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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Civil Enforcement of Employee Benefits

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID SHORT, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CALIFORNIA COAST CREDIT 

UNION HEALTH & WELFARE 

PLAN et al.

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 19-CV-418-GPC-WVG

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

[Doc. No. 16.] 

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 

(“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for 

competitive reasons and for privacy reasons, kept confidential by the parties. The 

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

this action. 

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

the parties may contain confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing, or 

other commercial information, as well as information protected by the Health 

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and state privacy statutes, as is 

contemplated by Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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

much as practical during the litigation. THEREFORE: 

DEFINITIONS

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 admission, 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. 

The term “materials” will include, but is not limited to: documents, 

correspondence, electronically stored information (emails, texts, posts on social 

media), memoranda, bulletins, blueprints, specifications, customer lists or other 

material that identifies customers or potential customers, patients, diagnosis, 

prognosis, treatment, patient demographics, price lists or schedules or other matter 

identifying pricing, minutes, telegrams, letters, statements, cancelled checks, 

contracts, insurance policies, insurance benefit books, insurance benefit summaries, 

explanations of benefits (EOBs), invoices, drafts, books of account, worksheets, 

notes of 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. 

The term “counsel” will mean counsel of record, and other attorneys, 

paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed by Duckor Spradling 

Metzger & Wynne, Kantor & Kantor LLP, and in-house counsel for the Parties. 

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GENERAL RULES 

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.” 

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 or infringe 

upon the privacy rights and HIPAA protection of patients. 

In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no 

marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. 

For purposes of the initial inspection, all materials produced will be considered as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” and must be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. 

Thereafter, upon selection of specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, 

the producing party must, within a reasonable time prior to producing those materials 

to the inspecting party, mark the copies of those materials that contain Confidential 

Information with the appropriate confidentiality marking. 

Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of 

Confidential Information of any party: 

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; [A] party will have until 14 days after 

receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the 

action of the portions of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL”; 

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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 9 below; and 

The originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the 

deposition must bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” as appropriate, and the 

original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing must be presented 

under provisional seal with a request that the document be sealed, and 

identified as being subject to this Order with all non-relevant HIPAA protected 

information redacted, and protected from being opened except by order of this 

Court. 

No document shall be filed under seal unless counsel secures a court order 

allowing the filing of a document under seal. An application to file a document under 

seal shall be served on opposing counsel, and on the person or entity that has custody 

and control of the document, if different from opposing counsel. If opposing counsel, 

or the person or entity who has custody and control of the document, wishes to oppose 

the application, he/she must contact the chambers of the judge who will rule on the 

application to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition to the application will be filed. 

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. 

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), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided 

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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 decisions regarding 

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 

c. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the 

individuals identified above. 

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. 

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 for so long as is necessary 

for their participation in this litigation. 

Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admission, deposition transcripts, or other documents that 

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. 

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. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the 

parties within seven days of receipt of such a notice of objections, the objecting party 

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may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The materials at issue must be 

treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the designating party, until the 

Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 

At any stage of these proceedings, any party may challenge the lack of 

designation of materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to the lack 

of confidential designation must notify, in writing, counsel for the party failing to 

designate the materials and the grounds for the objection. If the dispute is not resolved 

consensually between the parties within seven days of receipt of such a notice of 

objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The 

materials at issue must be treated as Confidential Information until the Court has 

ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 

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. 

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. 

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 

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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.”

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. 

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 other than as provided pursuant to the terms of this Order. 

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. 

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. 

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 machine-readable 

media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may 

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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. 

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. 

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

discussions of any Confidential Information with any third person if that third person 

already has or obtains legitimate possession of that information. 

Transmission by facsimile or email is acceptable for all notification purposes 

within this Order. 

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

approval by the Court. 

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 respectfully request 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 a revised order. 

DATED: May 2, 2019 

 

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Attachment A

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID SHORT, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CALIFORNIA COAST CREDIT 

UNION HEALTH & WELFARE 

PLAN et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 19-CV-418-GPC-WVG

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTRIVE ORDER 

I, , declare and say that: 

1. I am employed as 

by . 

I have read the Protective Order entered in David Short v. California Coast 

Credit Union Health & Welfare Plan et al., Case No. 19-CV-418-GPC-WVG, and 

have received a copy of the Protective Order. 

I promise that I will use any and all “CONFIDENTIAL” information, as 

defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner authorized by the 

Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter. 

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I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such “CONFIDENTIAL” 

information with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 8, and 9 

of the Protective Order. 

I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California 

with respect to enforcement of the Protective Order. 

I understand that any disclosure or use of “CONFIDENTIAL” information in 

any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may subject me to 

sanctions for contempt of court. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Date: ______________________________ 

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 Print Name: 

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