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Parties Involved:
I.Q. Data International, Inc.
Defendant
Adrian Watts Jr.
Plaintiff

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KENDRA S. CANAPE (SBN: 259641) kcanape@grsm.com JOEL D. BRODFUEHRER (SBN: 343092)

jbrodfuehrer@grsm.com

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

5 Park Plaza, Suite 1100

Irvine, CA 92614

Telephone: (949) 255-6950

Facsimile: (949) 474-2060

Attorneys for Defendant

I.Q. DATA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, 

proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 

may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the 

Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties 

acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 

disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from 

ADRIAN WATTS JR.,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

I.Q. DATA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

Defendant.

No.: 2:24-cv-02501-KJM-CKD

DISCOVERY MATTER:

THIRD AMENDED 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AS TO DISCOVERY 

ONLY

Complaint Filed: 9/13/24

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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that 

are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.1

 

1.2 GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

This action is likely to involve materials and information that I.Q. Data 

International, Inc. (“IQ Data”) and Plaintiff maintain as confidential for 

which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any 

purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. IQ Data may be 

producing documents to Plaintiff that consist of, among other things, 

confidential business or financial information, trade secrets, information 

regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential research, 

development, or commercial information, information otherwise generally 

unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise protected 

from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or 

common law. IQ Data has maintained this information as confidential due 

to the sensitive nature of the information. IQ Data’s competitors would gain 

an improper advantage if documents were made public, including but not 

limited to customer information, account notes, intellectual property, 

research, technical, commercial, or financial information, business plans, 

business policies, training materials, and other business-related information 

that are not generally available to the public. The debt collection industry 

and consumer reporting agencies are highly competitive and require 

confidentiality of very sensitive consumer information. 

Plaintiff will also be producing materials relating to or regarding 

Plaintiff’s debt(s), credit history, credit reports, documents containing 

Plaintiff’s social security number and DOB. Plaintiff has alleged he has 

suffered harm that could result in production of sensitive medical 

information, banking records, personal identity information, income tax 

1 This Stipulated Protective Order incorporates Hon. Mueller’s and Hon. Delaney’s Procedures.

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returns (including attached schedules and forms), W-2 forms and 1099 

forms, and personnel or employment records.

Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the 

prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to 

adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, 

to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such 

material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their 

handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a 

protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the 

intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential 

for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith 

belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 

there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this 

case.

1.3 Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal.

The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that 

this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 

information under seal; Civil Local Rules 141, 143, and 302 set forth the 

procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a 

party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to 

judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with nondispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. 

See Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 

2006), Phillips ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210–

11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Elecs., Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 

(E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), 

and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper 

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evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to 

Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The Parties’ mere 

designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—

without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that 

the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or 

otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.

Further, if a party requests sealing related to any dispositive motions, 

briefs, pleadings, deposition transcripts, other papers to be filed with the Court 

incorporate documents or information subject to this Order, or trial, then the 

party filing such papers shall designate such materials, or portions thereof, as 

“Confidential,” and then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing 

must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the 

specific interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 

665, 677–79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or 

thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive 

motion or trial, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons,

supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. 

Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents under 

seal must be provided by declaration.

Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable 

in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be 

redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public 

viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable 

portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file 

documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why 

redaction is not feasible.

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2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Action: Adrian Watts, Jr. v. I.Q. Data International, Inc.. (Case 

No: 2:24-cv-02501-KJM-CKD).

2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 

designation of information or items under this Order.

2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless 

of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify 

for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified 

above in the Good Cause Statement. 

2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 

their support staff).

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information 

or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, 

regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or 

maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and 

tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses 

to discovery in this matter.

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a 

matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its 

counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.

2.8 Final Disposition: the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and 

defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment 

herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, 

remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for 

filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law.

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2.9 In-House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this 

Action. In-House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or 

any other outside counsel.

2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, 

or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 

party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this 

Action and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are 

affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and 

includes support staff.

2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record 

(and their support staffs).

2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 

Discovery Material in this Action.

2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 

support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing 

exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in 

any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.

2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material and all 

information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all testimony 

given in a deposition, declaration or otherwise, that refers, reflects or 

otherwise discusses any information designated “Confidential” that is 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 

Material from a Producing Party.

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3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 

Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 

extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 

compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 

presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

Any use of Protected Material at trial will be governed by the orders of the 

trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

4. TRIAL AND DURATION

 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this Order will remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 

otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition will be 

deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, 

with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and 

exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of 

time pursuant to applicable law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for 

Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items 

for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation 

to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The 

Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of 

material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify 

so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications 

for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the 

ambit of this Order.

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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. 

Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for 

an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development 

process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 

expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that 

it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party 

must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable 

designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided 

in this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as 

otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that 

qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated 

before the material is disclosed or produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 

documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 

proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that contains protected material. If only 

a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 

Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by 

making appropriate markings in the margins).

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for 

inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party 

has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. During the 

inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for 

inspection will be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has 

identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must 

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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this 

Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party 

must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected 

Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for 

protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 

(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify 

the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the 

deposition all protected testimony. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 

any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place 

on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is

stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the 

information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent 

practicable, will identify the protected portion(s).

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 

failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, 

waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order 

for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving 

Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in 

accordance with the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 

designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 

Scheduling Order. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party will initiate the dispute 

resolution process (and, if necessary, file a discovery motion) in accordance

with Judge Mueller’s and Judge Delaney’s Civil Procedures.

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6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding will be 

on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an 

improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and 

burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. 

Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality 

designation, all parties will continue to afford the material in question the 

level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s 

designation until the Court rules on the challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that 

is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection 

with this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this 

Action. Protected Material shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by any 

person, for any business, commercial or competitive purposes or for any 

purpose whatsoever other than solely for the preparation for and trial of this 

action in accordance with the provisions of this Order. Such Protected 

Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 

conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a 

Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below 

(FINAL DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 

location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the 

persons authorized under this Order.

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 

otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating 

Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as 

well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is 

reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of 

the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

Action;

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed 

the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(d) the Court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 

Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and 

who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A);

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or 

a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the 

information;

(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in 

the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the 

deposing party requests that the witness sign the form attached as 

Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any 

confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the 

Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 

deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected 

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Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be 

disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective 

Order; and

(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 

mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement 

discussions. 

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 

IN OTHER LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other 

litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in 

this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 

will include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or 

order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material 

covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. 

Such notification will include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 

pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be 

affected.

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served 

with the subpoena or court order will not produce any information 

designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by 

the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has 

obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party will 

bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its 

confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

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authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a 

lawful directive from another court.

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 

PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

9.1 Application. The terms of this Order are applicable to 

information produced by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in 

connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief 

provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed 

as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

9.2 Notification. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid 

discovery request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in 

its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the NonParty not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the 

Party will: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the NonParty that some or all of the information requested is subject to a 

confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

(b) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and 

a reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 

(c) make the information requested available for inspection by the 

Non-Party, if requested. 

9.3 Conditions of Production. If the Non-Party fails to seek a 

protective order from this court within 14 days of receiving the notice 

and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 

Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery 

request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving 

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Party will not produce any information in its possession or control that 

is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the 

Non-Party will bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this 

court of its Protected Material.

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has 

disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not 

authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must 

immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the 

Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized 

disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such 

person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 

inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other 

protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended 

to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order 

that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an 

agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information 

covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 

parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 

submitted to the court.

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12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of 

any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 

Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to 

object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground 

not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party 

waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the 

material covered by this Protective Order.

12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 

Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 141, 143, and 302. 

Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order 

authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a 

Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, 

then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record 

unless otherwise instructed by the court.

12.4 Neither the entry of this Order, nor the designation of any 

information, document, or the like as “Confidential,” nor the failure to 

make such designation, shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue 

in this action.

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 

60 days, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the 

Producing Party. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” 

includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other 

format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. The 

Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party 

(and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 

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day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the 

Protected Material that was returned and (2) affirms that the Receiving 

Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or 

any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 

Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival 

copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 

transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits,

expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work 

product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such 

archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject 

to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

14. VIOLATION

Any willful violation of this Order may be punished by civil or criminal 

contempt proceedings, financial or evidentiary sanctions, reference to 

disciplinary authorities, or other appropriate action at the discretion of the Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: January 9, 2025 /s/Charles Cummins (with permission)

Charles Cummins

Matthew Loker

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ADRIAN WATTS, JR. 

DATED: January 9, 2025 /s/Joel D. Brodfuehrer

Joel D. Brodfuehrer

Kendra S. Canape

Attorneys for Defendant

IQ DATA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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ORDER

 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court approves this Stipulated Protective 

Order with the additional clarification and order that once this action is closed, 

the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms. See L.R.

141.1(f). IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 13, 2025

 

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [full name], of 

_________________ [full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have 

read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued 

by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on [date] 

in the case of ___________ [insert case name and number]. I agree to comply 

with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I 

understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to 

sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I 

will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this 

Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance 

with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms 

of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur 

after termination of this action. I hereby appoint 

__________________________ [full name] of 

_______________________________________ [full address and telephone 

number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this 

action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 

Order.

Date: ______________________________________

City and State where signed: _________________________________

Printed name: _______________________________

Signature: ___________________

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