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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Jenna Dakroub, CA #350170

CONSUMER JUSTICE LAW FIRM PLC

16130 Ventura Blvd., Suite 300

Encino, CA 91436

T: (602) 807-1525

F: (480) 613-7733

E: jdakroub@consumerjustice.com

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Robert Lee Hunt, Jr.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

Robert Lee Hunt, Jr.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ClearStar, Inc., 

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:24-cv-02764-JAM-DMC

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

The parties to this action have agreed to the terms of this Protective Order; 

accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. Definitions. As used in this protective order:

(a) “attorney” means an attorney who has appeared in this action or is an 

employee of any name firm and actively assisting an attorney of record 

in the matter; 

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(b) “confidential” means a document reasonably designated as confidential 

under this protective order; 

(c) “destroy” means to shred or delete information received. Nothing about 

the term destroy shall prevent a lawyer from complying with 

professional and ethical rules requiring preservation of a client’s file.  

(d) “document” means information disclosed or produced in discovery, 

including at a deposition; 

(e) “notice” or “notify” means written notice, including email; 

(f) “party” means a party to this action; and 

(g) “protected document” means a document protected by a privilege or 

the work- product doctrine. 

2. Designating a Document or Deposition as Confidential.

(a) In making a confidentiality designation, the designating party 

represents that it has a good-faith basis for contending that the 

document is “confidential,” as defined by this order.

(b) No party shall designate any document or portion of any document 

as confidential that he/she has not carefully reviewed;

(c) A party or non-party disclosing or producing a document may 

designate it as confidential if the party or non-party reasonably 

contends that it contains confidential or proprietary information. 

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(d) A party or non-party may designate a document as confidential by 

conspicuously marking each page with the word “confidential.” 

Deposition testimony may be designated as confidential:

(1) after the deposition, by notifying the parties and those who were 

present at the deposition within 21 days after the deposition 

transcript becomes available, unless otherwise agreed.

(e) If a witness is expected to testify as to confidential or proprietary 

information, a party or non-party may request that the witness’s 

deposition be taken in the presence of only those persons entitled to 

receive confidential documents.

3. Who May Receive a Confidential Document.

(a) “All documents, transcripts, or other materials subject to this Order, and 

all information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all 

testimony given in a deposition, declaration, or otherwise, that refers, 

reflects, or otherwise discusses any information designated 

“confidential” hereunder), shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by 

any person or party for any business, commercial, or competitive 

purposes or for any purpose whatsoever other than solely for the 

preparation and trial of this action in accordance with the provisions of 

this Order.”

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(b) No person receiving a confidential document may reveal it, except to:

(1) A party;

(2) the court and its staff;

(3) an attorney or an attorney’s partner, associate, orstaff;

(4) a person shown on the face of the confidential document to have

authored or received it;

(5) a court reporter or videographer retained in connection with this

action;

(6) any juror or alternative juror;

(7) Experts retained in connection with this action;

(8) Any witness in this action who has executed the 

“Acknowledgement of Understanding” (Exhibit A);

(9) Professional jury, trial consultants, mock jurors, and professional 

vendors, who have executed the “Acknowledgement of 

Understanding” (Exhibit A);

(10) any person who is retained to assist a party or attorney with this 

action, who has executed the “Acknowledgement of 

Understanding” (Exhibit A);

(c) If a confidential document is revealed to someone not entitled to 

receive it, the parties must make reasonable efforts to retrieve it.

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4. Correcting an Error in Designation. A party or non-party who discloses 

or produces a confidential document not designated as confidential may, 

within 7 days after discovering the error, provide notice of the error and 

produce a copy of the document designated as confidential.

5. Use of a Confidential Document in Court.

(a) Filing. To the extent any motions, briefs, pleadings, deposition 

transcripts, or other papers to be filed with the Court incorporate 

documents or information subject to this Order, the party filing such 

papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof, as 

“Confidential,” and shall file them with the clerk under seal. The 

parties shall comply with the Court’s local rule governing filing under 

seal. This protective order, however, does not authorize the filing of 

any document under seal. A confidential document may be filed only 

in accordance with the Court’s local rule governing the filing of sealed 

documents. 

6. Changing a Confidential Document’s Designation.

(a) Document disclosed or produced by a party. A confidential document 

disclosed or produced by a party remains confidential unless the 

parties agree to change its designation or the court orders otherwise.

(b) Document produced by a non-party. A confidential document 

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produced by a non-party remains confidential unless the non-party 

agrees to change its designation or the court orders otherwise after 

providing an opportunity for the non-party to be heard.

(c) Changing a designation by court order. If a party challenges the 

confidentiality designation of a document, it may do so by sending a 

written description of the basis of the challenge to the party who 

designated the document to be confidential. The parties shall meet 

and confer concerning the challenge within 10 days from the date the 

challenge is made. If the parties cannot agree after they meet and 

confer, the designating party may file a motion seeking entry of a 

protective order concerning the specific document, seeking to have 

the Court designate it as confidential. That motion shall be filed no 

later than 21 (twenty-one) days after the parties meet and confer as 

discussed earlier in this paragraph. All parties shall continue to 

maintain the material in question as confidential until the court rules 

on the challenge.

(d) If the motion affects a document produced by a non-party, then, with 

respect to the motion, that non-party is entitled to the same notice and 

opportunity to be heard as a party. The party or non-party who 

designated a document as confidential must show that the designation 

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satisfies Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).

7. Handling a Confidential Document after Termination of Litigation.

(a) Within 30 days after the termination of this action (including any 

appeals), each party must return or destroy all confidential 

documents. 

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph 8(a), each attorney may retain a 

copy of any confidential document submitted to the court and 

each attorney may retain records as required by the 

professional rules of conduct for lawyers.

8. Inadvertent Disclosure or Production to a Party of a Protected Document.

(a) Notice.

(1) A party or non-party who discovers that it has inadvertently 

disclosed or produced a protected document must promptly 

notify the receiving party and describe the basis of the claim of 

privilege or protection. If the party or non-party provides such 

notice and description, the privilege or protection is not waived.

(2) A party who discovers that it may have received an 

inadvertently disclosed or produced protected document must 

promptly notify the disclosing or producing party or non-party.

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(b) Handling of Protected Document. A party who is notified or discovers 

that it may have received a protected document must comply with Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(B).

9. Security Precautions and Data Breaches.

(a) Each party must make reasonable efforts to protect the 

confidentiality of any confidential document disclosed or produced 

to that party.

(b) A party who learns of a breach of confidentiality must promptly 

notify the disclosing or producing party of the scope and nature of 

that breach and make reasonable efforts to remedy the breach.

10. Survival of Obligations. The obligations imposed by this protective order 

survive the termination of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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AGREED TO: 

CONSUMER JUSTICE LAW FIRM 

PLC

/s/ Jenna Dakroub

Jenna Dakroub, CA # 350170

8245 N 85th Way

Scottsdale, AZ 85258 

T: (602) 807-1525

F: (718) 715-1750

E: jdakroub@consumerjustiuc.com

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Robert Lee Hunt, Jr.

FISHERBROYLES, LLP 

/s/ Jason A. Spak (as authorized on 1/13/2025) 

Jason A. Spak (admitted pro hac vice) 

6360 Broad Street #5262 

Pittsburgh, PA 15206 

T: (412) 401-2000 

F: (412) 774-2382 

E: jason.spak@fisherbroyles.com

Attorneys for Defendant

ClearStar, Inc. 

Dated: January 16, 2025

__________________________________

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DENNIS M. COTA 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

Robert Lee Hunt, Jr., 

Plaintiff,

v.

ClearStar, Inc. 

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:24-cv-02764-JAM-DMC 

EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING 

I have read and understand the protective order in the case captioned Robert 

Lee Hunt, Jr. v. ClearStar, Inc., Case no. 2:24-cv-02764-JAM-DMC in the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. As soon as my work in 

connection with that action has ended, but not later than 30 days after the termination 

of that action (including any appeals), I will return or destroy any confidential 

document that I received, any copy of or excerpt from a confidential document, and 

any notes or other document that contains information from a confidential document. 

Date: _____________________ ___________________________________ Signature

 ___________________________________

Printed Name

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