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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LINDA GUERRERO, Case No. CV 21-3565 TJH (PVCx)

12 Plaintiff,

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

13 v. 14 FCA US, LLC, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 18 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, 19 or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use 20 for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the 21 parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated 22 Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket 23 protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords 24 from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are 25 entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further 26 acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order 27 does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 28 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied Case 2:21-cv-03565-TJH-PVC Document 29 Filed 01/11/22 Page 2 of 15 Page ID #:433

1 when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 2 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 3 This action is likely to involve trade secrets, confidential communications, and 4 other valuable research, development, commercial, technical and/or proprietary 5 information regarding Defendant FCA US LLC’s operations of manufacturing, selling, 6 distributing, and repairing vehicles for which special protection from public disclosure 7 and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action as warranted. Such 8 confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, 9 confidential business information, confidential business communications, information 10 regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development, 11 commercial, financial, technical, and or/proprietary information for which special 12 protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of 13 this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information 14 consist of, among other things, confidential business practices, or other confidential 15 research, development, or information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or 16 which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal 17 statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. 18 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution 19 of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information 20 the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted 21 reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to 22 address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a 23 protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the 24 parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that 25 nothing be so designated without good faith belief that it has been maintained in a 26 confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the 27 28

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1 public record of this case.1 2 3 2. DEFINITIONS 4 2.1 Action: Linda Guerrero v. FCA US LLC, et al., Case No. CV 21-3565 TJH 5 (PVCx). 6 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 7 information or items under this Order. 8 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it 9 is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under 10 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause 11 Statement. 12 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their 13 support staff). 14 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items 15 that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 16 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 17 medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other 18 things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in 19 disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 20 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 21 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an 22 expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 23 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 24 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 25 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or 26 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 27

28 1 The Receiving Party reserves the right to challenge any designation of confidentiality as described below.

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1 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to 2 this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared 3 in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared 4 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). 8 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 9 Discovery Material in this Action. 10 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 11 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 12 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and 13 their employees and subcontractors. 14 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated 15 as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 16 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material 17 from a Producing Party. 18 19 3. SCOPE 20 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 21 Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from 22 Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected 23 Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their 24 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 28

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1 4. DURATION 2 Once a case proceeds to trial, all of the information that was designated as 3 confidential or maintained pursuant to this protective order becomes public and will be 4 presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless 5 compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made 6 to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 7 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006) (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing 8 documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits- 9 related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order 10 do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial. 11 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 12 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in 13 writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later 14 of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and 15 (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, 16 remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for filing any motions 17 or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 18 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 under 23 the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those 24 parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that 25 other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection 26 is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 27 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that 28 are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g.,

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1 to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary 2 expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating 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 this 7 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or 8 ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order 9 must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 10 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 11 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 12 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial 13 or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, 14 the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL 15 legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a 16 portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, 17 the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected 18 portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 19 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents 20 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until 21 after the inspecting Party has indicated which documents it would 22 like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the 23 designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 24 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has 25 identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the 26 Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions 27 thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before 28 producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix

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

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1 harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the 2 Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the 3 confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the 4 level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the 5 Court rules on the challenge. 6 7 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 8 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 9 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action 10 only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected 11 Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions 12 described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must 13 comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 14 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 15 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 16 authorized under this Order. 17 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 18 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party 19 may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 20 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this 21 Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to 22 whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 23 Action; 24 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House 25 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably 26 necessary for this Action; 27 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to 28 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who

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1 have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 2 (Exhibit A); 3 (d) the court and its personnel; 4 (e) court reporters and their staff; 5 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and 6 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 7 for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 8 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 9 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the 10 information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed 11 or knew the information; 12 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for 13 witnesses, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 14 provided: (1) the deposing party requests that the witness sign the 15 form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted 16 to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 17 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless 18 otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. 19 Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions 20 that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court 21 reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 22 under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 23 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting 24 personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in 25 settlement discussions. 26 27 28

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1 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 2 OTHER LITIGATION 3 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that 4 compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 5 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 6 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such 7 notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 8 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena 9 or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material 10 covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. 11 Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective 12 Order; and 13 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to 14 be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may 15 be affected. 16 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 17 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 18 “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or 19 order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The 20 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of 21 its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 22 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive 23 from another court. 24 25 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 26 THIS LITIGATION 27 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced 28 by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as

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1 “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in 2 connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief 3 provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 4 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional 5 protections. 6 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery 7 request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its 8 possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non- 9 Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then 10 the Party shall: 11 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and 12 the Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is 13 subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 14 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the 15 Stipulated Protective Order in this Action, the relevant 16 discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of 17 the information requested; and 18 (3) make the information requested available for 19 inspection by the Non-Party, if requested. 20 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this 21 court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying 22 information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s 23 confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the 24 Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall 25 not produce any information in its possession or control that is 26 subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 27 determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the 28 Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in

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1 this court of its Protected Material. 2 3 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 4 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 5 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 6 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing 7 the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all 8 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom 9 unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such 10 person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is 11 attached hereto as Exhibit A. 12 13 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 14 PROTECTED MATERIAL 15 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 16 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of 17 the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). 18 This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e- 19 discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to 20 Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the 21 effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client 22 privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the 23 stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 24 25 12. MISCELLANEOUS 26 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 27 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 28 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this

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1 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing 2 or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated 3 Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in 4 evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 5 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 6 Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed 7 under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected 8 Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the 9 court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless 10 otherwise instructed by the court. 11 12 13. FINAL DISPOSITION 13 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 days 14 of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all 15 Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 16 subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 17 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 18 Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit 19 a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 20 Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where 21 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)affirms that 22 the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any 23 other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this 24 provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, 25 trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition 26 and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work 27 product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that 28 contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth

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1 || in Section 4 (DURATION). 3 |} 14. — Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate measures 4 || including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 6 GOOD CAUSE SHOWN BY THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO 7 || ORDERED. 9 || DATED: January 11, 2022 . : huh 12 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, ___________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 ___________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of 5 perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that 6 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on 7 ___________________________ in the case of Linda Guerrero v. FCA US LLC, et al., 8 Case No. CV 21-3565 TJH (PVCx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 9 terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to 10 so 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 for 15 the Central District of California for the purpose of 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 telephone number] as my 19 California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings 20 related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 21 22 Date: ___________________________ 23 City and State where sworn and signed: ___________________________ 24 Printed name: ___________________________ 25 Signature: ___________________________ 26 27 28

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