Plintron Technologies USA LLC v. Phillips et al

Filing 54

ORDER denying Parties' 52 Stipulated Protective Order without prejudice. The Court will consider entry of a revised Stipulated Protective Order that addresses the Court's concerns set forth in this Order. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (KRA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PLINTRON TECHNOLOGIES USA
LLC,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. 24-93
ORDER DENYING STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

v.
JOSEPH PHILLIPS, RICHARD
PELLY, THOMAS MATHEW, GREG
MCKERVEY, and DESIREE
MICHELLE GRAY,
Defendants.

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This matter comes before the Court on the Parties’ Stipulated Protective Order. (Dkt. No.

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52.) Having reviewed the Stipulated Order, the Court DENIES entry of the Order without

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prejudice.

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The Court appreciates that the Parties have submitted a proposed protective order that

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largely tracks the District’s Model Protective Order. But the Parties propose an overbroad and

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vague definition of “confidential material.” As the Model Protective Order instructs, the Parties

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“must include a list of specific documents such as ‘company’s customer list’ or ‘plaintiff’s

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medical records;’” and may not “list broad categories of documents such as “sensitive business

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material.’” Model Stipulated Protective Order at 2, available at

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https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/ModelStipulatedProtectiveOrder.pdf. Here, the

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Parties have provided only broad categories of “materials” without any specificity. The Court

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will consider a more specific and narrow definition of “confidential material” that tracks the

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Model Protective Order and identifies specific documents, rather than an open-ended and

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overbroad category of documents.

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For this reason, the Court DENIES the Order without prejudice. The Court will consider

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entry of a revised Stipulated Protective Order that addresses the Court’s concerns set forth in this

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Order.

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The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel.

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Dated June 4, 2024.

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Marsha J. Pechman
United States Senior District Judge

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