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Bowen v. Ring, 3:17-cv-214-DPM. (2017)

Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas Number: infdco20171208a32 Visitors: 2
Filed: Dec. 07, 2017
Latest Update: Dec. 07, 2017
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . The Court appreciates the parties' concise proposed protective order. Please make the noted changes, send the revised order to chambers, and the Court will sign it. Motion, N o. 20, granted as modified. So Ordered. PROTECTIVE ORDER With the parties' agreement, and pursuant to Federal Rule of civil procedures 26(c), the count orders: 1. "Confidential Information" is defined to include without limitation: confidential personal informatio
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ORDER

The Court appreciates the parties' concise proposed protective order. Please make the noted changes, send the revised order to chambers, and the Court will sign it. Motion, No. 20, granted as modified.

So Ordered.

PROTECTIVE ORDER

With the parties' agreement, and pursuant to Federal Rule of civil procedures 26(c), the count orders:

1. "Confidential Information" is defined to include without limitation: confidential personal information.

2. "Qualified Persons" is defined as: the parties, the parties' attorneys (including attorneys later added to this case) and the attorneys' staffs (e.g., secretaries, assistants, experts and other employees actively engaged in assisting with this case), court personnel, witnesses at trial or deposition, and the jury.

3. Confidential Information obtained through discovery may be used only for the purpose of this litigation and may not be given, shown, made available, or communicated in any way to anyone other than Qualified Persons.

4. All documents considered by the delivering party to contain Confidential Information must be marked "Confidential Information." Bates-numbered documents may be designated as Confidential Information in a letter attached to the Bates-numbered documents.

5. A party delivering Confidential Information must, at the time of delivery, provide the receiving party with a signed inventory of the documents delivered that contain Confidential Information.

6. Any objections to a designation of Confidential Information must be made in writing and within 10 days of receiving the Confidential Information. If an objection is made, the parties must attempt in good faith to resolve the issue before asking the Court to resolve the issue. If the parties can't resolve the dispute, they must file a joint report pursuant to the Final Scheduling Order, No 18 at 3.

7. Confidential information shall not be filed on the public docket. If practicable, it shall be redacted. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2. If redaction is impracticable, a party must move for permission to file any confidential information and any related motion, brief, or paper containing that material. The moving party must justify sealing with specifies and solid reasons, including an explaination about why redaction cannot be done.

8. Except with the written consent of the Parties or Order of this Court, Confidential Information may not be disclosed to any person other than Qualified Persons.

9. The restriction on the dissemination of Confidential Information in this Order is binding during this litigation. This order shall also remain in effect for one year after this case ends, including any appeal. Thereafter, the obligations imposed shall be solely a matter of contract between the parties.

10. Three years after this action, including all appeals, concludes the parties must destroy, or return to the delivering party, all documents containing Confidential Information.

11. Sanctions may attach to any person who violates this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Source:  Leagle

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