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Parties Involved:
Dominique House
Plaintiff
Invacare Corporation
Defendant

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DENNIS RAGLIN (Bar No. 179261)

dennis.raglin@sedgwicklaw.com

EMILY WEISSENBERGER (Bar No.248898)

emily.weissenberger@sedgwicklaw.com

SEDGWICK LLP

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834

Telephone: 415.781.7900

Facsimile: 415.781.2635

Attorneys for Defendant

INVACARE CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

DOMINIQUE HOUSE,

Plaintiff,

v.

INVACARE CORPORATION, and Does 1 

through 20 inclusive, ,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00153-SAB

ORDER RE STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

By and through her attorneys of record, Plaintiff DOMINIQUE HOUSE, and Defendant 

INVACARE CORPORATION hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following 

Stipulated Protective Order:

1. Disclosure and discovery activity in this action may involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information or which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Under Rule 26(c)(I)(G), a protective order is necessary to avoid any prejudice or harm in the 

form of loss of attorney client work product or attorney client privilege or information that is 

confidential and or proprietary in nature which could result if such information is disclosed in the 

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absence of the protections set forth herein. Accordingly, the Parties hereby stipulate to and 

petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order.

2. The parties agree that documents may be designated pursuant to Rule 26(a)(I) of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as "CONFIDENTIAL" under the terms of this Stipulation 

and Stipulated Protective Order (hereinafter "Order"), as information which has not been made 

public and which concerns or relates to information (regardless of how generated, stored or 

maintained) or tangible things that (i) constitute a trade secret or confidential or private or 

proprietary matters, including but not limited to financial, research, development, testing, design 

or commercial information, or that might be of competitive value to any entity other than the 

Designating Party; or (ii) were received in confidence from third parties.

3. The Parties may designate such other certain documents, material, testimony, or 

other information derived therefrom as "CONFIDENTIAL" under the terms of this Stipulation 

and Stipulated Protective Order. The terms of this Protective Order will also apply to such 

certain other documents designated as "CONFIDENTIAL."

4. By designating a document, including documents kept in electronic form, thing, 

material, testimony or other information derived therefrom as "CONFIDENTIAL," under the 

terms of this stipulation, the party so designating is certifying to the court that there is a good 

faith basis both in law and in fact for the designation.

5. Confidential documents shall be so designated by stamping copies of the 

document produced to a party with the legend "CONFIDENTIAL." Stamping the legend 

"CONFIDENTIAL" on the cover of any multipage document shall designate all pages of the 

document as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by the producing party. However, the 

producing party may designate a produced document confidential after production for good 

cause notwithstanding the lack of a "CONFIDENTIAL" stamp on the document.

6. Except as otherwise provided in this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the 

material is disclosed or produced.

7. Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

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(a) for information in documentary form (apart from transcripts of depositions or other 

pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party/Parties affix or stamp the legend

"CONFIDENTIAL" the document. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page

qualifies for protection, the Producing Party/Parties must clearly identify the protected portions) 

(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 

Party/Parties or non-party/parties offering or sponsoring the testimony identify on the record, 

before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, al l protected testimony, and 

further specify any portions of the testimony that qualify as "CONFIDENTIAL." When it is 

impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection, and 

when it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the 

Party/Parties or non-party/parties that sponsors, offers, or gives the testimony may invoke on the 

record (before the deposition or proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 30 days to identify 

the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought. Only those portions of the 

testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 30 days shall be covered by 

the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

Transcript pages containing Protected Material must be separately bound by the court 

reporter, who must affix on each such page the legend "CONFIDENTIAL," as instructed by the 

Party/Parties or non-party/parties offering or sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary, and for any other 

tangible items, that the Producing Party/Parties affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 

container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

"CONFIDENTIAL." If only portions of the information or item warrant protection, the 

Producing Party/Parties, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portions.

(d) for material designated as "CONFIDENTIAL," the information contained therein, and 

any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from material 

designated as confidential (Hereinafter "Confidential Material") shall be used for the purposes of 

the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no other purpose.

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8. Use Of Protected Material By Receiving Party/Parties. Unless otherwise ordered 

by the Court, or agreed to in writing by the Parties, all Protected Material, and all information

derived therefrom, shall be used by the Receiving Party/Parties only for purposes of this 

litigation, and shall not be used in any other way, or for any other purpose. Information 

contained or reflected in Protected Materials, including but not limited to the title, heading or 

contents of Protected Materials, shall not be disclosed in conversations, presentations by parties 

or counsel, in court or in other settings that might reveal Protected Material, except in 

accordance with the terms of this Order.

9. Use Of Protected Material By Designating Party/Parties. Nothing in this Order 

shall limit any Designating Party's/Parties' use of its own documents and information, nor shall it 

prevent the Designating Party/Parties from disclosing its own confidential information, 

documents or things to any person. Such disclosure shall not affect any designations made 

pursuant to the terms of this Order, so long as the disclosure is made in a manner that is 

reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

10. Use of Protected Material at Depositions and Trials. Except as may be otherwise 

ordered by the Court, any person may be examined as a witness at depositions and trial, and may 

testify concerning all Protected Material of which such person has prior knowledge and/or to the 

extent the questions posed by the deposing attorney are reasonably calculated to lead to the 

discovery of admissible evidence.

11. Any person other than the witness, his or her attorney(s) and any person qualified 

to receive Protected Material under this Order, shall be excluded from the portion of the 

examination concerning such information, unless the Producing Party/Parties consents to persons 

other than qualified recipients being present at the examination. If the witness is represented by 

an attorney who is not qualified under this Order to receive such information, then prior to the 

examination, the attorney shall be requested to sign the "Acknowledgement and Agreement To 

Be Bound By Protective Order" attached as Exhibit A. In the event that such attorney declines to 

sign the "Acknowledgement and Agreement To Be Bound By Protective Order" prior to the 

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examination, the parties, by their attorneys, shall jointly seek a protective order from the Court 

prohibiting such attorney from disclosing such Protected Material.

This section shall not prohibit the Party/Parties from attending trial even where they shall

be admitted, or witnesses testifying regarding, Protected Material, nor shall it bar a Party/Parties

from any examination regarding Protected Material. During the trial of this case, if any

Party/Parties seeks to introduce into evidence documents which are subject to this Order, the 

Producing Party/Parties shall make the appropriate request of the Court to protect against the 

dissemination of such Protected Material.

12. This Stipulation shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties (i) to bring 

before the Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is 

confidential or whether its use should be restricted or (ii) to present a motion to the Court for a 

separate protective order as to any particular document or information, including restrictions 

differing from those as specified herein. This Stipulation shall not be deemed to prejudice the 

parties in any way in any future application for modification of this Stipulation. This Stipulation 

shall be effective between the parties irrespective of whether the Court executes this Stipulation 

and Proposed Order.

13. If corrected within a reasonably timely manner upon discovery, an inadvertent 

failure to designate qualified information or items as "CONFIDENTIAL" does not, standing 

alone, waive the Designating Party's/Parties' right to secure protection under this Order for such 

material. If material is appropriately designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" after the material was 

initially produced, the Receiving Party/Parties, on reasonably timely notification of the 

designation, must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance 

with the provisions of this Order.

14. Inspection or production of documents (including physical objects) shall not 

constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, or any other 

applicable privilege or immunity, if, after the Producing Party/Parties becomes aware of any 

such disclosure, the Producing Party/Parties designates any such documents as within the 

attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or any other applicable privilege or immunity, 

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and requests in writing return of such documents to the Producing Party/Parties. Upon request by 

the Producing Party/Parties, the Receiving Party/Parties shall immediately retrieve and return all

copies of such document(s). No use shall be made of such documents during deposition or at 

trial. Furthermore, a party who receives information or documents that appear to be privileged 

and not intentionally produced shall promptly notify the Producing Party/Parties of such 

information and documents and shall immediately return such information and documents to the 

Producing Party/Parties.

15. Nothing herein shall prevent the Receiving Party/Parties from challenging the 

propriety of the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or other applicable privilege or 

immunity designation by submitting a written challenge to the Court; provided, however, that 

such challenge shall not assert as a ground for challenge the fact of the initial production or 

inspection of the documents later designated as attorney-client privileged, work product, or 

subject to another applicable privilege or immunity.

16. This Stipulation is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of 

documents and information between the parties to this action without involving the Court 

unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Stipulation nor the production of any information or 

document under the terms of this Stipulation nor any proceedings pursuant to this Stipulation 

shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by any party or of altering the 

confidentiality or nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering any 

existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof.

17. This Stipulation shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that 

the information contained in Confidential Material is not or does not become known to the 

public, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of 

information disclosed hereunder. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall 

assemble and return to the producing party all documents, material and deposition transcripts 

designated as confidential-by that producing party, and all copies of same, or shall certify the

destruction thereof.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: April 12, 2015. LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD A. FISHER

By: /s/ Richard Fisher

Richard Fisher

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DOMINIQUE HOUSE

DATED: April 21, 2015. WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI, LLP

By: /s/ James H. Wilkins

James H. Wilkins

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DOMINIQUE HOUSE

DATED: April 21, 2015. SEDGWICK LLP

By: /s/ Emily M. Weissenberger for

Dennis E. Raglin

Attorneys for Defendant

INVACARE CORPORATION

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ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The foregoing stipulated protective order is entered;

2. The parties are advised that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States 

District Court, Eastern District of California, any documents which are to be 

filed under seal will require a written request which complies with Local

Rule 141; and

3. The party making a request to file documents under seal shall be required to 

show good cause for documents attached to a nondispositive motion or 

compelling reasons for documents attached to a dispositive motion. Pinto v. 

Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2009). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 23, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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