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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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ROMAN M. SILBERFELD, Bar No. 62783 

rmsilberfeld@rkmc.com 

DAVID MARTINEZ, Bar No. 193183 

martd@rkmc.com 

BENJAMIN M. WEISS, Bar No. 223163 

bmweiss@rkmc.com 

HASSAN A. ALLEN, Bar No. 241446 

haallen@rkmc.com 

REBECKA M. BIEJO, Bar No. 240504 

rmbiejo@rkmc.com 

ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3211 

Telephone: (310) 552-0130 

Facsimile: (310) 229-5800 

GEORGE A. STOHNER, Bar No. 214508 

gstohner@morganlewis.com 

MELINDA S. RIECHERT, Bar No. 65504 

mriechert@morganlewis.com 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

300 Grand South Avenue, Suite 2200 

Los Angeles, CA 90069 

Telephone: (213) 612-1015 

Facsimile: (213) 612-2501 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

BEST BUY STORES, L.P. (erroneously sued as 

BEST BUY CO., INC.) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND DIVISION 

JASMEN HOLLOWAY, AMY GARCIA, 

CHERYL CHAPPEL, MUEMBO 

MUANZA, MAURICE CALHOUN, and 

NICHOLAS DIXON, on behalf of 

themselves and all other similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BEST BUY CO., INC., 

Defendant. 

No. C 05-05056 PJH 

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The parties’ participation in pretrial discovery may require the disclosure of certain 

documents and testimony which contain or concern confidential, proprietary or financially 

sensitive information, or information which one or more of the parties are legally required to 

maintain as confidential or required to maintain as confidential pursuant to agreement with third 

parties. The parties wish to provide for the delivery of such information in a manner that will 

protect its confidentiality and limit its dissemination to others. The parties hereby stipulate to and 

petition this 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 extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled 

under the applicable legal principles to treatment as confidential. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED TO BY THE PARTIES AND ORDERED THAT the 

following provisions shall govern the handling and disclosure of testimony, arguments, filings, 

documents, things and information obtained, generated or produced by any party to these 

proceedings, or by third parties: 

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Confidential Information: means any confidential, sensitive, or proprietary 

information, including trade secrets, financial information, and personnel information that is 

legally protected under standards developed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) and not publicly 

available. Confidential Information may be included, without limitation, in the following: exhibits 

and testimony taken at deposition, affidavits or declarations; correspondence; answers to 

interrogatories; documents and tangible things produced by a party or person (whether produced 

pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, subpoena, or otherwise); responses 

to requests for admission; and briefs that may quote, summarize, or contain Confidential 

Information. Reports of statistical experts that rely upon Confidential Information which is 

confidential solely because it contains personnel information relating to individual employees, but 

that do not reveal the individual personnel Confidential Information, are not deemed to contain 

Confidential Information based on the aggregation of individual personnel information alone. 

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1.2 “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Information or Items: means 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information” whose disclosure to another Party or non-party 

would create a substantial risk of serious injury that could not be avoided by less restrictive 

means. 

1.3 Document: the term “document” shall have the most comprehensive and inclusive 

meaning ascribed to it by Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or Rule 1001 of the 

Federal Rules of Evidence, and includes without limitation any written, recorded, electronically 

stored, or graphic material. 

1.4 Producing Party: means a party or non-party that produces documents, 

information or other materials in connection with this litigation. 

1.5 Receiving Party: means a party in this litigation (or counsel thereto and their 

agents) who obtains Confidential Information pursuant to paragraph 1.1 of this Order from a 

Producing Party. 

1.6 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. This definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in 

connection with this litigation. 

1.7 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping; translating; preparing exhibits or demonstrations; organizing, 

storing, retrieving, data in any form or medium; etc.) and their employees and subcontractors. 

1.8 Legend: means a large, bold stamp or similar insignia stating either “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulated Protective Order cover not only Confidential 

Information, but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies, 

excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by 

parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings that might reveal Confidential Information. 

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3. DESIGNATION

3.1 Exercise of Good Faith and Care in Designating Confidential Information. Any 

party to this action may designate information or documents “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” or “Confidential” in the reasonable exercise of that party’s discretion and upon a 

good faith belief that such materials may reasonably be considered Confidential or Highly 

Confidential Information, provided, however, that by agreeing to this Stipulated Protective Order, 

no party waives the right to challenge any other party’s designation. 

A Designating Party must take care to 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 or retard the case development process, or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties), expose the Producing Party to sanctions. If it comes to a 

party’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection under this Order do not 

qualify for protection at all, or do not qualify for the level of protection initially asserted, that 

party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

3.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. 

(a) Designation of Documents or Filings. To designate Confidential 

Information in documentary form, the designating party shall place the Legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the 

top of each page that contains material to be protected under this Order. If only a portion or 

portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the designating party also must 

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

and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted (either 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”). 

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(b) Designation of Testimony and Hearing Transcripts. To designate 

Confidential Information in testimony (or in exhibits referred to therein), the designating party 

shall (1) make an oral statement to such effect on record in the course of the hearing or 

deposition or (2) designate a certified deposition or hearing transcript, or portions thereof, as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by so 

notifying all parties in writing within ten (10) days after receipt of such transcript. Portions of 

transcripts and exhibits containing Confidential Information must be separately bound by the 

court reporter, who must affix to the top of each page the Legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” as instructed by counsel for 

the party to whose “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” information the deponent has had access. 

If, during any deposition or hearing, any party desires to elicit testimony, offer 

arguments, and/or introduce documents or other information which has been designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or when 

counsel for a party deems that the answer to a question will result in the disclosure of 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

information within the meaning of this Order, any person present at the deposition or hearing who 

is not permitted access to such information shall leave the deposition or hearing during the 

examination or argument. The failure of such persons to leave the deposition or hearing shall 

constitute substantial justification for counsel to advise the witness that he or she need not answer 

the question. 

(c) Designation of Material Produced in Non-Paper Media or Other 

Tangible Items. To designate non-paper media (e.g., videotape, audiotape, computer disk, 

etc.), the designating party shall affix in a prominent place on the exterior of such non-paper 

media the Legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” In the event the Receiving Party generates any copy, transcription, or printout 

from any such designated non-paper media, such party must mark such copy, transcription or 

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printout as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” and treat it as so designated. 

3.3 Levels of Confidentiality Designations. There shall be two levels of 

confidentiality pertaining to testimony, arguments, filings, documents, things and information as 

follows hereunder. 

(a) Any testimony, arguments, filings, documents, things and information 

designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” is accessible 

only by the following persons: 

(i) Counsel of record for the respective parties in this action, and the 

attorneys, paralegals, and staff employed by counsel who have been 

assisting in the conduct of this action; and 

(ii) Best Buy, L.P.’s in-house counsel; and 

(iii) The Court and its personnel (including court reporters); and 

(iv) Any person identified on the face of a specific document or thing, 

provided that if such person is not a party’s current employee, 

officer or director, such person executes a Certification in the form 

shown in Exhibit A. If such person is not identified on the face of a 

document or thing, then it is the burden of the party seeking such 

further disclosure to establish by competent testimony of a witness 

under oath, that such person is its originator, author or a recipient of 

a copy thereof; if so established, such person’s access shall be 

limited to the specific document or thing itself, but only after 

execution of a Certification in the form shown in Exhibit A; and 

(v) Experts (as defined in this Order) engaged by counsel to assist in 

this litigation, provided that such Experts execute a Certification in 

the form shown in Exhibit A. If such Experts have been engaged in 

the past three years, or are currently engaged, to assist in any 

litigation on behalf of Circuit City Stores Inc., Wal-Mart Stores 

Inc., Dell Inc., RadioShack Corp., Target Corp., CompUSA Inc., or 

Costco Wholesale Corp., counsel for the party seeking to disclose 

Highly Confidential – Attorneys Eyes Only Information to Experts 

in this instance will provide in advance of such disclosure the 

Expert’s following information: (1) full name; (2) office address; 

(3) present employer and job title; and (4) any litigation (by name 

and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) in which 

the Expert was or is engaged by the above listed competitors of 

Best Buy Stores, L.P. To the extent that a producing party produces 

a document containing trade secrets, the producing party may, prior 

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to disclosure, meet and confer with opposing counsel concerning 

the appropriateness and necessity of disclosing the trade secrets to 

the receiving parties’ experts. If the parties are unable to resolve a 

dispute with respect to these trade secrets, they will bring the matter 

to the Court’s attention pursuant to the procedures set forth in 

paragraph 3.6. 

(vi) Professional Vendors; and 

(vii) Any other persons as the parties may agree to in writing or as the 

Court may order. 

(b) Any testimony, arguments, filings, documents, things and information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” is accessible only by the following persons: 

(i) Persons having access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information; and 

(ii) The Named Plaintiffs; and 

(iii) Experts (as defined in this Order) engaged by counsel to assist in 

this litigation, provided that such Experts execute a Certification in 

the form shown in Exhibit A; and 

(iv) Fact witnesses providing testimony by deposition or at any court 

proceeding in this case, but only after execution of a Certification in 

the form shown in Exhibit A; and 

(v) Any other persons as the parties may agree to in writing or as the 

Court may order. 

3.4 Conflicts in Designation. If the parties designate the same testimony, arguments, 

filings, documents, things or information as having different levels of confidentiality, the higher 

designation shall control until, and unless, the Court rules differently. If the Receiving Party 

believes that any testimony, arguments, filings, documents, things or information should be 

protected by a higher degree of confidentiality than specified by the disclosing party, and has not 

previously produced and/or so designated the testimony, arguments, filings, documents, things 

and information and the disclosing party does not agree to modify the level of confidentiality, the 

Receiving Party may, at any time, seek a ruling from the Court to that effect. 

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3.5 Inadvertent Failure to Designate. A party’s inadvertent failure to designate 

testimony, documents, items or other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall not be construed as a waiver, in whole 

or in part, and that party shall have fifteen (15) business days after such production to so stamp or 

otherwise designate the document, testimony, item or other information. 

3.6 Resolution of Disputes Regarding Confidentiality Designations. A party does not 

waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge at 

the time a designation is made, and is not precluded from making a subsequent challenge thereto 

during the pendency of this litigation. In the event that any party to this litigation disputes any 

such designation, such party shall provide to the designating party written notice of its 

disagreement with the designation. In an effort to settle such dispute without judicial intervention, 

the parties shall meet and confer within five (5) business days after such notice to reconsider the 

circumstances and explain the bases for maintaining or challenging the designation. 

If the dispute cannot be resolved, any party may request relief from the Court by filing and 

serving a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local rule 79-5, if 

applicable) that identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the 

challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that 

the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements and that sets forth with 

specificity the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the designating 

party in the meet and confer dialogue. 

The designating party shall bear the burden of proving that information has been properly 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” During the pendency of such dispute or application, and until the Court may rule 

otherwise, the information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall remain subject to the designations and restrictions of this 

Order. 

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4. RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE, ACCESS, AND USE

4.1 Record Maintenance. All Confidential Information must be stored and maintained 

by a Receiving Party at a location and in a secure manner than ensures that access is limited to 

persons authorized under this Order. 

4.2 Redacted Information. Any party may further limit access to Confidential 

Information by (1) readacting Social Security numbers, until and unless the Court orders that 

Social Security numbers be produced; and (2) redacting privileged materials prior to production, 

and providing a privilege log at the time of production. Nothing in this Order shall be construed 

as a waiver of any party’s right to object to such redactions, and to seek production of the 

unredacted documents. A party who seeks disclosure of redacted information shall meet and 

confer with the redacting party, and may thereafter seek relief from the Court if the dispute cannot 

be resolved. 

4.3 Copies, Summaries, and Extracts. No individual shall make copies, extracts or 

summaries of any Confidential Information produced during the course of this litigation except to 

the extent necessary for use as permitted by this Order. Counsel and all persons to whom such 

copies, extracts, or summaries are disclosed shall take all reasonable and appropriate precautions 

to avoid loss and/or inadvertent disclosure of such material. 

4.4 Limitation to Instant Action. No person or party, including third parties, receiving 

or providing any Confidential Information during the course of these proceedings shall disclose 

such Confidential Information to anyone other than as permitted by this Order nor use such 

Confidential Information for any purpose other than for use in this litigation, except as may be 

required by law, and then only upon adequate notice to the parties that such disclosure is required. 

Such notice shall be given prior to the time any disclosure of Confidential Information is made. 

4.5 Confidential Information Subpoenaed or Ordered Produced in Other Litigation. 

If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued in other litigation that 

would compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” the 

Receiving Party must so notify the designating party, in writing (by fax, if possible) immediately 

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and in no event more than two (2) court days after receiving the subpoena or order. Such 

notification must include a copy of the subpoena or court order and afford the designating party a 

reasonable opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the 

subpoena or order issued. 

The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the party who caused the 

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

subpoena or order is the subject of this Protective Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must 

deliver a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order promptly to the party in the other action that 

caused the subpoena or order to issue. 

The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of 

this Protective Order and to afford the Producing Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect 

its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. The Producing 

Party shall bear the burdens and the expenses 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. 

4.6 Third Party Discovery. To the extent that any discovery is sought from a person or 

entity who is not a party to this litigation, and in the event such third party or any of the parties 

hereto contend the discovery sought from the third party by a requesting party involves 

Confidential Information, then such third party may agree to be bound by this Order and to 

produce documents, information and things in compliance with this Order, and to so notify all 

parties to this litigation in writing. In the event such third party agrees to be bound by this Order, 

then the provisions of this Order are to apply to that party. 

4.7 Unauthorized Disclosure of Confidential Information. If a party learns that, by 

inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information to any person or in any circumstance not authorized 

under this Stipulated Protective Order, that party must immediately (a) notify in writing the 

designating party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of 

the Confidential Information, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures 

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were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 

Certification in the form shown in Exhibit A. 

4.8 Filing Confidential Information. Except as provided in this paragraph, without 

written permission from the designating party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to 

all interested persons, a party or non-party may not file in the public record in this or any other 

action any Confidential Information protected under this Order. A party who wishes to file 

Confidential Information with the Court must attempt to file that Confidential Information under 

seal in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, and neither the lodged document nor any proposed 

redacted version will be filed in the public record, except upon Court order. If a document is filed 

under seal, where possible, only the portions of filings containing Confidential Information shall 

be filed with the Court under seal. If any Confidential Information is filed with the Court under 

seal, then the party submitting the Confidential Information shall file a public copy of the 

pleading containing the Confidential Information in redacted form. 

5. ORDER NOT APPLICABLE

5.1 Nothing contained herein shall prevent any party from using Confidential 

Information for a trial in this matter, provided that the Producing Party has reasonable notice at 

the time trial exhibits are designated. Confidential Information can be introduced at trial, 

provided that all CONFIDENTIAL stamps are removed before use. The removal of the 

CONFIDENTIAL stamp, however, shall not affect the status of the Confidential Information 

unless it is admitted into evidence by the Court, in which case, unless the Court orders otherwise, 

the evidence will become public knowledge. 

6. DURATION AND TERMINATION

6.1 Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed 

by this Order shall remain in force and effect unless or until it is modified, superseded or 

terminated on the record by agreement of the parties hereto or by order of the Court. 

6.2 Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this action, which includes any 

final judicial appellate review, each Receiving Party must return to the Producing Party any and 

all “CONFIDENTIAL” and “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton 

 United States District/Magistrate Judge 

6/16/06

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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IT IS SO ORDERED

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LA1 60126623.1 [PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

I, ___________________________, certify and 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 Northern District of California on [date] in the case of 

Holloway v. Best Buy Stores, L.P. (erroneously sued as Best Buy Co., Inc.), Case No. C 05-

05056 PJH. 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 

Northern 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 acknowledge that I am to retain all copies of any of the materials that I receive that have 

been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” in a manner consistent with this Order, and that all such copies are to be returned or 

destroyed as specified in this Order on the termination of this litigation or the completion of my 

duties in connection with this litigation. 

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Date Signature 

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City and State where sworn and signed Printed Name 

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