Osborne et al v. Pershing County et al, No. 3:2021cv00231 - Document 24 (D. Nev. 2021)
Court Description: PROTECTIVE ORDER granting 23 Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb on 9/22/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - HJ)
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Osborne et al v. Pershing County et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 Doc. 24 Katherine F. Parks, Esq. - State Bar No. 6227 Thorndal Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger 6590 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite B Reno, Nevada 89509 (775) 786-2882 kfp@thorndal.com Attorneys for Defendants PERSHING COUNTY, PHILLIP DICKERMAN AND JERRY ALLEN 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 12 13 14 JESSICA SUEANN GUTIERREZ OSBORNE, CASE NO. 3:21-cv-00231-HDM-WGC individually; and FREDRICK WAID, as the appointed special administrator of the estate of JACKIE RAY HARRY aka JACK GUTIERREZ STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER HARRY, Plaintiffs, 15 16 vs. 17 PERSHING COUNTY; DEPUTY PHILLIP DICKERMAN; SHERIFF JERRY ALLEN; DOES 1-10, inclusive; and DEANA MARIE HARRY, nominal Defendant, 18 19 20 Defendants. 21 22 23 24 In order to protect the confidentiality of confidential information obtained by the parties in connection with this case, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Any party or non-party may designate as “confidential” (by stamping the relevant 25 26 page or otherwise as set forth herein) any document or response to discovery which that party or 27 non-party considers in good faith to contain confidential information, subject to protection under 28 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or state or federal law (“Confidential Information”). -1Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 Where a document or response consists of more than one page, the first page and each page on which confidential information appears shall be so designated. 2. A party or non-party may designate information disclosed during a deposition or in response to written discovery as “confidential” by so indicating in said response or a party or 5 6 non-party may designate in writing, within twenty (20) days after receipt of said responses or of 7 the deposition transcript for which the designation is proposed, that specific pages of the 8 transcript and/or specific responses be treated as “confidential” information. Any other party 9 may object to such proposal, in writing or on the record. Upon such objection, the parties shall 10 follow the procedures described in paragraph 8 below. After any designation made according to 11 12 the procedure set forth in this paragraph, the designated documents or information shall be 13 treated according to the designation until the matter is resolved according to the procedures 14 described in paragraph 8 below, and counsel for all parties shall be responsible for making all 15 previously unmarked copies of the designated material in their possession or control with the 16 specific designation. 17 18 3. All information produced or exchanged in the course of this case (other than 19 information that is publicly available) shall be used by the party or parties to whom the 20 information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 21 4. Except with the prior written consent of other parties, or upon the prior order of 22 this Court obtained upon notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information shall not be 23 24 25 26 27 disclosed to any person other than: (a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in-house counsel and co-counsel retained for this litigation; (b) employees of such counsel; 28 -2- 1 2 3 4 (c) individual parties, class representatives, any officer or employee of a party, to the extent deemed necessary by Counsel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation; (d) consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this litigation, provided that each such person shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this 5 6 Order as Exhibit “A” (which shall be retained by counsel to the party so disclosing the 7 Confidential Information and made available for inspection by opposing counsel during the 8 pendency or after the termination of the action only upon good cause shown and upon order of 9 the Court) before being shown or given any Confidential Information; 10 (e) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information; (f) the Court, Court personnel, and court reporters; and (g) witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph 4(e)). A witness shall sign 11 12 13 14 the Certification before being shown a confidential document. Confidential Information may be 15 disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a deposition at which the party 16 who designated the Confidential Information is represented or has been given notice that 17 18 19 20 21 Confidential Information shall be designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 2 above. Witnesses shown Confidential Information shall not be allowed to retain copies. 5. Any persons receiving Confidential Information shall not reveal or discuss such information to or with any person who is not entitled to receive such information, except as set 22 forth herein. 23 24 6. Unless otherwise permitted by statute, rule or prior court order, papers filed with 25 the Court under seal shall be accompanied by a contemporaneous motion for leave to file those 26 documents under seal, and shall be filed consistent with the court’s electronic filing procedures 27 in accordance with Local Rule IA 10-5. Notwithstanding any agreement among the parties, the 28 party seeking to file a paper under seal bears the burden of overcoming the presumption in favor -3- 1 of public access to papers filed in court. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.2d 2 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) and Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC., 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 3 (9th Cir. 2016). 4 7. A party may designate as “Confidential” documents or discovery materials 5 6 produced by a non-party by providing written notice to all parties of the relevant document 7 numbers of other identification within thirty (30) days after receiving such documents or 8 discovery materials. Any party or non-party may voluntarily disclose to others without 9 restriction any information designated by that party or non-party as confidential, although a 10 document may lose its confidential status if it is made public. 11 12 8. If a party contends that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such 13 party may at any time give written notice to the party or non-party who designated the material. 14 The party or non-party who designated the material shall have twenty-five (25) days from the 15 receipt of such written notice to apply to the Court for an order designating the material as 16 confidential. The party or non-party seeking the order has the burden of establishing that the 17 18 19 20 21 document is entitled to protection. 9. Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential Information, all documents shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the provisions hereof unless and until one of the following occurs: 22 (a) the party or non-party claims that the material is Confidential Information 23 24 25 26 27 withdraws such designation in writing; or (b) the party or non-party who claims that the material is Confidential Information fails to apply to the Court for an order designating the material confidential within the time period specified above after receipt of a written challenge to such designation; or 28 (c) the Court rules the material is not confidential. -4- 10. 1 All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential 2 Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise 3 agreed or ordered. Upon conclusion of the litigation, a party in the possession of Confidential 4 Information, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition 5 6 transcripts, shall either (a) return such documents no later than thirty (30) days after conclusion 7 of this action to counsel for the party or non-party who provided such information, or (b) destroy 8 such documents within the time period upon consent of the party who provided the information 9 and certify in writing within thirty (30) days that the documents have been destroyed. 10 11. The terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the 11 12 use of documents at trial. 12. 13 Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or work product 14 protection, or to affect the ability of a party to seek relief for an inadvertent disclosure of material 15 protected by privilege or work protection. 16 /// 17 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// -5- 13. 1 Any witness or other person, firm or entity from which discovery is sought may 2 be informed of and may obtain the protection of this Order by written advice to the parties’ 3 respective counsel or by oral advice at the time of any deposition or similar proceeding. 4 Dated this 21st day of September, 2021. DATED this 21st day of September, 2021. PETER GOLDSTEIN LAW CORP. THORNDAL ARMSTRONG DELK BALKENBUSH & EISINGER By: By: / s / Katherine F. Parks, Esq. Katherine F. Parks, Esq. State Bar. No. 6227 6590 S. McCarran Blvd, Suite B Reno, NV 89509 Attorneys for Defendant 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 / s / Peter Goldstein Peter Goldstein, Esq. 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 T: 702-474-6400 F: 888-400-8799 peter@petergoldsteinlaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 13 14 15 16 17 18 ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: This 22nd day of September, 2021. _________________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -6- 1 EXHIBIT “A” 2 CERTIFICATION 3 4 I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _________________, 5 6 20____, in “JESSICA SUEANN GUTIERREZ OSBORNE, individually; and FREDRICK 7 WAID, as the appointed special administrator of the estate of JACKIE RAY HARRY aka JACK 8 GUTIERREZ HARRY, Plaintiffs, vs. PERSHING COUNTY; DEPUTY PHILLIP 9 DICKERMAN; SHERIFF JERRY ALLEN; DOES 1-10, inclusive; and DEANA MARIE 10 HARRY, nominal Defendant, Civil No. 3:21-cv-00231-HDM-WGC.” I have been given a copy 11 12 of that Order and read it. I agree to be bound by the Order. I will not reveal the Confidential 13 Information to anyone, except as allowed by the Order. I will maintain all such Confidential 14 Information – including copies, notes, or other transcriptions made therefrom – in a secure 15 manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. No later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion 16 of this action, I will return the Confidential Information – including copies, notes, or other 17 18 transcriptions made therefrom – to the counsel who provided me with the Confidential 19 Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 20 purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 21 DATED: __________________. 22 _____________________________ 23 24 25 26 27 28 -7-
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