Grummons et al v. Williamson County Board of Education

Filing 20

PROTECTIVE ORDER: Defendant's motion for protective order is GRANTED to the extent stated in this order, but otherwise DENIED. The parties' joint motion to ascertain status (Docket Entry No. 18) is GRANTED as stated in this order. It is so ORDERED. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 4/15/14. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(tmw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
CHRISTINA GRUMMONS and
JAMES GRUMMONS,

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Plaintiffs
v.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION,
Defendant

No. 3:13-1076
Judge Campbell/Bryant
Jury Demand

PROTECTIVE ORDER
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and
for the reasons stated in the memorandum filed contemporaneously
herewith,

it

is

hereby

ORDERED

that

Defendant’s

motion

for

protective (Docket Entry No. 11) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in
part as follows:
1.

Disclosure

of

any

information

produced

by

the

Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) concerning
their records regarding Christina Grummons, James Grummons or
their minor daughter is confidential under Tennessee Code
Annotated

§

37-1-409

and

is

hereby

designated

to

be

confidential subject to the provisions of this order and the
following exceptions:
(a)

counsel

for

the

parties

may

disclose

the

contents of materials produced by DCS to their clients,
the associated counsel, and to such other personnel

employed by the parties in the litigation of the claims
in the above-styled case;
(b)

counsel

are

also

authorized

to

interview,

depose, or otherwise contact fact witnesses and/or DCS
employees solely for the purposes connected with the
litigation of the claims in the above-styled case, using
information, including actual publication to witnesses of
such information, derived in whole or in part from
materials produced by DCS; and
(c)

employees of DCS are hereby ORDERED by the

Court to respond to the parties’ legitimate, procedurally
authorized

and

legally

sanctioned

discovery

efforts

notwithstanding contrary duties arising under Tennessee
Code Annotated § 37-1-409 and related statutes.
2.

Any person to whom any information identified in

paragraph 1 above is disclosed under the terms of this order
shall be provided a copy of this order. Such persons are
directed not to reveal the contents of any disclosure for any
purpose other than as permitted in this order or a subsequent
order of this Court.
3.

The use of any information identified in paragraph

1 above for any purpose other than the preparation and trial
of the above-styled case or other proceedings related to this

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litigation is prohibited, except as allowed by statute or
modified by subsequent order of this Court.
4.

In

any

event

that

documents

covered

by

this

protective order are filed with the court, such documents
shall be filed under seal.
5.

At

the

conclusion

of

this

litigation,

all

DCS

materials produced in this case in the possession of the
parties, including, but not limited to, any and all copies or
facsimiles, shall be returned to the appropriate agency.
Defendant’s motion for protective order is GRANTED to the
extent stated in this order, but otherwise DENIED.
The parties’ joint motion to ascertain status (Docket
Entry No. 18) is GRANTED as stated in this order.
It is so ORDERED.
/s/ John S. Bryant
JOHN S. BRYANT
United States Magistrate Judge

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