Barrick v. American Airlines, Inc, No. 3:2016cv05957 - Document 24 (W.D. Wash. 2017)
Court Description: ORDER granting 23 Stipulated Motion for Protective Order by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour.(RS)
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Barrick v. American Airlines, Inc Doc. 24 THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 REBECCA BARRICK, 10 Plaintiff, v. 11 CASE NO. C16-5957-JCC STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., 12 13 Defendant. 14 15 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ proposed stipulated protective order 16 (Dkt. No. 23). The Court GRANTS the motion and enters the following order: 17 I. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 18 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or 19 private information for which special protection may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties 20 hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The 21 parties acknowledge that this agreement is consistent with LCR 26(c). It does not confer blanket 22 protection on all disclosures or responses to discovery, the protection it affords from public 23 disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to 24 confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles, and it does not presumptively entitle 25 parties to file confidential information under seal. 26 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 2. 2 “CONFIDENTIAL” MATERIAL “Confidential” material shall include the following documents and tangible things 3 produced or otherwise exchanged: Plaintiff’s medical records, American Airlines policies, 4 procedures, and training documents, including American’s Flight Attendant Manual excerpts, 5 and materials related to other claims. 6 3. 7 SCOPE The protections conferred by this agreement cover not only confidential material (as 8 defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from confidential material; (2) 9 all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of confidential material; and (3) any testimony, 10 conversations, or presentations by parties or their counsel that might reveal confidential material. 11 However, the protections conferred by this agreement do not cover information that is in 12 the public domain or becomes part of the public domain through trial or otherwise. 13 4. 14 ACCESS TO AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 4.1 Basic Principles. A receiving party may use confidential material that is disclosed 15 or produced by another party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 16 defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Confidential material may be disclosed only to 17 the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this agreement. Confidential 18 material must be stored and maintained by a receiving party at a location and in a secure manner 19 that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this agreement. 20 4.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 21 ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the designating party, a receiving party may 22 disclose any confidential material only to: 23 24 25 26 (a) the receiving party’s counsel of record in this action, as well as employees of counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation; (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including in house counsel) of the receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, unless the parties STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 2 1 agree that a particular document or material produced is for Attorney’s Eyes Only and is so 2 designated; 3 4 (c) experts and consultants to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 5 (d) the Court, court personnel, and court reporters and their staff; 6 (e) copy or imaging services retained by counsel to assist in the duplication of 7 confidential material, provided that counsel for the party retaining the copy or imaging service 8 instructs the service not to disclose any confidential material to third parties and to immediately 9 return all originals and copies of any confidential material; 10 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is 11 reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 12 (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the designating party or ordered by the Court. Pages of 13 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal confidential material must 14 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 15 under this agreement; 16 17 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 18 4.3 Filing Confidential Material. Before filing confidential material or discussing or 19 referencing such material in court filings, the filing party shall confer with the designating party 20 to determine whether the designating party will remove the confidential designation, whether the 21 document can be redacted, or whether a motion to seal or stipulation and proposed order is 22 warranted. Local Civil Rule 5(g) sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the 23 standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under 24 seal. 25 5. 26 DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each party STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 3 1 or non-party that designates information or items for protection under this agreement must take 2 care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate 3 standards. The designating party must designate for protection only those parts of material, 4 documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify, so that other portions of the 5 material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not 6 swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this agreement. 7 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 8 shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 9 unnecessarily encumber or delay the case development process or to impose unnecessary 10 expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the designating party to sanctions. If it comes to a 11 designating party’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection do not 12 qualify for protection, the designating party must promptly notify all other parties that it is 13 withdrawing the mistaken designation. 14 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this 15 agreement (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or 16 ordered, disclosure or discovery material that qualifies for protection under this agreement must 17 be clearly so designated before or when the material is disclosed or produced. 18 (a) Information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents and 19 deposition exhibits, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 20 proceedings): the designating party must affix the word “CONFIDENTIAL” to each page that 21 contains confidential material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for 22 protection, the producing party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by 23 making appropriate markings in the margins). 24 (b) Testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings: the 25 parties must identify on the record, during the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all 26 protected testimony, without prejudice to their right to so designate other testimony after STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 4 1 reviewing the transcript. Any party or non-party may, within 15 days after receiving a 2 deposition transcript, designate portions of the transcript, or exhibits thereto, as confidential. 3 (c) Other tangible items: the producing party must affix in a prominent place on 4 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the word 5 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, 6 the producing party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 7 5.3 Inadvertent failures to designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 8 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the designating party’s 9 right to secure protection under this agreement for such material. Upon timely correction of a 10 designation, the receiving party must make reasonable efforts to ensure that the material is 11 treated in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. 12 6. 13 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any party or non-party may challenge a designation of 14 confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a designating party’s confidentiality 15 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 16 burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a party does not waive its right to 17 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 18 original designation is disclosed. 19 6.2 Meet and Confer. The parties must make every attempt to resolve any dispute 20 regarding confidential designations without court involvement. Any motion regarding 21 confidential designations or for a protective order must include a certification, in the motion or in 22 a declaration or affidavit, that the movant has engaged in a good faith meet and confer 23 conference with other affected parties in an effort to resolve the dispute without court action. 24 The certification must list the date, manner, and participants to the conference. A good faith 25 effort to confer requires a face-to-face meeting or a telephone conference. 26 6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the parties cannot resolve a challenge without court STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 5 1 intervention, the designating party may file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under 2 Local Civil Rule 7 (and in compliance with Local Civil Rule 5(g), if applicable). The burden of 3 persuasion in any such motion shall be on the designating party. Frivolous challenges, and those 4 made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on 5 other parties) may expose the challenging party to sanctions. All parties shall continue to 6 maintain the material in question as confidential until the Court rules on the challenge. 7 7. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 8 OTHER LITIGATION 9 If a party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 10 disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that 11 party must: 12 13 (a) promptly notify the designating party in writing and include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 14 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue 15 in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject 16 to this agreement. Such notification shall include a copy of this agreement; and 17 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 18 the designating party whose confidential material may be affected. 19 8. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 20 If a receiving party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed confidential 21 material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this agreement, the receiving 22 party must immediately (a) notify in writing the designating party of the unauthorized 23 disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the protected material, 24 (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of 25 this agreement, and (d) request that such person or persons execute the “Acknowledgment and 26 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 6 1 9. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 2 PROTECTED MATERIAL 3 When a producing party gives notice to receiving parties that certain inadvertently 4 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 5 receiving parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 6 provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 7 order or agreement that provides for production without prior privilege review. Parties shall 8 confer on an appropriate non-waiver order under Federal Rule of Evidence 502. 9 10. 10 NON TERMINATION AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS Within 60 days after the termination of this action, including all appeals, each receiving 11 party must return all confidential material to the producing party, including all copies, extracts 12 and summaries thereof. Alternatively, the parties may agree upon appropriate methods of 13 destruction. 14 Notwithstanding this provision, counsel are entitled to retain one archival copy of all 15 documents filed with the Court, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, correspondence, 16 deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert 17 work product, even if such materials contain confidential material. 18 19 The confidentiality obligations imposed by this agreement shall remain in effect until a designating party agrees otherwise in writing or a court orders otherwise. 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 7 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD 2 3 4 DATED: March 28, 2017 DATED: March 28, 2017 JED POWELL & ASSOCIATES, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff MILLS MEYERS SWARTLING P.S. Attorneys for American Airlines, Inc. By: /s/John. E. D. Powell 3/27/17 E-mail Authority John E. D. Powell WSBA No. 12941 By: /s/Caryn Geraghty Jorgensen Caryn Geraghty Jorgensen WSBA No. 27514 Brett MacIntyre WSBA No. 46572 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 30th day of March 2017. 15 A 16 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 8 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _____________________________________ [print or type full name], of 4 __________________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of 5 perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was 6 issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on _________ 7 in the case of Rebecca Barrick v. American Airlines, Inc., United States District Court of 8 Washington, Western District, Case No. 3:16-cv-05957-JCC. I agree to comply with and to be 9 bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that 10 failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I 11 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to 12 this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 13 provisions of this Order. 14 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 15 Western District of Washington for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 16 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 17 Date: _________________________________ 18 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 19 Printed name: ______________________________ 20 Signature: __________________________________ 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PAGE - 9
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