Lasher et al v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

Filing 20

PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 19 Motion for Protective Order. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken. (TRL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA

LAURA LASHER, RUSSELL
WILLIAMS, ANDREW HEROLD,
CYNTHIA MULLINS, GUTHRIE
STEEN, and MICHAEL
HORNBACHER,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Defendant.

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8:14CV30

PROTECTIVE ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the Unresisted Motion for Protective
Order (Filing No. 19). After having considered the matter, the Court finds the motion
should be granted as follows.

IT IS NOW, THEREFORE, ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1.

The Protective Order shall apply to all documents produced by the Parties,

which are designated by any Party as confidential.

The following categories of

documents may be marked as confidential by either party under this Protective Order:
(a) Defendant’s current or former employee personnel documents; (b) Defendant’s
investigation documents; (c) Customer personal identification information; (d) Customer
personal financial information; (e) Defendant’s operational policies and procedures; and
(f) Plaintiffs’ personal documents.
2.

The Parties may, upon good cause shown, except to the designation of a

document as confidential, but must do so by a motion or appropriate request to this
Court.
3.

All such documents and materials designated as confidential produced by

the Parties shall be used only in the course of the above-captioned proceedings.

4.

The documents and materials designated as confidential produced by

Defendant to counsel for Plaintiffs shall not be published, orally, by copy, or by any
other means, to any person other than Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs’ counsel, or Plaintiffs’
designated expert witnesses.
5.

The documents and materials designated as confidential produced by

Plaintiffs to counsel for Defendant shall not be published, orally, by copy, or by any
other means, to any person other than Defendant, Defendant’s counsel, or Defendant’s
designated expert witnesses.
6.

Upon conclusion of this action and upon receipt of a written request by the

Parties’ counsel, unless otherwise agreed in writing for a shorter period of time, counsel
for Plaintiffs and Defendant shall return to counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendant the
original and all copies of the documents and materials designated as confidential at the
expense of Plaintiffs or Defendant, unless this Court has ruled that such documents are
not confidential.
7.

By approval of this Protective Order, the Parties and their attorneys agree

to be bound by the conditions of this Protective Order.
8.

Execution of the Protective Order does not constitute a waiver of any

objections which may be raised by the Parties to the production of any documents or
information even if such documents or information are encompassed within this
Protective Order.
Dated this 6th day of May, 2014.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Thomas D. Thalken
United States Magistrate Judge

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