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Parties Involved:
Randal Anderson
Plaintiff
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Defendant

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STIP & [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 2:06-CV-02813-FCD-GGH

Robert L. Zaletel, Esq. (SB# 096262)

McQUAID BEDFORD & VAN ZANDT LLP

221 Main Street, 16 Floor

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San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415/905-0200

Facsimile: 415/905-0202

Rzaletel@mbvz.com

Attorneys for Defendant

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDAL ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNION PACIFIC, INC. and DOES

One through Twenty-Five, inclusive,

Defendants.

/

Case No. 2:06-CV-02813-FCD-GGH

STIPULATION AND 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

CONCERNING CONFIDENTIAL

DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN

DISCOVERY

This agreement is entered into by and between the undersigned attorneys on

behalf of their respective clients, RANDAL ANDERSON (“Plaintiff") and UNION

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation ("Defendant").

1. Plaintiff and Defendant (hereinafter "Parties") have requested the production of

certain documents for inspection and copying in conjunction with discovery in this litigation, and,

2. These documents include sensitive, confidential and/or proprietary records including

employee personnel records, employee earnings records, medical records, financial records, and

proprietary business information with commercial value of a private nature (hereinafter

"Confidential Material"). 

3. Copies of Confidential Material will be designated "Confidential."

4. Confidential documents, all copies thereof, and any summaries, charts or notes made

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STIP & [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 2:06-CV-02813-FCD-GGH

therefrom, and any facts or information contained therein or derived therefrom, shall be disclosed

only to the Court and/or to: (a) the parties; (b) counsel for the parties hereto and their agents,

employees, paralegals, or other secretarial and clerical employees or agents; (c) experts or

consultants retained by one or more of the parties to this action or their counsel, to assist in

preparation of this action for trial; (d) deponents and their counsel; (e) stenographic reporters and

videographers who are involved in depositions, the trial or any hearings or proceedings before the

Court in this action; and (f) witnesses at the trial of this action. 

5. No person authorized hereunder to view copies of Confidential Material, or to make

notes therefrom, may disclose any portion of the subject matter or contents of either to any person

not authorized hereunder.

6. The Confidential Material, copies of any portion of the Confidential Material itself,

and all notes arising from examination of said Confidential Material, as well as discussions of the

contents thereof, shall be used only in connection with the instant case, and shall not be used in

connection with any other lawsuit or for any other purpose whatsoever, unless such Confidential

Material is independently discovered in another proceeding. Within 180 days following the

conclusion of this action, including appeals, if any, the parties and their counsel, shall destroy all

Confidential Materials and provide notice to the other parties’ attorneys of record.

7. This Protective Order is without prejudice to reconsideration by the Court as

discovery continues. 

8. The Parties may request that Confidential Material be filed under seal. However any

such request shall be subject to approval by the court, for good cause, upon noticed motion. 

9. Any Party may move the Court for relief from, or modification of, this order at any

time, and each Party hereto reserves the right to contend in any such motion that documents

produced by another Party and information contained therein are not confidential. This stipulation

does not constitute an admission as to the admissibility of any Confidential Material at trial.

10. The Parties agree to act in good faith in designating Confidential Material and agree

not to use this Stipulation for any purpose other than as stated herein.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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STIP & [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Case No. 2:06-CV-02813-FCD-GGH

Dated: __________, 2007 McQUAID BEDFORD & VAN ZANDT, LLP

By: /s/ Robert L. Zaletel 

Robert L. Zaletel

Attorneys for Defendant

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: ____________, 2007

By: /s/ Tania Rose 

 Tania Rose, Esq.

 Attorney for Plaintiff

 RANDAL ANDERSON

PROTECTIVE ORDER

For Good Cause appearing, the Court enters the above stipulated protective order as an order

of the Court.

DATED: 2/28/07 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

U.S. Magistrate Judge

anderson.po

anderson.po.wpd

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