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Parties Involved:
Crimson Resource Management Corp
Defendant
Gardiner Family, LLC
Plaintiff
Rosedale Farming Group, LLC
Plaintiff

Document Text:

JOINT PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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R. Rex Parris Esq. (SBN 96567)

rrexparris@rrexparris.com

Patricia K. Oliver, Esq. (SBN 193423)

poliver@rrexparris.com

Alexander R. Wheeler, Esq. (SBN 239541)

awheeler@rrexparris.com

R. REX PARRIS LAW FIRM

43364 10th Street West

Lancaster, California 93534

Tel: (661) 949-2595; Fax: (661) 949-7524

David S. Casey, Jr., Esq. (SBN 060768)

dcasey@cglaw.com

Gayle M. Blatt, Esq. (SBN 122048)

gmb@cglaw.com

Jeremy Robinson, Esq. (SBN 188325)

jrobinson@cglaw.com

Jason C. Evans, Esq. (SBN 272932)

jevans@cglaw.com

CASEY GERRY LLP

110 Laurel Street

San Diego, California 92101

Tel: (619) 238-1811; Fax: (619) 544-9232

[Additional Counsel Shown on the Following Page].

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARDINER FAMILY, LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company, and ROSEDALE 

FARMING GROUP, LLC a California 

Limited Liability Company;

Plaintiffs,

v.

CRIMSON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

CORP., a Colorado Corporation; and

DOES 1 through 50;

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00751-DAD-JLT

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER AS MODIFIED 

BY THE COURT

(Doc. 33)

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ADDITIONAL COUNSEL

Frank M. Pitre, Esq. (SBN 100077)

fpitre@cpmlegal.com

Robert B. Hutchinson, Esq. (SBN 045367)

rhutchinson@cpmlegal.com

Stewart R. Pollock, Esq. (SBN 301356)

spollock@cpmlegal.com

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200

Burlingame, California 94010

Telephone: (650) 697-6000

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577

George Martin, Esq. (SBN 51111)

gmartin@bortonpetrini.com

LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE MARTIN, INC.

5060 California Ave., Ste 700

Bakersfield, California 93303-2026

Telephone: (661) 322-3051

Facsimile: (661) 322-4628

Don Ernst, Esq. (SBN 065726)

de@ernstlawgroup.com

Terry Kilpatrick, Esq. (SBN 163197)

tk@ernstlawgroup.com

ERNST LAW GROUP

1020 Palm Street

San Luis Obispo, California 93401

Telephone: (805) 541-0300

Facsimile: (805) 541-5168

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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JOINT PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 1

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To ensure that confidential information produced in connection with this matter is not 

improperly used or disclosed, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following Protective Order 

(“Order”) governs Confidential Information (as defined below) produced by the parties and any 

third party in the above-captioned proceeding: 

1. As used in this Order:

a. “Confidential Information” includes any document or information 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” (or with any legend that includes the word 

“Confidential”) as well as any summaries, abstracts or other documents including, 

summarizing or referring to documents or information so designated. Confidential 

Information includes any document or information containing trade secrets or other 

confidential research or development, or confidential business or personal financial 

information that may be used to the economic disadvantage of any party to this litigation, 

or information that is otherwise entitled to protection under Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure section 501 or under any other provisions of federal law. 

b. “Document” has the meaning contained in Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure sections 26 and 34 and includes any recorded forms of information, whether in 

printed, electronic, or other format, including deposition transcripts; answers to 

interrogatories; and other discovery requests.

c. “Proceeding” refers to the above-captioned action, Gardiner Family, LLC, 

et al. v. Crimson Resource Management Corp. Case No. 1:15-cv-00751-DAD-JLT. It 

includes any cases subsequently coordinated with the Proceeding.

2. The parties, in conducting discovery from a third party, will attach to such 

discovery requests a copy of this Order so as to apprise such third party of its rights herein.

3. All documents and information produced in this Proceeding, regardless of 

designation, will be used solely and exclusively for the purposes of litigating this Proceeding and 

any subsequent appeals and for no other purpose whatsoever, and in no event will be used for 

any business, competitive, personal, private, public, or other purpose, except as required by law.

4. The parties and third parties, upon producing documents or information, including 

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electronically stored information (the “Producing Party”), may designate documents or 

information produced or disclosed as “CONFIDENTIAL”. Parties will make these designations 

in good faith. Information or material which is available to the public, and non-confidential 

information obtained from sources other than the parties, including but not limited to catalogues, 

advertising materials, and the like, shall not be classified or designated as “CONFIDENTIAL”.

a. Documents, discovery responses, pleadings, affidavits, deposition 

transcripts, or testimony will be subject to the provisions of this Order if they have been 

designated clearly on their face as “CONFIDENTIAL”. The designation should not 

obscure or interfere with the legibility of the designated document, discovery response, 

pleading, affidavit, deposition transcript, or testimony. If it is difficult to mark such 

documents as “CONFIDENTIAL” on their face, then some other method (by mutual 

agreement by the parties) may be used to indicate their confidentiality. 

1. For documents (apart from transcripts of depositions or other pretrial proceedings), the designation “CONFIDENTIAL” must be placed on each 

page of containing such designated material. A party that makes original 

documents or materials available for inspection need not designate them as 

Confidential Information until after the inspecting party has indicated which 

materials it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the 

designation and copying, all of the materials made available for inspection shall 

be considered Confidential Information. 

2. For testimony given in depositions the “CONFIDENTIAL” 

designation may either be identified on the record, before the close of the 

deposition by specifying all portions of the testimony that qualify as 

“CONFIDENTIAL”, or the entirety of the deposition may be designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” prior to the conclusion of the deposition with the 

understanding that more specific portions of the deposition testimony must be 

identified by written notice to opposing counsel and the court reporter within 

fourteen (14) days following receipt of the final deposition transcript. The parties 

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will treat the deposition transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL” until the fourteen (14) 

day period has expired. If no such designations are made within fourteen (14) 

days of receipt of the final transcript, the transcript will not be subject to the 

provisions of this Order. In circumstances where portions of the deposition 

testimony are designated for protection, the transcript pages containing 

“CONFIDENTIAL” information must 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. If any portion of a videotaped deposition is 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this Order, the physical videocassette, 

CD-ROM, or other medial will be labeled “CONFIDENTIAL”.

3. 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 designation

“CONFIDENTIAL”. If only portions of the information or item warrant 

protection, the designating party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 

“CONFIDENTIAL” portions.

b. Where any Confidential Information is included in any motion or other 

proceeding governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure section 5.2, the Parties and any 

involved non-party shall follow those rules. With respect to discovery motions or other 

proceedings not governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure section 5.2, the following 

shall apply: If Confidential Information is submitted to or otherwise disclosed to the 

Court in connection with discovery motions and proceedings, and the disclosing party is 

obligated to seek sealing, the party SHALL comply with Local Rule 141. Absent 

compliance with Local Rule 141, no documents will be filed under seal. the same shall 

be separately filed under seal with the clerk of the Court in a sealed envelope. On the 

outside of the envelope, a copy of the first page of the document shall be attached. If 

Confidential Information is included in the first page attached to the outside of the 

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envelopes, it may be redacted from the outside copy. The envelope shall also be marked: 

“CONFIDENTIAL – FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER SEALING ORDER REQUIRED.” 

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

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

order. 

d. Documents, testimony, or information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” 

may only be disclosed to the following with use of such Confidential Information limited 

to this Proceeding: 

1. All judicial officers presiding in this Proceeding (including any 

subsequent appeals) and their staff;

2. Other court personnel including translators and court reporters 

(including audio and video); 

3. Special masters;

4. Mediators;

5. Counsel for the parties in this Proceeding and their staff (including 

any commercial photocopying firms and database services retained by Counsel);

6. In-house counsel for the parties in this Proceeding and their staff;

7. Consulting or testifying experts who have executed the 

Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A. Parties must produce a Certification 

executed by each expert who has been provided Confidential Information at the 

time that expert is designated. Parties need not produce the executed Certification 

for consulting experts or any expert not designated by a party whom has been 

shown Confidential Information. Instead, at the time of expert disclosures, then 

lead attorney for the party making the disclosures must certify that all consulting 

experts who have been given or have reviewed Confidential Information have 

executed the required Certificate.

8. Direct staff of the foregoing persons (those listed in 1-7); 

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9. Any juror;

10. Current employees of the Producing Party;

11. Former employees of the Producing Party at a deposition who 

appear based on the Confidential Information itself or testimony in a deposition to 

have knowledge of the contents of the Confidential Information or the specific 

events, transactions, discussions, or data reflected in the Confidential Information, 

provided that the deponent is not allowed to retain a copy of the Confidential 

Information. The deponent may retain a copy of his or her deposition transcript;

12. To any other deponent where the disclosure of the Confidential 

Information may be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible 

evidence, provided that the Producing Party agrees to the disclosure or such 

individual agrees to be bound by the terms of this Order and executes a 

Certification attached as Exhibit A prior to being shown the Confidential 

Information and the deponent is not allowed to retain a copy of the Confidential 

Information;

13. Persons identified in a document as an author or recipient at the 

time the material was created or received;

14. Attorneys actively involved in the representation of a Party, their

secretaries, paralegals, legal assistants, and other staff actively involved in 

assisting in the Litigation;

15. Others specifically identified and authorized in writing by the 

Producing Party.

5. Nothing in this Order prevents a Producing Party from using or disclosing its own 

documents or information as necessary in normal business operations without impairing the 

confidentiality obligations imposed upon all other parties and persons subject to this Order. 

6. Disclosure of documents or information produced in this Proceeding, including 

but not limited to documents containing Confidential Information, will only be for the purposes 

of litigating this Proceeding and any subsequent appeals and for no other purpose whatsoever. 

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7. If counsel for a party plans to introduce into evidence at a pre-trial hearing any 

document designated “CONFIDENTIAL” produced by another party or a third party, they will 

provide reasonable advance notice to the other party or third party for the purposes of allowing 

that designating party to seek an order that the documents be granted in camera treatment. 

Nothing contained in this Order should be construed to prejudice any party’s right to use at trial 

or in any hearing before the Court any Confidential Information.

8. The inadvertent or unintentional failure to designate Confidential Information as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” by the Producing Party does not constitute a waiver in whole or in part of 

the Producing Party’s claim of confidentiality, either as to the specific document or information 

disclosed or as to any other documents or information relating thereto or on the same or related 

subject matter. Upon the Producing Party’s discovery that a document or information was not 

correctly designated, the Producing Party will provide notice to the other parties that the 

document or information was inappropriately designated and promptly produce a new copy of 

the document stamped “CONFIDENTIAL.” Once notice of inadvertent or unintentional failure 

to designate Confidential Information is made, the document or information will be treated as 

Confidential Information.

9. If one of the Parties reasonably believes that any document or information should 

not have been designated as "CONFIDENTIAL", that party must specify, in writing, to the 

Producing Party: (a) the document or information at issue; and (b) the grounds for questioning 

the confidentiality designation. The challenging party and the Producing Party must meet and 

confer in good faith to attempt to resolve the designation without the Court's intervention. Upon 

written notice to the Producing Party that the disagreement with respect to the designation cannot 

be resolved informally, the Producing Party has ten (10) days to move the Court for an order 

designating the material as confidential. If the Producing Party does not move the Court, the 

disputed documents will no longer be designated "CONFIDENTIAL". Nothing in this paragraph 

should be construed as changing the burden of proof set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. A party will not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a Confidential Information 

designation at the time made, and a failure to do so does not preclude any subsequent challenge.

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10. Unless otherwise required by law, if any party has obtained “CONFIDENTIAL” 

documents pursuant to this Order and, in the context of another court proceeding or

investigation, receives a subpoena or other compulsory process commanding the production of 

such documents, or a motion compelling designated items, that party shall promptly give notice 

of the same by electronic mail transmission, followed by either express mail or overnight 

delivery to counsel of record for the designating party, and shall furnish such counsel with a 

copy of the subpoena, request, or motion. Upon receipt of this notice, the designating party may, 

in its sole discretion and at its own cost, move to quash or limit the subpoena, otherwise oppose 

production of the designated items, and/or seek to obtain confidential treatment of such items 

from the subpoenaing, moving, or requesting person or entity to the fullest extent available under 

law. The recipient of a subpoena or request may not produce any designated items prior to the 

date specified for production on the subpoena or request, to afford the designating party 

sufficient time to protect such material from disclosure. If a court nonetheless orders the 

production of documents that are subject to this Order, then production of such documents 

pursuant to that court order will not be deemed a violation of this Order. Nothing contained in 

this paragraph is intended to indicate that any other court order would have priority over this 

Order. Moreover, nothing contained herein waives any party’s objection to the jurisdiction of the 

other court.

11. After termination of this Proceeding, entry of a final judgment, whether by trial, 

appeal, settlement or otherwise, and after the termination of all appeals and the time to file any 

further appeals has passed, the provisions of this Order with respect to the use and dissemination

of Confidential Information continue to apply. Additionally, within sixty (60) days of 

termination of the proceeding, any party that has disclosed Confidential Information to an expert 

witnesses must:

(1) obtain all such Confidential Information, except the expert's deposition 

transcript(s) from the expert or ensure that the expert has destroyed all Confidential 

Information, except the expert's deposition transcript(s), and (2) send a certification to the 

producing party that the expert has returned or destroyed all Confidential Information, 

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except the expert's deposition transcript(s). Even following termination of this litigation, 

the Court retains jurisdiction over the parties and recipients of Confidential Information 

in order to enforce the provisions of this Order.

12. If a party or any of its representatives, including counsel, inadvertently discloses 

any Confidential Information to persons who are not authorized to use or possess such material, 

the party shall provide immediate written notice of the disclosure to the Producing Party. If a 

party has actual knowledge that Confidential Information is being used or possessed by a person 

not authorized to use or possess that material, regardless of how the material was disclosed or 

obtained by such person, the party shall provide immediate written notice of the unauthorized 

use or possession to the party whose material is being used or possessed. No party shall have an 

affirmative obligation to inform itself regarding such possible use or possession. 

13. Inadvertent production of any document that a party later claims should not have 

been produced because of a privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege or 

work product doctrine (“Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document”), will not be deemed to 

waive any privilege. The designating party may request the return of any Inadvertently Produced 

Privileged Document. A request for the return of an Inadvertently Produced Privileged 

Document should identify the document inadvertently produced and the basis for withholding 

such document from production. If a party or nonparty requests the return, pursuant to this 

paragraph, of any Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document then in the custody of another 

party or nonparty, such other party will within ten (10) business days return to the requesting 

party or nonparty the Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document and all copies thereof and 

destroy any documents summarizing or referring to such Inadvertently Produced Privileged 

Document. The party returning such material may then move the Court for an order compelling 

production of the material, but that party may not assert as a ground for entering such an order 

the fact or circumstances of the inadvertent production.

14. Nothing herein governs the procedures to be used at trial, which will be set by this

Court immediately preceding the commencement of trial. 

15. Nothing in this Order should be construed to effect an abrogation, waiver, or 

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limitation of any kind on the right of the parties or third parties to assert any applicable discovery 

or trial privilege. 

16. Nothing herein creates a presumption or implication that a party is entitled to the 

production of documents or materials by virtue of the existence of this Order, or prevent a party 

from seeking relief from the Court on discovery related matters. 

17. Nothing in this Order bars or otherwise prevents any counsel from rendering 

advice to his or her client with respect to this litigation and, in the course of rendering such 

advice, from relying upon his or her examination or knowledge of Confidential Information; 

provided however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating with his or her 

client, such counsel does not disclose the contents or source of any Confidential Information 

produced by another party to this litigation to any person who is not authorized to receive such 

information under the provisions of this Order.

18. The Court retains jurisdiction to enforce or, upon stipulation of the parties to this 

action, to amend or modify, this Order. This Order remains in force and effect until modified, 

superseded, or terminated by the consent of the parties or by order of the Court made upon 

reasonable request.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

GOVERNING CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

Name:_____________________________________________________________

Company/Firm Affiliation:_____________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________________

Telephone:__________________________________________________________

I have read and acknowledge that I am bound by the Protective Order governing 

confidential material entered in this Proceeding. I agree that the U.S. District Court for the 

Eastern District of California has jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the Protective Order, and I 

consent to the jurisdiction of that Court over my person for that purpose. I also waive any 

objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens to the bringing 

of such action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

________________________ _____________________

Signature Date

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