Lopez v. Homan et al, No. 3:2019cv00098 - Document 54 (D. Nev. 2022)
Court Description: PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 53 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Craig S. Denney on 11/16/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - HJ)
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Lopez v. Homan et al Doc. 54 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AARON D. FORD Attorney General D. RANDALL GILMER, Bar No. 14001 Chief Deputy Attorney General DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572 Senior Deputy Attorney General State of Nevada 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701-4717 Tel: (775) 684-1150 E-mail: DRands@ag.nv.gov Attorneys for Defendants Ronald Bryant, James Dzurenda, Timothy Filson, William Gittere, Dennis Homan, Robert Huston, Scott Manning, William Reubart and David Tristan 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 PAUL LOPEZ, Case No. 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD 14 Plaintiff, 15 v. 16 HOMAN, et al., STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 17 Defendants. 18 All Parties, Plaintiff Paul Lopez, and Defendants, Ronald Bryant, James Dzurenda, 19 Timothy Filson, William Gittere, Dennis Homan, Robert Huston, Scott Manning, William 20 Reubart, and David Tristan hereby stipulate to the following terms regarding the 21 confidentiality of documents and tangible materials relevant to this case, and request 22 that the Court enter a corresponding order: 23 1. “Confidential Material.” As used in this Protective Order, confidential 24 material shall refer to records and/or things any party designates as confidential 25 information, including material that would reasonably threaten the safety and security of 26 the institution or the health and safety of a prisoner or staff in the institution if disclosed 27 to a prisoner. All confidential material is the exclusive, inalienable property of the party 28 producing the materials or acquiring the same from a non-party. 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 2 of 7 2. 1 “Records.” As used in this Protective Order, records shall mean 2 information that is in document form, inscribed or otherwise recorded on a tangible 3 medium, or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in 4 perceivable form. Records include both electronic records and printed, typewritten, and 5 other tangible records. 3. 6 Scope. This Protective Order shall govern confidential material produced 7 or disclosed by any party in response to formal or informal discovery conducted in this 8 matter. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be deemed to preclude a party’s right to: (a) 9 oppose discovery on grounds not addressed under the terms of this Protective Order, or 10 (b) object on any ground to the admission of any confidential material into evidence. 11 Further, nothing contained in this Protective Order shall prejudice the right of any party 12 to contest the alleged relevancy, admissibility, or discoverability of the confidential 13 material sought. 4. 14 Designation of Confidential Material. Any party may designate all or 15 any portion of records and/or things it produces formally or informally to other parties to 16 this litigation or obtains through subpoena as confidential material. The designation of 17 confidential material shall be made by any practicable means, including placing on the 18 thing so designated, such that it will not interfere with its legibility, an appropriate notice 19 such as the following: “confidential” or “confidential material.” Confidential material will 20 be Bates stamped, if appropriate. 21 material shall be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order until 22 further ordered by the Court. 5. 23 All records and things designated as confidential Inadvertent production of any materials Unintentional Disclosure. 24 without a confidential designation will not waive a party’s claim that the information is 25 confidential or estop a party from designating the information as confidential at a later 26 date. If materials have not yet been designated as confidential, disclosure of them by the 27 other party does not violate this Order. 28 /// 2 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 3 of 7 1 6. Objection to Designation. If any party objects to the designation of any 2 record or thing as confidential material, that party shall promptly notify all other parties 3 in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the confidential material. The parties shall 4 have a period of no longer than twenty (20) days to resolve the dispute by agreement. If 5 the dispute is not resolved by agreement, the designating party shall move to enforce the 6 confidential designation ten (10) days thereafter. The designating party shall bear the 7 burden of establishing that the materials are properly designated as confidential. 8 Pending such determination by the Court (or the expiration of the period in which any 9 party may make a challenge to an adverse ruling, if later), the records and/or things shall 10 11 be maintained as confidential material. 7. Access to Confidential Material. Access to confidential material shall be 12 limited to the parties, the attorneys of the parties in this action, the attorneys’ clerical, 13 secretarial, and support staff, witnesses and potential witnesses, and outside experts or 14 other consultants retained to assist in the prosecution or defense of this action. Under no 15 circumstances shall any confidential material be disclosed to an offender housed within 16 any institution or facility of the Nevada Department of Corrections. 17 material may also be disclosed to the persons that authored or created the same. 18 Confidential material, to the extent they discuss a particular person, may be disclosed to 19 the person so discussed. Such access shall only be for the purposes of this litigation and 20 not for any other purpose. Parties, witnesses, and potential witnesses may only view 21 confidential materials in the presence of a party’s counsel; they may not be given copies of 22 any confidential materials. 23 8. Confidential Disclosure. Confidential materials shall not be disclosed or communicated 24 to any person except attorneys for the parties and their employees unless and until that 25 person has been given a copy of this Order. 26 Other than as provided, confidential material may not be disclosed except pursuant 27 to an Order of the Court, or pursuant to a modification of this Order by a writing signed 28 by counsel for all parties. 3 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 4 of 7 9. 1 2 of Confidential Material. Persons receiving confidential information shall maintain all confidential material in a secure location. 10. 3 4 Storage Use of Confidential Material. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the confidential material for the purpose of this lawsuit only. (a) 5 No confidential material will be produced, disclosed, or otherwise utilized in 6 any other litigation, whether or not that litigation involves parties to this case. Further, 7 no confidential material shall be disseminated to or shared with any organization or 8 entity, or any representative thereof, that regularly disseminates documents or 9 information regarding documents, including abstracts or summaries, or any other records 10 as a service to its members, subscribers, or others, or the representative of such an 11 organization or entity. (b) 12 If any subpoenas, requests for production, or other forms of discovery in 13 connection with other litigation are served on any authorized person, that authorized 14 person will immediately notify counsel of record for the party designating the materials 15 as confidential, provide such counsel with a copy of the subpoena or other discovery 16 request, will consent to and assist in obtaining an order from the appropriate court 17 protecting the confidential material from being disseminated outside the scope of this 18 Protective Order of confidentiality. 11. 19 Confidential Material Submitted to the Court. If there exists any 20 confidential material to be filed with the Court, including but not limited to any pleading, 21 motion, transcript, videotape, exhibit, photograph, or other material filed with any court 22 that incorporates or includes confidential material, an attempt shall be made to file same 23 under seal. (a) 24 Confidential material in the form of attachments to summary judgment or 25 dispositive motions, or documents that are identified in the joint pretrial order may be 26 filed under seal only after the Court orders that such documents may be sealed because 27 “compelling reasons” exist to seal them. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 28 /// 4 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 5 of 7 1 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006). The confidential material will not be filed until after the 2 Court has ruled on the party’s Motion to File Documents Under Seal. 3 (b) Confidential material that is not being submitted to the Court as part of a 4 summary judgment or other dispositive motion, or as part of a joint pretrial order, may be 5 filed under seal without first seeking a further order to seal from the Court. Such 6 documents may be filed under seal pursuant to this Protective Order. 7 (c) Confidential material that is submitted to the Court for in camera review 8 shall be submitted in accordance with LR 10-5, i.e., material will be submitted in an 9 envelope that bears a captioned cover sheet marked “for in camera review only.” When 10 the Court has completed its review of such materials, the materials will be returned to 11 the party that submitted them. 12 12. Depositions. Discovery material furnished by a party in the form of 13 testimony shall be designated as confidential either at the time the testimony is taken, or 14 in writing within twenty (20) days after the transcript of the testimony has been received 15 by the designating party. The court reporter for any such testimony shall be informed of 16 this Order by the party making the confidential designation. The court reporter shall 17 comply with and be bound by this Order. In the event the party furnishing deposition 18 testimony designates portions or all of that testimony as confidential, the court reporter 19 shall separately transcribe and submit under seal, to counsel for the parties, 20 transcriptions of the testimony designated as confidential. Confidential transcripts of 21 deposition testimony shall be treated the same and afforded the same protections as other 22 material designated as confidential under this Order. 23 Nothing in this Order shall be construed to preclude counsel from showing 24 confidential material to any witnesses during depositions in this action, hearings 25 conducted in this action, or at trial of this action. 26 material shall have a good faith basis for making the disclosure and shall act in good 27 faith. In the event any confidential material is shown to a witness, it shall not lose its 28 confidential status. Any counsel showing confidential Counsel for each party shall show confidential information to a 5 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 6 of 7 1 witness in a manner that will protect the confidential material from further disclosure. 2 Any witness shown confidential material shall state under oath on the record that the 3 witness agrees to be bound by this Protective Order. 4 13. Evidence at Trial. Any party objecting to the introduction at trial of any 5 confidential materials or that seeks to maintain the confidentiality of such materials at 6 trial shall make a motion to the court. 7 establishing good cause to bar the introduction of such materials or maintain their 8 confidential status at trial. 9 submission of the parties’ final pre-trial order which will in turn designate all materials, 10 except those used for purposes of impeachment, that a party seeks to introduce at trial. 11 The designation of confidential materials in the final pre-trial order shall be by opaque 12 descriptions such as Bates number that does not disclose any confidential information. 13 14. Such moving party will have the burden of Such motion shall be made within ten (10) days of the Improper Disclosure. Should any confidential material be disclosed to 14 any unauthorized person, the unauthorized person (a) shall be informed properly of the 15 provisions of this Protective Order of confidentiality by the party who first learns of the 16 disclosure, and upon such notice shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order of 17 confidentiality; (b) shall be identified immediately to counsel of record for the party 18 designating the materials as confidential; and (c) shall be directed, if within control of a 19 party or his/her/its counsel, or otherwise asked, to sign a Promise of Confidentiality. At 20 the sole discretion of the party designating the materials as confidential, such 21 unauthorized person may be required to surrender to the party designating the materials 22 as confidential all copies of confidential material in such unauthorized person’s 23 possession. 24 responsible for securing the unauthorized person’s assent to the Promise of 25 Confidentiality and for all reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses associated with 26 enforcement of this Protective Order of Confidentiality. 27 28 15. The person or entity who caused the unauthorized disclosure shall be Return of Confidential Material. The provisions of this Order shall survive the termination of this action. Within thirty (30) days of the termination of this 6 Case 3:19-cv-00098-RCJ-CSD Document 54 Filed 11/16/22 Page 7 of 7 1 action (including appeals), the parties shall return all confidential materials to counsel for 2 the disclosing party, without keeping any copies (paper, electronic, or otherwise). Any 3 party seeking the return of materials shall assume the costs of having the same returned. 4 In lieu of returning confidential materials, the party in possession of such 5 information may destroy such materials. The party in possession of confidential 6 information must notify counsel for the disclosing party in writing of the destruction of 7 the information within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of litigation between the parties. 8 Counsel for the parties are responsible for retrieving from their retained experts 9 and consultants all confidential materials and returning or destroying them, and for 10 assuring that their retained experts and consultants do not keep any copies. In lieu of 11 having such materials returned, such counsel shall secure a written confirmation from 12 their retained expert and consultants that such materials have been destroyed. 13 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 14 DATED this 15th day of November, 2022 15 16 17 GALLIAN WELKER & ASSOCIATES, L.C. AARON D. FORD Attorney General By: /s/ Travis N. Barrick TRAVIS N. BARRICK, Bar No. 9257 By: 18 19 Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Douglas R. Rands DOUGLAS R. RANDS, Bar No. 3572 Senior Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendants ORDER 20 21 Paragraph 11(a) is also governed by Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016). 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 26 DATED: November 16, 2022. _____________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 27 28 7
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