Monsour et al v. Menu Maker Foods Inc

Filing 11

PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donald W. Bostwick on 10/11/2005. (Bostwick, Donald)

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Monsour et al v. Menu Maker Foods Inc Doc. 11 Case 6:05-cv-01204-JTM Document 11 Filed 10/11/2005 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS MARK MONSOUR, SHEILA MONSOUR ) and MONSOUR'S INC. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) ) MENU MAKER FOODS, INC. ) ) Defendant. ) ) Case No. 05-1204-MLB AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER NOW, on this 11th day of October, 2005, this matter came before the Court upon the joint application of the parties for a protective order with respect to certain confidential matters, including without limitation, the financial information, net worth information and federal and state income tax returns of any party, to be produced during discovery and at the trial of this matter. Plaintiffs appear by and through Dustin DeVaughn of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A., the Defendant appears by and through John Val Wachtel of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, L.L.C. The parties announced that they have agreed upon a protective order. Upon considering the matter, the Court concludes that a protective order should be issued to prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of confidential information. IT IS THEREFORE BY THE COURT CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that certain documents to be produced during discovery or trial of this matter that are considered by the party producing the same to be confidential, shall be conspicuously marked "CONFIDENTIAL" on each page of such documents, by the party producing the same. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in the event that opposing counsel shall object to the designation, counsel shall meet and discuss resolving the objection(s). Only after counsel have 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 6:05-cv-01204-JTM Document 11 Filed 10/11/2005 Page 2 of 3 fully explored an agreed upon resolution of the objection(s) and have been unable to resolve the issue, may any party move the Court for an order to exclude the document(s) from the operation of this IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that documents so marked and produced shall be disclosed only to the parties' counsel, to the staff of such counsel, and to expert witnesses identified by the parties to testify in this case. Such documents shall be used for the preparation and conduct of this case, the preparation of expert reports, the trial of this case, and for no other purpose or reason. Prior to the disclosure of any such documents to persons authorized by this order to view the same, such person shall be given a copy of this order. Additional persons may be authorized to view the confidential documents only by further order of this Court. At the conclusion of this case, all such confidential documents, and all copies thereof shall be returned to the counsel for the party that produced the same. If and to the extent that the parties have produced documents during the Rule 26 disclosure phase of these proceedings which they reasonably believe are or should be subject to this order, the party so having produced the documents has ten (10) days from and after the entry of this order to advise opposing counsel of the documents which it seeks to make subject to this order. IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Donald W. Bostwick Donald W. Bostwick United States Magistrate Judge (Signatures on Following Page) 2 Case 6:05-cv-01204-JTM Document 11 Filed 10/11/2005 Page 3 of 3 APPROVED: KLENDA, MITCHELL, AUSTERMAN & ZUERCHER, L.L.C. By: s/John Val Wachtel John Val Wachtel, S.C. #08310 301 N. Main, Suite 1600 Wichita, KS 67202-4888 Tele: 316.267.0331 Fax: 316.267.0331 jvwachtel@kmazlaw.com Attorneys for Defendant MCDONALD, TINKER, SKAER, QUINN & HERRINGTON, P.A. By: s/Dustin DeVaughn Dustin DeVaughn, S.C. #16559 McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. 200 W. Douglas, Ave., Ste 500 Wichita, KS 67202 Tele: 316.263.5851 Fax: 316.263.4677 ddevaughn@mtsqh.com Attorney for Plaintiffs KMAZ Doc. 286368 3

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