Corley v Harris County Texas

Filing 40

ORDER/Protective Order GRANTING 34 Sealed motion for leave to file certain exhibits under seal, GRANTING 30 Sealed motion to reconsider, DENYING 30 Sealed motion for hearing, GRANTING IN PART DENYING IN PART 27 Motion for Protective Order, VACATING 29 Protective Order. (Signed by Judge Gray H Miller) Parties notified.(rkonieczny, 4)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
CHARNESIA CORLEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS,
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION H-16-382

PROTECTIVE ORDER
Pending before the court is a motion for reconsideration of protective order and a motion for
hearing filed by plaintiff Charnesia Corley. Dkt. 30. Defendant Harris County responded (Dkt. 31)
and filed a motion to file the exhibits attached to the response under seal (Dkt. 34). The court
previously entered a protective order in response to Harris County’s motion for protective order (Dkt.
27). Dkt. 29. The court GRANTS Corley’s motion for reconsideration and DENIES her motion for
hearing. Having reconsidered the protective order, the court is of the opinion that Harris County’s
motion for protective order should be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, and that Harris
County’s motion to file exhibits under seal should be GRANTED. It is therefore ORDERED that:
1.

There will be no public disclosure of any evidence that contains personal, identifying

information, even in redacted form, including but not limited to personal information regarding the
deputies, medical records of any party, or any other discovery materials that contain home addresses,
social security numbers, cell phone numbers, and other personal information.
2.

This order covers the plaintiff, all attorneys representing the plaintiff, the defendant,

and all attorneys representing the defendant in this case. Should any attorney be substituted in for
any present attorney, this order will extend to the substituting attorney.

3.

This protective order extends throughout final disposition of this case, including any

appeals.
4.

This protective order does not relieve any party of its obligations to respond to

otherwise proper discovery in this case.
5.

This protective order does not waive or impair the right of any party to contest the

alleged relevancy, admissibility, or discoverability of documents or information sought or produced
in discovery.
6.

This protective order does not preclude any party from seeking or obtaining additional

protection with respect to any documents, materials, or information where necessary. The producing
party shall act in good faith in designating discovery material as confidential pursuant to this
protective order.
7.

The records containing personal information will remain confidential and can only

be used as evidence in this court proceeding, and only under seal if attached to any pleading or
motion.
8.

No records with personal information may be disseminated or shared with persons

not authorized to receive this information as set out in this protective order.
9.

Duplicate copies of records with personal information will not be made by either

10.

Within 45 days after final conclusion of this action, including appellate proceedings,

party.

any records with confidential information and all copies thereof shall be returned to the appropriate
Designating Party or, at the option of the Designating Party, shall be destroyed.

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Having GRANTED Corley’s motion for reconsideration (Dkt. 30), Harris County’s motion
for entry of protective order (Dkt. 27) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The original
protective order (Dkt. 29) is VACATED. Corley’s request for hearing (Dkt. 30) is DENIED.
Pursuant to this protective order, Harris County’s motion to file exhibits under seal (Dkt. 34) is
GRANTED as the exhibit attached to Harris County’s response (Dkt. 31) contains personal
information.
Signed at Houston, Texas on November 9, 2017.

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Gray H. Miller
United States District Judge

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