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Hon. Richard A. Jones

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ABDIQAFAR WAGAFE, et al., on
behalf of themselves and others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:17-cv-00094-RAJ
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED
MOTION REGARDING MAY 10,
2018 ORDER

v.
DONALD TRUMP, President of the
United States, et al.,
Defendants.
THE COURT, having considered the Parties’ Stipulated Motion Regarding
the May 10, 2018 Order, and being fully advised it is hereby
ORDERED that the Parties’ Stipulated Motion Regarding the May 10, 2018
Order is hereby GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the limited protective order detailed in the Court’s May 10,
2018 Order (Dkt. #183) is revised to read as follows:
Disclosure of, and access to, the names, Alien numbers (“A numbers”), and
application filing dates of the unnamed plaintiff members of the Naturalization Class
and Adjustment-of-Status Class shall be limited to the following:

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION
REGARDING MAY 10, 2018 ORDER – 1

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1) Plaintiffs’ attorneys of record in this action, during such time as they
continue to represent Plaintiffs;
2) Any support staff and other employees of Plaintiffs’ attorneys of

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record assisting in this action with an appropriate need to know, and to

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whom Plaintiffs’ attorneys have first given a copy of this Order and

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instructions on the support staff or employee’s obligation to comply

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with the Order;

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3) Experts retained by Plaintiffs to the extent reasonably necessary to
prepare expert reports and testimony; and
4) The Court and court personnel.
Plaintiffs’ attorneys of record shall maintain the above-described information

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in a secure manner, i.e., in a locked filing cabinet (for any paper copy) or in a

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password- protected electronic file to which only authorized persons have access,

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and shall not transmit that information over any electronic mail or cloud-based

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sharing unless the method of transmission employs point-to-point encryption or

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other similar encrypted transmission.

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Plaintiffs’ counsel, and any person acting on their behalf, are prohibited from

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either disclosing to any individual who contacts them whether that individual is an

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unnamed member of either the Naturalization Class or Adjustment-of-Status class,

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or contacting the unnamed plaintiff members of the Naturalization Class and

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Adjustment-of-Status class for any purpose absent prior order of this Court.

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Plaintiffs’ counsel, and any other persons subject to this Order or the Court’s

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May 10, 2018, Order, must strictly abide by this limited protective order.

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Defendants agree to meet and confer with Plaintiffs’ counsel over ways in which

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Defendants might be able to provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with information about

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particular unnamed class members to develop evidence for use in their case.
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION
REGARDING MAY 10, 2018 ORDER – 2

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Defendants agree to do so while keeping in mind their obligation to protect against

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dangers to important governmental interests.

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DATED this 25th day of May, 2018.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION
REGARDING MAY 10, 2018 ORDER – 3