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Parties Involved:
Kimberlee Pringle
Plaintiff
Western Dental Services, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

Wyeth E. Burrows (State Bar No. 203851)

Wburrows@wshblaw.com

Zhasmina Y. Kolarova (State Bar No. 328751)

zkolarova@wshblaw.com

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING & BERMAN LLP

501 West Broadway, Suite 1200

San Diego, California 92101

Wburrows@wshblaw.com

Phone: 619-849-4900 ♦ Fax: 619-849-4950

Attorneys for Defendant, WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

KIMBERLEE PRINGLE,

Plaintiff,

v.

WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, 

INC.,

Defendant.

No. 2:19-cv-02190-MCE-DB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

1. In this Protective Order, the words set forth below shall have the 

following meanings: 

a. “Proceeding” means the above-entitled proceeding, Kimberlee Pringle

v. Western Dental Services, Inc., U.S.D.C. Eastern District of California, 

Sacramento Division, Case No. 2:19-cv-02190-MCE-DB.

b. “Court” means the judge to which this Proceeding may be assigned, 

including Court staff participating in such proceedings.

c. “Confidential” means any information which is in the possession of a 

Designating Party who believes in good faith that such information is entitled to 

confidential treatment under applicable law.

/ / /

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

d. “Confidential Materials” means any Documents, Testimony or 

Information as defined below designated as “Confidential” pursuant to the 

provisions of this Protective Order.

e. “Designating Party” means the Party that designates Materials as 

“Confidential.”

f. “Disclose” or “Disclosed” or “Disclosure” means to reveal, divulge, 

give, or make available Materials, or any part thereof, or any information contained 

therein.

g. “Documents” means (i) any “Writing,” “Original,” and “Duplicate” as 

those terms are defined by Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 1001, which have been 

produced in discovery in this Proceeding by any person, and (ii) any copies, 

reproductions, or summaries of all or any part of the foregoing.

h. “Information” means the content of Documents or Testimony.

i. “Testimony” means all depositions, declarations or other testimony 

taken or used in this Proceeding.

2. The Designating Party shall have the right to designate as 

“Confidential” any Documents, Testimony or Information that the Designating Party 

in good faith believes to contain non-public information that is entitled to

confidential treatment under applicable law. Plaintiff, Kimberlee Pringle, has 

designated all AT&T cell phone records since May 31, 2018 until present, to be 

deemed "Confidential" because the records will disclose phone numbers of nonparties to this action.

3. The entry of this Protective Order does not alter, waive, modify, or 

abridge any right, privilege or protection otherwise available to any Party with 

respect to the discovery of matters, including but not limited to any Party’s right to 

assert the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or other 

privileges, or any Party’s right to contest any such assertion.

/ / /

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

4. Any Documents, Testimony or Information to be designated as 

“Confidential” must be clearly so designated before the Document, Testimony or 

Information is Disclosed or produced. The parties may agree that the case name and 

number are to be part of the “Confidential” designation. The “Confidential” 

designation should not obscure or interfere with the legibility of the designated 

Information.

a. For Documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other pretrial 

or trial proceedings), the Designating Party must affix the legend “Confidential” on 

each page of any Document containing such designated Confidential Material.

b. For Testimony given in depositions the Designating Party may either:

i. identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, all 

“Confidential” Testimony, by specifying all portions of the Testimony that qualify 

as “Confidential;” or 

ii. designate the entirety of the Testimony at the deposition as 

“Confidential” (before the deposition is concluded) with the right to identify more 

specific portions of the Testimony as to which protection is sought within 30 days 

following receipt of the deposition transcript. In circumstances where portions of the 

deposition Testimony are designated for protection, the transcript pages containing 

“Confidential” Information may be separately bound by the court reporter, who 

must affix to the top of each page the legend “Confidential,” as instructed by the 

Designating Party.

c. For Information produced in some form other than Documents, and for 

any other tangible items, including, without limitation, compact discs or DVDs, the 

Designating Party must affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 

containers in which the Information or item is stored the legend “Confidential.” If 

only portions of the Information or item warrant protection, the Designating Party, 

to the extent practicable, shall identify the “Confidential” portions.

/ / /

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

5. The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or nonParties to the Proceedings of any Document, Testimony or Information during 

discovery in this Proceeding without a “Confidential” designation, shall be without 

prejudice to any claim that such item is “Confidential" and such Party shall not be 

held to have waived any rights by such inadvertent production. In the event that any 

Document, Testimony or Information that is subject to a "Confidential" designation 

is inadvertently produced without such designation, the Party that inadvertently 

produced the document shall give written notice of such inadvertent production 

within twenty (20) days of discovery of the inadvertent production, together with a 

further copy of the subject Document, Testimony or Information designated as 

"Confidential" (the "Inadvertent Production Notice"). Upon receipt of such 

Inadvertent Production Notice, the Party that received the inadvertently produced 

Document, Testimony or Information shall promptly destroy the inadvertently 

produced Document, Testimony or Information and all copies thereof, or, at the 

expense of the producing Party, return such together with all copies of such 

Document, Testimony or Information to counsel for the producing Party and shall 

retain only the "Confidential" designated Materials. Should the receiving Party 

choose to destroy such inadvertently produced Document, Testimony or 

Information, the receiving Party shall notify the producing Party in writing of such 

destruction within ten (10) days of receipt of written notice of the inadvertent 

production. This provision is not intended to apply to any inadvertent production of 

any Information protected by attorney-client or work product privileges. In the event 

that this provision conflicts with any applicable law regarding waiver of 

confidentiality through the inadvertent production of Documents, Testimony or 

Information, such law shall govern.

6. In the event that counsel for a Party receiving Documents, Testimony 

or Information in discovery designated as "Confidential" objects to such designation 

with respect to any or all of such items, said counsel shall advise counsel for the 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

Designating Party, in writing, of such objections, the specific Documents, 

Testimony or Information to which each objection pertains, and the specific reasons 

and support for such objections (the "Designation Objections"). Counsel for the 

Designating Party shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the written Designation 

Objections to either (a) agree in writing to de-designate Documents, Testimony or 

Information pursuant to any or all of the Designation Objections and/or (b) file a 

motion with the Court seeking to uphold any or all designations on Documents, 

Testimony or Information addressed by the Designation Objections (the 

“Designation Motion”). Pending a resolution of the Designation Motion by the 

Court, any and all existing designations on the Documents, Testimony or 

Information at issue in such Motion shall remain in place. The Designating Party 

shall have the burden on any Designation Motion of establishing the applicability of 

its “Confidential” designation. In the event that the Designation Objections are 

neither timely agreed to nor timely addressed in the Designation Motion, then such 

Documents, Testimony or Information shall be de-designated in accordance with the 

Designation Objection applicable to such material.

7. Access to and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials designated as 

“Confidential” shall be permitted only to the following persons:

a. The Court and any Party to the Action;

b. (1) Attorneys of record in the Proceedings and their affiliated 

attorneys, paralegals, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such 

attorneys who are actively involved in the Proceedings and are not 

employees of any Party. (2) In-house counsel to the undersigned Parties 

and the paralegal, clerical and secretarial staff employed by such 

counsel. Provided, however, that each non-lawyer given access to 

Confidential Materials shall be advised that such Materials are being 

Disclosed pursuant to, and are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation 

and Protective Order and that they may not be Disclosed other than 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

pursuant to its terms;

c. Those officers, directors, partners, members, employees and 

agents of all non-designating Parties that counsel for such Parties deems 

necessary to aid counsel in the prosecution and defense of this 

Proceeding; provided, however, that prior to the Disclosure of 

Confidential Materials to any such officer, director, partner, member, 

employee or agent, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall 

deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, 

shall explain that such person is bound to follow the terms of such Order, 

and shall secure the signature of such person on a statement in the form 

attached hereto as Exhibit A;

d. Court reporters in this Proceeding (whether at depositions, 

hearings, or any other proceeding);

e. Any deposition, trial or hearing witness in the Proceeding who 

previously has had access to the Confidential Materials, or who is 

currently or was previously an officer, director, partner, member, 

employee or agent of an entity that has had access to the Confidential 

Materials;

f. Any deposition or non-trial hearing witness in the Proceeding who 

previously did not have access to the Confidential Materials; provided, 

however, that each such witness given access to Confidential Materials 

shall be advised that such Materials are being Disclosed pursuant to, and 

are subject to, the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order and that 

they may not be Disclosed other than pursuant to its terms;

g. Outside experts or expert consultants consulted by the 

undersigned Parties or their counsel in connection with the Proceeding, 

whether or not retained to testify at any oral hearing; provided, however, 

that prior to the Disclosure of Confidential Materials to any such expert 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

or expert consultant, counsel for the Party making the Disclosure shall 

deliver a copy of this Stipulation and Protective Order to such person, 

shall explain its terms to such person, and shall secure the signature of 

such person on a statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. It 

shall be the obligation of counsel, upon learning of any breach or 

threatened breach of this Stipulation and Protective Order by any such 

expert or expert consultant, to promptly notify counsel for the 

Designating Party of such breach or threatened breach; and

h. Any other person that the Designating Party agrees to in writing.

8. Confidential Materials shall be used by the persons receiving them only 

for the purposes of preparing for, conducting, participating in the conduct of, and/or 

prosecuting and/or defending the Proceeding, and not for any business or other 

purpose whatsoever. 

9. Any Party to the Proceeding (or other person subject to the terms of 

this Stipulation and Protective Order) may ask the Court, after appropriate notice 

to the other Parties to the Proceeding, to modify or grant relief from any 

provision of this Stipulation and Protective Order.

10. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order shall not:

a. Operate as an admission by any person that any particular 

Document, Testimony or Information marked “Confidential” contains or 

reflects trade secrets, proprietary, confidential or competitively sensitive 

business, commercial, financial or personal information; or

b. Prejudice in any way the right of any Party (or any other person 

subject to the terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order):

i. To seek a determination by the Court of whether any 

particular Confidential Material should be subject to protection as 

“Confidential” under the terms of this Stipulation and Protective 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

Order; or

ii. To seek relief from the Court on appropriate notice to all 

other Parties to the Proceeding from any provision(s) of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order, either generally or as to any 

particular Document, Material or Information.

11. Any Party to the Proceeding who has not executed this Stipulation and 

Protective Order as of the time it is presented to the Court for signature may 

thereafter become a Party to this Stipulation and Protective Order by its counsel’s 

signing and dating a copy thereof and filing the same with the Court, and serving 

copies of such signed and dated copy upon the other Parties to this Stipulation and 

Protective Order.

12. Any Information that may be produced by a non-Party witness in 

discovery in the Proceeding pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated 

by such non-Party as “Confidential” under the terms of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order, and any such designation by a non-Party shall have the same force 

and effect, and create the same duties and obligations, as if made by one of the 

undersigned Parties hereto. Any such designation shall also function as a consent by 

such producing Party to the authority of the Court in the Proceeding to resolve and 

conclusively determine any motion or other application made by any person or Party 

with respect to such designation, or any other matter otherwise arising under this 

Stipulation and Protective Order.

13. If any person subject to this Stipulation and Protective Order who has 

custody of any Confidential Materials receives a subpoena or other process 

(“Subpoena”) from any government or other person or entity demanding production 

of Confidential Materials, the recipient of the Subpoena shall promptly give notice 

of the same by electronic mail transmission, and phone call to counsel of record for 

the Designating Party, and shall furnish such counsel with a copy of the Subpoena. 

Upon receipt of this notice, the Designating Party may, in its sole discretion and at 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

its own cost, move to quash or limit the Subpoena, otherwise oppose production of 

the Confidential Materials, and/or seek to obtain confidential treatment of such 

Confidential Materials from the subpoenaing person or entity to the fullest extent 

available under law. The recipient of the Subpoena may not produce any 

Documents, Testimony or Information pursuant to the Subpoena prior to the date 

specified for production on the Subpoena.

14. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall be construed to 

preclude either Party from asserting in good faith that certain Confidential Materials 

require additional protection. The Parties shall meet and confer to agree upon the 

terms of such additional protection.

15. If, after execution of this Stipulation and Protective Order, any 

Confidential Materials submitted by a Designating Party under the terms of this 

Stipulation and Protective Order is Disclosed by a non-Designating Party to any 

person other than in the manner authorized by this Stipulation and Protective Order, 

the non-Designating Party responsible for the Disclosure shall bring all pertinent 

facts relating to the Disclosure of such Confidential Materials to the immediate 

attention of the Designating Party.

16. This Stipulation and Protective Order is entered into without prejudice 

to the right of any Party to knowingly waive the applicability of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order to any Confidential Materials designated by that Party. If the 

Designating Party uses Confidential Materials in a non-Confidential manner, then 

the Designating Party shall advise that the designation no longer applies.

17. The Parties shall meet and confer regarding the procedures for use of 

Confidential Materials at trial and shall move the Court for entry of an appropriate 

order.

18. Nothing in this Stipulation and Protective Order shall affect the 

admissibility into evidence of Confidential Materials, or abridge the rights of any 

person to seek judicial review or to pursue other appropriate judicial action with 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

respect to any ruling made by the Court concerning the issue of the status of 

Protected Material.

19. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall continue to be binding after 

the conclusion of this Proceeding and all subsequent proceedings arising from this 

Proceeding, except that a Party may seek the written permission of the Designating 

Party or may move the Court for relief from the provisions of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order. To the extent permitted by law, the Court shall retain jurisdiction 

to enforce, modify, or reconsider this Stipulation and Protective Order, even after 

the Proceeding is terminated.

20. Upon written request made within thirty (30) days after the settlement 

or other termination of the Proceeding, the undersigned Parties shall have thirty (30) 

days to either (a) promptly return to counsel for each Designating Party all 

Confidential Materials and all copies thereof (except that counsel for each Party may 

maintain in its files, in continuing compliance with the terms of this Stipulation and 

Protective Order, all work product, and one copy of each pleading filed with the 

Court and one copy of each deposition together with the exhibits marked at the 

deposition), (b) agree with counsel for the Designating Party upon appropriate 

methods and certification of destruction or other disposition of such Confidential 

Materials, or (c) as to any Documents, Testimony or other Information not 

addressed by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), file a motion seeking an order regarding 

proper preservation of such Materials. To the extent permitted by law the Court 

shall retain continuing jurisdiction to review and rule upon the motion referred to in 

sub-paragraph (c) herein. 

21. After this Stipulation and Protective Order has been signed by counsel 

for all Parties, it shall be presented to the Court for entry. Counsel agree to be 

bound by the terms set forth herein with regard to any Confidential Materials that 

have been produced before the Court signs this Stipulation and Protective Order. 

The Parties and all signatories to the Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A agree 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its approval and entry 

by the Court. In the event that the Court modifies this Stipulation and Protective 

Order, or in the event that the Court enters a different Protective Order, the Parties 

agree to be bound by this Stipulation and Protective Order until such time as the 

Court may enter such a different Order. It is the Parties’ intent to be bound by the 

terms of this Stipulation and Protective Order pending its entry so as to allow for 

immediate production of Confidential Materials under the terms herein.

This Stipulation and Protective Order may be executed in counterparts. 

DATED: February 3, 2020 MARTIN & BONTRAGER, APC

By: / s / NICHOLAS J. BONTRAGER

G. THOMAS MARTIN, III, ESQ.

NICHOLAS J. BONTRAGER, ESQ.

Attorney for Plaintiff KIMBERLEE PRINGLE

DATED: February 3, 2020 WOOD, SMITH, HENNING & BERMAN LLP

By: / s/ ZHASMINA Y. KOLAROVA

WYETH E. BURROWS

ZHASMINA Y. KOLAROVA

Attorneys for Defendant, WESTERN DENTAL 

SERVICES, INC.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who will 

decide the matter related to that request to seal.

2. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential 

pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document with the 

court under seal. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed 

by Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a 

written order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a 

mere request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires 

that “[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing, 

the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the 

document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b).

3. A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that 

“compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially 

related” to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.” 

Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana 

v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006).

4. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of 

certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the 

court at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.

5. With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order which 

the parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in Local 

Rule 251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery disputes on an ex 

parte basis or on shortened time.

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

6. The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the court’s 

approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and 

proposed order for the court’s consideration.

7. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement 

of the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.

8. Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this order is 

hereby DISAPPROVED.

DATED: February 6, 2020 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WOOD, SMITH, HENNING

& BERMAN LLP

Attorneys at Law

501 WEST BROADWAY, SUITE 1200

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101

TELEPHONE 619-849-4900 ♦ FAX 619-849-4950

EXHIBIT A

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ____________________________________, understand that information 

and/or documents which are disclosed to me by counsel of record for 

_____________________________, which are designated as “Confidential” are 

CONFIDENTIAL and to be used by me solely to assist in the matter of Kimberlee 

Pringle v. Western Dental Service, Inc., USDC Eastern District of California, 

Sacramento Division, Case No. 2:19-cv-02190-MCE-DB. 

I further understand that the Protective Order entered by the Court, a copy of 

which has been given to me, prohibits me from either using such information or 

documents for any other purpose or disclosing such information or documents to 

any person other than counsel of record or persons assisting them. 

I further acknowledge that I am not presently a competitor or employed by a 

competitor of Plaintiffs or Defendants, and will not use any Confidential document, 

transcript or information obtained from any Confidential document or transcript to 

compete with Plaintiffs or Defendants. In accepting disclosure, I agree to be bound 

by the Protective Order and to be subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.D.C. Eastern 

District of California, Sacramento Division, Case No. 2:19-cv-02190-MCE-DB, for 

the purpose of its enforcement of the Protective Order and the enforcement of my 

obligations under this Non-disclosure Agreement.

Dated: ________________________

___________________________________

Recipient’s Signature

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