United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Wells Cargo, Inc. v. Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc.

1 Ryan D. Yahne, Pro Hac Vice Benjamin J. McDonnell, Pro Hac Vice Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC 522 West Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (509) 321-5930 Facsimile: (509) 321-5935 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Northcon, Inc. Brian W. Boschee, Nevada Bar #7612 Donna DiMaggio, Nevada Bar #9794 Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson S. Fourth Street, 3rd Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 791-0308 Facsimile: (702) 791-1912 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Local counsel for Northcon, Inc. 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the use Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-01182-JCM-DJA and benefit of WELLS CARGO, INC., 19 STIPULATION AND ORDER GOVERNING DISCOVERY [FRE 502(d)] Plaintiff, v. ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri corporation, and AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY, a California corporation, Defendants.

25 _______________________________________ ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri Corporation, 27 Third-Party Plaintiff, v. NORTHCON, INC., an Idaho Corporation; SOUTHWESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Utah corporation; DOES 1 through 10; and ROE corporations 1 through 10, 5 Third-Party Defendants.

A ND ALL RELATED CASES.

Northcon, Inc. (“Northcon”), Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc. (“Alpha”), American Contractors Indemnity Company (“ACIC”), and Southwestern Construction, Inc. (“Southwestern”) (collectively the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 12 1. The production of privileged or work-product protected documents, electronically stored information, or information, whether inadvertently or otherwise, and whether pursuant to a parties’ discovery request or informal production, should not be a waiver of the privilege or protection from discovery in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding, to the maximum extent allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d).

18 2. Nothing contained in this stipulation is intended to or shall serve to limit a party’s right to conduct a review of documents, ESI or information (including metadata) for relevance, responsiveness and/or segregation of privileged and/or protected information before production.

3. When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain documents, ESI, or information are subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).

26 4. The Parties stipulate to entry of an order consistent with the foregoing.

27 SO STIPULATED.

1 Dated this 9th day of December 2019. Dated this 15th day of October 2019.

2 PISKEL YAHNE KOVARIK, PLLC STRONG & HANNI /s/ Benjamin J. McDonnell /s/Approved for filing by Michael D. Stanger Ryan D. Yahne, Esq., Pro Hac Vice Michael D. Stanger, Esq. (#8272) Benjamin J. McDonnell, Esq., Pro Hac Vice 102 South 200 East, Suite 800 West Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (801) 532-7080 Telephone: (509) 321-5930 Facsimile: (801) 596-1508 Facsimile: (509) 321-5935 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM 8 1935 Village Center Circle Brian W. Boschee, Esq. (#7612) Las Vegas, NV 89134 Donna DiMaggio, Esq. (#9794) Telephone: (702) 252-5002 HOLLEY, DRIGGS, WALCH, FINE, Facsimile: (702) 252-5006 WRAY, PUZEY & THOMPSON Email: [email protected] 400 S. Fourth Street, 3rd Floor Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Southwestern Construction Telephone: (702) 791-0308 Facsimile: (702) 791-1912 Email: [email protected] 14 [email protected] Attorneys for Northcon, Inc. Dated this 15th day of October 2019. Dated this 7th day of November 2019.

THE MEDRALA LAW FIRM, PLLC THE FAUX LAW GROUP /s/ Approved for filing by Jakub P. Medrala / s / Approved for filing by Jordan F. Faux Jakub P. Medrala, Esq. (#12822) Kurt C. Faux, Esq. (#003407) 1091 S. Cimarron Road, #A-1 Willi H. Siepmann, Esq. (#002478) Las Vegas, NV 89145 Jordan F. Faux, Esq. (#12205) Telephone: (702) 475-8884 2625 N. Green Valley Parkway, #100 Facsimile: (702) 938-8652 Hendersen, NV 89014 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (702) 458-5790 Facsimile: (702) 458-5794 Attorney for Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc. Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for ACIC ORDER Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and as authorized by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 5 1. The production of privileged or work-product protected documents, electronically stored information, or information, whether inadvertently or otherwise, and || whether pursuant to a parties’ discovery request or informal production, is not a a waiver of the privilege or protection from discovery in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding, to ? the maximum extent allowed by Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d). '0 2. Nothing contained in this order is intended to or shall serve to limit a party’s right to conduct a review of documents, ESI or information (including metadata) for relevance, B responsiveness and/or segregation of privileged and/or protected information before production.

14 3. When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain documents, | ESI, or information are subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 16 receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).

M IT IS SO ORDERED.

19 \ 20 UNITED CY S MAGISTRATE JUDGE 21 DATED: December 12, 2019