Smith et al v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, No. 3:2007cv02126 - Document 118 (N.D. Cal. 2008)
Court Description: ORDER Granting re 117 Stipulation For Protective Order filed by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 9/22/08. (fj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/22/2008)
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Smith et al v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 1 2 3 4 Doc. 118 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP GARY T. LAFAYETTE (State Bar No. 88666) SUSAN T. KUMAGAI (State Bar No. 127667) GLEN TURNER (State Bar No. 212417) 100 Spear Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 357-4600 Facsimile: (415) 357-4605 5 6 7 8 STEPHEN L. SCHIRLE (State Bar No. 96085) DARREN P. ROACH (State Bar No. 159998) 77 Beale Street, B30A P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 973-6345 Facsimile: (415) 973-5520 9 10 12 FAX (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 600 94105 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW SPEAR STREET, SUITE 100 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 11 13 14 15 Attorneys for Defendant PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY SIEGEL & YEE DANIEL SIEGEL, ESQ. (State Bar No. 56400) TANYA RUSSELL, ESQ. (State Bar No. 139730) 499 – 14th Street, Suite 220 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 839-1200 Facsimile: (510) 444-6698 Attorneys for Plaintiffs WILLIAM A. SMITH and JOSE E. LEMUS 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 20 WILLIAM A. SMITH AND JOSE E. LEMUS, 21 Plaintiffs, 22 vs. 23 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, 24 25 26 27 28 Case No . C07-02126 JSW STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Defendant. STIPULATION In order to preserve and maintain the confidentiality of certain documents to be produced by defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) in the above-captioned action, 1 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW Dockets.Justia.com 1 plaintiffs William A. Smith and Jose E. Lemus (hereinafter “Plaintiffs”) and PG&E, by and 2 through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 3 contain information protected by the constitutional right to privacy of third parties, trade secrets 5 and other confidential matter, policy, procedure, research, development or information. These 6 documents are hereafter referred to as "Protected Documents." Except as otherwise indicated 7 below, all documents designated by PG&E as confidential that are produced in this action shall 8 be Protected Documents and given confidential treatment and safeguarded as described below. 10 (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 FAX SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW SPEAR STREET, SUITE 600 94105 11 100 Documents to be produced by PG&E during discovery in this litigation may 4 9 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 1. 2. Protected Documents shall not include materials that on their face show that they have been published to the general public. 3. If a party contends that any document has been erroneously designated 12 confidential, it shall nevertheless treat the document as a Protected Document unless and until it 13 either (a) obtains PG&E’s written permission to do otherwise or (b) obtains an order of this Court 14 finding that the document is not a Protected Document. 15 4. Protected Documents and the materials contained therein shall not be used or 16 shown, disseminated, copied or in any way communicated to anyone for any purpose whatsoever, 17 other than as required for the use, preparation and trial of this action. Except as provided for in 18 the paragraphs below, the parties shall keep all Protected Documents and the material contained 19 therein confidential from all persons. 20 5. Except with the prior written consent of PG&E or upon further order of this Court, 21 Protected Documents shall be shown or the contents thereof disclosed only to the following 22 persons (hereinafter referred to as "Qualified Persons"): 23 a. The parties and their counsel of record in this action; 24 b. Employees of the parties’ counsel assigned to and necessary to assist such 25 26 27 28 counsel in the preparation or trial of this action; c. Court reporters and/or videographers employed in this action by any party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary; d. During their depositions in the action, witnesses to whom disclosure is 2 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW 1 reasonably necessary; 2 e. 3 retained by the parties whose assistance is necessary for the preparation or trial of this specific 4 action, provided that no such disclosure shall be made to any person employed by any competitor 5 of PG&E's, except upon further order of this Court; and 6 (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 FAX ATTORNEYS AT LAW SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 100 SPEAR STREET, SUITE 600 94105 7 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP Independent experts and consultants (and their agents and employees) f. 6. The Court, jury or fact finder. Before being given access to any Protected Document, each person to whom a 8 party and its representatives intend to deliver, exhibit or disclose any Protected Document or 9 material contained therein shall be advised of the terms of this Stipulation and Order, shall be 10 given a copy of this Stipulation and Order and shall agree, in writing, to be bound by its terms. 11 Counsel for the party shall maintain a list of all persons to whom any Protected Document or 12 material contained therein is provided, and that list shall be available for inspection by the Court. 13 7. The party’s counsel shall keep a record of all copies of each Protected Document 14 distributed, in whole or in part, to any Qualified Person. Any copy so distributed shall be 15 returned to counsel for the party after the completion of the Qualified Person's consultation or 16 representation in this action. 17 8. To the extent that Protected Documents or information obtained therefrom are 18 used in the taking of depositions, such documents or information shall remain subject to the 19 provisions of this Stipulation and Order, along with the transcript pages of the deposition 20 testimony dealing with the Protected Documents or information which transcript pages shall be 21 specifically designated by PG&E. 22 9. Promptly after the conclusion of this action, but in no event later than one year 23 after the entry of final judgment in this action, all Protected Documents, all copies thereof and all 24 excerpts therefrom, shall be collected by each party’s counsel from all consultants, experts and 25 other Qualified Persons and shall be returned to counsel for PG&E. Upon request, PG&E agrees 26 to provide a copy of specifically requested Protected Documents previously returned to PG&E 27 should a party seek relief from a Final Judgment or Order. These documents shall be 28 immediately returned to PG&E at the conclusion of such proceeding. 3 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW 1 publicize either the contents of Protected Documents or the fact that they obtained PG&E’s 3 confidential documents. FAX (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 600 94105 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW Documents to be produced in response to discovery request(s) may include documents or parts thereof unrelated to any specific allegation made. Accordingly, PG&E 6 reserves the right to identify and withhold the production of specific documents or parts thereof 7 which are subject to objections based on relevance or other legitimate grounds. PG&E will 8 designate, in writing, which of the documents requested PG&E considers confidential and 9 Protected Documents, which documents will be stamped in a manner so as not to impair the 11 SPEAR STREET, SUITE 11. 5 10 100 The parties shall not under any circumstances sell, offer for sale, advertise or 2 4 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 10. readability of the documents or any copies thereof. 12. Certain of the documents to be produced by PG&E in response to discovery 12 requests may be designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” documents. PG&E shall affix the 13 legend “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the top of each page 14 that is designated as ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. 15 13. Documents designated as ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY documents are extremely 16 sensitive confidential information or items whose disclosure to another Party or non-party would 17 create a substantial risk of serious injury that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 18 14. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by PG&E, plaintiffs 19 party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 20 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to 21 22 (a) Experts (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, and (2) who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order (Exhibit A); 23 (b) the Court and its personnel; 24 (c) court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to whom disclosure is 25 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by 26 Protective Order” (Exhibit A); and 27 28 (d) the author of the document or the original source of the information. 15. In addition to the provisions of paragraphs 12 through 14 of this stipulated 4 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW 1 protective order, documents designated as ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY documents shall receive 2 all protections, and be subject to all procedures and mechanisms, applicable to Protected 3 Documents. 4 FAX (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 600 94105 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW SPEAR STREET, SUITE 100 After termination of this litigation, the provisions of this Order shall continue to be 5 binding, except with respect to those documents and information that become a matter of public 6 record. This Court retains and shall have jurisdiction over the parties and recipients of the 7 Protected Documents for enforcement of the provisions of this Order following termination of 8 this litigation. 9 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 16. 17. This Stipulation and Order shall be binding upon the parties hereto, upon their 10 attorneys and upon the parties and their attorneys' successors, executors, personal representatives, 11 administrators, heirs, legal representatives, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, 12 independent contractors or other persons or organizations over which they have control. 13 DATED: September 19, 2008 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 14 /s/ GLEN TURNER Attorneys for Defendant PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 15 16 17 18 DATED: September 19, 2008 SIEGEL & YEE 19 20 21 /s/ Tanya Russell Attorneys for Plaintiffs WILLIAM A. SMITH AND JOSE E. LEMUS 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW 1 ORDER 2 The foregoing stipulation having been entered and good cause appearing therefore, 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. R NIA ero h C. Sp sep Judge Jo A H ER LI RT 10 I NO 9 N:\Documents\PGE\Smit\Disc\2nd Stip for prot order.doc ERED ORD T IS SO FO 6 8 S UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 5 7 UNIT ED September 22, 2008 Dated: ______________________ RT U O 4 ISTRIC ES D TC T A T N F D IS T IC T O R C 12 FAX (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 600 94105 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW SPEAR STREET, SUITE 100 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW 1 2 3 4 5 6 EXHIBIT A ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND I, _____________________ [print or type full name], of __________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on [date] in the case of _______________________________ 7 8 FAX (415) 357-4600 (415) 357-4605 600 94105 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW SPEAR STREET, SUITE 100 LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI LLP 9 [insert formal name of the case and the number and initial assigned to it by the court]. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand 10 and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the 11 nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or 12 item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 13 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 16 17 Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 18 I herby appoint _______________________________ [print or type full name] of 19 ________________________________________[print or type full address and telephone 20 number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any 21 proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 22 Date: _____________________________ 23 24 25 26 City and State where sworn and signed: _____________________________________ Printed name: _____________________________ [printed name] Signature: ________________________________ [signature] 27 28 7 STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON Case No. 07-02126 JSW
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