cal. L.R. 251 before seeking Court 

intervention to resolve any related dispute.

VII. DURATION/CONTINUED RESTRICTIONS

A. Handling of Designated Information Upon Conclusion of 

Action: Upon conclusion of this action, including all appeals, 

the Designating Party(ies) is/are responsible for ensuring that 

any party or person to whom the party shared or disclosed 

designated information in this action returns or destroys all of 

its copies that can be reasonably located, regardless of the 

medium in which it was stored. Within 60 days after the later of 

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dismissal of this action or expiration of all deadlines for 

appeal, the Receiving Party(ies) must certify to each Designating 

Party that all designated information hereunder has been 

destroyed by all parties and witnesses for whom that party is 

responsible. No witness or party may retain designated 

information that it received from any other party or non-party 

under this Order; only counsel of record are the authorized 

agents who may retain one copy for their respective legal files, 

and who must also describe to the Designating Party the extra 

steps taken to seal its legal file containing paper and/or 

electronic copies of the designated information so that it is not 

accessed, used, or disclosed inconsistently with the obligations 

under this Order. This provision does not apply to the Court or 

Court staff.

B. Continued Restrictions Under this Order: The 

restrictions on disclosure and use of confidential information 

survive the conclusion of this action.

VIII. REQUESTS TO SEAL 

A. Filing Documents Under Seal: The parties shall comply 

with E.D. Cal. L.R. 141 when filing material designated as 

protected information pursuant to this order. Over-redaction of 

documents sought to be maintained under seal may result in the 

denial of a motion to seal. 

B. Challenging “Confidential” or “Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” Designations: Prior to the filing of any motion seeking to 

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challenge the designation of information as “Confidential” or 

“Attorneys’ Eyes Only” as set forth in Section IV above, the 

parties will request a telephonic conference with the Magistrate 

Judge to discuss the issue, following which the contesting party 

may move for an order removing or altering the “Confidential” or 

“Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designation with regard to such 

document(s). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD:

DATED: September 29, 2023

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

By: /s/CAROLYN HOECKER LUEDTKE

CAROLYN HOECKER LUEDTKE

CAROLYN H. LUEDTKE 

(State Bar No. 207976)

carolyn.luedtke@mto.com

JUSTIN P. RAPHAEL 

(State Bar No. 292380)

Justin.Raphael@mto.com

CHRISTOPHER CRUZ 

(State Bar No. 346128)

Christopher.Cruz@mto.com

JAVIER KORDI 

(State Bar No. 348358)

Javier.Kordi@mto.com

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street, 

Twenty-Seventh Floor

San Francisco, California 

94105-2907

Telephone: (415) 512-4000

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

Attorneys for Defendant National 

Collegiate Athletic Association

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KOREIN TILLERY, LLC

By: /s/GARRETT R. BROSHUIS 

GARRETT R. BROSHUIS

STEPHEN M. TILLERY (pro hac vice)

stillery@koreintillery.com

STEVEN M. BEREZNEY (Bar No. 

329923)

sberezney@koreintillery.com

GARRETT R. BROSHUIS (Bar No. 

329924)

gbroshuis@koreintillery.com

KOREIN TILLERY, LLC

505 North 7th Street, Suite 3600

St. Louis, MO 63101

Telephone: (314) 241-4844

Facsimile: (314) 241-3525

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Taylor 

Smart and Michael Hacker, 

Individually and on Behalf of All 

Those Similarly Situated

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GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC

By: /s/JAMIE CROOKS

JAMIE CROOKS

DENNIS STEWART 

(State Bar No. 99152)

dstewart@gustafsongluek.com

DANIEL E. GUSTAFSON 

(#202241 pro hac)

dgustafson@gustafsongluek.com

JOSHUA J. RISSMAN 

(#391500 pro hac)

jrissman@gustafsongluek.com

NOAH L. COZAD (#402643 pro hac)

ncozad@gustafsongluek.com

GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC

Canadian Pacific Plaza

120 South 6th Street, Suite 2600

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: (612) 333-8844

Facsimile: (612) 339-6622

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Those 

Similarly Situated

COLEMAN & HOROWITT, LLP

DARRYL J. HOROWITT 

(State Bar No. 100898)

dhorowitt@ch-law.com

COLEMAN & HOROWITT, LLP

499 West Shaw, Suite 116

Fresno, CA 93704

Telephone: (559) 248-4820

Facsimile: (559) 248-4830

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Those 

Similarly Situated

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KIRBY McINERNEY LLP

ROBERT J. GRALEWSKI, JR. 

(State Bar No. 196410)

bgralewski@kmllp.com

MARKO RADISAVLJEVIC, 

(State Bar No. 306552)

mradisavljevic@kmllp.com

KIRBY McINERNEY LLP

600 B Street, Suite 2110

San Diego, California 92101

Telephone: (619) 784-1442

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Those 

Similarly Situated

THE LAW OFFICES OF LEONARD B.

SIMON P.C.

LEONARD B. SIMON 

(State Bar No. 58310)

lens@rgrdlaw.com

THE LAW OFFICES OF LEONARD B.

SIMON P.C.

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 818-0644

Facsimile: (619) 231-7423

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Those 

Similarly Situated

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FAIRMARK PARTNERS, LLP

JAMIE CROOKS

(State Bar No. 310447)

(pro hac forthcoming)

jamie@fairmarklaw.com

MICHAEL LIEBERMAN, 

DC Bar No. 1033827

(pro hac forthcoming)

michael@fairmarklaw.com

FAIRMARK PARTNERS, LLP

1825 7th Street, NW, #821

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: (619) 507-4182

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph 

Colon, Shannon Ray, Khala Taylor, 

Peter Robinson, Katherine Sebbane, 

and Patrick Mehlert

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ORDER

The court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated protective order. (See 1:23-cv-00425-WBSKJN at ECF No. 54; 2:22-cv-02125-WBS-KJN at ECF No. 46.) The stipulation comports with the 

relevant authorities and the court’s applicable local rule. See L.R. 141.1. The court APPROVES 

the protective order, subject to the following clarification. Once an action is closed, “the court will 

not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any protective order filed in that action.” 

L.R. 141.1(f); see also, e.g., MD Helicopters, Inc. v. Aerometals, Inc., 2017 WL 495778 (E.D. Cal., 

Feb. 03, 2017) (noting that courts in the district generally do not retain jurisdiction for disputes 

concerning protective orders after closure of the case). Thus, despite the parties’ agreement that 

jurisdiction extend beyond the end of this action, the court will not retain jurisdiction over this 

protective order once the case is closed. 

Dated: October 16, 2023

smar.2125

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EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAYLOR SMART AND MICHAEL HACKER, 

Individually and on Behalf of All

Those Similarly Situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION, an

unincorporated association,

Defendant.

No. 2:22-cv-02125 WBS KJN

JOSEPH COLON, SHANNON RAY, KHALA 

TAYLOR, PETER ROBINSON, KATHERINE

SEBBAME, and PATRICK MEHLER, 

individually and on behalf of all

those similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 

ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated 

association,

Defendant.

No. 1:23-cv-00425 WBS KJN

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

The undersigned acknowledges having been provided with and having 

read the “Stipulated Protective Order” in this matter 

(“Protective Order”). The undersigned further agrees he/she (i) 

is bound under the Protective Order, (ii) will comply with all of 

its provisions, and (iii) is subject to the jurisdiction of the 

Court for all purposes arising under the Protective Order, 

including enforcement of its terms.

Dated: ______________ By:_______________________

Print Name: 

________________________

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