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Parties Involved:
Ford Motor Company
Defendant
Shoukat Khan
Plaintiff
Sanober Mirza
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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Janice K. O’Grady (#158190) 

Vadim R. Alden-Alaverdov (#233161) 

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP 

1741 Technology Drive, Suite 200 

San Jose, CA 95110-1355 

Telephone: (408) 279-5393 

Facsimile: (408) 279-5845 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Ford Motor Company 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHOUKAT KHAN and SANOBER MIRZA, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware 

Company DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 

1:05-CV-00303-REC-DLB 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

 In order to preserve and maintain the confidentiality of 

certain confidential, commercial and proprietary documents to be 

produced by FORD MOTOR COMPANY ("Ford") in this action, it is 

ordered that: 

 1. Documents to be produced by Ford in this litigation 

which contain confidential information shall hereafter be 

referred to as "Protected Documents." Any document or any 

information designated as "Subject to Protective Order" or its 

substantial equivalent in accordance with the provisions of this 

Order shall only be used, shown or disclosed as provided in this 

Order. 

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 2. As used in this Order, the term "documents" means all 

written material, videotapes and all other tangible items, 

whether produced as hard copy, computer diskette, CD-ROM or 

otherwise. 

 3. If any party believes that information has been 

inappropriately designated as Subject to Protective Order, a 

Protected Document, or otherwise "confidential," the parties 

shall first attempt to dispose of such dispute in good faith on 

an informal basis, and thereafter the challenging party may, at 

any time during the pendency of this action, and by sealed motion 

consistent with paragraph 10 herein, setting forth with 

specificity the items challenged, challenge the alleged 

confidentiality. 

 4. The designation of Protected Documents may be made by 

marking or placing the notice "Subject to Protective Order" or 

substantially similar notice, on the document, or, where a copy 

of the original document is to be produced, on that copy. 

 5. Protected Documents and any copies thereof received 

pursuant to paragraph 6 below shall be maintained confidential by 

the receiving party, his/her attorney, other representatives, and 

expert witnesses, and shall be used only for preparation for the 

trial of this matter, subject to the limitations of paragraph 8 

below. 

 6. Protected Documents shall be disclosed only to 

"Qualified Persons." Qualified Persons are limited to: 

 a. Counsel of Record for the parties, and the 

 parties; 

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 b. Non-technical and clerical staff employed by 

 Counsel of Record and involved in the preparation 

 and trial of this action; 

 c. Experts and non-attorney consultants retained by 

 the parties for the preparation or trial of this 

 case, provided that no disclosure shall be made to 

 any expert or consultant who is employed by a 

 competitor of Ford; 

 d. The Court, the Court’s staff, witnesses, and the 

 jury in this case; and 

 e. Attorneys representing plaintiffs and the experts 

 and consultants retained by plaintiffs in other 

 cases pending against Ford involving a 2002 

 Ford Explorer and the same allegations asserted in 

 this case, provided that no disclosure shall be 

 made to any expert or consultant who is employed 

 by a competitor of Ford. 

 7. Before any Qualified Person may obtain Protected 

Documents, such persons shall execute a "Written Assurance" in 

the form contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto. Counsel for 

the parties will retain the Written Assurance and will keep a 

list of all persons who have received Protected Documents for 

inspection by the Court and, upon order of the Court, counsel for 

Ford. 

 8. To the extent that Protected Documents or information 

obtained therefrom are used in any deposition testimony, 

deposition exhibit, interrogatory, answer thereto, exhibit or 

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attachment to an interrogatory or answer, request for production, 

answer to request for production, documents and/or exhibits 

accompanying a document request or answer, request for admission 

or response thereto, motion, memorandum, affidavit, brief or any 

other submission by any party is filed with the Court which 

includes, incorporates or quotes "subject to protective order" or 

its substantial equivalent, such documents and information shall 

remain subject to the provisions of this Order. 

 9. Any court reporter or transcriber who reports or 

transcribes testimony in this action shall agree that all 

“confidential” information designated as such under this Order 

shall remain “confidential” and shall not be disclosed by them, 

except pursuant to the terms of this Order, and that any notes or 

transcriptions of such testimony (and any accompanying exhibits) 

will be retained by the reporter or delivered to counsel of 

record. 

 10. Before filing any pleading or other paper which 

includes a Protected Document or information taken from any 

Protected Document the filing party shall seek leave of Court to 

file the portion of the pleading or a document includes any 

Protected Document or information taken from any Protected under 

seal. Once leave of Court is granted, each document which is 

filed with the Court which contains any portion of any Protected 

Documents or information taken from any Protected Documents shall 

be filed in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed 

container in which shall be endorsed the title to the action to 

which it pertains, an indication of the nature of the contents of 

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such sealed envelope or other container, the word "CONFIDENTIAL", 

and a statement substantially in the following form: 

 This envelope is sealed and contains confidential 

 information filed in this case by Bowman and Brooke, 

 and is not to be opened or the contents thereof 

 displayed or revealed except by Order of the Court or 

 pursuant to written stipulation of the parties to this 

 action. This envelope or container shall not be opened 

 without Order of the Court, except by officers of the 

 Court and counsel of record, who, after reviewing the 

 contents, shall return them to the clerk in a sealed 

 envelope or container. 

 11. Within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of this 

litigation, by settlement or otherwise, counsel for the parties 

herein shall return to counsel for Ford all Protected Documents, 

and all copies, recordings or summaries thereof (including but 

not limited to any such materials in the possession of any 

employees, experts or consultants), together with an affidavit 

asserting that all such materials have been delivered and that no 

such documents have been retained, except those comprising any 

trial or appellate court record. As to any Protected Documents 

which comprise any portion of the trial or appellate record, they 

shall remain confidential and shall continue to be subject to the 

terms of this Protective Order. 

 12. To the extent Ford is requested to produce documents it 

feels should not be subject to the sharing provisions of this 

protective order, Ford does not waive its right to subsequently 

request that the parties enter into a non-sharing protective 

order prior to the production of any such documents. 

 13. Inadvertent or unintentional production of documents or 

information containing information which should have been 

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designated as "confidential" shall not be deemed a waiver in 

whole or in part of the party's claims of confidentiality. 

 14. This Protective Order may not be waived, modified, 

abandoned or terminated, in whole or part, except by an 

instrument in writing signed by the parties. If any provision of 

this Protective Order shall be held invalid for any reason 

whatsoever, the remaining provisions shall not be affected 

thereby. 

 15. After termination of this litigation, the provisions of 

this Order shall continue to be binding. This Court retains and 

shall have jurisdiction over the parties and recipients of the 

Protected Documents for enforcement of the provisions of this 

Order following termination of this litigation. 

 16. This Protective Order shall be binding upon the parties 

hereto, upon their attorneys, and upon the parties’ and their 

attorneys’ successors, executors, personal representatives, 

administrators, heirs, legal representatives, assigns, 

subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, independent 

contractors, or other persons or organizations over which they 

have control. 

 17. All persons described in paragraph 6 above shall not 

under any circumstance sell, offer for sale, advertise, or 

publicize either the Protected Documents and the Confidential 

information contained therein or the fact that such persons have 

obtained Ford’s Protected Documents and Confidential information. 

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ORDER

 So Ordered, this 15th day of May, 2006. 

 __/s/ Dennis L. Beck_____________ 

 U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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