Horn et al v. Schumaker et al

Filing 58

AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Regarding Non-Party Student Education Records. Signed by District Judge Judith E. Levy. (Goltz, D)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CYNTHIA HORN, ANDREW C. MARSHALL
and BROOKE ALISON ROBERTS,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 13-CV-13630
v
HON. JUDITH E. LEVY
ADAM R. SCHUMAKER, LEE H. TAYLOR,
OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
GENERAL MOTORS, LLC, and UNITED
AUTOWORKERS LOCAL 160,
Defendants.

AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING
NON-PARTY STUDENT EDUCATION RECORDS

The parties stipulate to the release of non-party student education records of
former Oakland County Community College students who were enrolled in the
Special Topics in Technology Science Apprenticeship Readiness Course at the
College, TSC-2003, during the 2011 Summer semester;
The parties recognize that these individuals are not parties to this litigation
and that the information ordered to be released qualifies as protected education
records as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20
U.S.C. §1232g “FERPA.” The right to privacy under FERPA belongs to the

student; not to Oakland County Community College. Even where there is a Court
Order, the Defendant Oakland Community College is obligated to first make a
“reasonable effort to notify the student of the Order in advance of compliance so
that the student may seek a protective action.” 34 C.F.R. §9931(a)(9)(ii).
All student records including information regarding former students are
subject to this Protective Order.
This Order is intended to govern the use of such confidential Student
Records.
For purposes of this Order, the Student Records shall include those files,
documents, or information concerning an individual who is a current or former
student at Oakland County Community College and is not a party to this litigation
and which are maintained by Oakland County Community College or by a
person(s) acting for such agency or institution. In accordance with the stipulation
of the parties,
IT IS ORDERED:
Student Records and the information contained therein, may be given,
shown, disclosed, made available, or communicated only to:
(a) Attorneys for the parties who have executed this Order or are working
with such attorneys in such firm on this matter, and the paralegal, administrative,
clerical and secretarial personnel assisting such attorney for whom access to such
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material is necessary to perform their duties with respect to this case, provided that
execution of this Order by any member of a law firm representing a party shall
constitute a representation that all persons in or employed by that firm shall
observe this Protective Order;
(b)

The parties, to whom the confidentiality provisions of this Order also

(c)

Deposition witnesses and court reporter(s) in the course of such

apply;

depositions, provided that the court reporter and the witness, if the witness is not a
party to this litigation, such disclosure can only be made after execution of the
attached Acknowledgement and pursuant to the terms of this Order;

(d)

Experts and consultants qualified for access as follows: Before

allowing an expert or consultant to gain access to the confidential Student Records
or information contained therein, the disclosing counsel shall first require the
expert or consultant to execute the Acknowledgement form attached hereto and
provide him or her with a copy of this Order. In the event the expert is to be
utilized as an expert at trial or deposition, a copy of the signed undertaking shall be
provided to opposing counsel, and otherwise any such executed form shall be
provided to opposing counsel upon request;
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(e)

The Court, in accordance with the terms of this Order, and if the Court

finds any such document or the information contained therein admissible at trial
and so orders, the jury.
All of these Student Records shall be maintained securely at the offices of
the attorneys for the parties, in such a way as to allow access to those records only
to those persons set forth above.
If a party intends to file or disclose a confidential Student Record or the
information contained therein in any public filing in any way that would disclose
the individual’s name, address, e-mail address, telephone number or be otherwise
personally identifiable with that individual, the party must seek permission from
the Court.
In the event there is any inadvertent or unintended disclosure pursuant to
discovery in this lawsuit of confidential student records or information contained
therein, it shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a subsequent claim of
protected treatment under this Protective Order, either as to the specific
information and/or documents disclosed or as to any other information and/or
documents. Notice of the inadvertent disclosure shall be made to the opposing
counsel in a timely fashion upon learning of the disclosure.
Upon termination of this litigation, the originals and all copies of
confidential Student Records, as well as any other materials containing such
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information, shall be turned over without demand to the party or non-party who
produced such material, or to its counsel, including any copies provided to any
third parties.
Nothing in this Order or to the fact that a party has consented to entry of the
Order constitutes an agreement to provide any confidential Student Record or
information, or constitutes a determination as to the propriety or enforceability of
any subpoena or discovery request, constitutes a waiver of any objection to any
subpoena or discovery request, or constitutes a determination as to the
discoverability or admissibility of any document or information.
This Order does not authorize the filing of any documents under seal.
Documents may be sealed only if authorized by statute, rule, or order of the Court.
A party seeking to file under seal any paper or other matter in this case shall file
and serve a motion that sets forth (i) the authority for sealing; (ii) an identification
and description of each time proposed for sealing; (iii) the reason that sealing each
item is necessary; (iv) the reason that means other than sealing are not available or
unsatisfactory to preserve the interest advanced by the movant in support of
sealing; (v) a memorandum of legal authority supporting sealing. See Local Rule
5.3. A party shall not file or otherwise or tender to the Clerk any item proposed for
sealing unless the Court has granted the motion required by this section.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Oakland Community College
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shall produce student records for all three (3) of the Apprenticeship Readiness
TSC-2003 courses offered by Defendant Oakland Community College in the
Summer of 2011 no later than August 29, 2014; Prior to the release of said
records, Notice(s) shall be sent to the affected students in advance of compliance
with this Order so that the student(s) may seek a Protective Order(s) should they so
desire; The Notice(s) shall be mailed to the affected students at their last known
address maintained by Oakland Community College no later than August 1, 2014;
The Notice(s) will further allow the affected students twenty-one (21) days to
notify this Court regarding any possible objection(s) to the release of said student
records (a copy of the FERPA Notice is attached hereto); Pending no objection(s)
by the affected students, entry of this Stipulated Protective Order regarding the use
and further disclosure of non-party student education records and signing of the
Acknowledgment agreement, the records shall be released to all attorneys of record
following the expiration of the twenty-one (21) day objection period or by August
29, 2014.
Dated: July 28, 2014
Ann Arbor, Michigan

s/Judith E. Levy
JUDITH E. LEVY
United States District Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon
counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court's ECF System to
their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of
Electronic Filing on July 28, 2014.
s/Deborah J. Goltz for Felicia M. Moses
FELICIA M. MOSES
Case Manager

Counsel for the parties agree to the above Stipulation:

/s/ Charles W. Palmer (w/consent)
CHARLES W. PALMER (P 29271)
Attorneys for Plaintiff

/s/ Bridget B. Romero (w/consent)
BRIDGET B. ROMERO (Mo. Bar 56850)

/s/ John R. Canzano (w/consent)
JOHN R. CANZANO (P 30417)
Attorney for Defs Lee H. Taylor
and United Autoworkers Local 160

/s/ Elizabeth Rae-O’Donnell
ELIZABETH RAE-O’DONNELL (P41529)
Attorneys for Defs Oakland Community
College & Schumaker

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF READING AND
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER
1.

My full name is ______________________________________________

2.

My address is ________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
3.

My present employer is ________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________
4.

My present occupation or job description is _________________________

_________________________________________________________________
5.
I have received a copy of the FERPA Protective Order in this action,
Horn, et al v. Schumaker, et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan,
Case No. 13-13630. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the
Protective Order. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order.
6.
I will hold in confidence, will not disclose to anyone not qualified
under the Protective Order, and will use only for purposes of this action, any
confidential materials disclosed to me.
7.
I will return all confidential materials and all copies or documents
containing any confidential materials which come into my possession, and
documents or things which I have prepared relating thereto, to counsel for the party
by whom I am employed or retained.
8.
I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of
enforcement of the Protective Order in this action.

Dated: _________________

______________________________
(Signature)
P:\jc\ERO\occ(horn).prot ord non-party student records.docx

NOTICE

Dear __________________:
Please be advised that you are receiving this notice pursuant to Federal
Statute 20 USC §1232g(b)(2), also known as the Family Educational Rights &
Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). Pursuant to a Judicial Order in the matter of
Cynthia Horn, Andrew C. Marshall and Brooke Alison Roberts v. Adam
Schumaker, Lee h. Taylor, Oakland Community College, General Motors, LLC,
and United Autoworkers Local 160, Case No. 13-cv-13630, Federal Judge Judith
E. Levy has ordered the production of student records for all three (3) of the
Apprenticeship Readiness TSC-2003 courses offered by Oakland Community
College in the Summer of 2011. Your records will be among those produced.
Should you have any objections(s) to the release of your records, you must
notify Judge Levy in writing regarding your objections no later than August 22,
2014. Judge Levy’s address is as follows:
Judge Judith E. Levy
United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Michigan
Federal Building
200 E. Liberty Street, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
If no objections regarding the release of the records are received by the Court, said
records shall be released to the parties to this action on August 29, 2014 in
conformance with a FERPA Protective Order.
Sincerely,
Oakland Community College