Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #:250 1 Edward C. Walton (Bar No. 78490) E-mail: [email protected] 2 David W. Gouzoules (Bar No. 321328) 3 E-mail: [email protected] 4 PROCOPIO,CORY,HARGREAVES &SAVITCH,LLP 525 B Street, Suite 2200 5 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 906-5625 6 7 Attorney for Defendants UNOCAL CORPORATION and CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ROSALIA AGUILERA, individually and Case No.: 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD as the Successor-in-Interest to the 12 ESTATE OF MIGUEL AGUILERA STIPULATED PROTECTIVE TELLEZ; and JULIAN AGUILERA, ORDER1 13 Plaintiffs, 14 Judge: Hon. Fred Slaughter vs. 15 Magistrate: Hon. Patricia Donahue UNOCAL CORPORATION; CHEVRON 16 U.S.A. INC.; DOES 1 through 50; ROES A through Z; inclusive, 17 Defendant. 18 19 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 20 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, 21 proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure 22 and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 23 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 24 following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does 25 26 27 1This Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective order 28 provided under Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue’s Procedures. –1– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 2 of 16 Page ID #:251 1 not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the 2 protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 3 information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 4 legal principles. 5 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 6 This action implicates and involves valuable commercial, financial, technical 7 and/or proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and 8 from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such 9 confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, inter alia, 10 confidential business information, information regarding confidential business 11 practices, and other confidential commercial information, including information 12 implicating privacy rights of third parties as well as a private contract(s) and/or 13 management agreement(s), information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, 14 or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or 15 federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite 16 the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over 17 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are 18 entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable 19 necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to 20 address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a 21 protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the 22 parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and 23 that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in 24 a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of 25 the public record of this case. 26 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER 27 SEAL 28

–2– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 3 of 16 Page ID #:252 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 under 3 seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the 4 standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file 5 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,

(9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors 10 Corp.,

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

(E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good 12 cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with 13 proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to 14 Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation 15 of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the 16 submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought 17 to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable— 18 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 relief 21 sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See 22 Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n,

(9th Cir. 2010). For each 23 item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under 24 seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection must 25 articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for 26 the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to 27 file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. 28 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its

–3– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 4 of 16 Page ID #:253 1 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 only 3 the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall 4 be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety 5 should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 6 2. DEFINITIONS 7 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit. 8 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation 9 of information or items under this Order. 10 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 11 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection 12 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good 13 Cause Statement. 14 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their 15 support staff). 16 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 17 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 18 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 19 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 20 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 21 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 22 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 23 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 24 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an 25 expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 26 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 27 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 28 counsel.

–4– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 5 of 16 Page ID #:254 1 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or 2 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 3 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party 4 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have 5 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that has 6 appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 7 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 8 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 9 support staffs). 10 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 11 Discovery Material in this Action. 12 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 13 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 14 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 15 and their employees and subcontractors. 16 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 17 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 18 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 19 from a Producing Party. 20 3. SCOPE 21 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 22 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted 23 from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of 24 Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties 25 or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 26 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial 27 judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 28

–5– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 6 of 16 Page ID #:255 1 4. DURATION 2 FINAL DISPOSITION of the action is defined as the conclusion of any 3 appellate proceedings, or, if no appeal is taken, when the time for filing of an appeal 4 has run. Except as set forth below, the terms of this protective order apply through 5 FINAL DISPOSITION of the action. The parties may stipulate that they will be 6 contractually bound by the terms of this agreement beyond FINAL DISPOSITION, 7 but will have to file a separate action for enforcement of the agreement once all 8 proceedings in this case are complete. 9 Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as 10 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced 11 as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all 12 members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by 13 specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of 14 the trial. See Kamakana,

(distinguishing “good cause” showing 15 for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard 16 when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for such 17 materials, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the commencement 18 of the trial. 19 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 20 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 21 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this 22 Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies 23 under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection 24 only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written communications that 25 qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items or communications for 26 which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this 27 Order. 28

–6– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 7 of 16 Page ID #:256 1 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 2 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 3 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose 4 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party 5 to sanctions. 6 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 7 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 8 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 9 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 10 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 11 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 12 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 13 produced. Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 14 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 15 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the 16 Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter 17 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a 18 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also 19 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in 20 the margins). 21 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 22 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 23 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 24 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 25 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents 26 it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, 27 or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing 28 the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL”

–7– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 8 of 16 Page ID #:257 1 legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material 2 on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 3 protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 4 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the 5 Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all 6 protected testimony. 7 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 8 other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 9 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend 10 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants 11 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 12 portion(s). 13 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 14 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the 15 Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 16 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable 17 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 18 Order. 19 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 20 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 21 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 22 Scheduling Order. 23 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 24 resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. 25 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on 26 the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose 27 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may 28 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived

–8– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 9 of 16 Page ID #:258 1 or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the 2 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing 3 Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 4 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 5 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 6 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 7 Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such 8 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 9 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving 10 Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 11 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location 12 and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized 13 under this Order. 14 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 15 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 16 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” 17 only to: 18 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as 19 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to 20 disclose the information for this Action; 21 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 22 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 23 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 24 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 25 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 26 (d) the court and its personnel; 27 (e) court reporters and their staff; 28 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors

–9– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 10 of 16 Page ID #:259 1 to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 2 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 3 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 4 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 5 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the 6 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party 7 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they will 8 not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 9 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed 10 by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition 11 testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately 12 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 13 under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 14 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually 15 agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 16 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 17 LITIGATION 18 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 19 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 20 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 21 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 22 include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 23 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 24 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or 25 order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this 26 Stipulated Protective Order; and 27 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 28 the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

–10– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 11 of 16 Page ID #:260 1 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 2 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 3 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the 4 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 5 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 6 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions 7 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to 8 disobey a lawful directive from another court. 9 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 10 THIS LITIGATION 11 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non- 12 Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 13 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 14 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 15 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 16 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 17 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 18 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 19 confidential information, then the Party shall: 20 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 21 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality 22 agreement with a Non-Party; 23 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 24 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a 25 reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 26 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non- 27 Party, if requested. 28 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14

–11– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 12 of 16 Page ID #:261 1 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 2 produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. 3 If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce 4 any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality 5 agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court 6 order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 7 protection in this court of its Protected Material. 8 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 9 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 10 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 11 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 12 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts 13 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or 14 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, 15 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 16 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 17 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 18 MATERIAL 19 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 20 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 21 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 22 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure 23 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 24 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 25 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 26 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 27 parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to 28 the court.

–12– STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 13 of 16 Page ID #:262 1 12. MISCELLANEOUS 2 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 3 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 4 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 5 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 6 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this 7 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 8 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 9 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 10 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may 11 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 12 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material 13 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in 14 the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 15 12.4 The Parties agree that, following the execution of this Stipulation, the 16 Parties shall be bound by the agreement and may designate discovery material as 17 Confidential as set forth herein, notwithstanding that the Protective Order may still be 18 pending review of the Court. 19 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 20 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 21 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return 22 all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 23 subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 24 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 25 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving 26 Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same 27 person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies 28 (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

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1 ||destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, 2 || abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any 3 |lof the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 4 |/retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing 5 || transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert 6 || reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such 7 || materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or 8 || constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in 9 || Section 4 (DURATION), supra. 10 |114. VIOLATION 11 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures 12 |! including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 13 14 15 16 17 || IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 18 19 DATED: March 2! _, 2023 20 Raat fale 21 Robert L. Kelley 99 Attorney for Plaintiffs 23 04 DATEw. cu 21, 2023 : ha 06 Edward C. Walton David Gouzoules 27 Attorneys for Defendants 28 Unocal Corporation and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. _14— STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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| Todd Mensing 2 Texas State Bar No. 24013156 [email protected] 3 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 4 Rey Flores Texas State Bar No. 24068777 5 [email protected] 6 Admitted Pro Hac Vice Michael Gorrell 7 Admitted Pro Hac Vice g [email protected] Texas State Bar No. 24131345 9 Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, P.C. 10 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77010 I] Telephone: (713) 655-1101 12 Facsimile: (713) 655-0062 13 14 15 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

16 DATED: March 27, 2023 17 18 Pisticcea Denahie 19 HON. PATRICIA DONAHUE 20 United States Magistrate Judge 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 _~1|5— STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Case 2:22-cv-01394-FWS-PD Document 41 Filed 03/27/23 Page 16 of 16 Page ID #:265 1 EXHIBIT A ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 2 3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that 5 I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was 6 issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on 7 [date] in the case of Rosalia Aguilera, et al. v. Unocal Corporation, et al., Case No. 8 2:22-CV-01394-FWS-PD. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of 9 this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so 10 comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 11 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is 12 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 15 for the Central District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 16 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this 17 action. 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 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 20 Order. 21 22 Date: ______________________________________ 23 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 24 Printed name: _______________________________ 25 Signature: __________________________________ 26 27 28

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