Cabebe v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Filing 54

ORDER re 49 Minute Order. The order to show cause is Discharged. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 10/11/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ROBERT SUSTRIK, et al.,
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Plaintiff(s),
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v.
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EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:16-cv-02866-RFB-NJK
ORDER

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Pending before the Court is an order for Plaintiffs’ counsel to show cause why he should not be

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sanctioned for filing on the public docket two exhibits designated by Equifax as confidential pursuant

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to the parties’ stipulated protective order. Docket No. 49. Plaintiffs’ counsel has filed a response.

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Docket Nos. 50, 51. The Court appreciates counsel’s forthrightness in accepting responsibility for this

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mistake, and the Court accepts his representations that the public filing of this confidential information

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was inadvertent. At the same time, it is especially important that confidential and other sensitive

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materials are filed by attorneys with care in accordance with applicable procedures. Once such materials

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are revealed publicly, the ability of courts to make it secret again may be limited. See, e.g., Ashcraft v.

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Welk Resort Group, 2017 WL 4038397, at *2 n.2 (D. Nev. Sept. 13, 2017). It is counsel’s responsibility

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to ensure that he is filing confidential materials in a proper manner. To that end, the Court CAUTIONS

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counsel that, moving forward, he must comply with all applicable rules and orders regarding the filing

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of confidential materials. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF

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SANCTIONS.

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Except as stated herein, the order to show cause is otherwise DISCHARGED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: October 11, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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