Walther-Meade v. Leidos, Inc. et al

Filing 13

ORDER Granting Joint 12 Motion for Protective Order with Modification. Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara Lynn Major on 1/17/2023. (smy1)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Case No.: 22CV1777-JAH(BLM)

GEORGE WALTHER-MEADE,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION
FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER WITH
MODIFICATION

Plaintiff,

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v.

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LEIDOS, INC.; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

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[ECF NO. 12]

Defendants.

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On January 13, 2023, the parties filed a joint motion requesting that the Court enter the

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parties’ Protective Order. ECF No. 12. The Court has considered the Proposed Protective Order

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and, good cause shown, the joint motion is GRANTED with the following modifications:

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Paragraph 12 should read:

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12.
Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories,
responses to requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents
which are designated as confidential information are filed with the Court for any
purpose, the party seeking to file such material must seek permission of the Court
to file the material under seal. Prior to filing a motion to seal, the parties shall
endeavor in good faith to inquire of each other whether specific material
designated confidential may nevertheless be filed publicly in support of or
opposition to a motion. No document may be filed under seal, i.e., closed to
inspection by the public except pursuant to a Court order that authorizes the
sealing of the particular document, or portions of it. A sealing order may issue
only upon a showing that the information is privileged or protectable under the

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law. The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of the confidential
or privileged material. To file a document under seal, the parties must comply
with the procedures explained in Section 2.j of the Electronic Case Filing
Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual for the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California and Civil Local Rule 79.2. In addition, in
accordance with Judge Major’s preferences, a party must file a “public” version of
any document that it seeks to file under seal. In the public version, the party may
redact only that information that is deemed “confidential.” The party should file
the redacted document(s) simultaneously with a joint motion or an ex parte
application requesting that the confidential portions of the document(s) be filed
under seal and setting forth good cause for the request

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Paragraph 13 should read:

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At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation
of the materials as confidential information. The party objecting to confidentiality
must notify, in writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to
materials and the grounds for the objection. The parties shall attempt to resolve
each objection in good faith on an informal basis in accordance with Civil Local
Rule 26.1. If the dispute is not resolved within seven (7) days of receipt of the
objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection
in accordance with Judge Major’s Chambers Rules.1 The materials at issue must
be treated as confidential information, as designated by the designating party,
until the Court has ruled on the objection, or the matter has been otherwise
resolved.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 1/17/2023

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See Honorable Barbara Lynn Major U.S. Magistrate Judge, Chambers Rules-Civil Cases §
V(A)-(F).
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