Opinion

John Doe A.W. v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Court
District Court, C.D. California
Filed
May 7, 2026
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The opinion

1 Rick Richmond (SBN 194962)

rrichmond@larsonllp.com

2 Andrew E. Calderón (SBN 316673)

acalderon@larsonllp.com

3 Jina Yoon (SBN 331948)

jyoon@larsonllp.com

4 LARSON LLP

555 South Flower Street, 30th Floor

5 Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 436-4888

6 Facsimile: (213) 623-2000

7 Attorneys for Defendant The Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

8

9 Sara D. Beller (SBN 316210) Kevin E. Monson (SBN 89785)

sara.beller@dolmanlaw.com kevinemonson@hotmail.com

10 Matthew A. Dolman LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN E. MONSON

(pro hac vice forthcoming) 184 Brookhurst Street, Suite 202N

11 matt@dolmanlaw.com Fountain Valley, CA 92709

R. Stanley Gipe

12 (pro hac vice forthcoming) Attorneys for Defendant Daren Francom

stan.gipe@dolmanlaw.com

13 Kendall Follert (SBN 367201)

Kendall.follert@dolmanlaw.com

14 DOLMAN LAW GROUP

361 Central Ave., Suite 400

15 Riverside, CA 92506

Telephone: (727) 451-6900

16 Facsimile (727) 451-6907

17 Attorneys for Plaintiff Jane AC Doe

18

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

20

JOHN DOE A.W., an individual, Case No. 2:26-cv-02389-RAO

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Plaintiff, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

22 ORDER1

vs.

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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

24 OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, a Utah

Corporation; DAREN FRANCOM, an

25 individual; and DOES 3-25, inclusive,,

26 Defendant.

27

1 This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective

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1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,

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proprietary or private information for which special protection from public

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

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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to

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enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this

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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to

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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends

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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment

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under the applicable legal principles.

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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

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This Action arises from allegations of childhood sexual abuse and is likely to

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involve medical records, psychiatric records, confidential church membership

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records, and other private information implicating the privacy rights of third parties

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for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose

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other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Accordingly, to expedite the flow

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of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of

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discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep

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confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of

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such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling

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at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such

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information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information

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will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so

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designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential,

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non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public

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record of this case.

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C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL

1 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this

2 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information

3 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed

4 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court

5 to file material under seal.

6 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial

7 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions,

8 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and

9 County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. Motors

10 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics,

11 Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders

12 require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling

13 reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with

14 respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere

15 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—

16 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the

17 material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or

18 otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.

19 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then

20 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the

21 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected.

22 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For

23 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced

24 under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking

25 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal

26 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting

27 the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.

1 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If

2 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting

3 only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document

4 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their

5 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.

6 2. DEFINITIONS

7 2.1 Action: John Doe A.W. v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

8 Saints, et. al., 2:26-cv-02389-RA (C.D. Cal.)

9 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation

10 of information or items under this Order.

11 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of

12 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for

13 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in

14 the Good Cause Statement.

15 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as

16 their support staff).

17 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or

18 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

19 “CONFIDENTIAL.”

20 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

21 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,

22 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things) that are produced or

23 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

24 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter

25 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as

26 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.

27 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action,

1 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside

2 counsel.

3 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or

4 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

5 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party

6 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have

7 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that

8 has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.

9 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,

10 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their

11 support staffs).

12 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

13 Discovery Material in this Action.

14 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support

15 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or

16 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)

17 and their employees and subcontractors.

18 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

19 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

20 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material

21 from a Producing Party.

22 3. SCOPE

23 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

24 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or

25 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or

26 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or

27 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.

1 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

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3 4. DURATION

4 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as

5 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced

6 as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all

7 members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by

8 specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance

9 of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good cause”

10 showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons”

11 standard when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the

12 terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial

13 in this matter as to the Protected Material that is admitted into evidence or otherwise

14 made part of the public trial record, unless the Court orders otherwise.

15 Information that remains confidential and is not made available to the public

16 at trial shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order

17 until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise

18 directs, even after final disposition of this litigation. Even after final disposition of

19 this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in

20 effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order

21 otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal

22 of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final

23 judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings,

24 remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for filing any

25 motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.

26 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

27 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.

1 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that

2 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for

3 protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written

4 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items

5 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably

6 within the ambit of this Order.

7 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations

8 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper

9 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose

10 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating

11 Party to sanctions.

12 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it

13 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must

14 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.

15 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

16 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise

17 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection

18 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or

19 produced.

20 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

21 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic

22 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial

23 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend

24 “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that

25 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for

26 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)

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

1 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated

2 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and

3 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be

4 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the

5 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which

6 documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before

7 producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the

8 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a

9 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also

10 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings

11 in the margins).

12 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies

13 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the

14 deposition all protected testimony.

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

16 for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on

17 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the

18 legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information

19 warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the

20 protected portion(s).

21 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

22 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive

23 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.

24 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable

25 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this

26 Order.

27 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

1 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s

2 Scheduling Order.

3 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

4 resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.

5 6.3 Burden. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding

6 shall be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an

7 improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on

8 other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the

9 Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all

10 parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to

11 which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on

12 the challenge.

13 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

14 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is

15 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this

16 Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such

17 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the

18 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a

19 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL

20 DISPOSITION).

21 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a

22 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons

23 authorized under this Order.

24 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless

25 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a

26 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated

27 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

1 well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably

2 necessary to disclose the information for this Action;

3 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of

4 the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;

5 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

6 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the

7 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

8 (d) the court and its personnel;

9 (e) court reporters and their staff;

10 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional

11 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have

12 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

13 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a

14 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;

15 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the

16 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party

17 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they

18 will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the

19 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise

20 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed

21 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may

22 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except

23 as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and

24 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,

25 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.

26 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED

27 IN OTHER LITIGATION

1 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as

2 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

3 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

4 shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

5 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order

6 to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the

7 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include

8 a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

9 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

10 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

11 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with

12 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this

13 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the

14 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s

15 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

16 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions

17 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action

18 to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

19 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

20 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

21 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a

22 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information

23 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the

24 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be

25 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

26 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to

27 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is

1 confidential information, then the Party shall:

2 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party

3 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality

4 agreement with a Non-Party;

5 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated

6 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably

7 specific description of the information requested; and

8 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the

9 Non-Party, if requested.

10 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within

11 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party

12 may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery

13 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall

14 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the

15 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.

16 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and

17 expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

18 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

19 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed

20 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this

21 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in

22 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts

23 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or

24 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,

25 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and

26 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

27 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

1 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

2 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,

3 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil

4 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure

5 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without

6 prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar

7 as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or

8 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the

9 parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted

10 to the court.

11 12. MISCELLANEOUS

12 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any

13 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

14 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this

15 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to

16 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this

17 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any

18 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

19 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any

20 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may

21 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the

22 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material

23 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information

24 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.

25 13. FINAL DISPOSITION

26 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60

27 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return

1 this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,

2 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected

3 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving

4 Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same

5 person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies

6 (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

7 destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,

8 abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any

9 of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to

10 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing

11 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert

12 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such

13 materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or

14 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in

15 Section 4 (DURATION).

16 14. VIOLATION

17 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures

18 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.

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20 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

21

22 Dated: May 6, 2026 DOLMAN LAW GROUP

23

24 By: /s/ Sara D. Beller

Sara D. Beller

25

Matthew A. Dolman

26 Stanley R. Gipe

27 Attorneys for Plaintiff JOHN DOE A.W.

1 || Dated: May 6, 2026 LARSON LLP

2

3 By: /s/ Rick Richmond

4 Rick Richmond?

Andrew E. Calderon

5 Jina Yoon

6 Attorneys for Defendant The Church of Jesus

4 Christ of Latter-day Saints

Dated: May 6, 2026 LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN E. MONSON

9

10

By: /s/ Kevin E. Monson

11 Kevin E. Monson

12 Attorney for Defendant Daren Francom

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14 |} FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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16 || DATED:05/07/2026

,|Re a. OC

AYRES A, COW

HON. ROZELLA A. OLIVER

19 || United States Magistrate Judge

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26 * Pursuant to Local Rule PAA), filer hereby attests that all signatories

97 || listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and

have authorized the filing.

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1 EXHIBIT A

2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of

4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury

5 that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that

6 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California

7 on [date] in the case of John Doe A.W. v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

8 Saints, et. al., 2:26-cv-02389-RA (C.D. Cal.). I agree to comply with and to be

9 bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and

10 acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment

11 in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner

12 any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any

13 person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

14 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the

15 Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective

16 Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

17 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of

18 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and

19 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with

20 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective

21 Order.

22 Date: ______________________________________

23 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

24

25 Printed name: _______________________________

26

27 Signature: __________________________________

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