Knight v. Century Park Associates
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER. By Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang on 3/25/2015.(alowe)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No.14-cv-01584-WJM-BNB
SHARON KNIGHT,
Plaintiff,
v.
CENTURY PARK ASSOCIATES, LLC,
Defendant.
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Based on a review of the parties’ Stipulated Motion for Protective Order pursuant to
FED.R.CIV.P. 26(c), and good cause having been shown for a protective order, the Court grants
the Motion and finds and orders as follows:
The parties have stipulated and agreed that certain documents which contain private,
proprietary and/or confidential information should be subject to a protective order according to
the following terms:
(1)
All documents disclosed or produced in this case, which contain confidential,
private information shall be subject to the terms of this protective order. The term “Confidential
Information” shall constitute documents that contain confidential information protected by the
right of privacy.
(2)
All such documents which contain Confidential Information subject to this
protective order shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose other than for the use in this case,
as well as any appellate proceedings.
(3)
All documents which contain Confidential Information, along with the
information contained within those documents, shall not be disclosed or produced to any
individual or entity, in any manner, except for the following:
(a)
attorneys working on the case;
(b)
persons regularly employed or associated with the attorneys actively
working on this case whose assistance is required by said attorneys in
preparation of the case, preparation for trial, at trial or during the course of
appellate or other proceedings in this case, including secretaries, legal
assistants, and paralegals;
(c)
the parties to this action;
(d)
expert witnesses and consultants retained by any party in connection with
this case to the extent that such production of documents or disclosure of
Confidential Information contained in such documents is necessary for
preparation of this case, trial, and appeal, and to the extent that the expert
witness and/or consultant agrees in writing to all terms contained in the
protective order;
(e)
the Court and its employees;
(f)
court reporters engaged to take the depositions of witnesses in this case
and/or report the trial; and
(g)
any other persons agreed to by written agreement of the parties.
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(4)
In the event that any document which contains Confidential Commercial
Information is produced in response to a document request under FED.R.CIV.P. 34 or under
FED.R.CIV.P. 26(a)(1), the party producing that document shall identify and label each
documents as “Confidential”. In the event that a party has produced documents which it deems
as Confidential Commercial Information prior to the date of the entry of this Order, the
producing party shall have fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the Order is entered to
identify and label any previously produced document as “Confidential.”
(5)
Depositions will be subject to the provisions of this protective order.
(6)
(6) Documents designated Confidential Information may be used and referred
to in briefs and affidavits. The party filing a pleading, motion, brief or affidavit containing
Confidential Information shall file that pleading under seal.To the extent that a party using
Confidential Information in briefs, in affidavits, or as exhibits seeks to restrict access to such
Confidential Information, the party will file a Motion to Restrict pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR
7.2.
Nothing in this Protective Order will be interpreted to bind the court to restrict any
document.
(7)
Counsel shall inform each person to whom they disclose or give access to
Confidential Information of the terms of this Stipulation as well as the obligation to comply with
those terms, and shall obtain the written confirmation in the form (agreed upon by the parties) of
a “Witness Acknowledgment for Protective Order”, of each such person that he or she will abide
by the terms of this Stipulation, except as to the court and its personnel.
(8)
Upon the termination of this action by judgment, settlement or otherwise, all
parties shall return to counsel for such producing party all Confidential Information received
from such party, including all CD’s, copies, prints, summaries and any other reproduction of
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such information in the possession of the parties, their counsel, retained experts or consultants, or
shall confirm in writing that they have destroyed all Confidential Information.
(9)
The protective order shall survive the termination of this action and continue in
full force and effect.
(10)
The protective order may be modified by order of the Court at any time upon a
showing of good cause.
(11)
All parties, entities, or individuals identified in paragraph (3) above understand
that they may be subject to sanctions imposed by the Court, or to a claim for damages, including
the award of attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party, if they fail to abide by and comply with all
the terms of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 25th day of March , 2014.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Nina Y. Wang
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
United States Magistrate Judge
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