Bennett et al v. United States of America

Filing 42

SUPPLEMENTAL PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick re Stipulation for Protective Order 41 . See Order for details. (dml)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Barrett S. Litt, SBN 45527 E-mail: blitt@kmbllaw.com David S. McLane SBN 124952 E-mail: mclane(dkmb11aw.com d KAYE, McLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 234 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 230 Pasadena, California 91101 Telephone: (626) 844-7660 Facsimile: (626) 844-7670 FR. Ffl CLERK, U.S. DI?T Cfl ’RT [ NOV 3 fl 2015 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BV DUTL Jonathan H. Feinberg (admitted pro hac vice) E-mail: ifeinberg(krlawphi1a.com KAIRYS, RUDOVSKY, MESSING & FEINBERG LLP 718 Arch Street, Suite 501 South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Telephone: (215) 925-4400 Facsimile: (215) 925-5365 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 EILEEN M. DECKER United States Attorney LEON W. WEIDMAN Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Civil Division KEITH M. STAUB (CA Bar No. 137909) GARRETT COYLE Assistant United States Attomys Federal Building, Suite 7516 300 North Los Angeles Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone: (213) 894-7423/6167 Facsimile:( 213) 894-7819 E-mail: keith.staub@usdoj.gov garrett.coyle@usdoj.gov 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 I Attorneys for United States ofAmerica 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 21 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 22 James Davis Bennett and Pamela Bennett, 23 Plaintiffs, 24 26 27 28 -frpotd] Supplemental Protective Order Discovery Matter - V. - 25 No. 15-cv-1923 RGK (Ex) Honorable Charles F. Eick United States Magistrate Judge I United States of America, Defendant. 2:15-cv-01923-RGK-E Document 41-1 Filed 11/30/15 1 Page 2 of 5 Page ID #:476 The Court, having read and considered the parties’ joint stipulation for 2 supplemental protective order, and for the reasons stated in the joint stipulation and for 3 good cause shown, 4 5 It is hereby ordered that the United States, including its current and former employees deposed in this case, may disclose (1) information about the health and 6 medical status of an inmate with tuberculosis at the Federal Correctional Institution in 7 Safford, Arizona (FCI Safford), and (2) information about the health and medical status 8 of other inmates and staff members who may have been exposed to the inmate with 9 tuberculosis at FCI Safford (hereinafter referred to as Protected Material). 10 The parties and their counsel shall use Protected Material for purposes of this case 11 only, and not for any other purpose. 12 Protected Material shall be disclosed only to: 13 a. Counsel of record for the parties in this case; 14 b. Plaintiffs, provided that they execute and file with the Court the 15 attached agreement to be bound by protective order in the form attached hereto as 16 Exhibit A. 17 No party shall lodge or file documents, pleadings, transcripts, or other materials in 18 this case containing or disclosing Protected Material without seeking Court approval to 19 lodge or file the Protected Material under seal under Local Rule 79-5.1. 20 At the end of this case, including any appeal, all originals and duplicates (as 21 defined by Federal Rule of Evidence 100 1) of Protected Material shall be returned to the 22 United States by plaintiffs’ counsel within 30 days of the termination of the case. This 23 shall not include documents filed with the Court or documents containing plaintiffs’ 24 counsel’s notations, which plaintiffs’ counsel shall destroy within 30 days of the 25 termination of the case. 26 At the end of this case, including any appeal, plaintiffs’ counsel shall certify to this 27 Court that they have irretrievably destroyed all originals and duplicates (as defined by 28 Federal Rule of Evidence 1001) of Protected Material. 1 ase 2:15-cv-01923-RGK-E Document 41-1 Filed 11/30/15 Page 3 of 5 Page ID #:477 1 This stipulated protective order is not intended to compromise the rights of any 2 party to object to discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any other 3 authority; nor is it intended to alter any burden of proof regarding any assertion of 4 privilege. This stipulated protective order permits, but does not require, the United States 5 6 to produce Protected Material. Nothing in this stipulated protective order shall prohibit a party from seeking 7 further protection against disclosure of Protected Material. 8 Nothing in this stipulated protective order constitutes a waiver of any party’s right 9 to seek a Court order permitting the future use and/or production of unredacted copies of 10 the Protected Material. 11 Nothing in this stipulated protective order constitutes a waiver of the United 12 States’ right to use, disclose, or disseminate the Protected Material in accordance with 13 the Privacy Act, any applicable statutes or regulations, or Federal Bureau of Prisons 14 policies. 15 Neither the United States Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of 16 Prisons and the United States Attorney’s Office, nor any of its officers, agents, current or 17 former employees, or attorneys, shall bear any responsibility or liability for any 18 disclosure of any Protected Material obtained by the parties under this stipulated 19 protective order, or of any information contained in Protected Material. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 2:15-cv-01923-RGK-E Document 41-1 Filed 11/30/15 Page 4 of 5 Page ID #:478 1 This stipulated protective order does not constitute a ruling on whether any 2 particular document or category of information is properly discoverable or admissible 3 and does not constitute a ruling on any potential objection. Other than the documents and 4 information explicitly set forth herein, this stipulated protective order does not apply to 5 any information or documents subject to a claim of privilege or other basis of exclusion, 6 and this stipulated protective order shall not be precedent for adopting any procedure 7 I with respect to the disclosure of any other information. 8 9 Dated: ______,2015 10 11 Presented by: 12 Honorable Charles F. Eick United States Magistrate Judge KAYE, McLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 13 14 15 16 17 /s/ David S. McLane Barrett S. Litt David S. McLane KAIRYS, RUDOVSKY, MESSING & FEINBERG LLP 18 /s/ Jonathan H. Feinberg Jonathan H. Feinberg 19 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 20 EILEEN M. DECKER United States Attorney LEON W. WEIDMAN Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Civil Division 21 22 23 24 25 26 /s/ Garrett Coyle KEITH M. STAUB GARRETT COYLE Assistant United States Attorneys Attorneys for United States of America 27 28 3 Vase 2:15-cv-01923-RGK-E Document 41-1 Filed 11/30/15 Page 5 of 5 Page ID #:479 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 James Davis Bennett and Pamela Bennett, 4 Agreement To Be Bound By Supplemental Protective Order Plaintiffs, 5 - V. 6 No. 15-cv-1923 RGK (Ex) Honorable R. Gary Klausner United States District Judge - United States of America, 7 Defendant. 8 9 The undersigned, having read and fully understood the terms of the supplemental 10 protective order entered by the Court in the above-captioned case, hereby agrees to be 11 bound thereby. The undersigned agrees that Protected Material, as defined in the joint 12 stipulation for supplemental protective order, may be used only in this case and not for 13 any other purpose. The undersigned agrees not to disseminate or disclose Protected 14 Material or the contents thereof. 15 Dated: 16 17 2015 Name Signature 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1

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