Opinion
Civil Action No. 08-cv-01079-LTB-KMT.
August 18, 2008
ORDER
This matter is before the court on the "Stipulation to Enter into Protective Order" [Doc. # 18, filed August 14, 2008]. The proposed Protective Order is attached thereto.
In Gillard v. Boulder Valley School District, 196 F.R.D. 382 (D. Colo. 2000), the court set forth certain requirements for the issuance of a blanket protective order such as the one sought here. Among other things, the court required that any information designated by a party as confidential must first be reviewed by a lawyer and that the designation as confidential must be "based on a good faith belief that [the information] is confidential or otherwise entitled to protection" under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c)(7). Gillard, 196 F.R.D. at 386.
The proposed Protective Order does not comply with the requirements established in Gillard. In addition, the parties must proceed by motion and not by stipulation.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Stipulation is REFUSED. The parties are granted leave to submit a motion for protective order and revised form of protective order consistent with the comments contained here.