Mairi Nunag Tanedo et al v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board et al

Filing 270

PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS by Magistrate Judge Marc L. Goldman (twdb)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION 1 2 3 4 MAIRI NUNAG-TAÑEDO, et al., 5 Plaintiffs, 6 v. 7 8 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, et al., SACV10-01172-JAK (MLGx) PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS Defendants. 9 10 11 As part of the resolution of the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Production of 12 Documents by Defendants Universal Placement International, Inc. and Lourdes 13 “Lulu” Navarro (ECF No. 256) and Defendants Universal Placement 14 International, Inc.’s and Lourdes “Lulu” Navarro’s Motion to Quash a Subpoena 15 issued to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on March 1, 2012 (formerly pending in the 16 Northern District of Georgia but recently transferred to the Central District of 17 California), and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and for good 18 cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 19 1. This order shall govern the handling of limited information 20 (“Confidential Financial Documents”) produced by Universal Placement 21 International, Inc., Lourdes “Lulu” Navarro (collectively referred to as 22 “Defendants”), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Specifically, this Order shall govern 23 all documents produced by Defendants or Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. pursuant to 24 Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production Nos. 22-44 and Plaintiffs’ Subpoena issued to 25 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on March 1, 2012. 26 27 28 2. The Court finds good cause for the designation of documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production Nos. 22-44 and Plaintiffs’ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Subpoena issued to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on March 1, 2012 as Confidential Financial Documents subject to the provisions of this Order. 3. Except by prior Court Order or with Defendants’ prior written consent, Confidential Financial Documents shall be disclosed only to the following persons: a. counsel of record for the parties to this action and personnel of their law offices; 7 b. outside experts and consultants, and their employees, retained or otherwise contacted by counsel of record for the purpose of assisting counsel of record in this action; c. the presiding Judge and/or Magistrate Judge, and Court personnel, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Paragraph 4 below; d. any neutral selected by the parties or designated by the Court to act as a mediator or settlement officer in this action; and e. at the deposition of Defendants Universal Placement International, Inc., Lourdes “Lulu” Navarro, Robert Silverman, PARS International Placement Agency, Emilio V. Villarba, including and any of their current or former employees. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 No person receiving Confidential Financial Documents shall disclose them to any person other than those described in subparagraphs a through e above. 4. Whenever a Confidential Financial Document is filed with or submitted to the Court, such document shall be submitted under seal by following the appropriate Court procedures for filing documents under seal. The documents shall be accompanied by a motion to seal and the documents will remain sealed until the Court has ruled on the motion to seal. 5. Nothing in this Order shall preclude any party from using or disclosing, in any manner or for any purpose, any documents obtained through independent means, rather than pursuant to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production Nos. 22-44 and Plaintiffs’ Subpoena issued to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on March 1, 2012, even though the same documents may have been produced pursuant to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production Nos. 22-44 and Plaintiffs’ Subpoena issued to 28 Error! Reference source not found. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on March 1, 2012. Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart, 467 U.S. 20 (1984). 6. This Order shall not apply with respect to the trial in this matter. This Order shall in no way limit the parties’ ability to list any documents considered to be Confidential Financial Documents on their trial Exhibit list or to seek to use any documents considered to be Confidential Financial Documents at the trial of this matter. 7. At the conclusion of this litigation (including any appeals), either (a) all documents subject to this Order shall be returned to the Defendants or (b) counsel of record shall certify their destruction. 8. This Order may be modified, amended or vacated by further order of the Court upon the motion of any party for good cause shown. IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 15 Dated: May 21, 2012 16 17 18 ___________________________ MARC L. GOLDMAN United States Magistrate Judge STIPULATED AND AGREED TO: Dated: 5/18/12 SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 19 By: /s/ James M. Knoepp___________ James M. Knoepp Attorneys for Plaintiffs MAIRI NUNAGTAÑEDO, et al. 20 21 22 23 Dated: 5/17/12 HERNANDEZ SCHAEDEL AND ASSOCIATES 24 By: 25 /s/ Agnes M. Sullivan__________ Agnes M. Sullivan 26 Attorneys for Defendants UNIVERSAL PLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND LOURDES “LULU” NAVARRO 27 28 Error! Reference source not found. 3

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