Whitt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Filing 72

PROTECTIVE ORDER granting Stipulated Motion 71 . Ordered by Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken. (JAB)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA

JARED L. WHITT,
Plaintiff,

8:12CV358

vs.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY,
Defendant.
This matter is before the Court on the Stipulation and Motion for Protective Order
(Filing No. 71) filed by the parties for the entry of a protective order regarding the
discovery of certain information of heat-related illnesses reported to the defendant
(hereinafter “Protected Information”). The Court finds that the motion should be granted
and a Protective Order should be issued. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the Protected Information shall not be disclosed, produced
or disseminated to anyone who is not involved in this case by the plaintiff or his legal
counsel. The Court further orders that plaintiff and his legal counsel shall not allow this
Protected Information to be disseminated to the Internet or any other electronic media.
The Court further orders that plaintiff and his legal counsel shall ensure that if the
Protected Information is given to any consultant, witness or expert witness, that these
individuals shall be advised of this Protective Order and shall be bound by the same,
and further that they shall not disseminate the Protected Information to the Internet, any
outside electronic media, or any other individuals. The Court further orders that at the
conclusion of this litigation, all original and all copies of any portions thereof of the
Protected Information shall be immediately destroyed by the plaintiff and his legal
counsel, or in the alternative, shall be immediately returned to the defendant.
Dated this 14th day of November, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Thomas D. Thalken
United States Magistrate Judge