Cure v. Riverbend Apartments et al

Filing 30

PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 29 Stipulation for Protective Order. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (CS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA

ANNA CURE, individually and on behalf of
minor child K.R.,

Case No. 8:16-cv-154

Plaintiffs,
PROTECTIVE ORDER
v.
PEDCOR MANAGEMENT CORP., PEDCOR
INVESTMENTS 2005-LXXXII, L.P.,
Defendants.

As requested in the parties’ motion, (Filing No. 29), which is hereby granted, and to
ensure the confidentiality of documents filed as Restricted Documents under the E-Government
Act, medical records, financial records, commercial and proprietary information, and agreements
with non-parties related to the present matter which may be produced in this case in response to
any party’s discovery requests or to testifying or nontestifying experts,

IT IS ORDERED:
1.

This Protective Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any of the parties

of this action (i) to bring before this Court at any time the question of whether any particular
information is or is not relevant to any issue of this case or whether any information is or is not
confidential as defined in Paragraph 1 of the parties’ Stipulation for Protective Order, including
medical records, financial records, commercial and proprietary information, and agreements with
non-parties related to the present matter; (ii) to seek a further protective order; (iii) to exercise

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any right or raise any objection otherwise available under the rules of discovery or evidence; or
(iv) by application and notice, to seek relief from any provision of this Protective Order on any
ground. During the pendency of any challenge to the applicability of this Protective Order to any
document, information or thing, however, said document, information or thing shall remain
subject to the provisions of this Protective Order.
2.

Documents, things, testimony, pleadings, various matters and information

designated as confidential by any party to this action (“Confidential Information”):
(a)

Shall be designated by a stamp, sticker or similar variation indicating that the

documents are “Confidential,” “Proprietary,” “Trade Secret,” “Subject to Protective Order” or
some similar variation;
(b)

Shall be used only for the purpose of this litigation, including any appeals, and

may not be used for any purpose or disclosed in any manner outside the reasonable conduct of
this case even if said information is used or offered at trial or in open court;
(c)

Shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the Court, the parties hereto, their

outside counsel, and the employees who are assisting such counsel in this litigation, any in-house
counsel, employees of insurers for the parties hereto with responsibilities respecting this
litigation, court reporters who record deposition or other testimony, witnesses, deponents,
consultants and/or experts;
(d)

Shall be filed as Restricted Documents under the E-Government Act whenever

said documents are filed with this Court; and
(e)

If any party, attorney or individual shall disclose confidential material(s) or

information to a consultant, expert witness, or non-party witness, it is the obligation of the

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disclosing party to provide such person with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain a signed
Confidentiality Agreement (in the form attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A) whereby such
person agrees to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order. A copy of each executed
Confidentiality Agreement shall be maintained by counsel for the disclosing party in a secure
place and, upon request, such counsel shall produce the same to counsel for the non-disclosing
party. If any party discloses confidential material(s) or information to an expert witness who is
not expected to be called as a witness at trial (“non-trial expert”), the disclosing party still has the
obligation to provide the non-trial expert with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain a signed
Confidentiality Agreement (in the form attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A) whereby the
non-trial expert agrees to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order. Although a copy of
each executed Confidentiality Agreement obtained from such non-trial expert shall be
maintained by counsel for the disclosing party in a secure place, a copy of said executed
Confidentiality Agreement shall be produced to the non-disclosing party only upon court order.
3.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502, any disclosure connected with this

litigation of privileged or protected information shall not waive any privilege or protection in the
instant proceeding or any other Federal or State proceeding. A party may request the return of
any information it claims to be subject to a privilege or protection, including without limitation
the attorney-client privilege and the work-product protection (“Privileged Information”) by
identifying the Privileged Information and the basis for withholding such information from
disclosure. If a party requests the return, pursuant to this paragraph, of Privileged Information
then in the custody of one or more other parties, the possessing parties shall not make further use
of the Privileged Information until such time as the Court has ruled on a motion for an order on
the privilege objections. If a possessing party does not agree that the Privileged Information is
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covered by a privilege or work product protection, then the producing party shall bring a motion
seeking to protect the Privileged Information within fifteen (15) business days of the possessing
party’s disagreement. If the Court grant such motion, all parties in possession of the Privileged
Information shall, within five (5) business days of that ruling, destroy or return to the producing
party the Privileged Information and all copies thereof, and shall destroy and/or expunge from
any other document or material information solely derived from the Privileged Information.
Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the burden imposed by law on either the producing party or
the possessing party with respect to Privileged Information.
4.

Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to limit the use of information

regarding individuals obtained by lawful means or from sources other than this litigation.
5.

This Protective Order shall be binding upon the parties, their attorneys, agents,

employees, representatives, successors and assigns from this date forward for documents first
produced or disclosed from such date.
Dated this 23rd day of January, 2017.
Upon the court's review of the parties' discovery agreement, (as set forth above),
including their agreement regarding the application of Rule 502 to their discovery processes,

IT IS ORDERED:

In accordance with Rule 502(d) and (e) of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the
authority granted therein, the terms of the parties' discovery agreement are hereby ordered and
enforceable against the parties herein and all persons in federal and state proceedings, including
third parties.

BY THE COURT:

______________________________
United States Magistrate Judge

EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
I have read the Protective Order (“Protective Order”) entered by the United States
District Court for the District of Nebraska in the action entitled Cure et al. v. Pedcor
Management Corp. et al., Case No. 8:16-cv-0154. I understand the Protective Order is a court
order designed to preserve the confidentiality of the “Confidential Information” designated under
the terms of the Protective Order. I also understand the Protective Order restricts my use,
disclosure and retention of such Confidential Information and also requires my safeguarding
and/or return of documents and other materials containing Confidential Information as required
by the Protective Order.
I agree to comply with all provisions of the Protective Order. I also hereby submit
myself to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska for the
purpose of enforcement of any provision of the Protective Order.
Dated: _____________
Signature

Name (Print)

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