United States District Court, S.D. California
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER [ECF
NO. 14]; STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
HON.
RUBEN B. BROOKS, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The
parties' joint motion for protective order is GRANTED and
the stipulated terms, as set forth in the joint motion,
(see ECF No. 14), and below are hereby adopted and
entered as an order of this Court.
1.
PURPOSE OF ORDER
Discovery
in this action is likely to involve production of
confidential, proprietary, or private information for which
special protection from public disclosure and from use for
any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be
warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and
petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated
Protective Order (“Order”).
2.
DEFINITIONS
2.1
Action: This pending federal law suit, Constance
Medeiros v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,
3:19-cv-01525-BEN-RBB.
2.2
Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that
challenges the designation of information or items under this
Order.
2.3
“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items:
information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or
maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified
above in the Good Cause Statement.
2.4
Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel
(as well as their support staff).
2.5
Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that
designates information or items that it produces in
disclosures or in responses to discovery as
“CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery
Material: all items or information, regardless of the
medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or
maintained (including, among other things, testimony,
transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this
matter.
2.7
Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or
experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation who has
been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert
witness or as a consultant in this Action.
2.8
House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a
party to this Action. House Counsel does not include Outside
Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
2.9
Non-Party: any natural person, partnership,
corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as
a Party to this action.
2.10
Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not
employees of a party to this Action but are retained to
represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared
in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with
a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and
includes support staff.
2.11
Party: any party to this Action, including all of
its officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained
experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support
staffs).
2.12
Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces
Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action.
2.13
Professional Vendors: persons or entities that
provide litigation support services (e.g., photocopying,
videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data
in any form or medium) and their employees and
subcontractors.
2.14
Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery
Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.15
Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or
Discovery Material from a Producing Party.
3.
SCOPE
The
protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not
only Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any
information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)
all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected
Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal
Protected Material. Any use of Protected Material at trial
shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This
Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
4.
CONTINUING JURISDICTION
The
Court shall retain jurisdiction for a period of one (1) year
after the conclusion of this action to enforce the terms of
the Protective Order.
5.
DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1
Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating ...