Doe v. Nebraska State Patrol et al

Filing 98

ORDER granting 401 Motion for Protective Order in Lead Case 8:09-cv-00456-RGK -CRZ and in Member Cases: 4:09-cv-03266-RGK -CRZ, (filing no. 96) and 4:10-cv-03005-RGK -CRZ (filing no. 90).Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (CRZ)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
JOHN and JANE DOE 1-36, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
STATE OF NEBRASKA, et al.,
Defendants.
JOHN DOE, et al.,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF NEBRASKA, et al.,
Defendants.

JOHN DOE, et al.,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF NEBRASKA, et al.,
Defendants.

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8:09CV456

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

4:09CV3266

4:10CV3005

IT IS ORDERED:
1)

The parties’ unopposed motions for protective order, (8:09CV456, filing no.
401; 4:09CV3266, filing no. 96; 4:10CV3005, filing no. 90), are granted.

2)

The previously entered protective orders for the above-captioned cases are
modified to further include the following terms and conditions:
a.

Any personal or confidential information of a non-party received by the
plaintiffs in response to their discovery requests shall not be used by
the plaintiffs or plaintiffs’ counsel in any manner other than for
purposes of this litigation. To that end, the plaintiffs or plaintiffs’
counsel shall limit the disclosure of such personal or confidential
information only to those persons with a need to know the information
for purposes of supporting their position in this litigation;

b.

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3)

Such restriction on the use of a non-party’s personal or confidential
information does not apply to information already known to the
plaintiff or to information the plaintiffs independently discover; and
The terms of this agreement shall be binding upon the plaintiffs after
final resolution of this case.

This memorandum and order shall be filed in the lead case,
8:09-cv-00456-RGK-CRZ, as a spread text order.

DATED this 21st day of August, 2011.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge

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