Filed: Feb. 03, 2020
Latest Update: Feb. 03, 2020
Summary: ORDER DENYING STIPULATED MOTON FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER STANLEY A. BASTIAN , District Judge . Before the Court is the parties' Stipulated Motion for Entry of Protective Order, ECF No. 39. The motion was heard without oral argument. Plaintiff is represented by Douglas D. Phelps. Defendants are represented by Heather C. Yakely. The parties ask the Court to sign a Protective Order that was drafted and agreed to by the parties, which sets out conditions regarding discovery produced during
Summary: ORDER DENYING STIPULATED MOTON FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER STANLEY A. BASTIAN , District Judge . Before the Court is the parties' Stipulated Motion for Entry of Protective Order, ECF No. 39. The motion was heard without oral argument. Plaintiff is represented by Douglas D. Phelps. Defendants are represented by Heather C. Yakely. The parties ask the Court to sign a Protective Order that was drafted and agreed to by the parties, which sets out conditions regarding discovery produced during ..
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ORDER DENYING STIPULATED MOTON FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER
STANLEY A. BASTIAN, District Judge.
Before the Court is the parties' Stipulated Motion for Entry of Protective Order, ECF No. 39. The motion was heard without oral argument. Plaintiff is represented by Douglas D. Phelps. Defendants are represented by Heather C. Yakely.
The parties ask the Court to sign a Protective Order that was drafted and agreed to by the parties, which sets out conditions regarding discovery produced during the course of the litigation. It is this Court's practice to not enter general Protective Orders that simply set forth the parties' agreement for handling "confidential" materials.
The parties are free to contract between themselves regarding disclosure of information produced in discovery and pursue appropriate remedies in the event of breach; however, the Court will not be party to such an agreement. If, in the future, the parties wish to file specific items of discovery in the court record and protect such items from public access, the Court will entertain an application for a narrowly tailored protective order.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The parties' Stipulated Motion for Entry of Protective Order, ECF No. 39, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Clerk is hereby directed to enter this Order and to provide copies to counsel.
