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Parties Involved:
Aaron Beckman
Plaintiff
Umpqua Bank
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REX DARRELL BERRY, State Bar No. 110219 

SCOTT M. PLAMONDON, State Bar No. 212294 

BERRY & BLOCK LLP 

2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 415 

Sacramento, California 95833 

Telephone: (916) 564-2000 

Facsimile: (916) 564-2024 

Attorneys for Defendant UMPQUA HOLDINGS 

CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AARON BECKMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UMPQUA BANK and DOES 1 to 20, 

Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 2:06-CV-01205-DFL GGH 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

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STIPULATION

Based on the fact that discovery has been or may be requested in this case seeking 

disclosure of confidential business information, trade secretes, and/or sensitive and private 

information, the undersigned parties, Defendant Umpqua Bank (“Umpqua”) and Plaintiff Aaron 

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Beckman (“Beckman”), hereby stipulate to the entry of the subjoined Protective Order pursuant 

to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

DATED: January 31, 2007 BERRY BLOCK, LLP 

By: /s/ REX DARRELL BERRY, ESQ. 

REX DARRELL BERRY 

SCOTT M. PLAMONDON 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UMPQUA BANK 

DATED: February 5, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID A. LEPORIERE 

By: /s/ DAVID A. LEPORIERE, ESQ. 

DAVID A. LEPORIERE 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

AARON BECKMAN 

II. 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Pursuant to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and according to the 

stipulation of the parties, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows: 

1. Any documents produced by a party in this action which are, in good faith, 

determined by the producing party to contain confidential or proprietary information, including 

financial information, trade secrets, personnel information, private client information, or other 

similar confidential and commercially sensitive information of a non-public nature, may be 

designated by the producing party as “confidential,” and so marked, by stamping each page of 

the document “Confidential.” In the case of photographs, the reverse side of the photograph may 

be marked as “Confidential.” In the case of CD-Rom materials, the container may be marked as 

“Confidential.” 

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2. Where documents obtained from any source are used in discovery or depositions 

as exhibits, either party may designate such documents “Confidential” by so stating on the 

record, and designating the original exhibit as “Confidential” in writing on each page of the 

exhibit. 

3. When used in this Order, the word “documents” means all written, recorded or 

graphic matter whatsoever, however created and the medium on which it was produced or 

reproduced, including, but not limited to, documents produced by any party, whether pursuant to 

discovery rules, subpoena, or by agreement, and may also include deposition transcripts and 

exhibits, and any portions of any court papers which quote from or summarize any of the 

foregoing. 

4. All confidential documents and all information contained therein, shall be used by 

the party to whom the documents are disclosed solely for the prosecution and/or defense of this 

action, and shall not be further disseminated, except as specifically set forth below. 

5. Except with prior written consent of the party asserting confidential treatment, 

confidential documents and the information contained therein may be disclosed only to counsel 

who files an appearance for the party to whom the confidential disclosure has or is to be made, 

and secretaries, paralegal assistants, and other employees of such counsel who are assisting 

counsel in the prosecution and/or defense of this action. Counsel shall be responsible for 

ensuring that his or her partners, associates and employees are informed of the terms of this 

Order and agree to abide by them. 

6. Counsel to whom confidential documents or information have been disclosed may 

disclose the information to his or her client in this action, and to witnesses and outside 

consultants and experts who assist in the prosecution and/or defense of this action, but only after 

the client, witness, consultant or expert has read this Order and agrees in writing to be bound by 

it, as set forth in Exhibit A. Upon Order of this Court, for good cause shown, these agreements 

shall be available for inspection by counsel for the party producing the confidential documents. 

7. Documents designated confidential, and information derived therefrom, may not 

be referred to in motions, briefs or other court papers unless placed under seal, by the court and 

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may not be used in depositions or marked as deposition or trial exhibits in this action unless 

placed under seal by the court. 

8. At the conclusion of the litigation or this action, or upon settlement or dismissal, 

documents designated as confidential, and all copies of such documents (other than exhibits of 

record), shall be returned to the party that produced such document. 

9. Nothing in this Order shall prevent any party to this action from moving the Court 

to remove the confidential designation from a particular document, from seeking modification of 

this Order, from designating already-produced documents as confidential, or from objecting to 

discovery which a party believes to be otherwise improper. 

10. Nothing in this Order shall prevent or otherwise restrict any counsel from 

rendering advice to his/her client and, in the course thereof, relying generally on his/her 

examination of items designated as confidential. 

11. For applications and motions to the Court in which a party submits confidential 

information, all documents containing “Confidential” information that are submitted to the Court 

shall be filed in sealed envelopes or other appropriate sealed containers in compliance with 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(8) and with a motion to seal. 

12. The parties agree that persons employed by the Federal Court of the Eastern 

District of California, Sacramento Division have no duty to the parties to protect or maintain the 

alleged confidentiality of any information in any papers filed with the Court. 

13. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Protective Order, counsel 

for the parties may disclose documents containing information (at deposition or otherwise) to the 

persons who were the authors or addressees of the documents or who are shown or otherwise 

demonstrated to have or to have received copies thereof or notice or knowledge of contents 

thereof. 

ORDERED this 7th day of February, 2007 

 /s/ David F. Levi_________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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EXHIBIT A – STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

EXHIBIT A 

AGREEMENT OF CLIENT, EXPERT, CONSULTANT OR DESIGNATED 

REPRESENTATIVE TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

The undersigned, [print or type name], a client, expert, 

witness or designated representative of 

[print or type name of party or law firm], in connection with Aaron Beckman v. Umpqua Bank, 

et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:06-CV-01205-DFL 

GGH, hereby acknowledges that he/she has received a copy of the Protective Order entered in 

this action, and has read it and agrees to be bound by all of the provisions thereof. 

Dated: 

 SIGNATURE 

 

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