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Parties Involved:
Bonneville International Corporation
Defendant
Grant Napear
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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David J. Jordan (UT #1751, admitted pro hac vice)

 Email: david.jordan@stoel.com

R. Chad Pugh (UT #14035, admitted pro hac vice)

 Email: chad.pugh@stoel.com

Tanner B. Camp (CA #321716)

 Email: tanner.camp@stoel.com

STOEL RIVES LLP

201 S. Main Street, Suite 1100

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Telephone: (801) 328-3131

Bryan L. Hawkins (CA #238346)

 Email: bryan.hawkins@stoel.com

STOEL RIVES LLP

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 447-0700

Attorneys for Defendant Bonneville

International Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANT NAPEAR,

Plaintiff,

v.

BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL 

CORPORATION, a Utah corporation; and 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:21-cv-01956-KJM-DB

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Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and for good cause, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. Scope of Protection

This Stipulated Protective Order (“Protective Order”) shall govern any record of 

information produced in this action and designated pursuant to this Protective Order, including all 

designated deposition testimony, all designated testimony taken at a hearing or other proceeding, 

all designated deposition exhibits, interrogatory answers, admissions, documents and other 

discovery materials, whether produced informally or in response to interrogatories, requests for 

admissions, requests for production of documents or other formal methods of discovery. 

This Protective Order shall also govern any designated record of information produced in 

this action pursuant to required disclosures under any federal procedural rule or local rule of the 

Court and any supplementary disclosures thereto. 

This Protective Order shall apply to the parties and to any nonparty from whom discovery 

may be sought who desires the protection of this Protective Order.

Nonparties may challenge the confidentiality of the protected information by filing a motion 

to intervene and a motion to de-designate. 

2. Definitions

(a) The term PROTECTED INFORMATION shall mean confidential or 

proprietary technical, scientific, financial, business, health, or medical information designated as 

such by the producing party.

(b) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES 

ONLY, shall mean PROTECTED INFORMATION that is so designated by the producing party. 

The designation CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may be used only for the 

following types of past, current, or future PROTECTED INFORMATION: (1) sensitive 

technical information, including current research, development and manufacturing information 

and patent prosecution information, (2) sensitive business information, including highly sensitive 

financial or marketing information and the identity of suppliers, distributors and potential or 

actual customers, (3) competitive technical information, including technical analyses or 

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comparisons of competitor’s products, (4) competitive business information, including non-public 

financial or marketing analyses or comparisons of competitor’s products and strategic product 

planning, or (5) any other PROTECTED INFORMATION the disclosure of which to nonqualified people subject to this Protective Order the producing party reasonably and in good faith 

believes would likely cause harm. 

(c) The term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall mean all 

PROTECTED INFORMATION that is not designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY” information.

(d) For entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 

Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the term CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall include Confidential 

Health Information. Confidential Health Information shall mean information supplied in any 

form, or any portion thereof, that identifies an individual or subscriber in any manner and relates 

to the past, present, or future care, services, or supplies relating to the physical or mental health or 

condition of such individual or subscriber, the provision of health care to such individual or 

subscriber, or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to such 

individual or subscriber. Confidential Health Information includes claim data, claim forms, 

grievances, appeals, or other documents or records that contain any patient health information 

required to be kept confidential under any state or federal law, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 

164 promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (see

45 C.F.R. §§ 164.501 & 160.103), and the following subscriber, patient, or member identifiers:

(1) names;

(2) all geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street 

address, city, county, precinct, and zip code;

(3) all elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an 

individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, age, 

and date of death;

(4) telephone numbers;

(5) fax numbers;

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(6) electronic mail addresses;

(7) social security numbers;

(8) medical record numbers;

(9) health plan beneficiary numbers;

(10) account numbers;

(11) certificate/license numbers;

(12) vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate 

numbers;

(13) device identifiers and serial numbers;

(14) web universal resource locators (“URLs”);

(15) internet protocol (“IP”) address numbers;

(16) biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints;

(17) full face photographic images and any comparable images; 

and/or any other unique identifying number, characteristic, 

or code.

(e) The term TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall refer to any person who is not a 

party to this action and/or not presently employed by the receiving party or a company affiliated 

through common ownership, who has been designated by the receiving party to receive another 

party’s PROTECTED INFORMATION, including CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each party’s 

TECHNICAL ADVISORS shall be limited to such person as, in the judgment of that party’s 

counsel, are reasonably necessary for development and presentation of that party’s case. These 

persons include outside experts or consultants retained to provide technical or other expert 

services such as expert testimony or otherwise assist in trial preparation.

3. Disclosure Agreements

(a) Each receiving party’s TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall sign a disclosure 

agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Disclosure Agreement”). Copies of the 

Disclosure Agreement signed by any person or entity to whom PROTECTED INFORMATION is 

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disclosed shall be provided to the other party promptly after execution by email. No disclosures 

shall be made to a TECHNICAL ADVISOR until seven (7) days after the executed Disclosure 

Agreement is served on the other party. 

(b) Before any PROTECTED INFORMATION is disclosed to outside 

TECHNICAL ADVISORS, the following information must be provided in writing to the 

producing party and received no less than seven (7) days before the intended date of disclosure to 

that outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR: the identity of that outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR, 

business address and/or affiliation and a current curriculum vitae of the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR, and, if not contained in the TECHNICAL ADVISOR’s curriculum vitae, a brief 

description, including education, present and past employment and general areas of expertise of 

the TECHNICAL ADVISOR. If the producing party objects to disclosure of PROTECTED 

INFORMATION to an outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR, the producing party shall within seven 

(7) days of receipt serve written objections identifying the specific basis for the objection, and 

particularly identifying all information to which disclosure is objected. Failure to object within 

seven (7) days shall authorize the disclosure of PROTECTED INFORMATION to the 

TECHNICAL ADVISOR. As to any objections, the parties shall attempt in good faith to 

promptly resolve any objections informally. If the objections cannot be resolved, the party 

seeking to prevent disclosure of the PROTECTED INFORMATION to the expert shall move 

within seven (7) days for an Order of the Court preventing the disclosure. The burden of proving 

that the designation is proper shall be upon the producing party. If no such motion is made within 

seven (7) days, disclosure to the TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall be permitted. In the event that 

objections are made and not resolved informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of 

PROTECTED INFORMATION to the TECHNICAL ADVISOR shall not be made except by 

Order of the Court.

(c) Any disclosure agreement executed by any person affiliated with a party 

shall be provided to any other party who, based upon a good faith belief that there has been a 

violation of this order, requests a copy.

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(d) No party shall attempt to depose any TECHNICAL ADVISOR until such 

time as the TECHNICAL ADVISOR is designated by the party engaging the TECHNICAL 

ADVISOR as a testifying expert. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any party may depose 

a TECHNICAL ADVISOR as a fact witness provided that the party seeking such deposition has a 

good faith, demonstrable basis independent of the Disclosure Agreement or the information 

provided under subparagraph (a) above that such person possesses facts relevant to this action, or 

facts likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence; however, such deposition, if it 

precedes the designation of such person by the engaging party as a testifying expert, shall not 

include any questions regarding the scope or subject matter of the engagement. In addition, if the 

engaging party chooses not to designate the TECHNICAL ADVISOR as a testifying expert, the 

non-engaging party shall be barred from seeking discovery or trial testimony as to the scope or 

subject matter of the engagement.

4. Designation of Information

(a) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this 

action shall be designated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, by placing on each 

page, each document (whether in paper or electronic form), or each thing a legend substantially as 

follows:

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

(b) Documents and things produced or furnished during the course of this 

action shall be designated as containing information which is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

– ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by placing on each page, each document (whether in paper or 

electronic form), or each thing a legend substantially as follows:

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY

(c) During discovery, a producing party shall have the option to require that all 

or batches of materials be treated as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY during inspection and to make its designation as to particular 

documents and things at the time copies of documents and things are furnished.

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(d) A party may designate information disclosed at a deposition as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY by requesting the reporter to so designate the transcript at the time of the 

deposition.

(e) A producing party shall designate its discovery responses, responses to 

requests for admission, briefs, memoranda, and all other papers sent to the court or to opposing 

counsel as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY when such papers are served or sent.

(f) A party shall designate information disclosed at a hearing or trial as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY by requesting the court, at the time the information is proffered or adduced, to 

receive the information only in the presence of those persons designated to receive such 

information and court personnel, and to designate the transcript appropriately.

(g) The parties will use reasonable care to avoid designating any documents or 

information as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY that is not entitled to such designation or which is generally 

available to the public. The parties shall designate only that part of a document or deposition that 

is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY, rather than the entire document or deposition. For example, if a party claims that a 

document contains pricing information that is CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, 

the party will designate only that part of the document setting forth the specific pricing 

information as ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, rather than the entire document.

(h) In multi-party cases, Plaintiffs and/or Defendants shall further be able to 

designate documents as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO 

OTHER PLAINTIFFS or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT TO BE DISCLOSED TO 

OTHER DEFENDANTS for documents that shall not be disclosed to other parties.

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5. Disclosure and Use of Confidential Information

Information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be disclosed by the 

receiving party only to Qualified Recipients. All Qualified Recipients shall hold such 

information received from the disclosing party in confidence, shall use the information only for 

purposes of this action and for no other action, and shall not use it for any business or other 

commercial purpose, and shall not use it for filing or prosecuting any patent application (of any 

type) or patent reissue or reexamination request, and shall not disclose it to any person, except as 

hereinafter provided. All information that has been designated CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall 

be carefully maintained so as to preclude access by persons who are not qualified to receive such 

information under the terms of this Order.

In multi-party cases, documents designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT 

TO BE DISCLOSED TO OTHER PLAINTIFFS or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – NOT 

TO BE DISCLOSED TO OTHER DEFENDANTS shall not be disclosed to other plaintiffs 

and/or defendants.

6. Qualified Recipients

For purposes of this Order, “Qualified Recipient” means

(a) For CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY: 

(1) Outside counsel of record for the parties in this action, and the 

partners, associates, secretaries, paralegal assistants, and employees of such counsel to the extent 

reasonably necessary to render professional services in the action, outside copying services, 

document management services and graphic services; 

(2) Court officials involved in this action (including court reporters, 

persons operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any special master appointed by 

the Court);

(3) Any person designated by the Court in the interest of justice, upon 

such terms as the Court may deem proper;

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(4) Any outside TECHNICAL ADVISOR employed by the outside 

counsel of record, subject to the requirements in Paragraph 3 above; 

(5) Any witness during the course of discovery, so long as it is stated 

on the face of each document designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY being disclosed that the witness to whom a party is seeking to disclose the 

document was either an author, recipient, or otherwise involved in the creation of the document. 

Where it is not stated on the face of the confidential document being disclosed that the witness to 

whom a party is seeking to disclose the document was either an author, recipient, or otherwise 

involved in the creation of the document, the party seeking disclosure may nonetheless disclose 

the confidential document to the witness, provided that: (i) the party seeking disclosure has a 

reasonable basis for believing that the witness in fact received or reviewed the document, (ii) the 

party seeking disclosure provides advance notice to the party that produced the document, and 

(iii) the party that produced the document does not inform the party seeking disclosure that the 

person to whom the party intends to disclose the document did not in fact receive or review the 

documents. Nothing herein shall prevent disclosure at a deposition of a document designated 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to the officers, directors, and 

managerial level employees of the party producing such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, or to any employee of such party who has access to such 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in the ordinary course of 

such employee’s employment; and

(6) Any designated arbitrator or mediator who is assigned to hear this 

matter, or who has been selected by the parties, and his or her staff, provided that such individuals 

agree in writing, pursuant to the Disclosure Agreement, to be bound by the terms of this Order.

(b) FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:

(1) Those persons listed in paragraph 6(a); 

(2) In-house counsel for a party to this action who are acting in a legal 

capacity and who are actively engaged in the conduct of this action, and the secretary and 

paralegal assistants of such counsel to the extent reasonably necessary; 

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(3) The insurer of a party to litigation and employees of such insurer to 

the extent reasonably necessary to assist the party’s counsel to afford the insurer an opportunity to 

investigate and evaluate the claim for purposes of determining coverage and for settlement 

purposes; and

(4) A party to this action and representatives, officers, or employees of 

a party as necessary to assist outside counsel with this litigation.

7. Use of Protected Information

(a) In the event that any receiving party’s briefs, memoranda, discovery 

requests, requests for admission, or other papers of any kind that are served or filed include 

another party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the papers must be appropriately designated pursuant to paragraphs 

4(a) and (b) and governed by Local Rules 140 and 141.

(b) All documents, including attorney notes and abstracts, that contain another 

party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, shall be handled as if they were designated pursuant to paragraph 

4(a) or (b).

(c) Documents, papers, and transcripts that are filed with the court and contain 

any other party’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall be filed in accordance with Local Rules 140 and 141. 

(d) To the extent that documents are reviewed by a receiving party prior to 

production, any knowledge learned during the review process will be treated by the receiving 

party as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY until such time as 

the documents have been produced, at which time any stamped classification will control. No 

photograph or any other means of duplication, including but not limited to electronic means, of 

materials provided for review prior to production is permitted before the documents are produced 

with the appropriate stamped classification.

(e) In the event that any question is asked at a deposition with respect to which 

a party asserts that the answer requires the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, such question shall 

nonetheless be answered by the witness fully and completely. Prior to answering, however, all 

persons present shall be advised of this Order by the party making the confidentiality assertion 

and, in the case of information designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY at the request of such party, all persons who are not allowed to 

obtain such information pursuant to this Order, other than the witness, shall leave the room during 

the time in which this information is disclosed or discussed.

(f) Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict outside 

counsel from rendering advice to his or her client who is a party in this action and, in the course 

thereof, from relying in a general way upon his or her examination of materials designated 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY, provided, however, that in rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating 

with his or her client, such counsel shall not disclose the specific contents of any materials 

designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.

8. Inadvertent Failure to Designate

(a) In the event that a producing party inadvertently fails to designate any of its 

information pursuant to paragraph 4, it may later designate by notifying the receiving parties in 

writing. The receiving parties shall take reasonable steps to see that the information is thereafter 

treated in accordance with the designation.

(b) It shall be understood however, that no person or party shall incur any 

liability hereunder with respect to disclosure that occurred prior to receipt of written notice of a 

belated designation.

9. Challenge to Designation

(a) Any receiving party may challenge a producing party’s designation at any 

time. A failure of any party to expressly challenge a claim of confidentiality or any document 

designation shall not constitute a waiver of the right to assert at any subsequent time that the same 

is not in-fact confidential or not an appropriate designation for any reason.

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(b) Any receiving party may disagree with the designation of any information 

received from the producing party as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. In that case, any receiving party desiring to 

disclose or to permit inspection of the same otherwise than is permitted in this Order, may request 

the producing party in writing to change the designation of a document or documents, stating with 

particularity the reasons for that request, and specifying the category to which the challenged 

document(s) should be de-designated The producing party shall then have seven (7) days from 

the date of service of the request to:

(i) advise the receiving parties whether or not it persists in such 

designation; and

(ii) if it persists in the designation, to explain the reason for the 

particular designation and to state its intent to seek a protective 

order or any other order to maintain the designation.

(c) If no response is made within seven (7) days after service of the request 

under subparagraph (b), the information will be de-designated to the category requested by the 

receiving party. If, however, the request under subparagraph (b) above is responded to under 

subparagraph (b)(i) and (ii), within seven (7) days the producing party may then move the court 

for a protective order or any other order to maintain the designation. The burden of proving that 

the designation is proper shall be upon the producing party. If no such motion is made within 

seven (7) days after the statement to seek an order under subparagraph (b)(ii), the information 

will be de-designated to the category requested by the receiving party. In the event objections are 

made and not resolved informally and a motion is filed, disclosure of information shall not be 

made until the issue has been resolved by the Court (or to any limited extent upon which the 

parties may agree).

No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation when made, and 

failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge to the propriety of such designation.

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(d) With respect to requests and applications to remove or change a 

designation, information shall not be considered confidential or proprietary to the producing party 

if:

(i) the information in question has become available to the public 

through no violation of this Order; or

(ii) the information was known to any receiving party prior to its 

receipt from the producing party; or

(iii) the information was received by any receiving party without 

restrictions on disclosure from a third party having the right to

make such a disclosure.

10. Production of Privileged Documents, Inadvertent or Otherwise

(a) The production or disclosure of an attorney-client, work-product, or other 

privileged or protected document shall not be deemed a waiver of the attorney-client privilege, 

work-product protection, or other protection or immunity from discovery by the producing or 

protected party in this or any subsequent state or federal proceeding pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502 regardless of the circumstances of disclosure, whether inadvertent or otherwise. 

(b) If a party produces or provides discovery that it believes is subject to a 

claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or other privilege the producing party 

may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing is subject to a claim of 

attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or other privilege and request that the document 

or thing be returned to the producing party. The receiving party shall return to the producing party 

such document or thing. Return of the document or thing shall not constitute an admission or 

concession, or permit any inference, that the returned document or thing is, in fact, properly 

subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or other privilege, nor shall 

it foreclose any party from moving the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Fed. R. 

Evid. 502 for an Order that such document or thing has been properly designated or should be 

produced. 

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(c) Moreover, if any party becomes aware of the production or disclosure of 

privileged or protected documents by any other party, that party shall provide written notice of 

such production or disclosure within thirty (30) days of learning of the production or disclosure. 

(d) This Order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed 

by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d).

11. Inadvertent Disclosure of Protected Information

In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of another party’s CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to a 

non-Qualified Recipient, the party making the inadvertent disclosure shall promptly upon 

learning of the disclosure: (i) notify the person to whom the disclosure was made that it contains 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY subject to this Order; (ii) make all reasonable efforts to preclude dissemination or 

use of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by the person to whom disclosure was inadvertently made 

including, but not limited to, obtaining all copies of such materials from the non-Qualified 

Recipient; and (iii) notify the producing party of the identity of the person to whom the disclosure 

was made, the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, and the steps taken to ensure against the 

dissemination or use of the information.

12. Limitation

This Order shall be without prejudice to any party’s right to assert at any time that any 

particular information or document is or is not subject to discovery, production or admissibility 

on the grounds other than confidentiality.

13. Conclusion of Action

(a) At the conclusion of this action, including through all appeals, each party 

or other person subject to the terms hereof shall be under an obligation to destroy or return to the 

producing party all materials and documents containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY and to certify to the 

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producing party such destruction or return. Such return or destruction shall not relieve said 

parties or persons from any of the continuing obligations imposed upon them by this Order.

(b) After this action, trial counsel for each party may retain one archive copy 

of all documents and discovery material even if they contain or reflect another party’s 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY. Trial counsel’s archive copy shall remain subject to all obligations of this Order.

(c) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be binding on the United States, 

any insurance company, or any other party to the extent that such provisions conflict with 

applicable Federal or State law. The Department of Justice, any insurance company, or any other 

party shall notify the producing party in writing of any such conflict it identifies in connection 

with a particular matter so that such matter can be resolved either by the parties or by the Court. 

14. Production by Third Parties Pursuant to Subpoena

Any third party producing documents or things or giving testimony in this action pursuant 

to a subpoena, notice or request may designate said documents, things, or testimony as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY. The parties agree that they will treat CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY produced by third parties 

according to the terms of this Order.

15. Compulsory Disclosure to Third Parties

If any receiving party is subpoenaed in another action or proceeding or served with a 

document or testimony demand or a court order, and such subpoena or demand or court order 

seeks CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION –

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY of a producing party, the receiving party shall give prompt written 

notice to counsel for the producing party and allow the producing party an opportunity to oppose 

such subpoena or demand or court order prior to the deadline for complying with the subpoena or 

demand or court order. No compulsory disclosure to third parties of information or material 

exchanged under this Order shall be deemed a waiver of any claim of confidentiality, except as 

expressly found by a court or judicial authority of competent jurisdiction.

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16. Jurisdiction to Enforce Protective Order

After the termination of this action, the Court will continue to have jurisdiction to enforce 

this Order.

17. Modification of Protective Order

This Order is without prejudice to the right of any person or entity to seek a modification 

of this Order at any time either through stipulation or Order of the Court.

18. Confidentiality of Party’s Own Documents

Nothing herein shall affect the right of the designating party to disclose to its officers, 

directors, employees, attorneys, consultants or experts, or to any other person, its own 

information. Such disclosure shall not waive the protections of this Protective Order and shall not 

entitle other parties or their attorneys to disclose such information in violation of it, unless by 

such disclosure of the designating party the information becomes public knowledge. Similarly, 

the Protective Order shall not preclude a party from showing its own information, including its 

own information that is filed under seal by a party, to its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, 

consultants or experts, or to any other person.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: February 9, 2022. STOEL RIVES LLP

/s/ Tanner B. Camp__________ David J. Jordan

R. Chad Pugh

Bryan L. Hawkins

Tanner B. Camp

Attorneys for Defendant Bonneville International 

Corporation

DATED: February 9, 2022. RUGGLES LAW FIRM

/s/ Matthew J. Ruggles (as authorized on 2/8/2022)

Matthew J. Ruggles

Attorneys Plaintiff Grant Napear

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who will 

decide the matter related to that request to seal.

2. 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. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed 

by Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a 

written order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a 

mere request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires 

that “[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing, 

the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the 

document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b).

3. A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that 

“compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially 

related” to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.” 

Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); 

Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006).

4. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of 

certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the 

court at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.

5. 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.

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6. The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the court’s 

approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and 

proposed order for the court’s consideration.

7. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement 

of the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.

8. Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this order is 

hereby DISAPPROVED.

DATED: February 9, 2022 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANT NAPEAR,

Plaintiff,

v.

BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL 

CORPORATION, a Utah corporation; and 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

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DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

Judge Kimberly J. Mueller

I, __________________, am employed by ______________________. In connection 

with this action, I am:

_______ a director, officer or employee of _________________________ who is directly 

assisting in this action;

_______ have been retained to furnish technical or other expert services or to give 

testimony (a "TECHNICAL ADVISOR");

_______ Other Qualified Recipient (as defined in the Protective Order) 

(Describe:______________________________________________).

I have read, understand and agree to comply with and be bound by the terms of the 

Stipulated Protective Order (“Protective Order”) in the matter of 

____________________________________, Civil Action No. _________________, pending in 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I further state that the 

Protective Order entered by the Court, a copy of which has been given to me and which I have 

read, prohibits me from using any PROTECTED INFORMATION, including documents, for any 

purpose not appropriate or necessary to my participation in this action or disclosing such 

documents or information to any person not entitled to receive them under the terms of the 

Protective Order. To the extent I have been given access to PROTECTED INFORMATION, I 

will not in any way disclose, discuss, or exhibit such information except to those persons whom I 

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know (a) are authorized under the Protective Order to have access to such information, and (b) 

have executed a Disclosure Agreement. I will return, on request, all materials containing 

PROTECTED INFORMATION, copies thereof and notes that I have prepared relating thereto, to 

counsel for the party with whom I am associated. I agree to be bound by the Protective Order in 

every aspect and to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for purposes of its enforcement and the enforcement of my 

obligations under this Disclosure Agreement. I declare under penalty of perjury that the 

foregoing is true and correct.

_______________________________

Signed by Recipient

_______________________________

Name (printed)

Date: __________________________

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on February 9, 2022, a copy of the foregoing was served via ECF 

Court Filing upon the following: 

Matthew J. Ruggles

RUGGLES LAW FIRM

7940 California Avenue

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

mruggles@ruggleslawfirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Grant Napear

/s/ Nedra Wright Loyola

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