DriveTime Sales and Finance Company LLC v. Drivetime Incorporated

• Court: District Court, D. Arizona
• Decided: January 28, 2020
• Docket: 2:19-cv-05391
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 DriveTime Sales and Finance Company LLC, No. CV-19-05391-PHX-JAT et al., 10 ORDER Plaintiffs, 11 v. 12 Drivetime Incorporated, 13 Defendant. 14 15 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation for entry of a protective order. 16 (Doc. 29). The parties allege that discovery “may” contain, “confidential data, proprietary 17 or nonpublic commercial information, information involving privacy interests, and other 18 commercially and/or competitively sensitive information of a nonpublic nature, or received 19 on a confidential basis.” (Doc. 29 at 1). The parties therefore seek to mark confidential, 20 “confidential, proprietary, technical, development, marketing, business and financial 21 information.” (Doc. 29-1 at 1). 22 The Court finds that the parties have failed to show good cause for the need for a 23 protective order in this case. Specifically, global protective orders are not appropriate. See 24 AGA Shareholders, LLC v. CSK Auto, Inc., 2007 WL 4225450, at *1 (D. Ariz. Nov. 28, 25 2007). Rule 26(c) requires a party seeking a protective order to show good cause for 26 issuance of such an order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1). “For good cause to exist under Rule 27 26(c), ‘the party seeking protection bears the burden of showing specific prejudice or 28 harm will result if no protective order is granted.’” AGA Shareholders, 2007 WL || 4225450, at *1 (emphasis added) (quoting Phillips v. G.M. Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 2|| (9th Cir. 2002)). The party seeking protection “must make a ‘particularized showing of || good cause with respect to [each] individual document.’” /d. (emphasis added) (quoting 4|| San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 187 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir. 1999)). Thus, || “[t]he burden is on the party requesting a protective order to demonstrate that (1) the 6 || material in question is a trade secret or other confidential information within the scope of 7\| Rule 26(c), and (2) disclosure would cause an identifiable, significant harm.” Foltz v. State 8 || Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting Deford v. Schmid 9|| Prods. Co., 120 F.R.D. 648, 653 (D. Md. 1987)). 10 Here, the proposed protective order is both too broad and too generalized to meet 11 || the Ninth Circuit’s test for when protective orders are appropriate. Additionally, the parties 12} seek to mark confidential information “received on a confidential basis.” This Court will 13 || not authorize the parties to breach confidential agreements with third parties. For the 14|| foregoing reasons, 15 IT IS ORDERED that the stipulation for entry of a protective order (Doc. 29) is || denied, without prejudice. 17 Dated this 28th day of January, 2020. 18 19 i C 20 James A. Teilborg 21 Senior United States District Judge 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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