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Parties Involved:
Mainland Nursery
Defendant
Mainland Nursery, Inc.
Defendant
Alba Ponce
Plaintiff
Rayray Farm Labor Service, Inc.
Defendant
Audelia Soreque
Plaintiff
Lilia Uribe
Plaintiff

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ANTHONY P. RAIMONDO, SBN 200387

MICHAEL C. SAQUI, SBN 147853

SAQUI & RAIMONDO

A Professional Corporation

Attorneys at Law

1615 Bunker Hill Way, Suite 240 

Salinas, California 93906 

Telephone: (831) 443-7100

Facsimile: (831) 443-8585

E-Mail: apr@srlaborlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant: Mainland Nursery, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

LILIA URIBE, ALBA PONCE, AUDELIA

SOREQUE on behalf of themselves and all

others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

MAINLAND NURSERY, INC., MAINLAND

NURSERY (FORM UNKNOWN) and

RAYRAY FARM LABOR SERVICE, INC.

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:07-CV-00229-FCD-DAD

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

ORDER

 

 

Defendant MAINLAND NURSERY, INC., and MAINLAND NURSERY,

Plaintiffs LILIA URIBE, ALBA PONCE, and AUDELIA SOREQUE, by their counsel and

subject to the approval of the Court, hereby agree to the following Order regarding the protection

of confidential information.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED THAT:

Each party to this proceeding, to any mediation between the Parties, or any

subsequent appeals and anyone else who may subscribe to this Agreed Protective Order (“Order)

agrees as follows:

Plaintiffs and Defendant (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”) believe that the

discovery, prosecution, and defense of this action may require the disclosure of certain

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confidential information relating to purported class members, Plaintiffs, and Defendant,

specifically including employee personal information, time and payroll records, and personnel

records. The Parties desire to litigate this action without jeopardizing any party’s interest in the

privacy and confidentiality of any such information. This Order shall not apply to any

information regarding Defendant’s financial condition, trade secrets, or proprietary business

information (other than employee personal information, time and payroll records, and personnel

records). Defendant reserves the right to challenge discovery of such information.

1. The protection of this Order may be invoked by any party with respect to

confidential information relating to the Plaintiffs and other current and former employees of

Defendant (including but not limited to employee Social Security numbers and compensation, and

other information such as names and addresses), whether (a) conveyed by or contained in a

document produced or (b) stated in an answer to an interrogatory or request for admission or (c)

disclosed in an oral deposition by a party or a non-party in the course of discovery in this

proceeding or (d) disclosed pursuant to a voluntary agreement among counsel or (e) disclosed in

the furtherance of or during the course of mediation between the Parties. Any party that produces

information that it reasonably believes to be Confidential may, at the time of production,

designate such information as “Confidential,” and the information so designated shall thereafter

be subject to the provisions of this Order. In the case of documents, each page that is to be

produced under this Order shall be separately marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” In the case of

voluminous payroll and personnel records, the producing party may collectively designate such

records as Confidential, but such designation shall apply only to Social Security Numbers,

compensation, addresses, telephone numbers, and any personal or medical information may be

contained therein. In the event of any dispute over the scope of the designation, the parties shall

meet and confer before presenting the dispute to the court for resolution. This provision is

without prejudice to the right of either party to move for a determination from the Court that

information thus designated is not Confidential. The Parties agree to meet and confer over

disputes about whether or not information is Confidential before making such a motion to the

Court.

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2. Any information designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 1 of this

Order shall not be disclosed to any person whatsoever other than the Parties and their officers and

management employees, outside counsel assisting in or responsible for this proceeding and

members of the legal, paralegal, secretarial and clerical staff of such counsel, other persons

assisting counsel with these proceedings, counsel retained by witnesses, any mediator, the Court,

jury members, persons employed as consultants for each party, experts and/or witnesses on an as

needed basis only.

3. All Confidential Material shall be used only for the purpose of the proceedings in this

case, including mediation, trial, hearings and any appeals, and causes of action that may be added

to this case by amendment and not in any other lawsuit, claim or cause of action or for any other

purposes whatsoever unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

4. All persons, except the Parties, class members with respect to their own employment,

payroll, time, and personnel records, their officers and management employees, their in-house and

outside counsel, and members ofthe legal, paralegal, secretarial and clerical staff of such counsel,

who are permitted access to Confidential Material shall be informed of its confidentiality as

provided in this Order, and shall be required to sign an acknowledgment (attached as Exhibit A)

agreeing to be bound by the non-disclosure provisions of this Order. All persons who are

permitted access to the Confidential Material shall be bound by the terms of this Order.

5. Any Confidential Material filed with the Court shall be filed pursuant to and consistent

with the Court’s rules and procedures governing the filing of private and confidential information.

A determination as to when and what special procedures, if any, are necessary for handling

“Confidential” documents and information subject to this Order at trial shall be deferred until a

trial date has been set in this case. The Parties shall take all steps reasonably required to protect

against misuse or disclosure of such Confidential Material.

6. Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the Defendant, within 60 days after

final termination of this action, Plaintiffs shall destroy all copies of Defendant’s designated

confidential information, and shall certify such destruction in writing under penalty of perjury.

7. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party or non-party to present

to the Court a motion for a separate Protective Order as to any particular document or information

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(including restrictions differing from those as specified herein), or as to any other types of

documents or information not encompassed by this Order, and this Order shall not be deemed to

prejudice any party in any way in any future application for modification of this Order.

8. Nothing in this Order shall affect the admissibility of any documents or other evidence

at trial or hearing in this action. The application of this Order to any information shall not be

considered an admission or in any way relevant to the questions of whether such information is

or is not discoverable or admissible.

9. Nothing in this order shall be construed as a waiver by Defendant of any affirmative

defense or argument limiting the scope of individual or class relief.

10. The undersigned counsel for the Parties agree on behalf of their respective firms,

agencies, and clients to the terms set forth herein, and consent to the form and entry of this Order.

11. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California retains

jurisdiction to alter or amend this Order by further order upon a showing of good cause. Nothing

in this Order shall abridge the right of any person to seek judicial review or to pursue other

appropriate judicial action with respect to any ruling made concerning the issue of the status of

“Confidential” information.

AGREED:

Dated: March 24, 2008 MALLISON & MARTINEZ

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 /s/ 

Stan Mallison

Dated: March 24, 2008 SAQUI & RAIMONDO

Attorneys for Defendant

 /s/ 

Anthony Raimondo

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 26, 2008.

Ddad1/orders.civil/uribe0229.protectord

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EXHIBIT A

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ___________________________________, having received and reviewed a copy of

the Protective Order entered in LILIA URIBE, ALBA PONCE, AUDELIA SOREQUE on behalf

of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. MAINLAND NURSERY, INC.,

MAINLAND NURSERY (FORM UNKNOWN) and RAYRAY FARM LABOR SERVICE, INC.,

Case No. 2:07-CV-00229-FCD-DAD, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California, governing the confidentiality of documents and other confidential material,

agree to be bound by its terms. I further agree that I will not disclose to third parties any material

or information that is designated by any party as Confidential, except as provided in the Protective

Order.

Signature: ____________________________

Dated: ____________________________

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