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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
NYACO, Inc.
Defendant
NYACO, LLC
Defendant

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Erica L. Rosasco (SBN: 220836) 

Gina L. Bauer (SBN: 271503) FLESHER McKAGUE LLP 

2202 Plaza Drive 

Rocklin, CA 95765 

Tele: (916) 358-9042 

Fax: (916) 673-9672 

elr@fbmllp.com; glb@fbmllp.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

NYACO, LLC and NYACO, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

NYACO, LLC, a California Limited 

Liability Company; NYACO, INC., 

a California Corporation; and Does 

1-10, 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:14-cv-00115-KJM-EFB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER; PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Trial Date: August 31, 2015 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES HEREIN AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

1. In connection with the discovery proceedings in this action, the parties 

may designate any document, thing, material, testimony or other information derived 

therefrom, as “Confidential” under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

(hereinafter “Order”). Confidential information is information which has not been 

made public and which concerns or relates to the employment records, financial 

records, tax records, processes, operations, purchases, amount or source of any 

income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any persons, firm, partnership, corporation, 

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or other organization, the disclosure of which information may have the effect of 

invading the privacy or causing harm to the competitive position of the person, firm, 

partnership, corporation, or to the organization from which the information was 

obtained. In this case, the information sought to be used under this protective order 

concerns confidential tax records, bank statements and wage reporting records. This 

information needs to be protected as it contains information which could be used by a 

competitor to hurt Defendants (for example, financial stability of the company, 

vendors used, and prices paid for competitive goods, etc.) and confidential employee 

information. By designating a document, thing, material, testimony or other 

information derived therefrom as “confidential,” under the terms of this order, the 

party making the designation is certifying to the court that there is a good faith basis 

both in law and in fact for the designation within the meaning of Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, Rule 26. 

2. Confidential documents shall be so designated by stamping copies of the 

document produced to a party with the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” Stamping the 

legend “CONFIDENTIAL” on the cover of any multi-page document shall designate 

all pages of the document as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by the 

producing party. 

3. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing or trial may be 

designated as confidential by making a statement to that effect on the record at the 

deposition or other proceeding. Arrangements shall be made with the court reporter 

taking and transcribing such proceeding to separately bind such portions of the 

transcript containing information designated as confidential, and to label such 

portions appropriately. 

4. Material designated as confidential under this Order, the information 

contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived 

in whole or in part from material designated as confidential (hereinafter “Confidential 

Material”) shall be used only for the purpose of the prosecution, defense, trial or 

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settlement of this action, and for no other purpose. 

5. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed 

or made available only to the Court (hereinafter both trial and appellate courts), to 

counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed 

by such counsel), and to the “qualified persons” designated below: 

(a) a party, or an officer, director, or employee of a party deemed necessary 

by counsel to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

(b) experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such 

counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

(c) court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

(d) a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; 

(e) any arbitrator or mediator including their personnel and office staff; and 

(f) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 

6. Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each “qualified person” 

shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute a nondisclosure 

agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

7. The parties may further designate certain discovery material or 

testimony of a highly confidential and/or proprietary nature as “CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (hereinafter “Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material”), in the 

manner described in paragraphs 2 and 3 above. Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material, and 

the information contained therein, shall be disclosed only to the Court, to counsel for 

the parties (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by such 

counsel), and to the “qualified persons” listed in subparagraphs 5(b) through (g) 

above, but shall not be disclosed to a party, or to an officer, director or employee of a 

party, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. If disclosure of Attorneys’ Eyes Only 

Material is made pursuant to this paragraph, all other provisions in this order with 

respect to confidentiality shall also apply. 

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8. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by 

a party of material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, 

whether or not such material is also obtained through discovery in this action, or from 

disclosing its own Confidential Material as it deems appropriate. 

9. If Confidential Material, including any portion of a deposition transcript 

designated as Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only, is intended to be included in any 

papers to be filed in Court, such papers shall be labeled “Confidential—Subject to 

Court Order” and the party wishing to file the Confidential Material shall first bring a 

Motion to Seal pursuant to the requirements of Local Rule 141. 

10. In the event that any Confidential Material is used in any court 

proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and 

the party using such shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality 

during such use. 

11. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties (i) to 

bring before the Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or 

information is CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY, whether any particular document or information is confidential or whether its 

use should be restricted or (ii) to present a motion to the Court under Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, Rule 26, for a separate protective order as to any particular 

document or information, including restrictions differing from those as specified 

herein. This Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the parties in any way in any 

future application for modification of this Order. If a party believes that any 

Confidential Material does not contain confidential information, it may contest the 

applicability of this Order to such information by notifying the designating party's 

counsel in writing and identifying the information contested. The parties shall have 

thirty days after such notice to meet and confer and attempt to resolve the issue. If 

the dispute is not resolved within such period, the party seeking the protection shall 

have thirty additional days in which to make a motion for a protective order with 

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respect to contested information. Information that is subject to a dispute as to 

whether it is properly designated shall be treated as designated in accordance with the 

provisions of this Order until the Court issues a ruling. 

12. Inadvertent failure to designate any material "Confidential" shall not 

constitute a waiver of an otherwise valid claim of confidentiality pursuant to this 

Order, so long as a claim of confidentiality is asserted within fifteen days after 

discovery of the inadvertent failure. At such time, arrangements shall be made by the 

parties to designate the material "Confidential" in accordance with this Order. 

13. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange 

of documents and information between the parties to this action without involving the 

Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the production of any 

information or document under the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant 

to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either 

party or of altering the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document or 

information or altering any existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof. 

14. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent 

that the information contained in Confidential Material and/or ConfidentialAttorneys’ Eyes Only is not or does not become known to the public, and the Court 

shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information 

disclosed hereunder. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall 

assemble and return to each other all documents, materials and those portions of 

deposition transcripts designated as confidential and all copies of same, or shall 

certify the destruction thereof. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 18, 2015 FLESHER MCKAGUE LLP 

 /s/ Erica L. Rosasco Erica L. Rosasco 

 Gina Bauer 

Attorneys for Defendants 

NYACO, LLC and NYACO, INC. 

Dated: March 18, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 /s/ Isabel Rose Masanque 

 Isabel Rose Masanque 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

SCOTT JOHNSON 

ORDER 

Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 8, 2015. 

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EXHIBIT A

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Acknowledgment and Agreement to be Bound

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 

_________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that 

I have read in its entirety and understand the Confidentiality Agreement and 

Protective Order in Scott Johnson v NYACO, LLC and NYACO, Inc. et al. (USDC 

Eastern District of California Case No. 2:14-cv-00115-KJM-EFB). I agree to comply 

with and to be bound by all the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement and 

Protective Order. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and Protective 

Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this 

Order. 

 

Signature: ______________________________ 

 

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