Bommarito v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Filing 27

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 12/16/2016 DENYING 26 Stipulation and Proposed Protective Order without prejudice to renewal. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DEVRA BOMMARITO,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

ORDER

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY and MARK
MAJEWSKI,

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No. 2:15-cv-1187 WBS DB

Defendants
AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

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On December 15, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed protective order.

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(ECF No. 26.) Local Rule 141.1(c), provides that a proposed protective order must include:

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(1) A description of the types of information eligible for protection
under the order, with the description provided in general terms
sufficient to reveal the nature of the information (e.g., customer list,
formula for soda, diary of a troubled child);

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(2) A showing of particularized need for protection as to each
category of information proposed to be covered by the order; and

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(3) A showing as to why the need for protection should be
addressed by a court order, as opposed to a private agreement
between or among the parties.

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Here, the parties’ proposed protective order fails to comply with Local Rule 141.1(c). In
this regard, the parties’ proposed protective order states simply:
Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve
production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for
which special protection from public disclosure and from use for
any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
(ECF No. 26 at 2.)
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ December 15, 2016 stipulation

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and proposed protective order (ECF No. 26) is denied without prejudice to renewal.

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Dated: December 16, 2016

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DLB:6
DB\orders\orders.civil\bommarito1187.stip.prot.den

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