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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Auto Negligence

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

STEPHANIE FORMAN, ESQ.; STATE BAR NO.: 195757

ANDREA BREUER, ESQ.; STATE BAR NO.: 161819

THARPE & HOWELL, LLP

15250 Ventura Blvd., Ninth Floor

Sherman Oaks, California 91403

(818) 205-9955; (818) 205-9944 fax

E-Mail: sforman@tharpe-howell.com

E-Mail: abreuer@tharpe-howell.com

Attorneys for Defendant, 

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC 

(Doe 1)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MOHAMMAD DADKHAH 

TEHRANI,

Plaintiff,

V.

DOC MAINTENANCE, INC.; 

LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.; 

LOWES HIW, INC.; AMIGO 

MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL INC.; 

and DOES 1 to 100;

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:24-CV-00484−DJC−JDP

[Sacramento County Superior Court Case 

No. 23CV00 1097]]

[DISCOVERY MATTER] 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Complaint Filed: May 4, 2023

1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, 

proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure 

and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does 

not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the 

protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 

information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 

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legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, 

that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 

information under seal; Civil Local Rule 14179-5 sets forth the procedures that must 

be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from 

the court to file material under seal.

B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(c)(1) states in pertinent part, that the 

Court, upon a showing of good cause may “issue an order to protect a party from 

annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 

26(c)(1). In the instant matter, Defendant Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC’s Confidential 

Documents contain proprietary and confidential trade secret information relating to 

Defendant Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC’s business practices, policies and procedures, 

its safety protocol, and information about its video surveillance system. Defendant 

Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC. (“Lowe’s”) derives independent economic value from 

maintaining the confidentiality of the policies and procedures set forth in these 

Confidential Documents. 

Defendant Amigo Mobility International, Inc.’s Confidential Documents 

contain proprietary and confidential trade secret information relating to Amigo 

Mobility International’s business practices, design and manufacturing practices, 

research and product development, product engineering including drawings and other 

materials, sales, distribution and customer data, policies and procedures related to 

product design, manufacture and testing. Defendant Amigo Mobility International, 

Inc. derives independent economic value from maintaining the confidentiality of the 

information set forth in these Confidential Documents.

Lowe’s is a retailer in the home improvement industry and has conducted 

business in California since 1998. The home improvement retail industry is very 

competitive. As a result of years of investing time and money in research and 

investigation, Lowe’s developed the policies contained in the Confidential Documents 

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for the purposes of maintaining the security of its facilities, providing quality customer 

service, and ensuring the safety of its employees, customers, and other invitees. These 

policies and procedures, as memorialized in the Confidential Documents, were created 

and generated by Lowe’s for Lowe’s, and are used for the purposes of maintaining 

safety at its stores and creating efficient and organized work environments for its 

employees. As a result, Lowe’s is able to minimize the waste of any resources, which 

is a key factor in generating profitability for its business.

Defendant Amigo Mobility International, Inc. (“Amigo”) is a family-owned 

product manufacturer that has been in business designing and manufacturing mobility 

scooters and motorized shopping carts since 1968 and has conducted business in 

California for many years. The mobility scooter and cart industry is highly 

competitive, particularly in the retail and grocery industry. Amigo supplies national 

retailers and retail chains with its products and works with its customers to sometimes 

develop and manufacture custom motorized cart designs. As a result of years of 

investing time and money in research, investigation and development, Amigo 

developed products, designs and policies contained in the Confidential Documents for 

the purposes of securing its customer base, staying competitive in the motorized cart 

industry, providing safe and quality products and service, and ensuring the safe use of 

its products. These products, designs, and policies, as memorialized in the Confidential 

Documents, were created and generated by Amigo for Amigo, and are used for 

purposes of designing and manufacturing products that meet industry standards, the 

needs of its customers and the needs of the mobility challenged. As a result, Amigo is 

able to minimize the waste of resources, which is a key factor in generating 

profitability for its business.

Lowe’s derives economic value from maintaining the secrecy of its Confidential 

Documents. If disclosed to the public, the trade secret information contained in 

Defendant’s Confidential Documents would reveal the internal operations of Lowe’s 

and could potentially be used by competitors as a means to compete for its customers, 

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interfere with its business plans and thereby gain unfair business advantages. If the

safety protocol of Lowe’s were revealed to the general public, it would hinder the

ability of Lowe’s to effectively resolve and minimize liability claims, and its goal of 

protecting its customers and employees from theft and other crimes. Unrestricted or 

unprotected disclosure of such information would result in prejudice or harm to 

Lowe’s by revealing its competitive confidential information, which has been 

developed at the expense of Lowe’s and which represents valuable tangible and 

intangible assets. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully submit that there is good cause for the 

entry of this Protective Order. 

2. DEFINITIONS 

2.1 Action: Mohammad Dadkhah Tehrani v Doc Maintenance, Inc., et al., 

Case No.: 2:24-CV-00484−DJC−JDP.

2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation 

of information or items under this Order. 

2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 

how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause 

Statement. 

2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their 

support staff). 

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 

items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 

the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 

among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 

generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 

an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 

2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 

House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 

counsel.

2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or

other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 

2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 

party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and 

have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm 

which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 

2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their

support staffs). 

2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

Discovery Material in this Action. 

2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 

services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 

demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and 

their employees and subcontractors. 

2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 

from a Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 

Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from 

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Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected 

Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their 

Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial 

judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise 

in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be 

the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with or without 

prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all 

appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits 

for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant 

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.

Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 

this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 

qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 

protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 

communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items, 

or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 

within the ambit of this Order. 

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 

that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose 

(e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party 

to sanctions. 

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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 

designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 

promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 

this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 

stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 

under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 

produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic

documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 

proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that 

contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page 

qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected 

portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 

which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before 

the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 

copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or 

portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the 

specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” 

to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the 

material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly 

identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

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(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify 

the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition 

all protected testimony. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 

any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 

exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants 

protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 

portion(s). 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 

failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the 

Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon 

timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts 

to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 

designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling 

Order. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 

resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq. 

6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on 

the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose 

(e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 

expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived 

or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the 

material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing 

Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 

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7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 

Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such 

Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 

conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving 

Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 

location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 

authorized under this Order. 

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 

otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 

Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 

only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as 

well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably 

necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of 

the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff; 

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 

Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 

(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in

the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing 

party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they 

will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed 

by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition 

testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately 

bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 

under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 

mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 

IN OTHER LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 

that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 

shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order 

to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena 

or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 

this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 

the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 

the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action 

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as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena 

or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The 

Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court 

of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful 

directive from another court. 

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 

PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 

produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies 

and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce 

a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an 

agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential 

information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 

that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement 

with a Non-Party; 

(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 

specific description of the information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the 

Non-Party, if requested. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 

produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. 

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If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce 

any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality 

agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court 

order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 

protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 

Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 

writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 

to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 

persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, 

and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 

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

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), insofar as the 

parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 

information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 

parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to 

the court. 

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12. MISCELLANEOUS 

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 

person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 

Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 

disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this 

Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 

ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 

Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 14179-5. Protected Material 

may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 

specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material under 

seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the 

public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 

days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return 

all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 

subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 

summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party 

must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person 

or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by 

category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed 

and (2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an 

archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 

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legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, 

attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials 

contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute 

Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 

(DURATION). 

14. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 

measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 

sanctions. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD:

Dated: November 15, 2024 MESRIANI LAW GROUP

 /s/Sanaz Imani

By: 

RODNEY MESRIANI

SANAZ IMANI

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MOHAMMAD DADKHAH 

TEHRANI

Dated: November 15, 2024 LIVINGSTON LAW FIRM

 /s/Renee Welze Livingston

By: ______________________________

RENEE WELZE LIVINGSTON

 Attorneys for Defendant,

AMIGO MOBILITY 

INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD:

Dated: November 15, 2024 THARPE & HOWELL, LLP

 /s/ Andrea Breuer

By: 

STEPHANIE FORMAN 

 ANDREA BREUER

Attorneys for Defendant,

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC 

 (Doe 1)

Dated: November 15, 2024 SANDHU PERRINE LAW 

GROUP

 /s/Justin D. McManus

By: _______________________________

SUMAIR S. SANDU 

JUSTIN D. McMANUS

Attorneys for Defendant,

DOC MAINTENANCE, INC.

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(h)(3), Andrea Breuer, the filer of this document, attests 

that all other signatories listed above, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, 

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

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 19, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, ____________________________________________, [print or type full 

name] of ______________________________________________, [print or type full 

address] declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand 

the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California on ________________ [date] in the case of 

Mohammad Dadkhah Tehrani v Doc Maintenance, Inc., et al., Case No.: 2:24-CV00484−DJC−JDP, I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 

comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 

solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that 

is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 

compliance with the provisions of this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after 

termination of this action. I hereby appoint ____________________________ [print 

or type full name] of ___________________________________________________ 

[print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service 

of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement 

of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: _______________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: ________________________________

Printed Name: __________________________________________

Signature: _____________________________________________

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