Moreno v. Castlerock Farming and Transport, Inc.

District Court, E.D. California·Decided May 27, 2022·No. 1:12-cv-00556·Unknown

Opinion

1 GHLAYNNLNO,N F &IN FLREIYE,D MEONRBTELR G, LLP 2 JAMES M. HANLON, Jr., Bar No. 214096 MORGAN K. LOPEZ, Bar No. 215513 3 One Walnut Creek Center 100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 500 4 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Telephone: (925) 210-2800 5 Facsimile: (925) 945-1975 E-mail: jhanlon@glynnfinley.com 6 mlopez@glynnfinley.com

7 Attorneys for Defendants Castlerock Farming and Transport, Inc. 8 and Albert L. Good

9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

11 ) Case No. 1:12-CV-00556-AWI-BAK 12 MARIA G. MORENO, ESTHER L. ) (BAM) LOPEZ, FRANCISCO OROZCO, ) 13 ABRAHAM ORTIZ, JAVIER GARCIA, ) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FLORENCIA GUTIERREZ, and ISRAEL ) 14 LOPEZ on behalf of themselves and all ) other similarly situated, ) 15 ) Plaintiffs, ) 16 ) Trial Date: None Set vs. ) Judge: Hon. Anthony W. Ishii 17 ) Magistrate Judge: Hon. Barbara A. CASTLEROCK FARMING AND ) McAuliffe 18 TRANSPORT, INC., J.L. PADILLA & ) SONS LABOR SERVICE, INC., MELBA ) 19 NUNEZ CONTRACTING (form unknown), ) ALBERT L. GOOD, individual, and Does ) 20 2-20, inclusive, ) ) 21 Defendants. ) _ ___________________________________ ) 22

28 1 2 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

3 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

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

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

6 Accordingly, the parties hereby petition the Court to enter the following Protective Order

7 (“Order”). The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all

8 disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and

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

10 under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section

11 13.3, below, that this Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information

12 under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the

13 standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under

14 seal.

15 2. DEFINITIONS

16 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of

17 information or items under this Order.

18 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is

19 generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule

20 of Civil Procedure 26(c).

21 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as

22 well as their support staff).

23 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that

24 it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.”

25 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the

26 medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things,

27 testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or

28 responses to discovery in this matter. 1 2 the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a

3 consultant in this action.

4 2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House

5 Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

6 2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal

7 entity not named as a Party to this action.

8 2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this

9 action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this

10 action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of

11 that party.

12 2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,

13 consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

14 2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery

15 Material in this action.

16 2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services

17 (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and

18 organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and

19 subcontractors.

20 2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as

21 “CONFIDENTIAL.”

22 2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a

23 Producing Party.

24 2.15 Action: the case entitled Moreno et al. v. Castlerock Farming and Transport, Inc.,

25 et al. Case No. 1:12-CV-00556-AWI-BAK (BAM), United States District Court, Eastern District

26 of California.

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3 3. SCOPE

4 The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined

5 above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies,

6 excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,

7 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.

8 However, the protections conferred by this Order do not cover the following information: (a) any

9 information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes

10 part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not

11 involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or

12 otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or

13 obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information

14 lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of

15 Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

16 4. DURATION

17 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by

18 this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court

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

20 claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after

21 the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this

22 action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time

23 pursuant to applicable law.

24 5. MATERIAL PRESUMED CONFIDENTIAL

25 All documents containing the personal information of Defendant’s employees, including,

26 but not limited to, employees’ Social Security Numbers, home addresses, home telephone

27 numbers, birth dates, wages, pay roll and tax information, shall be presumed CONFIDENTIAL

28 and shall be subject to all applicable terms of this protective order, unless the parties otherwise 1 2 6. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

3 6.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.

4 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order

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