One Standard of Justice Inc. v. The City of Bristol

Full title: ONE STANDARD OF JUSTICE, INC., a Connecticut Corporation; and JOHN DOE…

Court: United States District Court, D. Connecticut

Date published: Dec 9, 2022

3:22-cv-863 (D. Conn. Dec. 9, 2022)

Opinion

3:22-cv-863

12-09-2022

ONE STANDARD OF JUSTICE, INC., a Connecticut Corporation; and JOHN DOE, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant

SARALA V. NAGALA, DISTRICT JUDGE

PROTECTIVE ORDER

SARALA V. NAGALA, DISTRICT JUDGE

In order to protect the interests of the Plaintiffs in this action and others, IT IS ORDERED:

1. All documents filed with the Court that contain the name of the individual Plaintiff or information that identifies the individual Plaintiff, or his family members, directly or indirectly, shall be filed under seal. In all publicly filed documents, the individual Plaintiff shall be identified only by his pseudonym.

2. All documents filed with the Court that contain the names of members of the corporate Plaintiff or other information that identifies the members of the corporate Plaintiff or their family members, directly or indirectly, shall be filed under seal.

In all publicly filed documents, such persons shall be identified only by pseudonyms.

3. If requested to do so, Plaintiffs' counsel shall disclose the name of the individual Plaintiff and/or other persons covered by this Order to counsel for the Defendant.

4. Counsel for the Defendant may disclose the identities of such persons to the named Defendant, employees of the Defendant, and experts retained in this case, but only to the minimum extent necessary to litigate this action.

5. Individuals to whom disclosure of the Plaintiffs' and/or corporate members' identities is made shall not further disclose that information to any other person without first obtaining confirmation from the Defendant's counsel that such disclosure is necessary to litigate this action.

6. Any person to whom disclosure is made as a result of this litigation shall read this Protective Order prior to having access to the identities of Plaintiffs. Counsel for Defendant shall ensure that all persons to whom disclosure is made are aware of this Protective Order.

7. Under no circumstances shall any person disclose any information covered by this Order to the media without the consent of counsel for such person.

8. If any specific issues related to non-disclosure arise during the course of litigation, the parties shall seek to resolve those issues without court intervention. If the parties cannot agree, they shall seek further clarification from this Court.

SO ORDERED