Bank of America, N.A. v. Bacara Ridge Association et al

Filing 72

ORDER Re: 71 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 5/23/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 10 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Case No.: 2:16-cv-02533-RFB-NJK Plaintiff(s), 11 Order 12 v. 13 BACARA RIDGE ASSOCIATION, et al., 14 15 Defendant(s). Pending before the Court is a Stipulated Protective Order, which the Court approved to 16 facilitate discovery in this case. This order reminds counsel that there is a presumption of public 17 access to judicial files and records. A party seeking to file a confidential document under seal 18 must file a motion to seal and must comply with the Ninth Circuit’s directives in Kamakana v. City 19 and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006). 20 The Court has adopted electronic filing procedures. Attorneys must file documents under 21 seal using the Court’s electronic filing procedures. See Local Rule IA 10-5. Papers filed with the 22 Court under seal must be accompanied with a concurrently-filed motion for leave to file those 23 documents under seal. See Local Rule IA 10-5(a). 24 The Court has approved the blanket protective order to facilitate discovery exchanges. But 25 there has been no showing, and the Court has not found, that any specific documents are 26 secret or confidential. The parties have not provided specific facts supported by declarations or 27 concrete examples to establish that a protective order is required to protect any specific trade secret 28 or other confidential information pursuant to Rule 26(c) or that disclosure would cause an 1 1 identifiable and significant harm. The Ninth Circuit has held that there is a presumption of public 2 access to judicial files and records, and that parties seeking to maintain the confidentiality of 3 documents attached to nondispositive motions must show good cause exists to overcome the 4 presumption of public access. See Kamakana 447 F.3d at 1179. Parties seeking to maintain the 5 secrecy of documents attached to dispositive motions must show compelling reasons sufficient to 6 overcome the presumption of public access. Id. at 1180. All motions to seal must address the 7 applicable standard and explain why that standard has been met. The fact that a court has 8 entered a blanket stipulated protective order and that a party has designated a document as 9 confidential pursuant to that protective order does not, standing alone, establish sufficient grounds 10 to seal a filed document. See Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1133 (9th 11 Cir. 2003); see also Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int’l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992). 12 If the sole ground for a motion to seal is that the opposing party (or non-party) has 13 designated a document as confidential, the designator shall file (within seven days of the filing of 14 the motion to seal) either (1) a declaration establishing sufficient justification for sealing each 15 document at issue or (2) a notice of withdrawal of the designation(s) and consent to unsealing. If 16 neither filing is made, the Court may order the document(s) unsealed without further notice. 17 IT IS ORDERED that counsel shall comply with the requirements of Local Rule IA 10- 18 5, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Kamakana, 447 F.3d 1172, and the procedures outlined above, 19 with respect to any documents filed under seal. To the extent any aspect of the stipulated protective 20 order may conflict with this order or Local Rule IA 10-5, that aspect of the stipulated protective 21 order is hereby superseded with this order. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 Dated: May 23, 2019 ______________________________ Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge 24 25 26 27 28 2

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