Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02180-WJM-KMT
01-04-2012
OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. TREEFROG DEVELOPMENTS INC. d/b/a LIFEPROOF, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant/Counter-Claimant.
Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya
MINUTE ORDER
ORDER ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KATHLEEN M. TAFOYA
This matter is before the court on the Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order (Doc. No. 32, filed Dec. 27, 2011). The Motion is DENIED and the proposed Protective Order 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.
Gillard v. Boulder Valley School District, 196 F.R.D. 382 (D. Colo. 2000), set out certain requirements for the issuance of a blanket protective order such as the one sought here. Among other things, any information designated by a party as confidential must first be reviewed by a lawyer who will certify that the designation as confidential is "based on a good faith belief that [the information] is confidential or otherwise entitled to protection." Gillard, 196 F.R.D. at 386. The proposed Protective Order does not comply with the requirements established in Gillard.
Therefore, it is ORDERED that the Motion for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order is DENIED without prejudice, and the proposed Protective Order is REFUSED.