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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER

CASE NO. 2:13-CV-01284-KJM-CKD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAJUANA MILTON; et al

vs.

REGENCY PARK APARTMENTS, et al

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:13-CV-01284-KJM-CKD

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING PRODUCTION OF 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

 

Plaintiffs Tajuana Milton and her minor children bring this lawsuit against Defendants

Regency Park Apartments, Jay Carmac Associates, Joseph A Camacho, Joseph A. Camacho as 

trustee of the JA-LL Camacho Family Trust dated November 1, 2001, Roy A Remedios, Beatrice 

Remedios, Roy A Remedios and Beatrice F. Remedios as trustees of the Remedios Family Trust 

dated December 7, 1997, Linda Catalli, Susan Arnoldi, Maria Hankins, and Philip Catalli. 

Plaintiffs and their counsel have requested information and documents from said Defendants 

which include private financial information and private and personal information of other people 

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who are not named parties in this action. In an effort to make the information available to 

Plaintiff and their counsel but maintain the confidential nature of this information, the parties 

have met and conferred and agreed to enter into this Protective Order governing the use and 

disclosure of the private information.

1. Applicability. This Order shall apply to all documents and deposition testimony 

that are disclosed in connection with discovery proceedings in this action, and any informal 

exchange of information among the parties, which are designated “Confidential Information” 

pursuant to this Order.

2. Designation of Confidential Information. A party may, in good faith, designate 

as “Confidential Information” in the manner described below information produced or disclosed 

by the party during discovery in this action. Such designation of information to be “Confidential” 

shall be used only for protection of private information regarding third parties and private 

information regarding the Defendants.

3. Method of Designation. Each page of any document produced or other such 

discovery materials that are to be designated as Confidential Information by the party shall be 

stamped or have conspicuously handwritten in ink: “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION.” To the extent any information is provided in an electronic format, the disk or 

CD-ROM can be labeled as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.” 

Testimony taken at a deposition may be designated as confidential by making a statement to that 

effect on the record at the deposition or by subsequently notifying opposing counsel that a party 

has designated certain testimony to contain Confidential Information. If notification is made at 

the deposition arrangements may be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing such 

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

confidential, and to label such portions appropriately. Should the party inadvertently omit to 

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stamp any document or designate any portion of a deposition “Confidential,” it will promptly 

notify the opposing counsel, who shall so mark any such documents and/or testimony and 

thereafter treat such as confidential pursuant to this agreement.

4. Limited Use and Disclosure of Confidential Information. All Confidential 

Information revealed in this lawsuit shall be used solely for the preparation, trial, and appeal of 

this case and shall not be used by any person (except by the producing party) for any other 

purpose, including, but not limited to, any business or competitive purpose, and shall not be used 

or disclosed in this action except as provided for in this Order or other court process or Court 

order. Subject to the limitations on usage set forth below, the parties agree that Confidential 

Information shall not be used, disclosed, or otherwise communicated to anyone, except: 

a. To a party; 

b. To counsel of record for a party and paralegals or other legal assistants employed 

by such counsel and reasonably necessary to assist counsel;

c. To the Court, the jury, and such other court personnel as must necessarily be 

presented with the Confidential Information in order to carry out their official functions in 

connection with this litigation; and

d. To Qualified Persons. “Qualified Persons” shall include:

i. legitimate, independent (outside) experts or consultants (together with their 

clerical staff) whether ultimately retained or not by counsel to assist with the preparation for 

depositions, expert examination and/or preparation for any proceedings in this case, any related 

proceedings for which the Confidential Medical Information is relevant, and for trial of this 

action;

ii. court reporter(s) employed in this action;

iii. a potential witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action who 

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reasonably needs to review the confidential materials; and

All persons to whom Confidential Information is disclosed shall be advised of this 

stipulated Order and shall agree to be bound by it. Prior to receiving any Confidential 

Information, each Qualified Person shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute 

a Nondisclosure Agreement in the form of Exhibit “A.” 

5. Additional Use and Disclosure of Confidential Information. If counsel for 

either party determines that the prosecution or defense of this action wherein the Confidential 

Information is relevant and requires that Confidential Information be disclosed to persons not 

otherwise authorized by this Order, counsel shall provide written notice via facsimile to opposing 

counsel of the intended disclosure (which notice shall specify with particularity the information to 

be disclosed and the name, title and employer of the otherwise unauthorized person) not less than 

seven (7) court days prior to disclosure, or such shorter period as is agreeable to counsel. If, 

within four (4) court days of receipt of such notice, counsel objects to such disclosure in a writing 

sent via facsimile to opposing counsel, the Confidential Information shall not be disclosed unless 

the Court so orders. 

6. Court Filings. No items containing designated “Confidential” pursuant to this 

Protective Order shall be filed by any Party hereto unless under seal in compliance with Local 

Rule 141. 

7. Use of Confidential Information at Trial. Nothing in this Order shall govern the 

procedures at trial unless otherwise ordered by the Court. 

8. Authorized Disclosures. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure beyond the 

terms of this Order if Court orders such disclosure after reasonable notice and hearing.

9. No Waiver of Other Objections. Each party shall retain the right to oppose 

disclosure or production of any information sought in discovery on any additional grounds 

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outside the provisions of this Order. Entering into, agreeing to and/or complying with the terms of 

this Order shall not:

a. prejudice in any way the right of any party to object to the production of 

documents or information it considers not subject to discovery or to seek a Court determination 

whether any particular such designated document or information should be produced;

b. prejudice in any way the right of any party to apply to the Court to rescind 

or modify the terms of this Order or to move the Court for a further protective order; 

c. prejudice in any way the right of any party to use, or object to the use of, 

any Confidential Information at any hearing or at trial; 

d. affect the obligations of any party or person to comply with the terms of 

any compulsory process; or 

e. be construed as a waiver by either party of any discovery objection, except 

those privacy right objections this Protective Order seeks to address as set forth in Provision 1 

herein above.

10. Applications for Relief or for Additional Protection. Upon application to this 

Court in writing, with notice to all counsel of record, any party may: (i) seek additional protection 

for any information and/or document; (ii) object to the applicability of this Order to any 

information, and/or document produced by a party and designated as Confidential Information; or 

(iii) seek a modification of, or other specific relief from, any provision of this Order. In the event 

that any party to this litigation disagrees at any stage of these proceedings with a “Confidential” 

designation or the designation of any person as a Qualified Person under Paragraph 4 above, the 

objecting party shall notify the designating party of such objection. The parties shall first try to 

resolve such disputes in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the 

party designating the document or other information as “Confidential” shall then file an 

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appropriate motion with the Court within ten days of such notification of the objection. If the 

designating party files such a timely motion, the document shall be treated as “Confidential” 

pending the hearing and ruling on the motion. If the hearing date for such motion is too far in the 

future so as to impact pending discovery or other litigation matters, the either party may seek 

expedited relief. 

11. Responsibility for Unauthorized Use or Disclosure. If counsel discloses 

Confidential Information to any Qualified Person under this Order, counsel shall have the duty to

ensure that such person is given a copy of this Order prior to the release of the Confidential 

Information. If, however, Confidential Information is disclosed to any person other than a person 

authorized by this Protective Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure must 

immediately bring all pertinent facts, except those facts subject to Attorney-Client and/or 

Attorney Work Product Doctrine Privilege, 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.

12. Failure to Label Information as Confidential. Given the limited nature of this 

Order and the ready identification of the protected information, the failure to label information as 

“Confidential” shall not be deemed a waiver of the privacy. The designating party may give 

written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing produced is deemed Confidential 

Information, and that the document or thing produced should be treated as such in accordance 

with that designation under this Protective Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. Counsel for the parties 

shall agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced 

materials as “CONFIDENTIAL”.

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13. No Waiver of Privilege. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any 

document or information that it believes is immune from discovery pursuant to an attorney-client 

privilege, the work product privilege, or any other privilege, such production shall not be deemed 

a waiver of any privilege, and the producing party may give written notice to the receiving party 

that the document or information produced is deemed privileged and that return of the document 

or information is requested. Upon receipt of such notice, the receiving party shall immediately 

gather the original and all copies of the document or information of which the receiving party is 

aware, and shall immediately return the original and all such copies to the producing party. 

Nothing stated herein shall preclude a party from challenging an assertion by the other party of 

privilege or confidentiality. 

14. Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Objections. Nothing herein shall 

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. 

15. Advice to Clients. Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar counsel from 

rendering advice to their clients with respect to this Action and, in the course thereof, relying 

upon any information designated as Confidential Information.

16. Ultimate Disposition of Confidential Information. Within forty-five (45) days 

after the conclusion of this litigation whether by settlement, satisfaction of judgment, verdict, 

appeal, or otherwise, all Confidential Information produced by a party and all reproductions, 

evidentiary summaries, and extracts of same, excluding attorney work product, shall be destroyed 

by the receiving party. Thereafter, no confidential data or information gleaned or obtained from 

any such document or materials may be disclosed by anyone bound by this Order, including 

Plaintiff and Defendants or their agents and representatives, to any third party for any purpose 

whatsoever except as may otherwise be permitted hereunder.

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17. Documents Produced by Third Parties Pursuant to Subpoena. In addition to 

the aforementioned provisions of this Order, which apply to documents produced by a party to 

this matter, the parties hereby agree that documents produced by any third party pursuant to a 

subpoena served on it by any party to this matter, may be designated “Confidential” under this 

Order and subject to its provisions only by written agreement or pursuant to further Order of the 

Court.

18. Survival. The terms of this Order shall survive the final termination of this 

action and shall be binding on the parties thereafter to the extent that, except as a direct result of 

this litigation, the information contained in the Confidential Information produced is not or does 

not become disclosed to those not authorized by statute to receive the Confidential Information, 

and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information 

disclosed hereunder.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: May 20, 2014 ROBINSON BRADFORD 

By: _____________________________

 Matthew C. Bradford, Esq.

Attorney for Defendants 

DATED: Law Offices of Stuart Fagan

By: _____________________________

Stuart E. Fagan

Attorney for Plaintiff 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2014

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAJUANA MILTON; et al

vs.

REGENCY PARK APARTMENTS, et al

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:13-CV-01284-KJM-CKD

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

 

I, _____________________________, declare:

1. I am employed as ________________________________ by 

______________________________________________________________.

2. I have read the protective order entered in Milton v. Regency Park 

Apartments, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:13-

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CV-01284-KJM-CKD and have received a copy of the Protective Order.

3. 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.

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

information with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 11, 13 and 14 of the 

Protective Order, respectively.

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

the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California with 

respect to enforcement of the Protective Order.

6. 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 under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct.

Date: ____________________________ ____________________________________

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PROOF OF SERVICE

PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, certify and declare as follows: I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to this 

action. My business address is ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP, 3255 W. March Lane, Suite 230, Stockton, 

California 95219, which is located in San Joaquin County where the mailing and/or delivery below took place.

On May 20, 2014, I served the following document(s): ________________________ in the above-referenced 

case, by placing a true copy thereof, enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed and served as follows:

BY PERSONALLY DEPOSITING THE MAIL: On the date specified above, I deposited in the mail at the 

place specified above a copy of the document described above in a sealed envelope, with postage fully 

prepaid addressed to the individuals and/or to the offices of the addressee(s) below.

X BY BUSINESS PRACTICE TO ENTRUST DEPOSIT TO OTHERS: I am readily familiar with the 

business practice at my place of business for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with 

the United States Postal Service. Correspondence so collected and processed is deposited with the United 

States Postal Service that same day in the ordinary course of business. On the date specified below, at my 

place of business at Stockton, California, a copy of the document described above was placed for deposit in 

the United States Postal Service mailbox in a sealed envelope, with postage fully prepaid addressed to the 

individuals and/or to the offices of the addressee(s) below, and that envelope was placed for collection and 

mailing on that date following ordinary business practice.

BY EXPRESS SERVICE CARRIER: On the date specified below, I deposited in a box or other facility 

regularly maintained by Federal Express, United Parcel Service or other express service carrier, or 

delivered to a courier or driver authorized by said express service carrier to receive documents, a copy of 

the document mentioned above, in an envelope designed by the said express service carrier, with delivery 

fees paid or provided for addressed to the individuals and/or to the offices of the addressee(s) below.

BY PERSONAL SERVICE: On the date specified below, I caused such envelope to be delivered by hand 

addressed to the individuals and/or to the offices of the addressee(s) below.

BY FAX TRANSMISSION: On the date specified below, I transmitted from a facsimile transmission 

machine the documents described above addressed to the individuals and/or to the offices of the 

addressee(s) below. The above-described transmission was reported as complete without error by a 

transmission issued by the facsimile transmission machine upon which the said transmission was 

immediately following the transmission to the individuals and/or to the offices of the addressee(s) below.

Lee H. Durst, Esq. 

The Durst Firm 

16027 Brookhurst Street, I-304

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Telephone: (949) 400-5068

Facsimile : (714) 242-2096

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Kulvir Singh Mehroke, Bhajan 

Singh and Kamboj LLC 

I certify and declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is 

true and correct.

Executed on May 20, 2014, at Stockton, California.

___________________________________________

NANCY C. AMEZCUA 

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