The opinion
1 Peter W. Dye, Esq. (SBN 200367)
Dennis V. Chau, Esq. (SBN 351472)
2 KOELLER, NEBEKER, CARLSON & HALUCK, LLP
1478 Stone Point Drive, Suite 435
3 Roseville, CA 95661
Telephone: (916) 724-5700
4 Facsimile: (916) 788-2850
Email: peter.dye@knchlaw.com
5 dennis.chau@knchlaw.com
6 Attorneys for Defendant,
HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.
7
g UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 | MARY B. FORGEY, Case No. 2:25-—CV—03158-ODW(SKx)
Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE
12 ORDER
v.
13 Complaint Filed: Mar. 12, 2025
HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC; and DOES 1- Trial: Sep. 1, 2026
14 1 100,
Defendants.
16 HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.,
17
Cross-Complainant,
18
v.
19
29 | TECHNIBILT, LTD., d/b/a WANZL NORTH
AMERICA; and ROES 1-50,
21
Cross-Defendants.
22
23 I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
24 Discovery in this action is likely to involve the production of confidential, proprietary, or
25 || private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose
26 | other than pursuing this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and
27 || petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that
2g || this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that
1 the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or
2 items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.
3 II. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
4 Discovery in this matter will likely involve proprietary and private information such as
5 Plaintiff MARY B. FORGEY’s (“Plaintiff”) private information, including her SSN and medical
6 records; Defendant / Cross-Complainant HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.’s (“Home Depot”)
7 proprietary policies, procedures, guidelines, security practices, and similar information or
8 documents pertaining to Home Depot’s confidential business practices and/or commercial
9 information not publicly available; and Cross-Defendant TECHNIBILT, LTD., d/b/a WANZL
10 NORTH AMERICA’s (“Wanzl NA”) proprietary policies, procedures, guidelines, manufacturing
11 or design practices, and similar information or documents pertaining to Wanzl NA’s confidential
12 business practices and/or commercial information not publicly available.
13 Discovery will also likely involve third-parties’ private information, such as information
14 relating to Home Depot’s and Wanzl NA’s employees, associates, customers, and third-party
15 vendors which are not subject to public disclosure either due to the privacy interests involved (such
16 as any identifying information on said employees and associates) or the propriety of the information
17 (such as any commercial or operational information and documents pertaining to any relevant third-
18 party vendors). Neither Home Depot nor Wanzl NA publicly disseminate private information about
19 its employees, customers, or third-party vendors.
20 Similarly, Home Depot’s policies, procedures, guidelines, and other confidential business
21 practice information is not disclosed to the public. Further, they are a memorialization of over 45
22 years of experience in the industry, and there is a significant investment of time and resources in
23 creating the documents. These documents are critical to Home Depot’s efforts to be the leading
24 home improvement retailer and maintaining its competitive advantage. This advantage would be
25 greatly diminished if these documents were publicly disclosed, making them available to Home
26 Depot’s competitors, who likewise do not disclosure their confidential business practice documents.
27 Further, the dissemination of these documents is strictly controlled, they are not published and/or
28 disseminated as a whole, they are not published at trade shows, forums or shared with other
1 companies. They are not provided to parties outside of Home Depot unless under certain limited
2 circumstances, such as in response to local regulatory inquiries or when required in litigation, and
3 even in those circumstances, Home Depot endeavors to obtain protection of the confidentiality of
4 the documents to the greatest extent possible. To disclose these documents publicly, thereby
5 providing access to Home Depot’s competitors in an industry that does not share such information,
6 would be extremely damaging to Home Depot’s business interests. All associates are informed that
7 Home Depot’s policies, procedures, training materials, are confidential and proprietary and should
8 not be published or disseminated. Upon hiring, Home Depot associates also sign a confidentiality
9 agreement.
10 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of
11 disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are
12 entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of
13 such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the
14 litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this
15 matter. It is Plaintiff’s, Home Depot’s, and Wanzl NA’s (collectively the “Parties” and each
16 individually a “Party”) intent to not designate matters as confidential for tactical reasons or in bad
17 faith, with matters being designated confidential solely to avoid the harm likely to arise from
18 disclosure of non-public, private information outside this litigation should said matters be made part
19 of this case’s public record.
20 III. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDER SEAL FILING PROCEDURE
21 The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section XIV(C) below, that this Stipulated
22 Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Civil Rule
23 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
24 party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. There is a strong presumption that
25 the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with
26 non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. (See Kamakana
27 v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp.,
28 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002)). The Parties also acknowledge that a specific showing of
1 || good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification must be
2 || made for any Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. A designation of Disclosure or
3 || Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” does not — without submission of competent evidence
4 | by declaration establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential,
5 || privileged, or otherwise protectable — constitute good cause.
6 If a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then compelling reasons,
7 | not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored
8 || to serve the specific interest to be protected. (See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665,
9 || 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010)). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed
10 || or introduced under seal, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported
11 || by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Competent evidence
12 || supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
13 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety will
14 | not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents can be redacted,
15 || then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise
16 || protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents
17 || under seal in their entirety should explain why redaction is not feasible.
18 IV. DEFINITIONS
19 A. “Action” shall refer to the above-entitled proceeding abbreviated as Forgey v. Home
20 | Depot U.S.A., Inc., et. al., Case No. 2:25-CV—03158-ODW(SKx), and its related cross-actions.
21 B. “Challenging Party” shall refer to any Party or Non-Party that challenges the
22 || designation of information or items under this Order.
23 i. “Party” shall refer to any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
24 other legal entity named as a Party to this Action, including all officers, directors,
25 employees, consultants, retamed experts, and outside counsel of record and their
26 support staff.
27 i. “Non-Party” shall refer to any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
28 or other legal entity not named as Party to this action.
1 C. “CONFIDENTIAL” as it relates to any material to be so designated shall refer to any
2 information (regardless of the medium or manner in which it is stored, generated, or maintained) or
3 tangible items that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and as
4 specified above in the Good Cause Statement.
5 D. “Counsel” shall refer to a Party’s counsel of record, House Counsel, and any support
6 staff for said counsel of record or House Counsel.
7 i. “House Counsel” shall refer to any attorneys who are employees of a Party to this
8 action, but does not include outside counsel of record or any other outside counsel.
9 E. “Designating Party” shall refer to any Party or Non-Party that designates information
10 or items it produces in disclosures or in any responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
11 F. “Expert” shall refer to a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
12 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its Counsel to serve as an expert
13 witness or as a consultant in this Action.
14 G. “Producing Party” shall refer to a Party or Non-Party that produces any information
15 (regardless of the medium or manner in which it is stored, generated, or maintained) or tangible
16 items in this Action.
17 H. “Vendors” shall refer to any persons or entities that provide litigation services (such
18 as photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing,
19 storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
20 I. “Protected Material” shall refer to any information (regardless of the medium or
21 manner in which it is stored, generated, or maintained) or tangible items that is designated
22 “CONFIDENTIAL.”
23 J. “Receiving Party” shall refer to any Party that receives any information (regardless
24 of the medium or manner in which it is stored, generated, or maintained) or tangible items from a
25 Producing Party.
26 V. SCOPE
27 The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined above),
28 but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts,
1 summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
2 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
3 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge and
4 other applicable authorities. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
5 VI. DURATION
6 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
7 maintained pursuant to this Order used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will
8 be presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling
9 reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in
10 advance of the trial. (See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for
11 sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related
12 documents are part of court record)). Accordingly, the terms of this Order do not extend beyond the
13 commencement of the trial.
14 VII. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
15 A. Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection
16 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order
17 must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate
18 standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
19 documents, items or oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the
20 material, documents, items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept
21 unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
22 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown
23 to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily
24 encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
25 parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
26 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for
27 protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties
28 that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
1 B. Manner and Timing of Designations
2 Except as otherwise provided in this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure
3 of Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated
4 before the material is disclosed or produced.
5 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
6 i. For information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,
7 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing
8 Party affix at a minimum the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (“CONFIDENTIAL legend), to each
9 page that contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
10 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
11 appropriate markings in the margins).
12 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection need not
13 designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which documents it
14 would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the
15 material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting
16 Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
17 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then,
18 before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL
19 legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page
20 qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
21 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
22 ii. For testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the
23 Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all protected
24 testimony.
25 iii. For information produced in some form other than documentary and for any
26 other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the
27 container or containers in which the information is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a
28 portion or portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
1 practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
2 C. Inadvertent Failures to Designate
3 If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does
4 not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for
5 such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
6 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
7 VIII. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
8 A. Timing of Challenges
9 Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time
10 consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order.
11 B. Meet and Confer
12 The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37-1,
13 et. seq.
14 C. Joint Stipulation
15 Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule
16 37-2.
17 D. Burden of Persuasion
18 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating
19 Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose
20 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions.
21 Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties
22 shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under
23 the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge.
24 IX. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
25 A. Basic Principles
26 A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced by another
27 Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or
28 attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of
1 persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a
2 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section XV below.
3 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in
4 a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
5 B. Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items
6 Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
7 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
8 i. The Receiving Party’s counsel of record in this Action and any employees
9 of said counsel of record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this
10 action;
11 ii. The Receiving Party’s officers, directors, and employees (including House
12 Counsel) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
13 iii. The Receiving Party’s Experts to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary
14 for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to be Bound” attached
15 hereto as Exhibit A;
16 iv. The Court and its personnel;
17 v. Court reporters and their staff;
18 vi. Professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Vendors to whom
19 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
20 Agreement to Be Bound;”
21 vii. The author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
22 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
23 viii. During their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the
24 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party requests that
25 the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted to keep
26 any confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
27 (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
28 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be
1 separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted
2 under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
3 ix. Any mediators or settlement officers and their supporting personnel,
4 mutually agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged in settlement discussions.
5 X. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAD OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
6 OTHER LITIGATION
7 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels
8 disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party
9 must:
10 A. Promptly notify the Designating Party in writing. Such notification shall include a
11 copy of the subpoena or court order;
12 B. Promptly notify the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other
13 litigation in writing that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to
14 this Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
15 C. Cooperate on all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating
16 Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective
17 order, the Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information
18 designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which
19 the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The
20 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its
21 confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or
22 encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
23 XI. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN
24 THIS LITIGATION
25 A. The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in
26 this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in
27 connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.
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1 Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional
2 protection.
3 B. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-
4 Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the
5 Non-Party not to produce the Non-party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:
6 i. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some
7 or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
8 ii. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective
9 Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the
10 information requested; and
11 iii. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party, if
12 requested.
13 C. If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of
14 receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-
15 Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks
16 a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control
17 that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the
18 court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of
19 seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
20 XII. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
21 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected
22 Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order,
23 the Receiving Party must immediately:
24 A. Notify the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures in writing;
25 B. Use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material;
26 C. Inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all
27 the terms of this Order, and
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1 D. Request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to
2 Be Bound.”
3 XIII. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
4 PROTECTED MATERIAL
5 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently
6 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the
7 Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision
8 is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that
9 provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d)
10 and (e), insofar as the Parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or
11 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the Parties may
12 incorporate their agreement in the Stipulated Protective Order submitted to the Court.
13 XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
14 A. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by
15 the Court in the future.
16 B. Subject to Section III above, nothing in this Second Amended Stipulation and/or
17 Order shall preclude or prohibit any Party from introducing to the Court as an exhibit, either in
18 support of, or in opposition to, any motion, whether dispositive or otherwise, any document
19 produced in discovery during the pendency of this litigation.
20 C. By stipulating to entry of this Protective Order, no Party waives any right it
21 otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground
22 not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
23 any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
24 D. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Local
25 Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order
26 authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material. If a Party’s request to file Protected
27 Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the
28 public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
1 XV. FINAL DISPOSITION
2 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in section VI, within 60 days of a written
3 request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the
4 Producing Party or destroy such material.
5 As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts,
6 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
7 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit
8 a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
9 Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that:
10 A. Identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was
11 returned or destroyed; and
12 B. Affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
13 compilations, summaries, or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
14 Material.
15 Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all
16 pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,
17 correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant
18 and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival
19 copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set
20 forth in Section VI.
21 XVI. VIOLATION
22 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures including, without
23 limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
24 IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH THE PARTIES’ RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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DATED: January 12, 2026 Walter Clark Legal Group
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4 Walter T. Clark, Esq.
5 Scott E. Saunders, Esq.
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6 MARY B. FORGEY
7 DATED: January 21, 2026 Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP
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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(1), I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of
1 the State of California that all the signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted,
concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.
53 Executed this 21 day of January 2026, at San Jose, California
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27 || Dated: Feb 12, 2026
Steve Kim, U.S. Magistrate Judge
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1 EXHIBIT A
2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
3 I hereby acknowledge that I, [NAME],
4 [POSITION AND EMPLOYER], am
5 || about to receive Confidential Materials supplied in connection with the Proceeding, (Forgey v.
6 || Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., et. al., Case No. 2:25—CV—03158-ODW(SKx)). I certify that I understand
7 || that the Protected Materials are provided to me subject to the terms and restrictions of the
8 || Stipulation and Protective Order filed in this Proceeding. I have been given a copy of the Stipulation
9 | and Protective Order; I have read it, and I agree to be bound by its terms.
10 I understand that Protected Materials, as defined in the Stipulation and Protective Order,
11 | including any notes or other records that may be made regarding any such materials, shall not be
12 | disclosed to anyone except as expressly permitted by the Stipulation and Protective Order. I will
13 || not copy or use, except solely for the purposes of this Proceeding, any Protected Materials obtained
14 | pursuant to this Protective Order, except as provided therein or otherwise ordered by the Court in
15 || the Proceeding.
16 I further understand that I am to retain all copies of all Protected Materials provided to me
17 || in the Proceeding in a secure manner, and that all copies of such Materials are to remain in my
18 || personal custody until termination of my participation in this Proceeding, whereupon the copies of
19 || such Materials will be returned to counsel who provided me with Protected Materials or destroyed.
20 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the
21 | foregoing is true and correct. Executed this ss dayof_ si, 20_—s, at .
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23 | DATED BY:
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