Bell v. Neukirch et al

Filing 11

PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed on 11/14/17 by Chief District Judge Greg Kays. (Strodtman, Tracy)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
WESTERN DIVISION
T.B., by his next friend ant mother,
SHERRI JAMES,
Plaintiff,
v.
OFFICER PETER NEUKIRCH, et al.
Defendants.

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No. 4:17-CV-695-DGK

ORDER PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
Now before this Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for a Protective Order (Doc. 10).
Upon due consideration, the motion is hereby GRANTED.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
As used in this Order, CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall mean and refer to the
following:
(1) citizen complaint files;
(2) personnel and disciplinary files;
(3) medical records;
(4) Records, documents, photographs, recordings, and other material from the Jackson
County Family Justice Center;
(5) any documents, including but not limited to deposition transcripts, pertaining to the
foregoing files described in subparagraphs (1) through (4) of this order.
All CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall be retained only in the custody of the respective
counsel of record, who shall be responsible for restricting disclosure in accordance with the

provisions of this Order.

Specifically, counsel of record shall retain all CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL within the confines of his/her personal offices except as is necessary to conduct the
present litigation.
All

CONFIDENTIAL

MATERIAL

and

the

facts

and

information

in

the

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall not be disclosed to any person except as specifically
provided for below.
All CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL
MATERIAL by marking the words “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL” or some similar phrase on
the face of the documents.
Access to CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL shall be limited to counsel of record for the
respective parties to this action and regular employees and law clerks of said counsel who are
assisting in the prosecution of this litigation, expert witnesses identified by any party, consulting
experts, and appropriate court personnel in the regular course of litigation.
Disclosure of the CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to the parties of this litigation and/or to
any other persons other than counsel of record in accordance with the terms of this Protective
Order must be accompanied by a copy of this Protective Order, and counsel must inform said
person(s) of the terms of this Protective Order, and said person(s) agrees to be bound by its
terms.
If it becomes necessary to submit CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL to the Court in
connection with any filings or proceedings in this litigation, the party using it shall move the
Court to file such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL under seal with the Clerk of the Court.
Nothing in this Order shall be construed to restrict the use or disclosure of any
documents which a party or non-party shall have acquired from independent sources.
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Upon final conclusion of this litigation, counsel to whom CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
has been disclosed shall return such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, (and all copies thereof and
all other papers containing such CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL) to the party which produced it,
or take measures to destroy copies of said CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL.
In addition to the above, the Kansas City Missouri Police Department shall be permitted
to redact dates of birth, social security numbers, personal phone numbers and personal addresses
of any and all individual police officers, and the names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth,
social security numbers, and other personal information of a family member of a police officer,
and shall not be required to produce or identify dates of birth, social security numbers, or
personal phone numbers or addresses of police officers or their family members.
This Order may be modified or amended by agreement of the parties or upon further
Order of the Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: November 14, 2017

/s/ Greg Kays
GREG KAYS, CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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