Glucksman et al v. First Franklin Financial Corporation et al

Filing 32

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER declining to enter Stipulated Protective Order 31 . Ordered by Magistrate Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky on 8/7/2009. (Pohorelsky, Viktor)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------x ABRAHAM GLUCKSMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, -vCV-08-178 (RRM)(VVP) FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., et al., Defendants. -----------------------------------------------------------------x The parties have submitted a Stipulated Protective Order for execution by the court. The court declines to enter the proposed order because it gives virtually unlimited discretion to counsel and the parties to designate any documents and other information to be subject to the order without making a showing of good cause as required by Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This ruling is without prejudice to the submission of an order which describes with specificity the documents that are to be subject to the order. Unless it is readily apparent from the description of the documents and other information covered by the order (e.g, trade secrets, personnel files), the submission must be accompanied by a showing of good cause why the matters subject to the order should be maintained in confidence. SO ORDERED: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VIKTOR V. POHORELSKY United States Magistrate Judge Dated: Brooklyn, New York August 7, 2009