Opinion
Case No. CV 10-4987 GHK (JEMx)
08-09-2011
MAURICE MCCULLOUGH, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated, and as an aggrieved employee pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA"), Plaintiff, v. OFFICE DEPOT, INC., a Delaware Corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants.
[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER
Trial Date: None Set
Based on the parties' Stipulation to Entry of Protective Order Re: Protection of Putative Class Member Personal Information, and good cause having been shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
1. Plaintiff's counsel shall maintain the names and contact information of the Signal Hill employees, as well as the information contained in the wage statements, time records, and clock-in and clock-out records for the Signal Hill employees, as private and confidential;
2. Plaintiff's counsel agrees not to use the names and contact information of the Signal Hill employees and/or the information contained in the wage statements, time records, and clock-in and clock-out records for the Signal Hill employees to solicit or cause another to solicit any of the Signal Hill employees to assert any new claim, charge, or complaint of any kind whatsoever against Office Depot or for any other purpose other than for the limited purpose of seeking information relevant to class certification issues, Plaintiff's claims as set forth in the First Amended Complaint, and/or Office Depot's defenses to Plaintiff's claims as set forth in the First Amended Complaint; and
3. All names and contact information of the Signal Hill employees and/or the information contained in the wage statements, time records, and clock-in and clock-out records for the Signal Hill employees shall not be disclosed by Plaintiff or his counsel to any other person except the following: (a) the legal, clerical, paralegal, or other staff of Plaintiff's counsel, who will abide by the terms of this Stipulation; (b) persons retained by Plaintiff's counsel to furnish expert or consulting services or advice in this action, who will abide by the terms of this Stipulation; and (c) the Court and the Court's staff.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
John E. McDermott
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE