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Parties Involved:
Blue Cross of California
Defendant
Wayne Dahlgren
Defendant
Kathi Sherwood
Plaintiff

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Stipulation for Protective Order – Case No. 2:07 CV 00633 LKK DAD 

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Kenneth D. Sulzer (SBN 120253) 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300 

Los Angeles, CA 900067-3063 

Telephone: (310) 277-2700 

Facsimile: (310) 201-5219 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Alfred L. Sanderson, Jr. (SBN 186071) 

Diana R. Craig (SBN 221389) 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350 

Sacramento, California 95814-4428 

Telephone: (916) 448-0159 

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA, erroneously named as 

BLUE CROSS, and WAYNE DAHLGREN 

LAW OFFICES OF NATHANIEL POTRATZ 

Nathaniel Potratz (SBN: 215734) 

4790 Dewey Drive, Suite A 

Fair Oaks, CA 95628 

Telephone: (916) 926-2780 

Facsimile: (916) 962-2705 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

KATHI SHERWOOD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KATHI SHERWOOD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BLUE CROSS, et al., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:07 CV 00633 LKK DAD 

REVISED STIPULATION FOR 

PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER 

The parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, to protect certain 

confidential discovery produced in this litigation, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. It may be necessary for the parties to this lawsuit to respond to requests for 

discovery that seek confidential information or documents, which are entitled to protection 

against improper disclosure to the general public. 

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2. Each party has or may propound discovery which seeks the production of 

confidential information or documents as defined by this Stipulation and Order. This 

Stipulation, when and as approved by the Court, is intended to govern the production of 

confidential information and documents pertaining to this litigation. 

3. The following definitions shall apply to this Stipulation and Order: 

 a. “Party” or “parties” shall mean and refer to any party, plaintiff or 

defendant, in the above-captioned matter. 

 b. “Confidential information” shall mean and refer to the information and/or 

documents which the party producing or receiving identifies as “confidential,” or the Court 

orders as confidential. The term “Confidential” shall be stamped on written documents deemed 

“confidential.” 

 c. “Documents” shall mean and refer to all written, photographic, or 

electronic media, including computer print-outs and computer storage devices such as floppy 

disks, electronic mail, extracts, summaries, attachments, and answers to requests for production. 

 d. “Qualified persons” shall mean and refer to: 

 i. The parties to this action; 

 ii. Counsel of record for any party signatory to this Stipulation, 

including all partners, shareholders, associate attorneys, and office personnel of that counsel’s 

law firm; 

 iii. Consultants and/or experts retained to testify or assist in the 

preparation for trial in this action; 

 iv. Witnesses or deponents in this action and their counsel; 

 v. Service providers used for copying of documents and preparation 

of exhibits for proceedings in this case; and 

 vi. Court personnel and stenographic reporters engaged in proceedings 

as are necessarily incident to the preparation for trial and/or trial of this action, including 

discovery proceedings and depositions. 

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4. All documents, information and things deemed to contain confidential 

information under paragraph 3(b) above shall be brought within the protection of this Stipulation 

and Order by stamping the front page or cover sheet of such document “Confidential.” Such 

documents shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed, used, or copied, except as set 

forth hereafter and for purposes directly related to the prosecution or defense of this action, 

including the settlement thereof, and shall not be used or disclosed for any other purpose. 

5. Disclosure of confidential documents and information may be made only to 

“qualified persons” as defined in paragraph 3(d). Each person designated by paragraph 3(d)(i), 

3(d)(iii), 3(d)(iv) and 3(d)(v) above, to whom confidential documents or information are 

disclosed, shall be given a copy of this Stipulation and Order and shall sign the Non-Disclosure 

Agreement attached hereto as Attachment A, which shall be retained by counsel for the 

respective parties signatory to this Stipulation. 

6. Any deposition testimony deemed to contain confidential information shall be 

brought within the protection of this Stipulation and Order by orally designating on the 

deposition record the protected portion(s). 

7. The parties have entered into this Stipulation in a good faith effort to avoid 

potential discovery disputes. Nothing in this Stipulation shall operate as an admission by any 

party that any particular document is, or is not, admissible in evidence at the trial of this action or 

subject to discovery by any party or person prior to trial. This Stipulation is not an admission by 

any party that documents designated “confidential” by another party are, in fact, confidential in 

nature. 

8. A claim of confidentiality does not conclusively establish confidentiality. If the 

party receiving matter designated as “confidential” disputes a claim of confidentiality, the 

receiving party shall object in writing, state its intent to disclose, and request a release of 

confidentiality from the designating party. The receiving party shall not disclose any designated 

matter until ten (10) days following its objection, or, if a motion for a protective order is filed by 

the designating party within that ten (10) days, until such motion is decided by the Court. 

Nothing in this Stipulation shall prevent either party from seeking additional protection against 

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discovery of any document or information. 

9. If any parties intend to file or lodge with the Court any documents or information 

designated “confidential” pursuant to this Stipulation and Order, they shall give the designating 

party (3) days advanced notice and meet and confer in good faith to determine whether 

information in those documents can and should be redacted. 

10. The parties agree that in the event that any material designated as “confidential” is 

used in any court proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such 

use, and the party using confidential material shall maintain its confidentiality during such use. 

11. Inadvertent production of documents or information later determined by a party to 

be confidential shall not be deemed a waiver of that party’s right to later designate such 

documents or information as confidential. If a party produces documents or information without 

designating that production “confidential,” the producing party may later designate the 

documents or information confidential, and such documents or information shall be subject to the 

provisions of this Stipulation and Order from the date they are so designated. 

 12. No later than (sixty) 60 days following the conclusion of these proceedings, all 

documents and all copies of any documents which any party marked “Confidential” shall be 

returned to that party. To the extent that the document has been altered by an attorney’s written 

notes or other alteration protected by the attorney-client privilege or constituting protected work 

product, the party in possession of the document shall destroy the document. “Conclusion of 

these proceedings” refers to the exhaustion of available appeals, or the running of time for taking 

such appeals, as provided by applicable law. 

13. This Stipulation may be modified only by Stipulation signed by all signatories 

hereto or by order of the Court. Any party or non-party may apply to the Court at any time to 

seek modification of this Stipulation and Order. Upon the application of any party or non-party 

seeking modification of this Stipulation and Order, the burden of showing good cause for 

continuance of the confidentiality-related protections stipulated and ordered herein shall be on 

the party seeking to continue such protections. 

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14. This Stipulation shall be immediately binding upon a party when that party, 

through counsel, executes this Stipulation. 

DATED: January 24, 2008 LAW OFFICE OF NATHANIEL POTRATZ 

By __/s/ National Potratz_________________ 

 Nathaniel Potratz 

Attorneys for Plaintiff KATHI SHERWOOD 

DATED: January 24, 2008 SEYFARTH SHAW, LLP 

By __/s/ Diana R. Craig__________________ 

 Diana R. Craig 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA, erroneously 

named as BLUE CROSS, and WAYNE 

DAHLGREN

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Stipulation for Protective Order – Case No. 2:07 CV 00633 LKK DAD 

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ORDER

For good cause shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the terms of the Stipulation for Protective Order and 

Protective Order set forth above shall govern confidentiality of discovery in this case until 

further order of the Court. 

DATED: January 24, 2008. 

Ddad1/orders.civil/sherwood0633.protectord.rev 

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Stipulation for Protective Order – Case No. 2:07 CV 00633 LKK DAD 

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

 I, _______________________, of ________________________ have read in its entirety 

and understand the Stipulated Protective Order in the lawsuit of Kathi Sherwood v. Blue Cross, 

et al., Case No. 2:07-CV-00633. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order. 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. If I am not a party to this dispute, I agree that the presiding 

District Court Judge or Magistrate Judge may enforce this agreement at any time, including 

following the conclusion of this matter, and that an action may be brought in the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, to enforce the terms of 

this Stipulated Protective Order, and I submit to the jurisdiction of both. 

Date: _____________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _____________________________________________ 

Printed name: _____________________________________ 

Signature: ________________________________________ 

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