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Parties Involved:
Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.
Defendant
Terry T. Snipes
Plaintiff

Document Text:

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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LINDBERGH PORTER, Bar No. 100091

KURT R. BOCKES, Bar No. 171647

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Facsimile: 415.399.8490

Email: lporter@littler.com

kbockes@littler.com

JEFFREY J. MANN, Bar No. 253440

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Treat Towers

1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

Telephone: 925.932.2468

Facsimile: 925.946.9809

Email: jmann@littler.com

STEVEN W. MOORE, Bar No. 193068

CONSTANGY, BROOKS, SMITH & PROPHETE, 

LLP

600 17TH Street, Suite 2700-S

Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: 720.343.7533

Facsimile: 720.343.7451

Email: smoore@constangy.com

Attorneys for Defendant

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERRY T. SNIPES, SR., an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC., a 

Virginia corporation, and DOES 1 through 

50, Inclusive,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-00878-MCE-KJN (TEMP)

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

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Subject to the approval of this Court, Plaintiff Terry T. Snipes, Sr. (“Snipes” or “Plaintiff”) 

and Defendant Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Dollar Tree”), by and through their 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree to the following Protective Order: 

WHEREAS, the parties to this proceeding anticipate that during the course of the abovecaptioned litigation, the parties will produce or provide documents and information (including 

electronic data), which one or more parties contend contain trade secrets or other sensitive, private, 

confidential or proprietary information; 

WHEREAS, the parties to this proceeding wish to protect the confidentiality of such 

documents and information and to ensure that the parties can obtain and pursue discovery with the 

minimum of delay and expense;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to stipulate to protect certain privileged and otherwise 

protected documents, data (including electronically stored information), and other information, 

including without limitation, metadata (collectively, “document” or “documents”), against claims of 

waiver and inadvertent production in the event they are produced during the course of this litigation 

whether pursuant to a Court Order, a parties’ discovery request or informal production.

WHEREAS, the parties wish to comply with discovery deadlines and complete discovery as 

expeditiously as possible, while preserving and without waiving any evidentiary protections or 

privileges applicable to the information contained in the documents produced, including as against 

third parties and other Federal and State proceedings, and in addition to their agreement, need the 

additional protections of a Court Order under FRE 502(d) and (e) to do so.

WHEREAS, this Stipulation is designed to foreclose any argument the disclosure of 

documents subject to a legally recognized claim of privilege, including without limitation the 

attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or other applicable privilege, by the Producing 

Party was not inadvertent, that the Producing Party did not take reasonable steps to prevent the 

disclosure of privileged documents, that the Producing Party did not take reasonable or timely steps 

to rectify such disclosure and/or acts as a waiver of applicable privileges or protections associated 

with such documents.

THEREFORE, the parties seek the entry of an Order, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

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Procedure 26(c), governing the disclosure of documents and information therein pertaining to 

“Confidential Information” or “Counsel Only” information on the terms set forth herein, as well as 

an Order, pursuant to FRE 502, governing the return of inadvertently produced documents and data 

and affording them the protections of FRE 502(d) and (e), on the terms set forth herein.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED, STIPULATED AND ORDERED THAT:

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

designate any document, thing, material, testimony or other information derived therefrom, as 

“Confidential Information” under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”). Neither 

party shall designate any discovery material as “Confidential Information” without first making a 

determination that the information is properly subject to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) and 

that such protection is warranted in good faith. “Confidential Information” shall not be disclosed 

except as provided for herein.

2. “Confidential Information” includes:

(a) Information that any party reasonably believes has not lawfully been made 

public and which concerns or relates to the personnel information, processes, objectives, strategies, 

plans, advertising, methodologies, procedures, operations, type of work, products, services, sales, 

purchases, transfers, identification of customers, customer information, bank and payroll related 

agreements, policies, marketing plans, vendor information, profit margins, product quantities and 

costs amount or source of income, costs, profits, losses, financial information, business forecasts, or 

expenditures of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other organization or organizational 

structure, if the disclosure of such information has the effect of causing harm or potential harm to the 

competitive position or privacy rights of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or to the 

organization from which the information was obtained or of third parties, including but not limited to 

persons transacting business with any of the parties to this action.

(b) The personnel records of current or former employees or applicants of 

Defendant, Defendant’s parent company and affiliates, or non-parties acquired by or otherwise 

associated with Defendant; and,

(c) Any sensitive or private personal information, such as social security 

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numbers, driver’s license numbers, home or business addresses, home or business phone numbers 

for any individual, financial or tax information, and medical information.

3. Documents that are confidential under this Order shall be so designated by writing, 

typing, stamping or otherwise affixing the legend “Confidential Information” (and such other and 

further legend as may reasonably be included to specify such confidentiality) on copies of the 

document. Stamping the legend “Confidential Information” on the cover of any multi-page 

document (or on the cover of a disk containing electronic data) shall designate all pages of the 

document as confidential, and all data contained on a disk as confidential, unless otherwise indicated 

by the producing party. Confidential documents (including deposition transcripts) also may be so 

designated after production by written communication and reproduction with a “Confidential 

Information” legend for purposes of substitution of the original documentation, and all parties shall 

use their best efforts to ensure that no prior disclosure shall be used or re-disclosed contrary to the 

terms of this Order.

4. The inadvertent or unintentional disclosure of “Confidential Information” shall not be 

deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a party’s claim of confidentiality. Any such inadvertently or 

unintentionally disclosed “Confidential Information” shall be designated as “Confidential 

Information” as soon as reasonably possible after the producing party becomes aware of the 

inadvertent or unintentional disclosure and the producing party shall provide counsel for the other 

parties with a duplicate copy bearing the legend “Confidential Information,” whereupon the 

unmarked copies will be returned or destroyed.

5. Portions of transcripts of depositions, in which any “Confidential Information” is 

quoted, paraphrased, discussed, or referred to, or in which the subject matter covered by any 

“Confidential Information” is discussed or referred to, shall be subject to the same confidential 

treatment as provided herein for the underlying “Confidential Information” and shall be designated 

as confidential. Requests for such confidential treatment may be made at the deposition or at the 

latest within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of a transcript thereof. All transcripts of 

depositions shall be treated as Confidential for at least that 20-day period unless otherwise agreed 

upon by counsel or ordered by the Court.

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6. Recognizing the legitimate confidentiality needs of the parties, all discovery shall be 

used only by the parties to this action for purposes of resolution of the claims asserted in this action, 

any trial and appeal of this action, and enforcement of any award or judgment thereon. Information 

designated as “Confidential Information” under this Order, and any summaries, copies (including 

electronic copies), abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from information, 

designated as Confidential, shall be used only by the parties to this action; for the purpose of the 

prosecution, defense, or settlement of the claims asserted in this action, any trial and appeal of this 

action and the enforcement of any award or judgment based on such claims, and for no other purpose 

unless and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties or by order of the 

Court.

7. “Confidential Information” produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or 

made available only to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff 

employed by such counsel), to a trier of fact or law in any forum in which the claims asserted in this 

action may be adjudicated or enforced and the administrators of that forum, and to “Qualified 

Persons.” A Qualified Person is a person who falls into one of the categories set forth below:

(a) A party, or a current or former 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 staff) retained by such counsel to 

assist in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this action provided; however, that prior to 

disclosure of any “Confidential Information” to an expert or consultant, the party that wishes to 

make the disclosure shall affirm that the expert or consultant has not previously been retained by the 

non-disclosing party or a competitor of the non-disclosing party. (A competitor shall be defined as 

any discount variety retailer.) If the expert or consultant has been so retained, the parties shall meet 

and confer with each other and, if necessary, submit the issue to the Court prior to the disclosure to 

the expert or consultant of any “Confidential Information;”

(c) Witnesses testifying at deposition or at any hearing in this matter either during 

their testimony or in preparation therefore; however, if a witness refuses to sign the Nondisclosure 

Agreement, the parties shall meet and confer with each other and, if necessary, submit the issue to 

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the Court prior to the disclosure to the witness of any “Confidential Information;”

(d) Any person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce any award 

or judgment rendered against any party in this proceeding; 

(e) Any author or any recipient of any document or information;

(f) Independent legal translators retained to translate in connection with this 

action;

(g) Independent copying, scanning, technical support and electronic document 

processing services retained by Counsel in connection with this action;

(h) Graphics, translation, or design services retained by Counsel for the purposes 

of preparing demonstrative or other exhibits for deposition, trial or otherwise in connection with this 

action; 

(i) Non-technical jury or trial consulting services retained by Counsel in 

connection with this action; and

(j) Any other person ordered by the Court or as to whom all parties in writing 

agree.

8. Any person or entity to whom “Confidential Information” is disclosed pursuant to 

Subparagraphs 7 (a)-(j), above, shall, prior to receiving such Confidential Information, be provided 

with a copy of this Order and shall execute a Nondisclosure Agreement in the form set forth in 

Attachment A hereto, such forms to be maintained by counsel for the party sharing “Confidential 

Information” and undertaking to have such forms executed.

9. On the request of any party, any person who is not a Qualified Person shall be 

excluded from any deposition during the period in which “Confidential Information” is used, 

referred to or discussed.

10. The parties may further designate certain discovery material, testimony, or other 

information of an extraordinarily private, highly confidential, or propriety nature as 

“CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION -- COUNSEL ONLY” (hereinafter “Counsel Only” Material 

in the manner described above. Such designation shall not be used routinely or to gain advantage in 

this litigation, but rather shall be used only in exceptional cases where the protections afforded by 

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the “Confidential” classifications are insufficient. “Counsel Only” Material, and the information 

contained therein, shall be disclosed only to counsel for the parties (including the paralegal, clerical, 

and secretarial staff employed by such counsel) and to experts who execute Attachment A. “Counsel 

Only” Material may not be disclosed to opposing counsel’s clients pursuant to Professional Rules of 

Responsibility, Rule 3-700. If disclosure of “Counsel Only” Material is made pursuant to this 

Paragraph, all other provisions in this Order with respect to confidentiality shall also apply.

11. The restrictions set forth in this Order shall not:

(a) Apply to any discovery matter which a party can show was lawfully 

possessed, obtained, or developed by it other than through discovery in this action;

(b) Apply to any information which it lawfully possesses by other means or which 

lawfully is or lawfully becomes public knowledge in a manner that is not in violation of this Order;

(c) Operate as an admission by the recipient that any of the information contains 

or reflects “Confidential Information;”

(d) Prejudice in any way the right of any party or non-party to object on any basis 

to the production of discovery matter it considers not subject to discovery;

(e) Prejudice in any way the right of any party or non-party to seek a 

determination from the Court as to whether particular information shall be produced;

(f) Prevent the parties from entering into a written agreement to alter or waive the 

provisions or protections provided herein, generally or with respect to any “Confidential 

Information;”

(g) Prejudice in any way the right of any party or non-party to seek such 

additional or other protection as that party may deem appropriate with regard to the confidentiality 

of the information;

(h) Be construed to require any party to produce information that it considers 

privileged or otherwise not subject to discovery;

(i) Be deemed a waiver of any objections a party otherwise would have to any 

discovery request propounded in this action or a waiver of any third party’s claim to right of privacy.

12. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party at any time after 

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information is designated “Confidential Information” to file a motion with the Court, upon not less 

than ten (10) calendar days’ notice to all parties: (i) to challenge the designation of any particular 

document or information as Confidential or whether its use should be restricted, provided such party 

has first made a good-faith attempt to resolve such question with the designating party; or (ii) seek a 

separate protective order as to any particular document or information, including restrictions 

differing from those as specified herein. The Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the parties in 

any way in any future application for modifications of this Order.

13. The parties will mark any document that they believe should be filed under seal as 

“Confidential Information” or “Counsel Only” Material. Defendant’s use of such designations shall 

only apply to documents containing private, trade secret, business confidential, and proprietary 

information of the Defendant, the public disclosure of which would be detrimental to Defendant’s 

competitive interests or the privacy rights of its current and former employees. The sealing 

requirements of Local Rule 141 will apply to any document so designated until and unless a Court 

orders that the documents are not subject to seal. 

14. The burden of establishing that any information designated as “Confidential 

Information” or “Counsel Only” Material meets the definitions set forth herein shall be on the party 

that seeks to uphold the designation. Any information or documents designated as “Confidential 

Information,” which are subject to sealing motion pursuant to Paragraph 13 shall be treated as 

“Confidential Information” in accordance with the terms of this Order until such time as the Court 

rules otherwise.

15. All documents produced in this proceeding designated “Confidential Information” or 

“Counsel Only” shall be used by the party to whom such documents are produced solely for 

purposes of the investigation and/or resolution of the claims arising in this action, any trial and 

appeal of this action, and the enforcement of any award thereon and for no other purpose except as 

otherwise required by law or by order of the Court.

16. Pursuant to FRE 502(d) and (e), the parties agree to and the Court orders protection of 

privileged and otherwise protected documents and electronically stored information against claims 

of waiver (including as against third parties and in other federal and state proceedings) in the event 

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they are produced during the course of this litigation, whether pursuant to a Court Order, a party’s 

discovery request, or informal production, as follows:

(a) The inadvertent production of documents by a Producing Party subject to a 

legally recognized claim of privilege, including without limitation the attorney-client privilege, and 

work-product doctrine, to a Receiving Party, shall in no way constitute the voluntary disclosure of 

such document, data or information.

(b) The inadvertent production of any document in this action shall not result in 

the waiver of any privilege, evidentiary protection, or other protection associated with such 

document as to the Receiving Party, or any third parties, and shall not result in any waiver, including 

subject matter waiver, of any kind.

(c) If, during the course of this litigation, a party determines that any document 

produced by another party is on its face subject to a legally recognizable privilege or evidentiary 

protection, the Receiving Party shall: (a) refrain from reading the document any more closely than is 

necessary to ascertain that it is privileged; (b) immediately notify the Producing Party in writing that 

it has discovered documents believed to be privileged or protected; (c) specifically identify the 

documents by Bates number range or hash value range, and, (d) where possible, return, sequester, or 

destroy all copies of such documents, along with any notes, abstracts or compilations of the content 

thereof, within ten (10) business days of discovery by the Receiving Party. Where such documents 

cannot be destroyed or separated it shall not be reviewed, disclosed, or otherwise used by the 

Receiving Party. Notwithstanding, the Receiving Party is under no obligation to search or review 

the Producing Party’s documents to identify potentially privileged or work product protected 

documents.

(d) If the Producing Party intends to assert a claim of privilege or other protection 

over documents identified by the Receiving Party, the Producing Party will, within five (5) business 

days of receiving the Receiving Party’s written notification, inform the Receiving Party of such 

intention in writing and shall provide the Receiving Party with a log for such document, data or 

information that is consistent with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, setting 

forth the basis for the claim of privilege or other protection, and in the event, if any portion of the 

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document does not contain privileged or protected information, the Producing Party shall also 

provide to the Receiving Party a redacted copy of the document that omits the information that the 

Producing Party believes is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection.

(e) If, during the course of this litigation, a party determines it has produced a 

document protected from discovery by a legally recognized claim of privilege or other protection, 

the Producing Party may notify the Receiving Party of such inadvertent production in writing, and 

demand the return of such documents. Such notice shall be in writing, however, it may be delivered 

orally on the record at a deposition, promptly followed up in writing. The Producing Party’s written 

notice will identify the document, data and/or information inadvertently produced by bates number 

range or hash value range, the privilege or protection claimed, and the basis for the assertion of the 

privilege and shall provide the Receiving Party with a log for such document that is consistent with 

the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, setting forth the basis for the claim of 

privilege or other protection, and in the event any portion of the document that does not contain 

privileged or protected information, the Producing Party shall also provide to the Receiving Party a 

redacted copy of the document that omits the information that the Producing Party believes is subject 

to a claim of privilege or other protection. After receiving such written notification, the Receiving 

Party must, within ten (10) business days of receiving the written notification, return, sequester, or 

destroy the specified document and any copies, along with any notes, abstracts, or compilations of 

the content thereof.

(f) To the extent that an inadvertently produced document has been loaded into a 

litigation review database, the Producing Party can elect to either (i) have the document returned or 

destroyed via an extraction of the electronic copies from the database; or (ii) have the document 

disabled from further use or otherwise rendered inaccessible to the Receiving Party in the litigation 

review database. If the Producing Party selections option (i), it shall bear the costs of the return or 

destruction of such electronic copies.

(g) To the extent that the information contained in a document subject to a claim 

of privilege or other protection has already been used in or described in other documents generated 

or maintained by the Receiving Party, then the Receiving Party will sequester such documents until 

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the claim has been resolved. If the Receiving Party disclosed the specified document before being 

notified of its inadvertent production, it must take reasonable steps to retrieve it. The Producing 

Party shall preserve the specified document until the claim is resolved.

(h) The Receiving Party’s return, sequestering, or destruction of such privileged 

or protected documents as provided herein will not act as a waiver of the Requesting Party’s right to 

move for the production of the returned, sequestered, or destroyed documents on the ground that the 

documents are not, in fact, subject to a viable claim of privilege or protection. However, the 

Receiving Party is prohibited and estopped from arguing that the production of the documents in this 

matter acts as a waiver of an applicable privilege or evidentiary protection, that the disclosure of the 

documents was not inadvertent, that the Producing Party did not take reasonable steps to prevent the 

disclosure of the privileged documents or that the producing party failed to take reasonable or timely 

steps to rectify the error pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B), or otherwise.

(i) Either party may submit the specified documents to the Court under seal for a 

determination of the claim of privilege or other protection and will provide the Court with the 

grounds for the asserted privilege or protection. The Receiving Party may not use the documents for 

any purpose absent this Court’s Order. Any party may request expedited treatment of any request 

for the Courts determination of the claim.

(j) Upon a determination by the Court that the specified documents are protected 

by the applicable privilege or evidentiary protection, and if the specified documents have been 

sequestered rather than returned or destroyed, the specified documents shall be returned or 

destroyed. The Court may also order the identification and/or review of documents that have been 

identified as being potentially subject to a legally recognized claim by search terms or other means.

(k) Nothing contained herein is intended to, or shall serve to limit a party’s right 

and obligation to conduct a review of documents for relevance, responsiveness, or the segregation of 

privileged and/or protected information.

17. All “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information shall be returned to 

the Producing Party as follows:

(a) Within sixty (60) calendar days of the conclusion of the Litigation by 

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settlement, dismissal or entry of judgment, and subject to sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) below, all 

“Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information, including any and all copies (including 

electronically-stored copies), abstracts, summaries, physical media by which data was transmitted, 

and readable reports or output from the physical media by which data was transmitted, shall be 

returned to the producing party. Counsel for each party shall additionally certify to counsel for the 

opposing party, in writing, that any and all such “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” 

information, including any and all copies (including electronically-stored copies), abstracts, 

summaries, physical media by which data was transmitted, and readable reports or output from the 

physical media by which data was transmitted, or produced by the opposing party, has been returned. 

Even after the Final Disposition of the Litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order will remain in effect until a designating party agrees otherwise in writing or a Court otherwise 

directs. “Final Disposition” means the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, 

with or without prejudice and (2) final judgment in this action after the completion and exhaustion of 

all appeals, re-hearings, 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. 

(b) If “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information is furnished to 

outside experts or consultants pursuant to Paragraph 7(b), the attorney for the party using such expert 

or consultant shall have the responsibility of ensuring, within sixty (60) calendar days of the 

termination of the litigation, that all such “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information 

including any and all copies (including electronically-stored copies), abstracts, summaries, physical 

media by which data was transmitted, and readable reports or output from the physical media by 

which data was transmitted, is returned to the producing party, and so certifying in writing as 

provided in sub-part (a) above. 

(c) Counsel of record for the parties may indefinitely retain one copy of any part 

of the “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information produced by others that has 

become part of the official record of this litigation as well as abstracts or summaries of materials that 

reference “Confidential Information” or “Counsel-Only” information that contain counsels mental 

impressions or opinions. Such copy shall remain subject to the terms of this Protective Order and 

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shall not be used by the Receiving Party for any other purpose whatsoever, including but not limited 

to, other litigation.

18. Under this Order, Professional Rule of Conduct 3-700 is inapplicable to the 

“Confidential Information” produced by the opposing side in discovery; and no copies (electronic or 

otherwise) of an opposing party’s “Confidential Information” shall be retained as part of any “client 

file” at the conclusion of this litigation. 

19. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action and the Court shall retain 

jurisdiction to enforce, construe, or modify its terms for three (3) years after the final disposition of 

this action.

20. Once executed by all parties, the Stipulation shall be by treated by the Parties as an 

Order of the Court pending its formal approval by the Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD:

Dated: December 29, 2015 SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION, P.C.

/S/ Jared Hague

S. BRETT SUTTON

JARED HAGUE

JOSEPH V. MACIAS

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TERRY T. SNIPES

Dated: December 29, 2015

LITTLER MENDELSON, PC

/S/ Jeffrey J. Mann

LINDBERGH PORTER

KURT R. BOCKES

JEFFREY J. MANN

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendant

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

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The parties’ stipulated protective order is APPROVED and ENTERED, except that:

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

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

with the court under seal. The parties must comply with Local Rule 141 with respect to 

requests to seal documents, and any contrary provision is disapproved.

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

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

Local Rule 251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery 

disputes on an ex parte basis or on shortened time.

Dated: January 21, 2016

BVD/snipes0878.stip.prot.ord

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

As a condition to inspecting or otherwise using documents and information produced in 

Snipes v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:15-cv-00878, I certify 

that I have read the attached Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”) regarding the handling of 

documents and information designated as “Confidential” or “Confidential Information -- Counsel 

Only” and hereby agree to make no use of such documents and/or information except as permitted 

by the express terms of the Order, to make no disclosure of such documents and/or information to 

persons other than those who may have access to it under such Order, to return all originals and all 

copies of such documents and/or information when required to do so under the Order, and otherwise 

to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Order.

DATED: ___________________

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NAME: ______________________________

ADDRESS: ______________________________

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