In Re Timothy Joseph Grant, No. 3:2020cv02465 - Document 48 (S.D. Cal. 2021)
Court Description: ORDER Granting 47 Joint Motion for Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt on 6/2/2021. (mme)
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In Re Timothy Joseph Grant Doc. 48 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 IN RE TIMOTHY JOSEPH GRANT Case No.: 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) PELLON LAY, ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR A DISCOVERY PROTECTIVE ORDER 12 13 14 15 16 17 Plaintiff, [ECF No. 47] v. TIMOTHY JOSEPH GRANT, Defendant. 18 19 20 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM. 21 22 23 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for a Discovery Protective Order. (ECF 24 No. 47.) For good cause shown, the Joint Motion is GRANTED, and the following 25 Protective Order is entered: 26 PROTECTIVE ORDER 27 The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 28 (“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are normally 1 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) Dockets.Justia.com 1 kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to be bound by the terms of this 2 Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 3 The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the 4 parties may contain sensitive medical and/or psychiatric information as is contemplated by 5 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). The purpose of this Order is to protect the 6 confidentiality of such materials as much as practical during the litigation. 7 8 DEFINITIONS 1. The term “confidential information” will mean and include information 9 contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, 10 answers to interrogatories and requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition 11 testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, 12 and compilations derived therefrom that is deemed to be confidential information by any 13 party to which it belongs. 14 2. The term “materials” will include, but is not be limited to: documents; 15 correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts; 16 invoices; drafts; books of account; worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; 17 appointment books; expense accounts; recordings; photographs; motion pictures; 18 compilations from which information can be obtained and translated into reasonably usable 19 form through detection devices; sketches; drawings; notes (including laboratory notebooks 20 and records); reports; instructions; disclosures; other writings; models, prototypes, and 21 other physical objects. 22 23 3. The term “counsel” will mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms identified below: 24 25 26 Steven L. Victor, Esq. 910 Grand Avenue, Suite 202 San Diego, CA 92109 Timothy J. Grant, Pro Se 3952 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite D155 San Diego, CA 92117 27 28 2 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 2 3 Douglas V. Brust, Esq. KONOSKE AKIYAMA BRUST LLP 16880 West Bernardo Drive, Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92127 4 5 GENERAL RULES 4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, answers 6 to interrogatories and requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 7 transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party 8 believes should be subject to this Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 9 “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 10 a. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL”: A party or non-party subject to 11 this Order may only designate documents or other information in this action as 12 “CONFIDENTIAL” if the designating party or non-party has an articulable, good 13 faith basis to believe that each document or other information designated as 14 confidential qualifies for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). 15 b. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY”: Any 16 party may designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” 17 only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the information is 18 among that considered to be most sensitive by the party, including but not limited to 19 Medical and Psychological records, financial or other commercial information. The 20 Parties’ personal information not otherwise relevant to this action such as phone 21 numbers, home addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers are 22 confidential and privileged from production or discovery. With regard to any 23 Psychological 24 Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, said records shall not be produced absent written 25 agreement by the parties, review by discovery Referee, Review by the Magistrate 26 Judge or by Court Order. 27 5. 28 or Medical and Psychological/Psychiatric records of In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For 3 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 purposes of the initial inspection, all materials produced will be considered as 2 “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” and must be treated as such pursuant to 3 the terms of this Order. Thereafter, upon selection of specified materials for copying by 4 the inspecting party, the producing party must, within a reasonable time prior to producing 5 those materials to the inspecting party, mark the copies of those materials that contain 6 confidential information with the appropriate confidentiality marking. 7 8 6. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of confidential information of any party: 9 a. the deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as 10 containing confidential information subject to the provisions of this Order; such 11 designation must be made on the record whenever possible, but a party may 12 designate portions of depositions as containing confidential information after 13 transcription of the proceedings; a party will have until 14 calendar days after receipt 14 of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the action of the 15 portions 16 “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 17 b. of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or the disclosing party will have the right to exclude from attendance at 18 the deposition, during such time as the confidential information is to be disclosed, 19 any person other than the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), 20 the court reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to Paragraph 9 below; and 21 c. the originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the 22 deposition must bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR 23 COUNSEL ONLY,” as appropriate, and the original or any copy ultimately 24 presented to a court for filing must not be filed unless it can be accomplished under 25 seal, identified as being subject to this Order, and protected from being opened 26 except by order of the Court. 27 7. 28 All confidential information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must not be disclosed by the receiving 4 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 party to anyone other than those persons designated within this Order and must be handled 2 in the manner set forth below and, in any event, must not be used for any purpose other 3 than in connection with this litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either 4 by agreement of the parties or by order of the Court. 5 8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must 6 be viewed only by counsel (as defined in Paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by 7 independent experts under the conditions set forth in this Paragraph. Any objection by the 8 producing party to an independent expert receiving confidential information must be made 9 in writing within 14 calendar days following receipt of the identification of the proposed 10 expert. Confidential information may be disclosed to an independent expert if the fourteen- 11 day period has passed and no objection has been made. 12 9. Information designated “confidential” must be viewed only by counsel (as 13 defined in Paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the 14 terms of Paragraph 8), by court personnel, and by the additional individuals listed below, 15 provided each such individual has read this Order in advance of disclosure and has 16 executed a copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A: 17 a. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals 18 identified above. 19 10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 20 “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the 21 document to be its originator, author, or a recipient of a copy of the document, may be 22 shown the same. 23 11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 24 “CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and 25 any and all reproductions of that information, must be retained in the custody of the counsel 26 for the receiving party identified in Paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized 27 to view such information under the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such 28 as are necessary for their participation in this litigation. 5 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories or 2 requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents which are designated 3 as confidential information are filed with the Court for any purpose, the party seeking to 4 file such material must seek permission of the Court to file the material under seal. An 5 application to file a document under seal shall be served on opposing counsel, and on the 6 person or entity that has custody and control of the document, if different from opposing 7 counsel. If the application to file a document designated as confidential under seal is being 8 made by the non-designating party, then, upon request, the designating party must promptly 9 provide the applicant with a legal basis for the confidential designation to include in the 10 application. If opposing counsel, or the person or entity that has custody and control of the 11 document, wishes to oppose the application, he/she must contact the chambers of the judge 12 who will rule on the application, to notify the judge’s staff that an opposition to the 13 application will be filed. 14 13. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of 15 materials as confidential information. The party objecting to confidentiality must notify, 16 in writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds 17 for the objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties after 18 meeting and conferring within 14 calendar days of receipt of such a notice of objections, 19 the parties may jointly request the Court’s assistance with the dispute, in accordance with 20 Judge Burkhardt’s Civil Chambers Rules. The materials at issue must be treated as 21 confidential information, as designated by the designating party, until the Court has ruled 22 on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved. 23 14. All confidential information must be held in confidence by those inspecting 24 or receiving it and must be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, 25 and each person receiving confidential information, must take reasonable precautions to 26 prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If confidential 27 information is disclosed to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the 28 party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts 6 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 relating to the unauthorized disclosure to the attention of the other parties and, without 2 prejudice to any rights and remedies of the other parties, make every effort to prevent 3 further disclosure by the party and by the person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 4 15. No party will be responsible to another party for disclosure of confidential 5 information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise 6 identified as such in accordance with this Order. 7 16. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any confidential information 8 without labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this 9 Order, the designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that the 10 document or thing produced is deemed confidential information, and that the document or 11 thing produced should be treated as such in accordance with that designation under this 12 Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as confidential, once the designating 13 party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving party has disclosed the materials 14 before receiving the designation, the receiving party must notify the designating party in 15 writing of each such disclosure. 16 17. Nothing within this Order will prejudice the right of any party to object to the 17 production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as 18 privileged or as attorney work product. 19 18. Nothing in this Order will bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients 20 with respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information 21 designated as confidential information, provided that the contents of the information must 22 not be disclosed. 23 19. This Order will be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 24 production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere 25 presence of confidential information. The existence of this Order must not be used by 26 either party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of 27 Civil Procedure. 28 7 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 2 3 20. Nothing within this Order will be construed to prevent disclosure of confidential information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court. 21. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, counsel 4 for each party must, upon request of the producing party, return all confidential information 5 to the party that produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries 6 of that information, or must destroy same at the option of the receiving party, and must 7 purge all such information from all machine-readable media on which it resides. 8 Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all pleadings, briefs, 9 memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that refer to or incorporate 10 confidential information, and will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all 11 such retained information. 12 confidential information need not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person 13 in possession of the attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with 14 respect to all such retained information. 15 22. Further, attorney work product materials that contain Absent an ex parte motion made within 10 calendar days of the termination 16 of the case, the parties understand that the Court will destroy any confidential documents 17 in its possession 18 23. 19 The restrictions and obligations set forth within this Order will not apply to any information that: 20 a. the parties agree should not be designated confidential information; 21 b. the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; 22 c. the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public knowledge other 23 than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its agents in 24 violation of this Order; or 25 d. has come or will come into the receiving party’s legitimate knowledge 26 independently of the production by the designating party. Prior knowledge must be 27 established by pre-production documentation. 28 8 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB) 1 24. The restrictions and obligations within this Order will not be deemed to 2 prohibit discussions of any confidential information with anyone if that person already has 3 or obtains legitimate possession of that information. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 25. Transmission by e-mail or some other currently utilized method of transmission is acceptable for all notification purposes within this Order. 26. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by the Court. 27. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in the interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings. 28. Without separate court order, this joint motion and the parties’ stipulation do not change, amend, or circumvent any court rule or local rule. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 2, 2021 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9 20-cv-02465-DMS (JLB)
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