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Calderon v. Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Mar 12, 2012
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02536-PAB-MEH (D. Colo. Mar. 12, 2012)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02536-PAB-MEH

03-12-2012

ELAINE CALDERON, Plaintiff, v. SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE ANNE TAPP, and MOUNTAIN STATES EMPLOYERS COUNCIL, Defendants.


PROTECTIVE ORDER

Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge.

Upon a showing of good cause in support of the entry of a protective order to protect the discovery and dissemination of confidential and proprietary information or information which will improperly annoy, embarrass, or oppress any party, witness, or person providing discovery in this case, IT IS ORDERED:

1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, materials, and information, including without limitation, documents produced, answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, deposition testimony, and other information disclosed pursuant to the disclosure or discovery duties created by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

2. As used in this Protective Order, the term "document" is defined as provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a). A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of this term.

3. Information designated "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be: (i) information that is confidential and implicates common law and statutory privacy interests of current and former Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence ("SPAN") employees, SPAN clients and/or proprietary financial or trade secret information of SPAN, and (ii) information that is confidential and personal and implicates common law and statutory privacy interests of Ms. Calderon, including but not limited to medical and financial information.

4. CONFIDENTIAL information shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose except the preparation and trial of this case.

5. CONFIDENTIAL documents, materials, and/or information (collectively "CONFIDENTIAL information") shall not, without the consent of the party producing it or further Order of the Court, be disclosed except that such information may be disclosed to:

(a) attorneys actively working on this civil action;
(b) persons regularly employed or associated with the attorneys actively working on this civil action whose assistance is required by said attorneys in the preparation for trial, at trial, or at other proceedings in this civil action;
(c) the parties (including designated representatives for each party);
(d) expert witnesses and consultants retained in connection with this civil action, to the extent such disclosure is necessary for preparation, trial or other proceedings in this civil action;
(e) the Court and its employees ("Court Personnel");
(f) stenographic reporters who are engaged in proceedings necessarily incident to the conduct of this civil action;
(g) deponents, witnesses, or potential witnesses; and,
(h) other persons by written agreement of the parties.

6. Prior to disclosing any CONFIDENTIAL information to any person listed above (other than counsel, persons employed by counsel, Court Personnel, stenographic reporters, deponents, and copying and/or secretarial services engaged by attorneys), counsel shall provide such person with a copy of this Protective Order and obtain from such person a written acknowledgment stating that he or she has read this Protective Order and agrees to be bound by its provisions. All such acknowledgments shall be retained by counsel and shall be subject to in camera review by the Court if good cause for review is demonstrated by opposing counsel.

7. Documents are designated as CONFIDENTIAL by placing or affixing on them (in a manner that will not interfere with their legibility) the following or other appropriate notice: "CONFIDENTIAL."

8. Whenever a deposition involves the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL information, the deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL and shall be subject to the provisions of this Protective Order. Such designation shall be made on the record during the deposition whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions as CONFIDENTIAL after transcription, provided written notice of the designation is promptly given to all counsel of record within thirty (30) days after notice by the court reporter of the completion of the transcript.

9. A party may object to the designation of particular CONFIDENTIAL information by giving written notice to the party designating the disputed information. The written notice shall identify the information to which the objection is made. If the parties cannot resolve the objection within ten (10) business days after the time the notice is received, it shall be the obligation of the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL to file an appropriate motion requesting that the Court determine whether the disputed information should be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. If such a motion is timely filed, the disputed information shall be treated as CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Protective Order until the Court rules on the motion. If the designating party fails to file such a motion within the prescribed time, the disputed information shall lose its designation as CONFIDENTIAL and shall not thereafter be treated as CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with this Protective Order. In connection with a motion filed under this provision, the party designating the information as CONFIDENTIAL shall bear the burden of establishing that good cause exists for the disputed information to be treated as CONFIDENTIAL.

10. At the conclusion of the case, each party may immediately return CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to the producing party, or, if the producing party does not want the documents returned, the holding party may destroy the documents; provided, however that the parties may retain the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION for a three-year period following the conclusion of the case, at which time the parties may return or destroy the documents. If a party destroys CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, the destroying party shall provide all parties with an affidavit confirming the destruction.

11. This Protective Order may be modified by the Court at any time for good cause shown following notice to all parties and an opportunity for them to be heard.

DATED this 12th day of March, 2012, in Denver, Colorado.

BY THE COURT:

_________________

Michael E. Hegarty

United States Magistrate Judge


Summaries of

Calderon v. Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Mar 12, 2012
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02536-PAB-MEH (D. Colo. Mar. 12, 2012)
Case details for

Calderon v. Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence

Case Details

Full title:ELAINE CALDERON, Plaintiff, v. SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Date published: Mar 12, 2012

Citations

Civil Action No. 11-cv-02536-PAB-MEH (D. Colo. Mar. 12, 2012)