Opinion
2:22-CV-00142-SAB
11-08-2022
DANIEL DEGON, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, Defendant.
ORDER DENYING
STIPULATED MOTION FOR
PROTECTIVE ORDER
STANLEY A. BASTIAN, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is the parties' Stipulated Motion for Protective Order, ECF No. 22. The motion was heard without oral argument.
The parties ask the Court to sign a Protective Order that was drafted and agreed to by the parties. It is this Court's practice to not enter general Protective Orders that simply set forth the parties' agreement for handling “confidential” materials.
The parties are free to contract between themselves regarding disclosure of information produced in discovery and pursue appropriate remedies in the event of breach; however, the Court will not be party to such an agreement. If, in the future, the parties wish to file specific items of discovery in the court record and protect such items from public access, the Court will entertain an application for a narrowly tailored protective order.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The parties' Stipulated Motion for Protective Order, ECF No. 22, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Executive is hereby directed to file this Order and provide copies to counsel.