Loncar et al v. Western Peak, LLC et al

Filing 90

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer on 4/9/09. (ebs, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 08-cv-01592-PAB-CBS ROBERT LONCAR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID R. FIORE, et al., Defendants.

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Upon a showing of good cause in support of the entry of a protective order to protect the discovery and dissemination of confidential information or information that one or more parties claim constitute confidential information, IT IS SO ORDERED: 1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and information,

including without limitation, documents produced, answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, deposition testimony, and other information disclosed pursuant to the disclosure or discovery duties created by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2. As used in this Protective Order, "document" has the same scope

Fed.R.Civ.P. 34(a)(1)(A). A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of this term. 3. Information designated "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be information that implicates

the privacy interests of Plaintiff or Defendant and/or information contained in confidential business records and communications. CONFIDENTIAL information shall not be disclosed or

used for any purpose except in pretrial discovery, at the trial in or preparation for trial, or for any appeals of this action. 4. CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively

"CONFIDENTIAL information") shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or further Order of the Court, be disclosed except that such information may be disclosed to: (a) attorneys who are actively working on this case and persons employed in

the firms of such attorneys; (b) persons regularly employed or associated with the attorneys actively

working on the case whose assistance is required by said attorneys in the preparation for trial, at trial, or at other proceedings; (c) (d) the parties; expert witnesses and consultants retained in connection with this

proceeding, to the extent such disclosure is necessary for preparation, trial, or other proceedings; (e) (f) the Court in this case and its employees ("Court Personnel"); stenographic reporters who are engaged in proceedings necessarily

incident to the conduct of this case; (g) clause (h)); and (h) fact witnesses whom the disclosing attorney reasonably believe have firstdeponents, during the course of a deposition (or otherwise pursuant to

hand knowledge relating to the CONFIDENTIAL Information, such as by having been involved in preparation of the document containing the CONFIDENTIAL Information, having been a recipient of such document, having supplied the CONFIDENTIAL Information contained in such document, or being the subject of such document.
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5.

Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on them

(in a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the term "CONFIDENTIAL," or by designating them as "CONFIDENTIAL" in correspondence from counsel to the party producing documents. The first method is to be used whenever possible when the party producing the documents is also the party which designates them CONFIDENTIAL. 6. Producing or receiving materials or otherwise complying with the terms of this

Protective Order shall not: (a) operate as an admission by any party that any particular discovery

material contains or reflects any CONFIDENTIAL information or a trade secret under applicable law; (b) prejudice in any way the rights of any party to object to the production of

documents it considers not subject to discovery or otherwise protected from or limited in discovery on the basis of privilege or otherwise; (c) prejudice in any way the rights of a party to seek a Court determination

regarding whether particular discovery materials should be produced; or (d) prejudice in any way the rights of a party to apply to the Court for any

additional protection with respect to the confidentiality of information as that party may consider appropriate. 7. Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL information,

the portions of the deposition containing such information shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject to the provisions of this Protective Order. Such designation shall be made on the record during the deposition whenever possible, but a party may designate all or any portion of depositions as CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided
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written notice of the designation is given promptly to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice by the court reporter of the completion of the transcript. 8. A party may object to the designation of particular CONFIDENTIAL information

by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The written notice shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the parties cannot resolve the objection within ten (10) business days after the time the notice is received, it shall be the obligation of the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate motion requesting that the Court determine whether the disputed information should be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. If such a motion is filed timely, the disputed information shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Protective Order until the Court rules on the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within the prescribed time, the disputed information shall lose its designation as CONFIDENTIAL and shall not thereafter be treated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with this Protective Order. In connection with a motion filed under this provision, the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL shall bear the burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed information to be treated as CONFIDENTIAL. 9. At the conclusion of this case, including any appeals or the expiration of time for

initiating an appeal, unless other arrangements are agreed upon, each document and all copies thereof which have been designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be returned to the party that designated it CONFIDENTIAL, or the parties may elect to destroy CONFIDENTIAL documents; provided, however, that counsel for each party may retain one copy of the CONFIDENTIAL documents for the sole purpose of maintaining a complete file, and all such retained documents will not be released, disclosed, or utilized except upon express permission of
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this Court after written notice to counsel for the party that produced the documents. Where the parties agree to destroy CONFIDENTIAL documents, the destroying party shall provide all parties with an affidavit confirming the destruction. 10. This Stipulated Protective Order may be modified by written agreement of the

parties or by the Court at any time for good cause shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard. The foregoing Stipulated Protective Order is APPROVED and made an ORDER of this DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 9th day of April, 2009. BY THE COURT:

s/Craig B. Shaffer Craig B. Shaffer United States Magistrate Judge

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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT: JESTER GIBSON & MOORE, LLP /s/ Brian T. Moore [Original on File] Brian T. Moore, #28763 Attorneys for Defendants David R. Fiore, Western Peak, LLC, and JC Ventures LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE M. ALLEN /s/ George Maurice Allen [Original on File] George Maurice Allen Attorneys for Plaintiffs

LEAVENWORTH & CARP, P.C. /s/ James Fosnaught [Original on File] James Fosnaught Attorneys for Defendants Cynthia M. Peters And Prosperity Bookkeeping, Inc., CMP Financial, RLF Enterprises, LLC

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