1 RAOttBo rBneOyN TGAe neral of California Jiakun (Jack) Lei, Esq. 2 LE-MAI D. LYONS CDLP Law Supervising Deputy Attorney General Employment Law Trial 3 S. GRAY GILMOR Lawyers Deputy Attorney General Phone: 626-671-7000 4 State Bar No. 344232 Facsimile: 877-552-3816 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 135 S. State College 5 San Diego, CA 92101 Blvd., 2nd Floor, Brea, P.O. Box 85266 CA 92821 6 San Diego, CA 92186-5266 Attorney for Plaintiff Telephone: (619) 873-8830 Kelly Robinson 7 Fax: (619) 645-2581 E-mail: [email protected] 8 Attorneys for Defendant P. Castellanos 9 Susan E. Coleman (SBN 171832) 10 E-mail: [email protected] Martin Kosla (SBN 247224) 11 E-mail: [email protected] Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP 12 444 South Flower Street - 40th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 13 D 213.236.2810 213.236.2700 14 [email protected] Attorney for Defendant C. Fisher 15

16 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 WESTERN DIVISION 20 21 KELLY ROBINSON, 2:23-cv-09405-DSF-AJR 22 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER1 23 v. Judge: The Hon. A. Joel Richlin 24 FISHER, et al., Trial Date: Not Set Action Filed: 11/07/2023 25 Defendants. 26

27 1 This [Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order is substantially based on the model protective order provided under Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin’s 28 Procedures. 1 1. GENERAL 2 1.1 Purposes and Limitations. Discovery in this action is likely to involve 3 production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special 4 protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 5 prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby 6 stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. 7 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 9 disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled 10 to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further 11 acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order 12 does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79- 13 5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be 14 applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 15 1.2 Good Cause Statement. This action is likely to involve materials which 16 concerns or relates to the processes, operations or work of the California Department 17 of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its employees and agents (collectively 18 “CDCR”), the disclosure of which may have the effect of causing harm or 19 endangering the safety of CDCR staff, inmates, or third persons. Disclosure will also 20 undermine the ability of CDCR to conduct investigations. Additionally, Plaintiff is 21 currently in CDCR custody and providing him access to certain sensitive information 22 creates safety and security concerns. Such confidential materials and information 23 consist of, among other things, information about confidential informants, prison 24 procedures for investigating use-of-force incidents, prison procedure for 25 investigating inmate grievances, prison procedures for investigating inmates accused 26 of misconduct, and other information that is only available to staff on a need-to-know 27 basis, not provided to inmates, and which may be privileged or otherwise protected 28 from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common 1 law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt 2 resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately 3 protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the 4 parties are permitted reasonably necessary uses of such material in preparation for 5 and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and 6 serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this 7 matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as 8 Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only for tactical reasons and that nothing be so 9 designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, 10 non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public 11 record of this case. 12 13 2. DEFINITIONS 14 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit. 15 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation 16 of information or items under this Order. 17 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 18 Items: extremely sensitive information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or 19 maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil 20 Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement, and that 21 disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of 22 serious harm that could not be avoided by less-restrictive means. Additionally, the 23 information concerns CDCR’s internal affairs, investigatory tactics, and third parties 24 which is not provided to inmates for safety and security reasons. 25 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 26 their support staff). 27 / / / 28 / / / 1 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 2 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 3 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 4 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 5 of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 6 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or 7 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 8 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 9 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 10 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 11 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 12 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 13 counsel. 14 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or 15 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 16 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party 17 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have 18 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that 19 has appeared on behalf of that party, including support staff. 20 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 21 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 22 support staffs). 23 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 24 Discovery Material in this Action. 25 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 26 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 27 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 28 and their employees and subcontractors. 1 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 2 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 3 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 4 from a Producing Party. 5 6 3. SCOPE 7 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 8 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 9 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 10 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 11 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 12 Furthermore, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order shall not 13 be construed as requiring any Party to produce materials that are otherwise protected 14 by an applicable privilege, such as the attorney-client privilege, work-product 15 doctrine, or the official-information privilege. 16 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the 17 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 18 19 4. DURATION 20 Once a case proceeds to trial, all of the court-filed information to be introduced 21 that was previously designated as confidential or maintained pursuant to this 22 protective order becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members 23 of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific 24 factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the 25 trial. See Kamakana v. City and Cty. of Honolulu,

, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 26 2006) (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in 27 discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are 28 part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend 1 beyond the commencement of the trial. 2 If Plaintiff’s counsel withdraws at any point and Plaintiff proceeds pro se, all 3 Protected Material shall be returned to Defendants or destroyed. Plaintiff’s counsel 4 shall provide written notification to the Producing Party that the documents have 5 been returned or destroyed within 30 days of withdrawal as counsel. 6 7 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 8 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 9 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 10 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 11 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 12 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 13 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items, 14 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably 15 within the ambit of this Order. 16 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 17 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 18 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose 19 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating 20 Party to sanctions. 21 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 22 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 23 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 24 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 25 this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 26 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 27 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 28 produced. 1 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 2 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 3 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 4 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix, at a minimum, the legend 5 “CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL 6 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend), to each page that contains protected 7 material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for 8 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 9 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 10 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 11 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 12 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 13 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 14 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting 15 Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party 16 must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under 17 this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party 18 must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend” to each 19 page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on 20 a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 21 protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 22 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify 23 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the 24 deposition. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony 25 that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony 26 may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before 27 the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 28 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is 1 sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of 2 the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days 3 shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, 4 a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if 5 that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as 6 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 7 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a 8 deposition, hearing or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the 9 other parties can ensure that only authorized individuals who have signed the 10 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present at those 11 proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any 12 way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 13 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the 14 title page that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be 15 followed by a list of all pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have 16 been designated as Protected Material and the level of protection being asserted by 17 the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of 18 these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day 19 period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated 20 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise 21 agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 22 actually designated. 23 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and 24 for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on 25 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the 26 legend “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or 27 portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent 28 practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 1 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 2 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive 3 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. 4 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable 5 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 6 Order. 7 8 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 9 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 10 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 11 Scheduling Order. 12 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 13 resolution process under Local Rule 37-1, et seq. Any discovery motion must strictly 14 comply with the procedures set forth in Local Rules 37-1, 37-2, and 37-3. 15 6.3 Burden. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be 16 on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper 17 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) 18 may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has 19 waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to 20 afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under 21 the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 22 23 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 24 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 25 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 26 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such 27 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 28 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a 1 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 2 DISPOSITION). 3 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 4 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 5 authorized under this Order. 6 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 7 Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing 8 by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item 9 designated “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to the 10 recipients listed below under (a)-(g). The Receiving Party as an individual (including, 11 but not limited to, an incarcerated individual) is not permitted to view information or 12 items designated “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 13 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as 14 well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably 15 necessary to disclose the information for this Action; 16 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of 17 the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 18 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 19 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 20 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 21 (d) the Court and its personnel; 22 (e) court reporters and their staff; 23 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 24 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 25 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 26 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or 27 a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 28 / / / 1 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in 2 the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing 3 party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) 4 they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 5 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise 6 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the Court. Pages of transcribed 7 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be 8 separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as 9 permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 10 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 11 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 12 13 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 14 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 15 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 16 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 17 “CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” that Party must: 18 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 19 include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 20 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 21 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena 22 or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 23 this Stipulated Protective Order; and 24 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued 25 by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 26 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 27 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 28 action as “CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination 1 by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained 2 the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and 3 expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in 4 these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party 5 in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 6 7 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 8 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 9 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non- 10 Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS’ EYES 11 ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this 12 litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in 13 these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 14 additional protections. 15 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 16 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 17 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 18 confidential information, then the Party shall: 19 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 20 that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement 21 with a Non-Party; 22 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 23 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 24 specific description of the information requested; and 25 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non- 26 Party, if requested. 27 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this Court within 14 28 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 1 produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery 2 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall 3 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the 4 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the Court. 5 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense 6 of seeking protection in this Court of its Protected Material. 7 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 18 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 19 PROTECTED MATERIAL 20 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 21 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, 22 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil 23 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure 24 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior 25 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 26 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 27 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 28 / / / 1 parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted 2 to the Court. 3 4 12. MISCELLANEOUS 5 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 6 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 7 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 8 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 9 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this 10 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 11 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 12 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 13 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may 14 only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 15 specific Protected Material at issue; good cause must be shown in the request to file 16 under seal. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the 17 Court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless 18 otherwise instructed by the Court. 19 20 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 21 After the final disposition of this Action, within 60 days of a written request 22 by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to 23 the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all 24 Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any 25 other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the 26 Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a 27 written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to 28 the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where 1 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed, and (2) affirms 2 that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, 3 summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 4 Material. Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to retain an archival 5 copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal 6 memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney 7 work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain 8 Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected 9 Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 10 (DURATION). 11 / / / 12 / / / 13 / / / 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1] 14. VIOLATION OF ORDER 2 Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate 3 | measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary 4 | sanctions. 5 6 | ITIS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 7 Lae 8 | DATED: 03/20/2025 Jiakun Lei 9 Attorney for Plaintiff Kelly Robinson 10 11 | DATED: 3/20/2025 S. Pty Gelner S. Gray Giltfio 12 Attorney for Defendant P. Castellanos 8 aC. 14 | DATED: 3/20/2025 Susan E. Coleman 15 Martin Kosla 16 Attorney for Defendant C. Fisher

17 18 | FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 99 | DATED: 3/21/2025 H@N. A. JOEL RICHLIN 21 Unitéd States Magistrate Judge 22 23 | LA2024401257 84983586.docx 24 25 26 27 28 4929-8577-2843 v1 16

1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _____________________________ [full name], of _________________ 4 [full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 5 understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States 6 District Court for the Central District of California on ____________ [date] in the 7 case of ___________ [insert case name and number]. I agree to comply with and 8 to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 9 acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment 10 in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner 11 any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any 12 person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. 13 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 14 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this 15 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after 16 termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [full 17 name] of _______________________________________ [full address and 18 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with 19 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 25 Printed name: _______________________________ 26 27 Signature: __________________________________ 28