Joel Stallworth v. Nike Retail Services, Inc.

United States District Court for the Central District of California

Joel Stallworth v. Nike Retail Services, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

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5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JOEL STALLWORTH, TAMIYA 9 DICKERSON, and Minor Plaintiff Case No. 2:20-cv-05985-VAP (GJSx) S.S. 10 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 11 ORDER v.

12 NIKE RETAIL SERVICES, INC., Second Amended Complaint Filed: 13 WENDY MAGEE, and DOES 1-10, March 12, 2021

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27 1 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Joel Stallworth, TaMiya Dickerson, and Minor 2 Plaintiff S.S. (“Plaintiffs”), on the one hand, and Defendant NIKE Retail Services, 3 Inc. (“Nike Retail”), and Defendant Wendy Magee (“Magee”) on the other hand 4 (collectively, the “Parties”), may produce or seek discovery of documents, 5 information, or other materials that may contain or relate to personal, sensitive, 6 employment, proprietary, trade secret, and/or confidential information of another 7 party or third party; the Parties hereby enter into this Stipulated Protective Order as 8 follows: 9 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 10 One or more of the Parties assert that discovery in this action is likely to 11 involve production of confidential, proprietary or private information for which 12 special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 13 prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the Parties hereby 14 stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. 15 The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 16 disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public 17 disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that one or more 18 of the Parties assert are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal 19 principles. 20 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 21 One or more of the Parties assert that disclosure and discovery activity in this 22 action is or may be likely to involve confidential documents and other information 23 related to employment, an internal investigation, loss prevention and other corporate 24 policies, practices and training, communications with consumers, and/or proprietary 25 business information for which special protection from public disclosure and from 26 use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. One or more 27 of the Parties assert that such confidential and proprietary materials and information 1 to an investigation that is the subject of this lawsuit including witness statements, 2 company policies regarding loss prevention and product recovery, manager training 3 regarding loss prevention and product recovery, and confidential business 4 information regarding a consumer’s product purchase (including information 5 implicating privacy rights of third parties), information otherwise generally 6 unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from 7 disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, contract(s), or 8 common law. One or more of the Parties assert that he disclosure of such 9 information may result in irreparable harm to the Parties or third parties by revealing 10 confidential strategic business information to the public, including the Parties’ 11 competitors, and/or revealing private, employment, investigatory, loss prevention 12 and other confidential information that is or may be protected from disclosure as a 13 matter of law and/or by contract. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, 14 to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery 15 materials, to adequately protect information the Parties are or may be entitled to 16 keep confidential, to ensure that the Parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses 17 of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their 18 handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order 19 for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the Parties that 20 information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that 21 nothing be so designated without a good faith belief by one or more of the Parties 22 that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good 23 cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 24 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL 25 The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 26 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information 27 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed 1 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court 2 to file material under seal. 3 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial 4 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, 5 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and 6 County of Honolulu,

447 F.3d 1172, 1176

(9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors 7 Corp.,

307 F.3d 1206

, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, 8 Inc.,

187 F.R.D. 576, 577

(E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders 9 require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling 10 reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with 11 respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The Parties’ mere 12 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not— 13 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the 14 material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or 15 otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 16 Further, if a Party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then 17 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the 18 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. 19 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n,

605 F.3d 665, 677-79

(9th Cir. 2010). For 20 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced 21 under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking 22 protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal 23 justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting 24 the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. 25 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in 26 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. 27 If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting 1 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their 2 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 3 2. DEFINITIONS 4 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit, with a Case Number 2:20-cv- 5 05985-VAP-GJSx. 6 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 7 designation of information or items under this Order. 8 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 9 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 10 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in 11 the Good Cause Statement. 12 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 13 their support staff). 14 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 15 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 16 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 17 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 18 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 19 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 20 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 21 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 22 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 23 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 24 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 25 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 26 counsel. 27 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or 1 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a 2 party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and 3 have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm 4 that has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 5 2.11 Party: any Party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 6 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 7 support staffs), as well as any natural person who is named as a Party to this 8 litigation. 9 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 10 Discovery Material in this Action. 11 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 12 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 13 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 14 and their employees and subcontractors. 15 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 16 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 17 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 18 Material from a Producing Party. 19 3. SCOPE 20 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 21 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 22 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 23 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 24 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 25 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the 26 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 27 4. DURATION 1 appellate proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal 2 has run. Except as set forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through 3 FINAL DISPOSITION of the action. The Parties may stipulate that they will be 4 contractually bound by the terms of this agreement beyond FINAL DISPOSITION, 5 but will have to file a separate action for enforcement of the agreement once all 6 proceedings in this case are complete. 7 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as 8 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced 9 as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all 10 members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by 11 specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance 12 of the trial. See Kamakana,

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(distinguishing “good cause” 13 showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” 14 standard when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for 15 such materials, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the 16 commencement of the trial. 17 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 18 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 19 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 20 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 21 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 22 protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written 23 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items 24 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 25 within the ambit of this Order. 26 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 27 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 1 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other Parties) may expose the Designating 2 Party to sanctions. 3 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 4 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 5 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 6 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 7 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 8 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 9 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 10 produced. 11 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 12 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 13 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 14 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 15 “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that 16 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for 17 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 18 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 19 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 20 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 21 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 22 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 23 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the 24 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which 25 documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, 26 before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 27 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a 1 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings 2 in the margins). 3 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies 4 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, no later than 14 calendar days 5 after the transcript of a deposition is delivered by the court reporter to the 6 Designating Party all protected testimony. The Designating Party shall identify the 7 specific portions of the testimony to which protection is sought. Only the portions 8 of the testimony that are designated for protection within the 14 days from the date 9 the deposition transcript is received by counsel for the Designating Party shall be 10 covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. 11 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and 12 for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on 13 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the 14 legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information 15 warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 16 protected portion(s). 17 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 18 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive 19 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 20 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable 21 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 22 Order. 23 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 24 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 25 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 26 Scheduling Order. 27 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 1 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on 2 the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper 3 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other 4 parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating 5 Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all Parties shall 6 continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is 7 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the 8 challenge. 9 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 10 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 11 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 12 Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such 13 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 14 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a 15 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 16 DISPOSITION). 17 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 18 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 19 authorized under this Order. 20 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 21 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 22 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 23 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 24 (a) any Party who is a natural person; 25 (b) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as 26 well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably 27 necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 1 the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 2 (d) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 3 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 4 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 5 (e) the court and its personnel; 6 (f) court reporters and their staff; 7 (g) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 8 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 9 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 10 (h) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 11 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 12 (i) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the 13 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing Party 14 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they will 15 not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 16 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise 17 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 18 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may 19 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except 20 as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 21 (j) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 22 mutually agreed upon by any of the Parties engaged in settlement discussions. 23 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 24 IN OTHER LITIGATION 25 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 26 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 27 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 1 shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 2 (b) promptly notify in writing the Party who caused the subpoena or order 3 to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the 4 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include 5 a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 6 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 7 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 8 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 9 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 10 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the 11 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 12 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 13 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions 14 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action 15 to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 16 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 17 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 18 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 19 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 20 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 21 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 22 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 23 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 24 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 25 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 26 confidential information, then the Party shall: 27 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 1 agreement with a Non-Party; 2 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 3 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 4 specific description of the information requested; and 5 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the 6 Non-Party, if requested. 7 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 8 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party 9 may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery 10 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall 11 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the 12 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. 13 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and 14 expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 15 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 16 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 17 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 18 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 19 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 20 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 21 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, 22 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 23 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 24 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 25 PROTECTED MATERIAL 26 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 27 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 1 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever 2 procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production 3 without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and 4 (e), insofar as the Parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 5 communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work 6 product protection, the Parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated 7 protective order submitted to the court. 8 12. MISCELLANEOUS 9 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 10 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 11 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 12 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 13 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this 14 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 15 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 16 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 17 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material 18 may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 19 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material 20 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information 21 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 22 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 23 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 24 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return 25 all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in 26 this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 27 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 1 Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same 2 person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies 3 (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or 4 destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, 5 abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any 6 of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 7 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 8 transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert 9 reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such 10 materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or 11 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in 12 Section 4 (DURATION). 13 14. VIOLATION 14 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures 15 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 16 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 17 [CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE] 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(1), I, Trevor J. Wynn, attest that all 2 |} signatories listed, and on whose behalf this filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s 3 || content and have authorized the filing. 4 5 || DATED: March 24, 2021 6 7 || /s/ David Clay Washington Attorneys for Plaintiffs

9 10 || DATED: March 24, 2021 11 12 NIE Ra Services, Inc. 13 14 || DATED: March 24, 2021 15 16 | □□□ RY Say □□□ 17 18 || FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 20 || DATED: March 25, 2021 21 22 23 L 24 || UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 26 27 28

1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 4 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 5 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury 6 that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that 7 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California 8 on [date] in the case of Joel Stallworth et al v. NIKE Retail Services, Inc., et al., 9 Case No. 2:20-cv-05985. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of 10 this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 11 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 12 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that 13 is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict 14 compliance with the provisions of this Order. 15 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 16 Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 17 Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 18 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 19 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and 20 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with 21 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 22 Order. 23 Date: ______________________________________ 24 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 25 26 Printed name: _______________________________ 27

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