Aoki et al v. Gilbert et al

Filing 266

PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 10/6/2017. (Owen, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 THOMAS T. AOKI, M.D., et al., 12 13 14 No. 2:11-cv-02797-TLN-CKD Plaintiffs, v. PROTECTIVE ORDER GREGORY FORD GILBERT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On October 2, 2017, defendants submitted a proposed protective order. (ECF No. 262.) 18 Plaintiffs responded with some minor edits. (ECF No. 263.) Neither incorporated reference to 19 Local Rule 141, regarding the sealing of documents. As a result, the court has modified 20 paragraph number nine of the proposed protective order to clarify that Local Rule 141 governs the 21 sealing of documents. Otherwise, the court approves the proposed order, as edited by plaintiffs. 22 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 23 1. In connection with discovery proceedings in the action, the parties may designate 24 any document, thing, material, testimony or other information derived therefrom, as 25 “Confidential” under terms of this Stipulated Protective Order (hereinafter “Order”). Confidential 26 information is information which has not been made public and which concerns or relates to the 27 processes, operations, type or work or apparatus, or to the protocols, production, sales, shipments, 28 purchases, transfers, identification of customers, inventories, amount or source of any income, 1 1 profits, losses, or expenditures of any persons, firm, partnership, corporation, or other 2 organization, the disclosure of which information may have the effect of causing harm to the 3 competitive position of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or to the organization from 4 which the information was obtained. By designating a document, thing, material, testimony or 5 other information derived therefrom as “confidential,” under the terms of this order, the party 6 making the designation is certifying to the court that there is a good faith basis both in law and in 7 fact for the designation within the meaning of Federal Rule of Civil procedure 26(g). 8 2. Confidential documents shall be so designated by stamping copies of the document 9 produced to a party with the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” on its cover. Stamping the legend 10 “CONFIDENTIAL” on the cover of any multipage document shall designate all pages of the 11 document as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by the producing party. 12 3. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing or trial may be designated as 13 confidential by making a statement to that effect on the record at the deposition or other 14 proceeding. Arrangements shall be made with the court reporter taking and transcribing such 15 proceeding to separately bind such portions of the transcript containing information designated as 16 confidential, and to label such portions appropriately. 17 4. Material designated as confidential under this order, the information contained 18 therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derive in whole or in part from 19 material designated as confidential (hereinafter “Confidential Material”) shall be used only for the 20 purpose of the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no other purpose. 21 5. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made 22 available only to the Court, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial 23 staff employed by such counsel), and to the “qualified persons” designated below: 24 (a) A party, or an officer, director, or employee of a party deemed necessary 25 by counsel to the aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this 26 action; 27 28 (b) Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 2 1 (c) Court reporter (s) employed in this action; 2 (d) A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and 3 (e) Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 4 Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each “qualified person” shall be provided with a 5 copy of this Order and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of attachment A, a 6 copy of which shall be provided forthwith to counsel for each other party and for the parties. 7 6. Depositions shall be taken only in the presence of qualified persons. 8 7. The parties may further designate certain discovery material or testimony of a 9 highly confidential and/or proprietary nature as “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY’S EYES 10 ONLY” (hereinafter “Attorney’s Eyes Only Material”), in the manner described in paragraphs 2 11 and 3 above. Attorney’s Eyes Only Material, and the information contained therein, shall be 12 disclosed only to the Court, to counsel for the parties (including the paralegal, clerical, and 13 secretarial staff employed by such counsel), and to the “qualified persons” listed in subparagraphs 14 5(b) through (e) above, but shall not be disclosed to a party, or to an officer, director or employee 15 of a party, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. If disclosure of Attorney’s Eyes Only Material is 16 made pursuant to this paragraph, all other provisions in this order with respect to confidentiality 17 shall also apply. 18 8. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of 19 material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, whether such material is 20 also obtained through discovery in this action, or from disclosing its own Confidential Material as 21 it deems appropriate. 22 9. In all instances, a party that seeks to file information or material under seal must 23 comply with Local Rule 141 and any relevant orders of the assigned District Judge and 24 Magistrate Judge. If Confidential Material, including any portion of a deposition transcript 25 designated as Confidential or Attorney’s Eyes Only, is included in any papers to be filed in Court, 26 such papers shall be labeled “Confidential—Subject to Court Order” and the filing party shall 27 seek to file these papers under seal, pursuant to Local Rule 141. 28 10. In the event that any Confidential Material is used in any court proceeding in this 3 1 action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using such shall take 2 all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use. 3 11. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties (i) to bring before 4 the Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is 5 confidential or whether its use should be restricted or (ii) to present a motion to the court under 6 FRCP 26(c) for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information, 7 including restrictions differing from those as specified herein. This Order shall not be deemed to 8 prejudice the parties in any way in the future application for modification of this Order. 9 12. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of 10 documents and information between the parties to this action without involving the Court 11 unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or 12 document under the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be 13 deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party or of altering the 14 confidentiality or nonconfidentiality of any such document or information or altering any existing 15 obligation of any party or the absence thereof. 16 13. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that the 17 information contained in Confidential Material is not or does not become known to the public, 18 and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information 19 disclosed hereunder. Upon termination of this case counsel for the parties shall assemble and 20 return to each other all documents, material, and deposition transcripts designated as confidential 21 and all copies of same, or shall certify the destruction thereof. 22 23 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 6, 2017 _____________________________________ CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28 4

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