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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 W. FIFTH ST. 

FORTY-SEVENTH FLOOR 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 

(213) 680-2800 

Steven H. Weinstein (086724) 

Spencer Y. Kook (205304) 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, 47th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 680-2800 

Facsimile: (213) 614-7399 

Attorneys for Defendant 

The Connecticut Indemnity Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LION RAISINS, INC., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

THE CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY 

COMPANY, a subsidiary of ROYAL & SUN 

ALLIANCE, AND DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO.: 1: 03 CV 6744 OWW DLB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER and PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING DISCOVERY AND USE OF 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Plaintiff Lion Raisins, Inc. and Defendant Connecticut Indemnity Company (“CIC”) 

(collectively the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the following 

protective order regarding certain documents and information to be produced by the Parties in the 

above captioned matter: 

1. Documents, materials, or other information obtained through or in connection with 

the court of discovery in this action, including, but not limited to, documents, materials and 

information provided in response to inspection demand or subpoena, deposition, interrogatory, or 

request for admission (“discovery documents and information), whether produced by a party or by a 

third party witness, may be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this stipulation and 

protective order at the election of any party to this action and/or by the person or entity producing 

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discovery documents and information. The party electing to designate discovery documents and 

information as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall do so in writing. 

2. Information or material may be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this 

stipulation and protective order by the person or entity producing it if (a) the information is 

produced pursuant to a formal or informal discovery request or otherwise pursuant to the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure; and (b) the producing party believes in good faith that such material 

contains trade secrets or confidential scientific, technical, financial, commercial or proprietary 

information and that such information is commercially sensitive, or private personal information of 

individuals, such as social security numbers, account information or medical information. 

3. This stipulation and protective order applies only to documents or other information 

obtained through the course of discovery. 

4. Deposition testimony shall be included in discovery documents and information and 

subject to this protective order upon the following conditions: 

(i) During a deposition, any party may unilaterally designate portions of a deposition 

transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL” provided such designation is also formally made by letter within 

ten (10) days from the date on which the designating party actually receives a copy of the deposition 

transcript; 

(ii) Any discovery documents and information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” that is 

identified as an Exhibit in connection with deposition testimony concerning the documents and 

information shall also be so considered and shall be subject to the terms of this stipulation and 

protective order. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference or hearing shall be designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” by making a statement to that effect on the records at the deposition or other 

proceeding. Arrangements shall be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing such 

proceeding to separately bind such portions of the transcript containing information designated as 

confidential, and to label such portions appropriately. 

5. The discovery documents and information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall 

not be used for any purposes other than this specific lawsuit and may be disclosed only as follows: 

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(i) Discovery documents and information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” may be 

disclosed only to the Court (as set forth below in paragraph 7) or to “qualified persons” who have 

agreed in writing to be bound by this Protective Order in the form of an executed Declaration of 

Compliance, attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” Qualified persons are defined as (1) all individual 

parties and counsel (including contract attorneys, in-house counsel, etc.) for individual parties to 

this action and the officers, directors, members, employees, and attorneys representing corporate 

parties to this action who need to review the material to assist with that party’s defense or 

prosecution of its case (2) prospective witnesses; and (3) non-party consultants and experts. 

(ii) Copies and extracts may be made by or for the foregoing qualified persons, provided 

that all copies and extracts are appropriately marked as set forth below in paragraph 5(vi). All 

copies and extracts of discovery documents and information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” are 

subject to the terms of this stipulation and protective order. 

(iii) A person with custody of discovery documents and information designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall maintain it and all information and material derived from it in a manner 

that limits access only to those qualified persons identified above in paragraph 5(i). 

(iv) The designation of any document as “CONFIDENTIAL shall not preclude any party 

from showing the document to any person who appears as an author, addressee or recipient on the 

face of the document. Disclosure of a document designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” to an author, 

addressee, or recipient of the document shall not change the confidential status of discovery 

documents and information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” and shall not be deemed a waiver of 

privileges asserted on the ground that the discovery documents and information are confidential, 

private and/or proprietary. 

(v) Prior to disclosing documents as discussed in paragraphs 5(i) through 5(iv), counsel 

disclosing the information will ensure that the qualified person to whom the documents are to be 

disclosed has understood and executed the Declaration of Compliance, attached hereto as Exhibit 

“A.” Declarations of Compliance shall be maintained by the party who obtained them. Copies of 

the Declarations of Compliance shall be provided to the designating party (1) at the final 

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termination of the litigation, or (2) in the event of a dispute pertaining to the disclosure of discovery 

documents and information designated “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

(vi) When a party is producing discovery documents and information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” the party shall ensure that all of the designated material is marked as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” by placing the word “CONFIDENTIAL” on each page of the document. 

6. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, this order shall be without prejudice to the 

right of any party to challenge the propriety of discovery on other grounds, or to other discovery on 

any grounds, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver of any objection which 

might be raised as to the admissibility at trial of any evidentiary material. The parties have not by 

entering into this stipulation and protective order conceded that any of the asserted objections raised 

by the other are meritorious, and each retains its right to assert all legal arguments to contest the 

propriety of any and all objections and withholding of documents and information responsive to 

further discovery requests. The parties reserve all rights to apply to the Court for an order 

modifying this order or seeking further protection. 

7. Counsel who seek to file with the Court any of the discovery documents and 

information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” in the form of a document, admission, interrogatory, 

answer, deposition transcript, pleading or other records tangible item shall ask the Court to direct 

that the discovery information be filed under seal, specifically marked as “CONFIDENTIAL” 

subject to this stipulation and protective order, and kept in a safe and secure place and not in files 

open to public inspection. The parties agree that the employees of the Court or the Clerk’s office 

have no duty to the parties to maintain the confidentiality of any information in any papers filed 

with the Court. 

8. Any party may object to the designation of discovery documents and information 

and deposition testimony (including deposition transcripts and/or deposition exhibits) as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” provided the objection is made in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of the 

written designation. Should a written objection to the designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” be served 

within the above-referenced time period, disclosure may be made only on such terms as the Court 

may order. The party objecting to designating discovery documents and information and deposition 

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testimony as “CONFIDENTIAL” has the burden of filing a motion with the Court no later than 

thirty (30) days after service of the written objection. The discovery documents and information 

and deposition testimony designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” will be subject to the terms of this 

protective order unless the appropriate motion is filed within the thirty (30) day time period, and 

continue as such until and unless a Court order to the contrary. The discovery documents and 

information and deposition testimony will be considered confidential from the time the original 

designation is made until otherwise ordered by the Court. 

9. The failure of any party to designate a document or documents as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall not relieve any other party from the obligation to limit its use of 

documents obtained through discovery to legitimate litigation related use. 

10. This stipulation and protective order may be modified by further order of this Court 

or by counsel for the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, provided that such agreement be 

memorialized in the form of a written signed stipulation that shall be filed with the Clerk and made 

a part of the record in this case. 

11. This stipulation and protective order shall survive the final termination of this action, 

to the extent that any discovery documents and information is not or does not be come known to the 

public. On final disposition of this action, counsel for any party shall promptly return all original 

documents and information covered by this stipulation and protective order to counsel for the party 

from whom it was received, and shall destroy all copies, transcripts, notes and extracts containing 

discovery documents and information except those marked as exhibits during trial. 

12. This protective order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of 

documents and information between the parties to this action without involving the Court 

unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this protective order nor any proceedings pursuant to this 

protective order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by any party or of 

altering the confidentiality or nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering 

any existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof. 

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13. Counsel for the parties hereby warrant that they have their respective client’s 

authority to execute this stipulation and protective order on the client’s behalf and to bind the client 

and parties to this protective order. 

14. Obligations imposed by this stipulation and protective order shall not be 

extinguished by the dismissal or other disposition of the case. 

15. This stipulation and protective order may be executed in multiple counterparts, each 

of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute on agreement to be effective 

on the date signed by all parties. 

16. This stipulation and protective order is binding on the parties hereto and their 

counsel as of the date of execution whether or not entered as an order by the Court, and a violation 

therefore shall be punishable as is any court order. 

Dated: November __, 2005 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

By: /s/ Spencer Y. Kook, Esq. 

STEVEN H. WEINSTEIN 

GREGORY O. EISENREICH 

SPENCER Y. KOOK 

Attorneys for Defendant The Connecticut 

Indemnity Company 

Dated: November__, 2005 WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI 

LLP 

By: /s/ Alyson A. Berg, Esq. 

JAMES H. WILKINS 

ALYSON A. BERG 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lion Raisins, Inc. 

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ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 15, 2005 ________/s/ Dennis L. Beck______________________ Honorable Dennis L. Beck 

 Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court 

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EXHIBIT “A”

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND ORDERS PURSUANT THERETO

I, __________________________, of __________________________________, in 

order to be provided access to discovery documents and information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” which are the subject of the protective order in a lawsuit entitled “Lion 

Raisins, Inc. v. Connecticut Indemnity Company,” Case No. CIV-F-03-6744 OWW DLB pending in 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, (the “Action”) represent and 

agree as follows: 

1. I have been provided with a copy of the Order and have reviewed and am familiar 

with its terms. 

2. With regard to the discovery documents and information designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” to which I am given access in connection with the Action, I agree to be bound 

by the provisions of the Order as of this date. I specifically agree that, unless I am the attorney of 

record representing a party to this Action, I shall not make copies nor authorize anyone to make 

copies of the discovery documents and information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” and that I will 

promptly return all copies of such material to the person from whom I received them upon request 

by that person. 

3. I consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over me by the Court with respect to the 

Order. 

Signed:__________________________ 

Name:____________________________ 

Dated:___________________________ 

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