PROTECTIVE ORDER

KATHLEEN M. TAFOYA, Magistrate Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant S. Jones's Motion for Entry of Protective Order (the "Motion"). The Court having reviewed the Motion, the record, and the law, finds that the Motion is well-taken and hereby GRANTS the relief requested. It is therefore ORDERED that the following is made an Order of the Court:

PROTECTIVE ORDER

1) "Confidential Information" means any document, file, portions of files, transcribed testimony, or response to a discovery request, including any extract, abstract, chart, summary, note, or copy made therefrom — not made available to the public — and designated by one of the Parties in the manner provided in paragraph 3 below as containing: information regarding, or created pursuant to, certain policies, procedures, and operations to which Defendants have proprietary, security, and other confidential interests. Disclosure of these documents outside the scope of the litigation would cause undue burden on Defendants as well as injury to their privacy interests considering Defendants' involvement with the operation of a state criminal correctional facility.

2) "Counsel" refers to any Party's counsel of record as well as self-represented, or pro se litigants, in the above captioned lawsuit.

3) Where Confidential Information is produced, provided or otherwise disclosed by Defendants in response to any discovery request, it will be designated in the following manner:

4) All Confidential Information provided by Defendants in response to a discovery request or transcribed testimony shall be subject to the following restrictions:

5) Individuals authorized to review Confidential Information pursuant to this Protective Order shall hold Confidential Information in confidence and shall not divulge the Confidential Information, either verbally or in writing, to any other person, entity or government agency unless authorized to do so by court order.

6) The Party's counsel who discloses Confidential Information shall be responsible for assuring compliance with the terms of this Protective Order with respect to persons to whom such Confidential Information is disclosed and shall obtain and retain the original affidavits signed by qualified recipients of Confidential Information, and shall maintain a list of all persons to whom any Confidential Information is disclosed.

7) During the pendency of this action, opposing counsel may upon court order or agreement of the parties inspect the list maintained by counsel pursuant to paragraph 6 above upon a showing of substantial need in order to establish the source of an unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information and that opposing counsel are unable otherwise to identify the source of the disclosure. If counsel disagrees with opposing counsel's showing of substantial need, then counsel may seek a court order requiring inspection under terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the Court.

8) No copies of Confidential Information shall be made except by or on behalf of counsel in this litigation and such copies shall be made and used solely for purposes of this litigation.

9) During the pendency of this litigation, counsel shall retain custody of Confidential Information, and copies made therefrom pursuant to paragraph 8 above.

10) If opposing counsel objects to the designation of certain information as Confidential Information, he or she shall promptly inform the other parties' counsel in writing of the specific grounds of objection to the designation. All counsel shall then, in good faith and on an informal basis, attempt to resolve such dispute. If after such good faith attempt, all counsel are unable to resolve their dispute, opposing counsel may move for a disclosure order consistent with this order. Any motion for disclosure shall be filed within 14 days of receipt by counsel of notice of opposing counsel's objection, and the information shall continue to have Confidential Information status from the time it is produced until the ruling by the Court on the motion.

11) Use of Confidential Information in Court Proceedings: In the event Confidential Information is used in any court filing or proceeding in this action, including but not limited to its use at trial, it shall not lose its confidential status as between the parties through such use. Confidential Information and pleadings or briefs quoting or discussing Confidential Information will not be accepted for filing "under seal" or otherwise kept out of the public record in this action, however, except by court order issued upon motion of the party seeking to file the documents under seal. Any motion requesting leave to file documents under seal shall comply with the requirements of D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.2 and demonstrate that the Confidential Information at issue is entitled to protection under the standards articulated in Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598-602 (1978)(applied in United States v. Hickey, 767 F.2d 705, 708 (10th Cir. 1985) and Crystal Grower's Corp. v. Dobbins, 616 F.2d 458, 461 (10th Cir. 1980)).

12) The termination of this action shall not relieve counsel or other persons obligated hereunder from their responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Information pursuant to this Protective Order, and the Court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Protective Order.

13) By moving for entry of this Protective Order, Defendants adopt no position as to the authenticity or admissibility of documents produced subject to it.

14) Upon termination of this litigation, including any appeals, each Party's counsel, shall immediately return to the producing party all Confidential Information provided subject to this Protective Order, and all extracts, abstracts, charts, summaries, notes or copies made therefrom. At that time, counsel shall also file under seal with this Court the list of individuals who have received Confidential Information which counsel shall have maintained pursuant to paragraph 6 herein, and counsel shall provide the Court with verification that any of counsel's work product referencing Confidential Information has been destroyed.

15) Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude any Party from filing a motion seeking further or different protection from the Court under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or from filing a motion with respect to the manner in which Confidential Information shall be treated at trial.

It is so ORDERED.

EXHIBIT A

AFFIDAVIT

____________________, swears or affirms and states under penalty of perjury:

I have read the Protective Order in Woodstock v. Shaffer et al, Civil Action No. 1:15-CV-00041-REB-KMT, a copy of which is attached to this Affidavit.

1. I have been informed by _________________________, Esq., counsel for ___________________________________, that the materials described in the list attached to this Affidavit are Confidential Information as defined in the Protective Order.

2. I promise that I have not and will not divulge, or undertake to divulge to any person or recording device any Confidential Information shown or told to me except as authorized in the Protective Order. I will not use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than this litigation.

3. For the purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective Order, I hereby submit myself to the jurisdiction of the court in the civil action referenced above.

4. I will abide by the terms of the Protective Order.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this * day of *, 20__, by __________________________.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.