Vigil v. Golden Mardi Gras, Inc. et al
Filing
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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya on 1/17/14. (sgrim)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 13-cv-01020-CMA-KMT
HENRY G. VIGIL,
Plaintiff,
v.
GOLDEN MARDI GRAS, A FOREIGN CORPORATION
AND
AFFINITY GAMING BLACK HAWK, LLC, A COLORADO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
Defendants.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Henry G. Vigil (“Plaintiff”) and
Defendant Golden Mardi Gras, Inc.’s, (“Defendant”) (together the “Parties”) Stipulated
Motion for Entry of Protective Order. The Court has reviewed that Motion. The Motion
is meritorious and acceptable. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED:
1.
information,
This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and
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” is defined as provided in
Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(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 is
confidential and entitled to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1), and that contains
(a) personnel information concerning current and former employees of Defendant to the
extent that such information implicates privacy interests and is not generally known to
the public; (b) proprietary business information of the Defendants; (c) information
containing industry trade secrets; and (d) information relating to Plaintiff concerning
personal and confidential matters not generally known to the public, such as, but not
limited to, income information, medical information, and information regarding
contacting prospective employers.
Documents designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be first reviewed by a lawyer
who will certify that the designation is based on a good faith belief that the information is
confidential or otherwise entitled to protection under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1). Parties
and attorneys designating documents as “Confidential” will be representing that such
documents contain information the disclosure of which would implicate an important
interest to be protected which outweighs the presumption of public access, and that
they will be able to identify to the Court a clearly defined and serious injury that would
result if access is not restricted, as required by D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2(B)(2) & (3).
4.
CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively
“CONFIDENTIAL information”) shall be used solely for the purpose of this action, and
shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or further Order of the Court, be
used, transferred, disclosed or communicated in any way, except that such information
may be disclosed to:
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(a)
attorneys actively working on this case;
(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 in this case;
(c)
the parties, including designated representatives for Defendant;
(d)
expert witnesses and consultants retained in connection with this
proceeding, to the extent such disclosure is necessary for preparation, trial or other
proceedings in this case;
(e)
the Court and its employees (“Court Personnel”);
(f)
stenographic reporters who are engaged in proceedings necessarily
incident to the conduct of this action;
(g)
deponents, witnesses, or potential witnesses; and
(h)
other persons by written agreement of the parties.
5.
Prior to disclosing any CONFIDENTIAL information to any person listed
above (other than counsel, persons employed by counsel, Court Personnel and
stenographic reporters), counsel shall provide such person with a copy of this Protective
Order and obtain from such person an executed “Written Assurance” in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A. All such written assurances shall be retained by counsel
and shall be subject to in camera review by the Court if good cause for review is
demonstrated by opposing counsel.
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6.
Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on
them (in a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the following or other
appropriate notice: “CONFIDENTIAL.”
7.
In the event Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”) is disclosed or
discovered in the course of this litigation, including, but not limited to, ESI provided in a
native format on hard disks or other magnetic data storage disks, removable disks
and/or drives, portions thereof, or digital images of data storage disks or drives, such
information may be designated as CONFIDENTIAL in a written communication or in an
electronic mail message to the non-producing party.
8.
Any party who inadvertently fails to identify documents or information as
CONFIDENTIAL shall, promptly upon discovery of its oversight, provide written notice of
the error and substitute appropriately-designated documents. Any party receiving such
improperly-designated documents shall promptly retrieve such documents from persons
not entitled to receive those documents and, upon receipt of the substitute documents,
shall return or destroy the improperly-designated documents.
9.
Any party who inadvertently discloses documents that are privileged or
protected by the work product doctrine shall, promptly upon discovery of such
inadvertent disclosure, so advise the receiving party and request that the documents be
returned.
The receiving party shall return such inadvertently produced documents,
including all copies and copies the receiving party provided to any other individual or
entity, within 14 days of receiving such a written request.
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10.
Any pleadings, exhibits or filings which contain CONFIDENTIAL
information, or testimony designated as CONFIDENTIAL, shall be filed with the Court in
accordance with D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2 and the Court’s “Electronic Case Filing
Procedures for the District of Colorado.” A party seeking to file with the Court any
Confidential material that has been designated by the other party may request that the
designating party provide the information required by D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2(B) by
notifying counsel for the designating party in writing at least ten (10) business days
before the filing is to occur. If such a request is made, counsel for the designating party
shall, within five (5) business days, respond in writing providing the information required
by D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2(B). If no such timely request is made, the party seeking to file
the Confidential materials must in good faith provide the information required by
D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2(B).
Prior to disclosure at trial or a hearing regarding
CONFIDENTIAL information, the parties may seek further protections against public
disclosure from the Court.
11.
Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL
information, the portions thereof that involve the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL
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 portions of
depositions as CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided written notice of the
designation is promptly given to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice
by the court reporter of the completion of the transcript. Transcript pages containing
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CONFIDENTIAL information must be separately bound by the court reporter, who must
affix to the top of each such page the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” as instructed by the
party or non-party offering or sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony.
12.
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 timely filed, 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.
13.
At the conclusion of this case, 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
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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 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.
14.
Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent any party or other person
from seeking modification of this Order or from objecting to discovery that the party or
other person believes to be improper. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prejudice
the right of any party to contest the alleged relevancy, admissibility, or discoverability of
confidential documents or information sought.
15.
This Protective Order may be modified by the Court at any time for good
cause shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard.
ORDERED this 17th day of January, 2014.
BY THE COURT:
____________________________________
Kathleen M. Tafoya
United States Magistrate Judge
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 13-cv-01020-CMA-KMT
HENRY G. VIGIL,
Plaintiff,
v.
GOLDEN MARDI GRAS, A FOREIGN CORPORATION AND
AFFINITY GAMING BLACK HAWK, LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY,
Defendants.
EXHIBIT A TO PROTECTIVE ORDER – CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
I, _________________________________________ the undersigned, hereby
declares that:
I reside at _______________________________________ in the City of
__________________, County of
, State of
_____________. My telephone number is __________________________________.
I acknowledge that I have been informed that a Protective Order issued by the
Court in the above captioned civil action requires confidentiality with respect to
information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and therefore I agree to keep all such
information and materials strictly and absolutely confidential, and in all other respects be
bound by the provisions of the Protective Order.
As soon as practical, but no later than 30 days after final termination of this
action, I shall return to the attorney from whom I have received them, any documents in
my possession designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” and all copies, excerpts, summaries,
notes, digests, abstracts, and indices relating to such documents.
Executed on ______________________
(Date)
___________________________
(Signature)
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