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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 WESTERN DIVISION
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12 MILTON QUINONES, on behalf of Case No. 2:23-cv-01301-AB-KS
himself and all others similarly
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13 situated, [PROPOSED] ORDER ON
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
14 Plaintiffs, ORDER REGARDING
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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DISCOVERY MATTER
16 XPO LOGISTICS, INC.; XPO
LOGISTICS CARTAGE, LLC; and District Judge: Hon. Andre Birotte
17 DOES 1 through 100, Jr.
Magistrate Judge: Hon. Karen L.
18 Defendants. Stevenson
Courtroom: 580
19 Complaint Filed: December 13, 2022
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1 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Milton Quinones (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants XPO
2 Logistics, Inc. and XPO Logistics Cartage, LLC (collectively, “Defendants,” and
3 with Plaintiff, the “Parties”) have determined that certain information to be
4 produced in this Action may contain Confidential Information (as defined below),
5 the unauthorized disclosure of which could be detrimental to the legitimate
6 commercial or privacy interests of the Parties that produced or designated this
7 information as confidential or would contravene applicable law;
8 WHEREAS, all of the Parties in the Action wish to maintain and protect
9 confidentiality of Confidential Information and materials and restrict access to and
10 disclosure of such information and materials;
11 THE PARTIES THEREFORE HEREBY STIPULATE, by and through their
12 respective counsel of record, to entry of the following protective order as an order
13 of the above-captioned Court (“Stipulated Protective Order”) and propose to the
14 Court as follows:
15 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
16 Discovery in this Action potentially involves production of confidential,
17 proprietary or private information for which special protection from public
18 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than pursuing this litigation may be
19 warranted. Accordingly, the Parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
20 enter the following Stipulated Amended Protective Order. The Parties
21 acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures
22 or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure
23 and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to
24 confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.
25 2. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
26 Discovery is likely to involve trade secrets, confidential and proprietary
27 information concerning XPO’s business operations, XPO’s contracts and
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1 third party individuals, including personal identifying information such as social
2 security numbers, customer and pricing lists, and other valuable commercial,
3 financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection
4 from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this
5 Action may be warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and
6 information consist of, among other things, confidential business or financial
7 information, information regarding confidential business practices, or commercial
8 information (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties),
9 information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be
10 privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes,
11 court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of
12 information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of
13 discovery materials, to adequately protect information the Parties are entitled to
14 keep confidential, to ensure that the Parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses
15 of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their
16 handling at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, a protective
17 order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the Parties
18 that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that
19 nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a
20 confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part
21 of the public record of this case.
22 3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDER SEAL FILING PROCEDURE
23 The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.3, below, that this
24 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
25 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed
26 and the standards that will be applied when a Party seeks permission from the court
27 to file material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right
28 of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-
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1 dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See
2 Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006);
3 Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); Makar-
4 Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even
5 stipulated protective orders require good cause showing). A specific showing of
6 good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal
7 justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that a Party seeks to
8 file under seal. The Parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material
9 as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES
10 ONLY” does not—without the submission of competent evidence by declaration,
11 establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential,
12 privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause.
13 Further, if a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial,
14 then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and
15 the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be
16 protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir.
17 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed
18 or introduced under seal, the Party seeking protection must articulate compelling
19 reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing
20 order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents
21 under seal must be provided by declaration.
22 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in
23 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted.
24 If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting
25 only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document,
26 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their
27 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
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1 4. DEFINITIONS
2 4.1 “Action” means the action titled Milton Quinones v. XPO Logistics,
3 Inc. et al., Case Number 2:23-cv-01301-AB-KS.
4 4.2 “Challenging Party” means a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
5 designation of information or items under this Order.
6 4.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items means Disclosure or
7 Discovery Materials for which a Designating Party believes in good faith that such
8 information or items are entitled to confidential treatment.
9 4.4 “Counsel” means Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as
10 well as their support staff).
11 4.5 “Designating Party” means a Party or Non-Party that designates
12 information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
13 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES
14 ONLY.”
15 4.6 “Disclosure or Discovery Material” means all items or information,
16 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained
17 (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are
18 produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery or testified to during
19 deposition or other proceedings.
20 4.7 “Expert” means a person with specialized knowledge or experience in
21 a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its Counsel
22 to serve as an expert witness, or expert consultant, in this Action.
23 4.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
24 Information or Items means Disclosure or Discovery Material for which a
25 Designating Party believes in good faith that the disclosure of such information or
26 item to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious
27 financial or other injury that cannot be avoided by less restrictive means.
28 4.9 “House Counsel” means attorneys who are employees of a Party in this
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1 Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other
2 outside counsel.
3 4.10 “Non-Party” means any natural person, partnership, corporation,
4 association or other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action.
5 4.11 “Outside Counsel of Record” means attorneys who are not employees
6 of a Party to this Action, but are retained to represent a Party to this Action and
7 have appeared in this Action on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm
8 that has appeared on behalf of that Party, and includes support staff.
9 4.12 “Party” means any Party to this Action, including all of its officers,
10 directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record
11 (and their support staffs).
12 4.13 “Producing Party” means a Party or Non-Party that produces
13 Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action.
14 4.14 “Professional Vendors” mean persons or entities that provide litigation
15 support 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 4.15 “Protected Material” means any Disclosure or Discovery Material that
19 is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —
20 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
21 4.16 “Receiving Party” means a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
22 Material from a Producing Party.
23 5. SCOPE
24 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
25 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
26 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
27 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
28 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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1 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
2 trial judge and other applicable authorities. This Order does not govern the use of
3 Protected Material at trial.
4 6. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5 6.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
6 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
7 this Stipulated Protective Order as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
8 CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” must take care to limit any
9 such designations to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards.
10 The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
11 documents, items or oral or written communications that qualify so that other
12 portions of the material, documents, items or communications for which protection
13 is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
14 Designations with a higher confidentiality level when a lower level would suffice
15 are prohibited.
16 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
17 designated for protection do not qualify for protection or do not qualify for the level
18 of protection initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all
19 other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
20 6.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
21 this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material
22 that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before
23 the material is disclosed or produced.
24 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
25 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
26 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
27 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the applicable legend
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1 ONLY” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”
2 legend), to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the
3 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
4 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
5 margins).
6 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
7 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
8 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and
9 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
10 deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified
11 the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine
12 which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order.
13 Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the
14 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that
15 contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
16 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
17 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
18 (b) for testimony given in deposition or other proceeding, the
19 Designating Party shall specify all protected testimony and the level of protection
20 being asserted. In the case of a deposition, the Designating Party may make that
21 designation during the deposition or on the next business day following the
22 deposition. In the case of other proceeding(s), the Designating Party may make that
23 designation during the proceeding or may also invoke, on the record or by written
24 notice to all Parties on or before the next business day, a right to have up to seven
25 (7) days from the date the proceeding transcript is received by the Designating
26 Party to make its designations. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition
27 or hearing shall not in any way affect its designation.
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1 and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place
2 on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the
3 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” legend. If only a portion or
4 portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent
5 practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
6 6.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If promptly corrected after
7 discovery thereof, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items
8 does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection
9 under this Order for such material. Upon notice of a designation correction, the
10 Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated
11 in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
12 7. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
13 7.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
14 designation of confidentiality, including a directive to redact private, confidential
15 material under Section 6.2 above, at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
16 Scheduling Order.
17 7.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
18 resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq.
19 7.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a
20 joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.
21 7.4 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on
22 the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
23 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
24 Parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating
25 Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all Parties shall
26 continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is
27 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
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1 8. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
2 8.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
3 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
4 Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such
5 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
6 conditions described in this Order. When this Action has been terminated, a
7 Receiving Party in the terminated action must comply with the provisions of
8 Section 14 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
9 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
10 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
11 authorized under this Order.
12 8.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
13 otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
14 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
15 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
16 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action,
17 as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
18 necessary to disclose the information for purposes of this Action;
19 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House
20 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for
21 purposes of this Action;
22 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to
23 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for purposes of this Action and who have
24 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (“Exhibit A”);
25 (d) the Court and its personnel;
26 (e) court reporters and their staff;
27 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and
28 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for purposes of
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1 this Action and who have signed Exhibit A;
2 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information
3 or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
4 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses,
5 in this Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, provided the witness and
6 the witness’s attorney sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. Pages of
7 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected
8 Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to
9 anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
10 (i) any mediators or settlement officers and their supporting
11 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged in settlement
12 discussions.
13 8.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS EYES
14 ONLY” Information or Items. Unless permitted in writing by the Designating
15 Party, a Receiving Party may disclose material designated “HIGHLY
16 CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” without further approval only
17 to:
18 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action
19 and employees of Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
20 disclose the information;
21 (b) the Court and its personnel;
22 (c) court reporters and their staff;
23 (d) professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors
24 to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, and who have signed Exhibit A;
25 (e) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to
26 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for purposes of any of this Action and
27 who have signed Exhibit A; and
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1 a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
2 8.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY
3 CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” Material to House Counsel or
4 Experts. Unless agreed to in writing by the designator:
5 (a) A party seeking to disclose to House Counsel any material
6 designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY EYES ONLY” must first
7 make a written request to the Designating Party providing the full name of the
8 House Counsel, the city and state of such counsel’s residence, and such counsel’s
9 current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and responsibilities in
10 sufficient detail to determine present or potential involvement in any competitive
11 decision-making.
12 (b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information
13 specified in paragraph (a) may disclose the designated material to the identified
14 House Counsel unless, within seven (7) days of delivering the request, the Party
15 receives a written objection from the Designating Party providing detailed grounds
16 for the objection.
17 (c) All challenges to objections from the Designating Party shall
18 proceed in accordance with Section 7 above.
19 9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN
OTHER LITIGATION
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY,” or for which another Party directed that private information be redacted
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pursuant to Section 6.2 above, the Party receiving the subpoena or court order must:
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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such
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notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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(b) promptly notify in writing the Party who caused the subpoena or
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1 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
2 subpoena or order is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order. Such notification
3 shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
4 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
5 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the
6 Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the
7 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this Action
8 as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS' EYES
9 ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order
10 issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The
11 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that
12 court of its Protected Material and nothing in these provisions should be construed
13 as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful
14 directive from another court.
15 10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN
THIS LITIGATION
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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced
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by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced
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by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and
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relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as
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prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery
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request, to produce a Non-Party’s Protected Material in its possession, and the Party
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is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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Protected Material, then the Party shall:
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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the
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Non-Party, within fourteen (14) days of receiving the request, that some or
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1 all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with
2 a Non-Party;
3 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party, within fourteen (14)
4 days of receiving the request, with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order
5 in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific
6 description of the information requested; and
7 (3) make the information requested available for inspection
8 by the Non-Party, if requested.
9 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this Court
10 within fourteen (14) days of receiving the notice and accompanying information,
11 the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s Protected Material responsive to
12 the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the
13 Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that
14 is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
15 determination by the Court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party
16 shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this Court of its
17 Protected Material.
18 11. 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
23 efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the
24 person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of
25 this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment
26 and Agreement to Be Bound” attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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1 12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED MATERIAL
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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal
5
Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify
6
whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
7
production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
8
502(d) and (e), insofar as the Parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure
9
of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work
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product protection, the Parties may incorporate their agreement in the Stipulated
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Protective Order submitted to the court.
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13. MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the rights of
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any Party to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
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13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
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Stipulated Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to
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object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not
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addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right
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to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this
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Stipulated Protective Order.
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13.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material
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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the
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specific Protected Material. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under
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seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the
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public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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1 |] 14. FINAL DISPOSITION
2 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in Section 4, within sixty
3 || (60) days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party in the
4 || terminated action must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or
5 || destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material”
6 || includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format
7 || reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected
g || Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written
g || certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
10 || Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where
11 || appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)
12 || affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
13 || compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the
14 || Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain
15 || an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing
16 || transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert
17 || reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if
1g || such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or
19 || constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order.
20 || 15. VIOLATION
21 Any violation of this Order may entitle any Party to secure any relief as the
22 || Court deems just and appropriate.
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24 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
95 || Dated: _March 24, 2023 PSaun_L Bissnen
%6 Honorable Karen L. Stevenson
27 Chief Magistrate Judge
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1 EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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3 I, [print or type full name], of
4 [print or type full address], declare
5 under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the
6 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for
7 the Central District of California on [date] in the case of Milton Quinones v.
8 XPO Logistics, Inc. et al., 2:23-cv-01301-AB-KS.
9 I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated
10 Protective Order, and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could
11 expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly
12 promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is
13 subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict
14 compliance with the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.
15 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
16 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
17 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
18 termination of this Action.
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20 Date:
21 City and State where sworn and signed:
22 Printed name:
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