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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:0045 Federal Trade Commission Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ABERNATHY MOTOR COMPANY, 

an Arkansas corporation, 

WESLEY ABERNATHY, individually, 

and as owner of Abernathy Motor 

Company, 

and 

DAVID ABERNATHY, individually, 

and as owner and an officer of 

Abernathy Motor Company, and 

doing business as Ab's Best Buys 

AMC Inc. Affiliated, 

Defendants. 

Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-63 BRW/BD 

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The Court enters this protective order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). 

1. An attorney marking material as "Confidential Material" certifies in good faith 

that it contains (a) sensitive personal information, or (b) trade secret(s) or other confidential 

research, development, or commercial information. 

2. "Sensitive Personallnformation" means any (a) Social Security number; (b) 

sensitive health-related data including medical records; (c) biometric identifier; or (d) any one or 

more of the following when combined with an individual 's name, address, or phone number: (i) 

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date of birth, (ii) driver's license or other state identification number, or a foreign equivalent, (iii) 

military identification number, (iv) passport number, (v) financial institution account number, 

(vi) credit or debit card number; or (e) other sensitive information relating to an individual 

entitled to confidential status under applicable law, by order of this Court, or by agreement of the 

parties. 

3. Confidential Material must be designated as follows: 

a. Mark paper materials "CONFIDENTIAL." If paper material is only 

confidential in part, mark only the portions of the material that are confidential. 

b. Mark electronic materials "CONFIDENTIAL" by marking each electronic 

page or subpart that is confidential. If the electronic material cannot be marked by page 

or subpart, the designee shall meet and confer with the recipient to determine a means to 

delineate the confidential material. Also mark the electronic storage medium, as well as 

any electronic file and folder name CONFIDENTIAL. 

c. Designate deposition transcripts as Confidential Material within I 0 days 

of receipt ofthe final transcript by identifying the specific page(s) and line number(s) that 

are confidential. lftestimony is identified as confidential during a deposition, absent 

agreement on the scope of confidentiality, the entire transcript shall be treated as 

confidential until the time for designation expires. 

4. An inadvertent failure to mark Confidential Material prior to disclosure does not 

preclude a subsequent designation, but no prior disclosure of newly designated Confidential 

Material by a recipient shall violate this Order. 

5. Within ten (1 0) days of a written objection to the designation of Confidential 

Material, the designating party must move the Court to uphold the designation. The burden of 

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proving that the designation is proper is on the designating party. Failure to seek timely an order 

upholding the designation terminates confidential treatment. 

6. Confidential Material may only be disclosed to: 

a. the Court and court personnel; 

b. the parties' outside counsel and designated employees only to the extent 

necessary to assist in the litigation ; 

c. experts and contractors consu lted or retained by the parties or counsel, and 

their employees, provided that they agree in writing to abide by this protective order or 

execute FTC Form X33-Nondisclosure Agreement for Contractors; 

d. any person who had prior access to the Confidentia l Material or 

participated in a communication that is the subject of the Confidential Material; 

e. witnesses and their counse l, provided that they agree in writing to abide by 

this protective order. 

7. Disclosure of confidential material to any person described in Paragraph 6 shall 

be only for the purposes of the preparation and hearing of this proceeding, or any appeal, 

therefrom, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Provided, however, that the Commission may, 

subject to taking appropriate steps to preserve the confidentiality of such material, use or disclose 

confidential material as provided by its Rules of Practice; sections 6 and 21 of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act; or any other legal obligation imposed upon the Commission. 

8. Confidential Material shall only be filed with a motion to seal the material, unless 

the party introducing the material provides the designee notice of its intention to publicly file the 

material at least 14 days in advance of filing to provide an opportunity for the designee to seek 

further protection from the Court. 1fthe designee seeks protection within the 14 days, the 

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materials may only be filed with a motion to seal until the Court has ruled on the designee 's 

request. 

9. Within 180 days of the conclusion of this case, any consultant or other person 

retained to assist counsel in the preparation of this action shall destroy or return all Confidential 

Materials and any other materials containing confidential information. All Confidential 

Materials held by the parties shall be destroyed or returned to the designee, except that the FTC 

shall retain, return, or destroy Confidential Materials in accordance with Rule 4.12 of the FTC's 

Rules of Practice. 

I 0. This Order continues to govern Confidential Information after conclusion of the 

case absent further order of the Court. 

DATED: ~n( ~J._. '2015. 

BILLY ROY WILSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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AGREED TO: 

Eric Roberson 

Reid Tepfer 

Attorney for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission 

Dustin McDaniel 

Bart Calhoun 

Martin Lilly 

Attorney for Defendant Abernathy Motor Company 

and Wesley Abernathy 

~~re Attorney for Def~dant David Abernathy 

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