Evans et al v. Clark County School District et al, No. 2:2022cv02171 - Document 23 (D. Nev. 2023)

Court Description: CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER. ORDER Granting 22 Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and [Proposed] Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 3/8/2023. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - YAW)

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Evans et al v. Clark County School District et al Doc. 23 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 1 of 20 1 2 3 4 5 LEX TECNICA LTD ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13166 VINCENT J. GARRIDO, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 15918 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 adam@lextecnica.com vince@lextecnica.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DISTRICT OF NEVADA *** CANDRA EVANS, individually and as CASE NO.: 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF parent to R.E., TERRELL EVANS, individually and as parent to R.E., STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY Plaintiffs, AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] vs. PROTECTIVE ORDER KELLY HAWES, JOSHUA HAGER, SCOTT WALKER, JESUS JARA, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; and DOES 1 through 100; ROE ENTITIES 11 through 200, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 Pursuant to FRCP 26(c), the Stipulation contained herein sets forth the mutual terms of 17 confidentiality by and among Plaintiffs Candra Evans, Terrell Evans, individually and as parents 18 to R.E. (collectively “Plaintiffs”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record; and, 19 Defendant(s), Kelly Hawes’ (“Hawes”), Joshua Hager’s (“Hager”), Scott Walker’s (“Walker”), 20 and Clark County School District’s (“CCSD”) (referred collectively herein as the “CCSD 21 Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record. Based on the foregoing, the 22 Court finds as follows: 23 1. The Parties (defined further herein) anticipate that disclosure and discovery 24 activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential or private information for 25 1 26 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 2 of 20 1 which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 2 prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Additionally, the Parties recognize that this action 3 has and likely will continue to garner attention from the public and requests from the media, press, 4 and journalists for public comment. As such, this Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and 5 Protective Order is designed to protect statutorily protected information from public disclosure. 6 Accordingly, the Parties hereby jointly stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following 7 Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and Protective Order (hereinafter “Order”). 8 2. The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all 9 disclosures or responses to discovery, or any categories of information not specifically addressed 10 herein, and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the 11 information or items that are entitled to CONFIDENTIAL treatment under the applicable law or 12 regulation and designated “CONFIDENTIAL” as described herein. The parties further 13 acknowledge, as set forth further below, that this Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and 14 Protective Order does not entitle them to file CONFIDENTIAL information under seal or 15 otherwise change Federal or Local rules, procedures, and standards to be applied when a party 16 seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. The parties expressly covenant, agree 17 and acknowledge that R.E.’s name and personal identifiable information are CONFIDENTIAL 18 and will be treated as such by all parties and will not be disclosed to any third parties, not under 19 the direct control of an applicable party’s attorneys pursuant to the terms identified herein. 20 21 22 3. As used within this Order, the words set forth below shall have the following meanings: a. “Litigation” or “Proceeding” shall mean the above-captioned case, filed 23 in the United States District Court, District of Nevada, bearing Case Number 2:22-cv- 24 02171-JAD-VCF. 25 26 2 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 3 of 20 1 b. “Documents” or “Information” shall mean and include any documents 2 (whether in hard copy or electronic form), records, correspondence, analyses, 3 assessments, statements (financial or otherwise), responses to discovery, tangible articles 4 or things, whether documentary or oral, and other information provided, served, disclosed, 5 filed, or produced, whether voluntarily or through discovery or other means, in connection 6 with this Litigation. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the 7 meaning of these terms. 8 c. 9 “Party” or “Parties” shall mean one party (or all parties) in this Litigation, and their in-house and outside counsel. 10 d. 11 “Producing Party” shall mean any person or entity who provides, serves, discloses, files, or produces any Documents or Information. 12 e. 13 “Receiving Party” shall mean any person or entity who receives any such Documents or Information. 14 f. “Court” means the District Court, District of Nevada, and any judicial 15 officer, judge, or magistrate assigned thereto, or any other judge or magistrate to which 16 the Litigation may be assigned, including Court staff participating in such proceedings. 17 g. “Confidential” means any documents, testimony, or information which a 18 Designating Party believes in good faith contains or reveals confidential trade secrets, 19 proprietary business information, or nonpublic personal, client, or employee information. 20 h. 21 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to the provisions of this Order. 22 i. 23 24 25 26 “Confidential Materials” means any documents, testimony, or information, “Designating Party” means the Party or non-party that designates documents, testimony, or information as “CONFIDENTIAL.” /// 3 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 4 of 20 1 4. The privacy of students is protected under federal law whether they are parties to 2 the Litigation or not. As a school district that receives federal funding, CCSD is bound by the 3 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and is not at liberty to disclose personally 4 identifying information of its students without written consent of the parents, or a court order. 5 The Parties acknowledge that information that could be reasonably likely to lead to admissible 6 evidence in this Litigation could contain information that is protected by FERPA. 7 In addition, personnel files of state government employees involved in an incident may 8 be deemed private in nature. As a result, their use may be limited to protect the individuals’ 9 fundamental right to privacy guaranteed by the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments 10 of the U.S. Constitution. See, El Dorado Savings & Loan Assoc. v. Superior Court of Sacramento 11 County, 190 Cal. App. 3d 342 (1987). Accordingly, the Parties agree that, in conjunction with 12 discovery proceedings in this Litigation, the Parties may designate any Document, thing, material, 13 testimony, or other Information derived therefrom, which is entitled to confidential treatment 14 under applicable legal principles, as “CONFIDENTIAL” under the terms of this Confidentiality 15 Agreement and Protective Order (hereinafter “Order”), and that anything designated as such will 16 be produced to the requesting party without redaction, but shall not be provided or made available 17 to third parties except as permitted by, and in accordance with, the provisions of law or this Order. 18 Confidential information includes information that qualifies for confidential treatment under 19 applicable legal principles, which may include information contained in personnel files of CCSD 20 employees and/or information that has not been made public and contains trade secret, proprietary 21 and/or sensitive business or personal information, and/or any (personal) information about 22 students that is protected by FERPA. 23 If information is protected under FERPA, until the information is released in an 24 unredacted format with a Court order, CCSD agrees to produce a redacted version of all such 25 4 26 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 5 of 20 1 information in a format that redacts the identity and PII of the applicable third-party. The parties 2 also expressly agree no redactions will be done to the Plaintiff’s FERPA information as that 3 information is the property of the Plaintiff. 4 5. In addition, if any Party requests documents or other evidence of third-party 5 students (not the Plaintiff) that are subject to FERPA, the Parties acknowledge that after 6 producing a redacted version, if either party desires to use an unredacted version of the same, 7 either party may file a motion with the Court to compel the production of the same redacted 8 material or the following procedure be followed: 9 a. The Parties will submit a stipulation to the Court identifying the records to 10 be produced and requesting a Court Order approving the notice and disclosure of 11 information protected by FERPA; 12 b. Upon receipt of the signed Court Order, CCSD will provide the Order along 13 with a joint letter notifying the affected parties of the right to object to the disclosure of 14 their student’s information. 15 c. Unless the affected party files an objection with the Court within 10 days 16 of receipt of notice of the Order, the producing party shall within 5 days after the 17 expiration of the ten-day time period, produce the information in an unredacted format. 18 d. If the affected person or their representative files an objection to disclosure, 19 any Party may request that the Court review the objection to determine its validity and/or 20 review the objectionable material at issue in order to make a final determination as to 21 whether such information shall be disclosed. 22 e. The disclosure of FERPA protected information will be marked 23 confidential and produced pursuant to the Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement and 24 Protective Order. 25 26 5 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 6 of 20 1 6. Confidential Materials shall not be Disclosed or utilized in a manner that discloses 2 R.E.’s name. Nothing in this Order shall limit disclosure or use by a Designating Party of its own 3 Confidential Materials. 4 7. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 5 this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under 6 the appropriate standards. 7 8. Except as set forth explicitly herein, the entry of this Order does not alter, waive, 8 modify, or abridge any right, privilege, or protection otherwise available to any Party or non-party 9 with respect to the discovery of matters, including but not limited to any Party’s or non-party’s 10 right to assert the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or other privileges, 11 or any Party’s right to contest any such assertion. 12 9. Confidential Materials shall be so designated by marking or stamping each page 13 of the Document produced to or received from a Party with the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” The 14 application of the legend must be made in a manner so as not to render the documents illegible, 15 illegible after photocopying, or incapable of being subjected to Optical Scanning Recognition. If 16 only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party 17 also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 18 margins). Redactions of any information will be narrowly tailored to only redact the identity and 19 PII of the applicable student. All designations of Information as CONFIDENTIAL by the 20 Producing Party must be made in good faith and must be based upon applicable legal principles. 21 10. Testimony taken at a deposition may be designated as CONFIDENTIAL within 22 twenty (20) days of receipt of the transcript in any form. Arrangements shall be made with the 23 court reporter taking and transcribing such deposition to separately bind such portions of the 24 /// 25 26 6 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 7 of 20 1 transcript and deposition exhibits containing Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL, and to 2 label such portions appropriately. 3 11. CONFIDENTIAL Information shall be maintained in strict confidence by the 4 Parties who receive such information, shall be used solely for the purposes of this Litigation, and 5 shall not be disclosed to any person except: 6 a. The United States District Court, District of Nevada, or any other court to 7 which this matter may be transferred (the “Court”), so long as the party seeking to file a 8 confidential document under seal complies with the Ninth Circuit’s directives in 9 Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) and the Court’s 10 11 electronic filing procedures set forth in Local Rule 10-5(b); b. In the event of an appeal, the United States Court of Appeals (the 12 “Appellate Court”) and/or the United States Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”), so 13 long as that document is filed under seal; 14 c. The attorneys of record in this Litigation and their co-shareholders, co- 15 directors, partners, employees, and associates who are assisting in the Litigation 16 (collectively hereafter referred to as “Counsel”); 17 d. A Party, or an officer, director, or employee of a Party or of a Party’s 18 affiliate, as long as any such person agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this 19 Agreement; 20 e. Subject to the terms of this Order, experts or consultants and their staff, 21 retained by the Parties and/or Outside Counsel in this Litigation for the purposes of this 22 Litigation; 23 24 25 26 f. Any person identified on the document itself as having created, sent, received, or otherwise already viewed, the document; 7 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 8 of 20 1 g. Any person testifying at deposition in this matter; 2 h. The parent or legal guardian of any student that is the subject of the 3 document itself; 4 i. Any other person, only if the Receiving Party has given written notice to 5 the Producing Party of an intent to disclose specified CONFIDENTIAL Information to 6 said person, who shall be identified by name, address, phone number, and relationship, if 7 any, to the Receiving Party, and the Producing Party has not provided a written objection 8 to the disclosure within ten (10) business days of delivery of the notification. In the event 9 of an objection, no disclosure shall be made pending the resolution of the objection. If the 10 disclosure includes information that is protected by FERPA, the objection can only be 11 resolved by stipulation of the Parties and a Court Order, which includes a provision 12 allowing CCSD to provide no less than twenty (20) days’ notice to the parents of the 13 student(s) that may be implicated in any disclosure. Before any person may receive 14 Documents or Information pursuant to this subparagraph, he or she must comply with the 15 terms and requirements of this Order. 16 12. With respect to outside experts or other persons pursuant to Paragraph 11, to 17 become an authorized expert or other person entitled to access to CONFIDENTIAL Information, 18 the expert or other person must be provided with a copy of this Order and must sign a certification 19 in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto acknowledging that he/she has carefully and completely 20 read, understands, and agrees to be bound by this Order. The Party on whose behalf such a 21 Certification is signed shall retain the original Certification. 22 13. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, nothing shall prevent a Party from 23 revealing CONFIDENTIAL Information to a person who created or previously received (as an 24 addressee or by way of copy) such Information. 25 26 8 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 9 of 20 1 14. The inadvertent production by any of the undersigned Parties or any non-parties 2 of any document, testimony, or information during discovery in the Proceeding without a 3 “Confidential” designation shall be without prejudice to any claim that such item is 4 “Confidential,” and such Party or non-party shall not be held to have waived any rights by such 5 inadvertent production. In the event that any document, testimony, or information that is subject 6 to a “Confidential” designation is inadvertently produced without such designation, the Party or 7 non-party that inadvertently produced the document shall promptly give written notice of such 8 inadvertent production, identify (by production number) the affected material, and provide a new 9 copy of the subject document, testimony, or information designated as “Confidential” (the 10 “Inadvertent Production Notice”). Upon receipt of such Inadvertent Production Notice, the Party 11 that received the inadvertently produced document, testimony, or information shall promptly 12 make reasonable efforts to destroy the inadvertently produced document, testimony, or 13 information and all copies thereof. 14 Disclosed such document, testimony, or information to persons not authorized to receive that 15 information before receipt of the “Confidential” designation, such Disclosure shall not be deemed 16 a violation of this Stipulated Protective Order. In the event the receiving Party receives an 17 Inadvertent Production Notice, the receiving Party shall either make reasonable efforts to 18 promptly retrieve the document, testimony, or information or shall promptly notify the 19 Designating Party of the distribution and the identity of the person who received the Information. 20 Any Party may object to the “Confidential” designation of documents, testimony, or information 21 pursuant to the procedures set forth in Paragraph 7 of this Stipulated Protective Order. This 22 provision is not intended to apply to any inadvertent production of any document, testimony, or 23 information protected by attorney-client or work product privileges. 24 /// 25 26 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the receiving Party 9 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 10 of 20 1 15. In the event that counsel for a Party receiving documents, testimony, or 2 information in discovery designated as “Confidential” objects to such designation with respect to 3 any or all of such items, said counsel shall advise counsel for the Designating Party, in writing, 4 of such objections, setting forth the specific documents, testimony, or information to which each 5 objection pertains and the specific reasons and support for such objections (the “Designation 6 Objections”). Counsel for the Designating Party shall have fifteen (15) calendar days after service 7 of the written Designation Objections to meet and confer with the objecting Party in an attempt 8 to resolve the Designation Objections. If the parties are not able to resolve the dispute during the 9 meet-and-confer process, the objecting Party may then, after advising the Designating Party, file 10 a motion with the Court seeking to remove any or all designations on documents, testimony, or 11 information addressed by the Designation Objections (the “Designation Motion”). Pending a 12 resolution of the Designation Motion by the Court, any and all existing designations on the 13 documents, testimony, or information at issue in such Designation Motion shall remain in place. 14 The Designating Party shall have the burden on any Designation Motion of establishing the 15 applicability of its “Confidential” designation. In the event that the Designating Party does not 16 timely respond to the Designation Objections, then such documents, testimony, or information 17 shall be de-designated in accordance with the Designation Objections applicable to such material. 18 The failure of a receiving Party expressly to challenge the designation of any documents, 19 testimony, or information as “Confidential” at the time of Disclosure shall not constitute a waiver 20 of the right to challenge the designation at any subsequent time. 21 16. Each Receiving Party shall use due care with respect to the storage, custody, use, 22 and/or Disclosure of Confidential Materials. A person with custody of documents designated as 23 “Confidential” shall maintain them in a manner that limits access to those persons entitled under 24 this Order to examine the documents so designated. 25 26 10 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 11 of 20 1 17. If counsel for a Party learns of any breach of this Stipulated Protective Order by 2 any person to whom the Party Disclosed “Confidential” information pursuant to the terms of this 3 Stipulated Protective Order, the Party shall promptly notify counsel for the Designating Party of 4 such breach. 5 6 18. Confidential Materials properly designated by the other party shall be used solely for the purposes of this Litigation. 7 19. Any Party to the Litigation (or other person subject to the terms of this Order) may 8 ask the Court, after appropriate notice to the other Parties to the Litigation, to modify or grant 9 relief from any provision of this Order. 10 20. 11 Entering into, agreeing to, and/or complying with the terms of this Order shall not: a. operate as an admission by any person that any particular document, 12 testimony, or information marked “Confidential” contains or reflects trade 13 secrets, proprietary, confidential or competitively sensitive business, 14 commercial, financial or personal information; or 15 b. prejudice in any way the right of any Party (or any other person subject to 16 the terms of this Order): 17 i. to seek a determination by the Court of whether any particular 18 Confidential Materials should be subject to protection under the 19 terms of this Order; or 20 ii. to seek relief from the Court on appropriate notice to all other 21 Parties to the Litigation from any provision(s) of this Order, either 22 generally or as to any particular document, material, or 23 information. 24 25 26 /// 11 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 12 of 20 1 c. Prohibit a party from discussing this case with a third party, so long as they do 2 3 not disclose CONFIDENTIAL information. 21. As set forth above, any documents, testimony, or information produced by a non- 4 party witness in discovery in the Litigation pursuant to subpoena or otherwise may be designated 5 by such non-party as “Confidential” under the terms of this Order, and any such designation by a 6 non-party shall have the same force and effect, and create the same duties and obligations, as if 7 made by one of the undersigned Parties hereto. Any such designation shall also function as 8 consent by such producing non-party to the authority of the Court in the Litigation to resolve and 9 conclusively determine any motion or other application made by any person or Party with respect 10 11 to such designation, or any other matter otherwise arising under this Order. 22. The restrictions and obligations set forth in this Order relating to information 12 designated “Confidential” shall not apply to any information that (a) the Designating Party agrees, 13 or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; or (b) the Designating Party agrees, or the Court 14 rules, has become public knowledge other than as a result of Disclosure by a receiving Party in 15 violation of this Stipulated Protective Order. 16 23. The Parties acknowledge that this Order does not entitle them to file Confidential 17 Materials and Information under seal. Any Party seeking to include such Confidential Materials 18 or Information in a motion or other pleading or as an exhibit or attachment to a motion or other 19 pleading shall seek to file it under seal pursuant to the Federal Rules Governing Sealing and 20 Redacting Court Records or by other proper means. If a motion or pleading filed with the Court 21 discloses Confidential Materials, such designated portions shall be narrowly redacted only to the 22 extent necessary to conceal such information in any motion or pleading filed publicly with the 23 Court, pending ruling by the Court on a motion to file it under seal. Unredacted motions or 24 pleadings containing Confidential Materials may be filed under seal, if the Court agrees after 25 12 26 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 13 of 20 1 proper motion. When a Party, in good faith, determines that it is necessary to bring the specific 2 content of such Confidential Materials to the attention of the Court in the body of a motion or 3 other pleading, then it shall file a motion seeking to disclose the Confidential Materials to the 4 Court in camera or by such other means as the Court may deem appropriate. Such motion may 5 disclose the general nature, but shall not disclosure the substance, of the Confidential Materials 6 at issue. 7 24. If a Party wishes to use Confidential Materials or Confidential Information at a 8 public proceeding, such as a hearing before the Court or at trial, it shall notify the Court and the 9 other Parties to this action of that fact at the time the hearing or trial commences, and the Court 10 may then take whatever steps it may deem necessary to preserve the confidentiality of said 11 information during the course of, and after, the public proceeding. 12 25. The Parties shall comply with the requirements of Local Rule 10-5(b), and the 13 Ninth Circuit’s decision in Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th 14 Cir. 2006), with respect to any documents filed under seal and ordered sealed by the Court, in this 15 matter. 16 26. Where use of designated Confidential Material at trial can be anticipated, the party 17 intending to make use of such information at trial shall meet and confer prior to or as part of 18 preparing the pre-trial memorandum, of its intent to use the specified Confidential Material at 19 trial. If the issue of the designation and use of the designated information at trial is not resolved 20 through good faith consultation, the party designating the material as Confidential Material shall, 21 within ten (10) days of the parties’ pre-trial conference or at the time of filing the pre-trial 22 memorandum, whichever may be earlier, file and serve a noticed motion to resolve the dispute 23 over the designation of the Confidential Material and preclusion or restriction of its use at trial. 24 /// 25 26 13 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 14 of 20 1 27. Nothing in this Order shall affect the admissibility into evidence of Confidential 2 Materials or abridge the rights of any person to seek judicial review or to pursue other appropriate 3 judicial action with respect to any ruling made by the Court concerning the issue of the status of 4 any Confidential Materials. 5 28. This Order shall not be construed to prevent any Party from making use of or 6 disclosing Information that is not CONFIDENTIAL that was obtained by a Party, whether or not 7 such material is also obtained through discovery in this Litigation, or from using or disclosing its 8 own Confidential Materials or Information as it deems appropriate. The parties acknowledge that 9 all information related to R.E. including FERPA protected information or CONFIDENTIAL 10 11 information, is the property of R.E. and R.E.’s parents. 29. If either Party becomes required by law, regulation, or order of a court or 12 governmental entity to disclose any Confidential Materials or Information that has been produced 13 to it under the terms of this Order, such Party will reasonably notify the other Parties, in writing, 14 so that the original Producing Party has an opportunity to prevent or restrict such disclosure. The 15 Party required to disclose any Confidential Materials or Information shall use reasonable efforts 16 to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Materials and shall cooperate with the Party 17 that originally produced the Information in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other 18 protection limiting disclosure; however, the Party required to disclose the Information shall not 19 be required to seek a protective order or other protection against disclosure in lieu of, or in the 20 absence of, efforts by the Producing Party to do so. 21 30. This Order shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of the Litigation and 22 all appeals of the same, except that a Party may keep legal copies of the discovery solely for 23 archival purposes. The restrictions of this Protective Order shall apply to Counsel for as long as 24 they hold such archival Documents. 25 26 14 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 15 of 20 1 31. The obligation to treat all Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL in 2 accordance with the terms of this Order and not to disclose such CONFIDENTIAL Information 3 shall survive any settlement or other termination of this Litigation. 4 5 DATED this 7th day of March 2023. DATED this 7th day of March 2023. LEX TECNICA LTD GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP /s/ Vincent J. Garrido ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 13166 VINCENT J. GARRIDO, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 15918 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 adam@lextecnica.com vince@lextecncia.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs /s/ Kara B. Hendricks MARK E. FERRARIO, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 01625 KARA B. HENDRICKS, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 07743 TAMI D. COWDEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 08994 CHRISTIAN T. SPAULDING, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 14277 Counsel for Defendants, Clark County School District and Defendants Jara, Hawes, Hager, and Walker 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 _____________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 3-8-2023 _____________________________________ DATED 21 22 23 24 25 26 15 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 16 of 20 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE VIA CM/ECF 2 I hereby certify that on this 8th day of March, 2023, I did serve, via Case Management/Electronic Case Filing, a copy of the above and foregoing STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER addressed to: Tami D. Cowden: cowdent@gtlaw.com, LVLitdock@gtlaw.com, rosehilla@gtlaw.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kara B. Hendricks: hendricksk@gtlaw.com, neyc@gtlaw.com, escobargaddie@gtlaw.com, flintza@gtlaw.com, lvlitdock@gtlaw.com, sheffieldm@gtlaw.com AND VIA U.S. POSTAL MAIL: by placing a true and correct copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope with the postage thereon fully prepaid, addresses as indicated on the attached service list in the United States Mail addressed to: Mark E. Ferrario Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10845 Griffith Peak Drive Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89135 14 /s/ Kimber Foster .. An Employee of Lex Tecnica LTD 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 17 of 20 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 18 of 20 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 19 of 20 Case 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF Document 23 Filed 03/08/23 Page 20 of 20 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 4 *** CANDRA EVANS, individually and as parent to R.E., TERRELL EVANS, individually and as parent to R.E., 5 Plaintiffs, 6 vs. 7 KELLY HAWES, JOSHUA HAGER, SCOTT WALKER, JESUS JARA, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; and DOES 1 through 100; ROE ENTITIES 11 through 200, inclusive, 8 9 10 CASE NO.: 2:22-cv-02171-JAD-VCF CERTIFICATION REGARDING STIPULATED CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendants. 11 I have read the Stipulated Confidentiality Agreement & Protective Order in the above12 captioned case. I understand the terms of the Order, I agree to be fully bound by the terms of the 13 Order, and I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District 14 of Nevada for purposes of enforcement of the Order. 15 16 Date: _____________________ Signature: __________________________ 17 Signatory’s Name, Business Affiliation, and Business Address: 18 ___________________________________ 19 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17

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