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Parties Involved:
Herschel Berringer
Plaintiff
Indian River Transport Co.
Defendant
Todd Shook
Plaintiff

Document Text:

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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(CASE NO. 1:14-CV-01415-WBS-BAM) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

ANDREW M. SPURCHISE, Bar No. 245998

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Facsimile: 415.399.8490

MICHELLE CHRISTIAN, Bar No. 186115

BRITNEY N. TORRES, Bar No. 287019

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2000

Sacramento, CA 95814.4737

Telephone: 916.830.7211

Facsimile: 916.561.0828

Attorneys for Defendant

INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT CO.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD SHOOK, HERSCHEL 

BERRINGER on behalf of himself and all 

others similarly situated, and on behalf of 

all other “aggrieved” employees,

Plaintiffs,

v.

INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT CO., a 

Florida Corporation, and DOES 1-10 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-CV-01415-WBS-BAM

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are 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. Specifically, 

the Parties seek to protect information exchanged in this litigation pertaining to compensation and 

payroll information, personnel records, employee data, employee schedules, employee training 

materials, employee complaints, internal investigations, audits, financial records, internal policies 

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and procedures, business planning information, budgets, floor plans, internal compliance materials, 

marketing information, and private contracts because Defendant has a legal obligation to protect 

private information pertaining to its employees. This protection should be addressed by a court 

order, as opposed to a private agreement between or among the parties, in order to sufficiently 

protect Defendant’s employees’ information. 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 public disclosure and use 

extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the

applicable legal principles. 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 140 and 141 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.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: information (regardless of how 

it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that may be viewed only by Outside Counsel 

of Record and may not be shown to any Non-Party or Party (including its House Counsel) other than 

the Designating Party. “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information will include, but is not limited 

to, the list of putative class members, or any other list of Defendant’s employees and contact 

information.

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), as well as confidential or sensitive proprietary, business, commercial or 

personal information, including, but not limited to, compensation and payroll information, personnel 

records, employee data, employee schedules, employee training materials, employee complaints, 

internal investigations, audits, financial records, internal policies and procedures, business planning 

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information, budgets, floor plans, internal compliance materials, marketing information, and private 

contracts.

2.4 Counsel (without qualifier): 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” or “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” 

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 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.10 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.

2.11 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).

2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action.

2.13 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.

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2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party.

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. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving 

Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of 

publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record 

through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the 

disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 

information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of 

Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 

otherwise directs. Final disposition shall 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 

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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.

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 or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on 

other parties) 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 mistaken 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 the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 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 or materials available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it 

would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material 

made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the 

Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under 

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this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 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 deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that 

the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding, all Protected Material. 

(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 or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” 

and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item 

warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall 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 “CONFIDENTIAL” AND “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

DESIGNATIONS

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

“CONFIDENTIAL” OR “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a 

Designating Party’s designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, 

unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not 

waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge 

promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

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6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process 

by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each 

challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must 

recite that the challenge is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective 

Order. The Parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process 

by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) 

within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the 

basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating 

Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no 

change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party 

may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer 

process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and 

confer process in a timely manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. Unless otherwise provided by an applicable order, if the Parties 

cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a 

motion to retain confidentiality under Local Rule 141.1 within 21 days of the initial notice of 

challenge or within 14 days of the Parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve 

their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent 

declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed 

in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the 

required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the 

confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may 

file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, 

including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any 

motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the 

preceding paragraph.

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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall 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 the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to 

retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall 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.

6.4 The Parties agree they will not challenge the designation of the putative class list, or 

any other list of Defendant’s employees and contact information, as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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 case only for prosecuting, 

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to 

the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation 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:

(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 litigation;

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

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

(c) real parties in interest to this action;

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

is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(e) the court and its personnel;

(f) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, mock 

jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and 

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

(g) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary and who have signed 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 Material must be 

separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under 

this Stipulated Protective Order.

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

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.3 Disclosure of “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 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 “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:

(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 litigation;

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

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.4 Contact with Members of the Putative Class List by Outside Counsel of Record for 

the Parties. The Parties agree that contact by Outside Counsel of Record for the Parties with 

members of the putative class list, which will be designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” will:

(a) be neutral;

(b) advise potential class members that they have a right not to talk to counsel;

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(c) advise potential class members that, if they elect not to talk to counsel, the 

Outside Counsel of Record for the Parties will terminate the contact and not contact them again;

(d) advise potential class members that Defendant was compelled to disclose the 

contact information, that the communication is highly confidential, and include contact information 

of counsel for Defendant, accompanied by a warning that Defendant’s counsel does not represent 

potential class members.

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” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” that Party must: 

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

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 shall 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 shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 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 shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its Protected Material –

and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party 

in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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

LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and/or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s Protected Material in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the 

Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s Protected Information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 

some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 

description of the information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the NonParty. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or 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 Protected Material responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party 

timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any Protected Material in its 

possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court.1 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden 

and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

 

1 The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights of a Non-Party 

and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality interests in this court.

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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.

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. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a 

court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the 

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public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 

Material must comply with Civil Local Rules 140 and 141. If a Receiving Party's request to file 

Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rules 140 and 141 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 Use of Employee Contact Information. The Parties agree that any employee contact 

information produced during this case, including current and former employee home addresses and 

telephone numbers, may only be used in connection with this case for prosecuting, defending, or 

attempting to settle this litigation or related litigation. Provided, however, it shall not be a violation 

of this Order for Outside Counsel of Record for Plaintiffs to use this information to communicate 

with class members.

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. 

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. Whether 

the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, 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 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material 

that was returned or destroyed 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).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: June 25, 2015 /s/ Michelle Christian

Andrew Spurchise

Michelle Christian 

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendant Indian River Transport Co.

DATED: June 24, 2015 /s/ Adrianne DeCastro

Aashish Y. Desai

Adrianne De Castro

Desai Law Firm, P.C.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

I, the filer of this document, attest that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the 

filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing. 

DATED: June 25, 2015 /s/ Michelle Christian

Michelle Christian

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendant Indian River Transport Co.

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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 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in the case of Todd Shook, et al. v. 

Indian River Transport, Co., Case No. 1:14-CV-01415-WBS-BAM. 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 __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type 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 sworn and signed: 

Printed name: 

[printed name]

Signature: 

[signature]

Firmwide:134200853.3 081867.1002

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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