1 Katherine F. Parks, Esq. - State Bar No. 6227 Thorndal Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger 2 6590 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite B 3 Reno, Nevada 89509 (775)786-2882 4 kfp@thorndal.com Attorneys for Defendants 5 CHURCHILL COUNTY AND 6 BENJAMIN TROTTER 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 MICHAEL ERWINE, 10 CASE NO. 3:18-cv-00461-RCJ-WGC Plaintiff, 11 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 12 vs. 13 CHURCHILL COUNTY, a political subdivision 14 of the State of Nevada; CHURCHILL COUNTY SHERIFF BENJAMIN TROTTER; and DOES 1 15 through 10 inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 18 In order to protect the confidentiality of confidential information obtained by the parties 19 in connection with this case, the parties hereby agree as follows: 20 1. Any party or non-party may designate as “confidential” (by stamping the relevant 21 page or otherwise as set forth herein) any document or response to discovery which that party or 22 non-party considers in good faith to contain confidential information, subject to protection under 23 24 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or state or federal law (“Confidential Information”). 25 Where a document or response consists of more than one page, the first page and each page on 26 which confidential information appears shall be so designated. 27 2. A party or non-party may designate information disclosed during a deposition or 28 in response to written discovery as “confidential” by so indicating in said response or a party or non-party may designate in writing, within twenty (20) days after receipt of said responses or of 1 2 the deposition transcript for which the designation is proposed, that specific pages of the 3 transcript and/or specific responses be treated as “confidential” information. Any other party 4 may object to such proposal, in writing or on the record. Upon such objection, the parties shall 5 follow the procedures described in paragraph 8 below. After any designation made according to 6 the procedure set forth in this paragraph, the designated documents or information shall be 7 8 treated according to the designation until the matter is resolved according to the procedures 9 described in paragraph 8 below, and counsel for all parties shall be responsible for making all 10 previously unmarked copies of the designated material in their possession or control with the 11 specific designation. 12 13 3. All information produced or exchanged in the course of this case (other than 14 information that is publicly available) shall be used by the party or parties to whom the 15 information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 16 4. Except with the prior written consent of other parties and the non-party providing 17 the Confidential Information, if applicable, or upon the prior order of this Court obtained upon 18 19 notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed to any person other 20 than: 21 (a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in-house counsel and 22 co-counsel retained for this litigation; 23 (b) employees of such counsel; 24 25 (c) individual parties, class representatives, any officer or employee of a party, to the 26 extent deemed necessary by Counsel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation; 27 (d) consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this 28 litigation, provided that each such person shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this Order as Exhibit “A” (which shall be retained by counsel to the party so disclosing the 1 2 Confidential Information and made available for inspection by opposing counsel during the 3 pendency or after the termination of the action only upon good cause shown and upon order of 4 the Court) before being shown or given any Confidential Information; 5 (e) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information; 6 (f) the Court, Court personnel, and court reporters; and 7 8 (g) witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph 4(e)). A witness shall sign 9 the Certification before being shown a confidential document. Confidential Information may be 10 disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a deposition at which the party 11 who designated the Confidential Information is represented or has been given notice that 12 13 Confidential Information shall be designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 2 above. 14 Witnesses shown Confidential Information shall not be allowed to retain copies. 15 5. Any persons receiving Confidential Information shall not reveal or discuss such 16 information to or with any person who is not entitled to receive such information, except as set 17 forth herein. 18 19 6. Unless otherwise permitted by statute, rule or prior court order, papers filed with 20 the Court under seal shall be accompanied by a contemporaneous motion for leave to file those 21 documents under seal, and shall be filed consistent with the court’s electronic filing procedures 22 in accordance with Local Rule IA 10-5. Notwithstanding any agreement among the parties, the 23 party seeking to file a paper under seal bears the burden of overcoming the presumption in favor 24 25 of public access to papers filed in court. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.2d 26 1172 (9th Cir. 2006); Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2010), and 27 Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016). 28 7. A party may designate as “Confidential” documents or discovery materials 1 2 produced by a non-party by providing written notice to all parties of the relevant document 3 numbers of other identification within thirty (30) days after receiving such documents or 4 discovery materials. Any party or non-party may voluntarily disclose to others without 5 restriction any information designated by that party or non-party as confidential, although a 6 document may lose its confidential status if it is made public. 7 8 8. If a party contends that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such 9 party may at any time give written notice to the party or non-party who designated the material. 10 The party or non-party who designated the material shall have twenty-five (25) days from the 11 receipt of such written notice to apply to the Court for an order designating the material as 12 13 confidential. The party or non-party seeking the order has the burden of establishing that the 14 document is entitled to protection. 15 9. Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential 16 Information, all documents shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the provisions hereof 17 unless and until one of the following occurs: 18 19 (a) the party or non-party claims that the material is Confidential Information 20 withdraws such designation in writing; or 21 (b) the party or non-party who claims that the material is Confidential Information 22 fails to apply to the Court for an order designating the material confidential within the time 23 period specified above after receipt of a written challenge to such designation; or 24 25 (c) the Court rules the material is not confidential. 26 10. All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential 27 Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise 28 agreed or ordered.
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1 Katherine F. Parks, Esq. - State Bar No. 6227 Thorndal Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger 2 6590 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite B 3 Reno, Nevada 89509 (775)786-2882 4 kfp@thorndal.com Attorneys for Defendants 5 CHURCHILL COUNTY AND 6 BENJAMIN TROTTER 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 MICHAEL ERWINE, 10 CASE NO. 3:18-cv-00461-RCJ-WGC Plaintiff, 11 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 12 vs. 13 CHURCHILL COUNTY, a political subdivision 14 of the State of Nevada; CHURCHILL COUNTY SHERIFF BENJAMIN TROTTER; and DOES 1 15 through 10 inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 18 In order to protect the confidentiality of confidential information obtained by the parties 19 in connection with this case, the parties hereby agree as follows: 20 1. Any party or non-party may designate as “confidential” (by stamping the relevant 21 page or otherwise as set forth herein) any document or response to discovery which that party or 22 non-party considers in good faith to contain confidential information, subject to protection under 23 24 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or state or federal law (“Confidential Information”). 25 Where a document or response consists of more than one page, the first page and each page on 26 which confidential information appears shall be so designated. 27 2. A party or non-party may designate information disclosed during a deposition or 28 in response to written discovery as “confidential” by so indicating in said response or a party or non-party may designate in writing, within twenty (20) days after receipt of said responses or of 1 2 the deposition transcript for which the designation is proposed, that specific pages of the 3 transcript and/or specific responses be treated as “confidential” information. Any other party 4 may object to such proposal, in writing or on the record. Upon such objection, the parties shall 5 follow the procedures described in paragraph 8 below. After any designation made according to 6 the procedure set forth in this paragraph, the designated documents or information shall be 7 8 treated according to the designation until the matter is resolved according to the procedures 9 described in paragraph 8 below, and counsel for all parties shall be responsible for making all 10 previously unmarked copies of the designated material in their possession or control with the 11 specific designation. 12 13 3. All information produced or exchanged in the course of this case (other than 14 information that is publicly available) shall be used by the party or parties to whom the 15 information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 16 4. Except with the prior written consent of other parties and the non-party providing 17 the Confidential Information, if applicable, or upon the prior order of this Court obtained upon 18 19 notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed to any person other 20 than: 21 (a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in-house counsel and 22 co-counsel retained for this litigation; 23 (b) employees of such counsel; 24 25 (c) individual parties, class representatives, any officer or employee of a party, to the 26 extent deemed necessary by Counsel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation; 27 (d) consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this 28 litigation, provided that each such person shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this Order as Exhibit “A” (which shall be retained by counsel to the party so disclosing the 1 2 Confidential Information and made available for inspection by opposing counsel during the 3 pendency or after the termination of the action only upon good cause shown and upon order of 4 the Court) before being shown or given any Confidential Information; 5 (e) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information; 6 (f) the Court, Court personnel, and court reporters; and 7 8 (g) witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph 4(e)). A witness shall sign 9 the Certification before being shown a confidential document. Confidential Information may be 10 disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a deposition at which the party 11 who designated the Confidential Information is represented or has been given notice that 12 13 Confidential Information shall be designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 2 above. 14 Witnesses shown Confidential Information shall not be allowed to retain copies. 15 5. Any persons receiving Confidential Information shall not reveal or discuss such 16 information to or with any person who is not entitled to receive such information, except as set 17 forth herein. 18 19 6. Unless otherwise permitted by statute, rule or prior court order, papers filed with 20 the Court under seal shall be accompanied by a contemporaneous motion for leave to file those 21 documents under seal, and shall be filed consistent with the court’s electronic filing procedures 22 in accordance with Local Rule IA 10-5. Notwithstanding any agreement among the parties, the 23 party seeking to file a paper under seal bears the burden of overcoming the presumption in favor 24 25 of public access to papers filed in court. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.2d 26 1172 (9th Cir. 2006); Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2010), and 27 Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016). 28 7. A party may designate as “Confidential” documents or discovery materials 1 2 produced by a non-party by providing written notice to all parties of the relevant document 3 numbers of other identification within thirty (30) days after receiving such documents or 4 discovery materials. Any party or non-party may voluntarily disclose to others without 5 restriction any information designated by that party or non-party as confidential, although a 6 document may lose its confidential status if it is made public. 7 8 8. If a party contends that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such 9 party may at any time give written notice to the party or non-party who designated the material. 10 The party or non-party who designated the material shall have twenty-five (25) days from the 11 receipt of such written notice to apply to the Court for an order designating the material as 12 13 confidential. The party or non-party seeking the order has the burden of establishing that the 14 document is entitled to protection. 15 9. Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential 16 Information, all documents shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the provisions hereof 17 unless and until one of the following occurs: 18 19 (a) the party or non-party claims that the material is Confidential Information 20 withdraws such designation in writing; or 21 (b) the party or non-party who claims that the material is Confidential Information 22 fails to apply to the Court for an order designating the material confidential within the time 23 period specified above after receipt of a written challenge to such designation; or 24 25 (c) the Court rules the material is not confidential. 26 10. All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential 27 Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise 28 agreed or ordered. Upon conclusion of the litigation, a party in the possession of Confidential Information, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition 1 2 transcripts, shall either (a) return such documents no later than thirty (30) days after conclusion 3 of this action to counsel for the party or non-party who provided such information, or (b) destroy 4 such documents within the time period upon consent of the party who provided the information 5 and certify in writing within thirty (30) days that the documents have been destroyed. 6 11. The terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the 7 8 use of documents at trial. 9 12. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or work product 10 protection, or to affect the ability of a party to seek relief for an inadvertent disclosure of material 11 protected by privilege or work protection. 12 13 13. Any witness or other person, firm or entity from which discovery is sought may 14 be informed of and may obtain the protection of this Order by written advice to the parties’ 15 respective counsel or by oral advice at the time of any deposition or similar proceeding. 16 DATED this 30th day of December, 2020. DATED this 30th day of December, 2020. 17 LUKE ANDREW BUSBY, LTD THORNDAL ARMSTRONG 18 DELK BALKENBUSH & EISINGER 19 By: / s / Luke A. Busby By: / s / Katherine F. Parks 20 Luke A. Busby, Esq. Katherine F. Parks, Esq. State Bar No. 10319 State Bar No. 6227 21 316 California Avenue, #82 6590 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite B 22 Reno, Nevada 89509 Reno, Nevada 89509 T: 775-453-0112 T: (775) 786-2882 23 luke@lukeandrewbusbyltd.com F: (775) 786-8004 Attorneys for Plaintiff kfp@thorndal.com 24 Attorneys for Defendants 25 /// 26 27 /// 28 /// ORDER 1 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 DATED: This 4th day of January , 2021. 4 _________________________________________ 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EXHIBIT “A” 1 2 CERTIFICATION 3 I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me 4 pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _________________, 20__, 5 in “MICHAEL ERWINE, Plaintiff, vs. CHURCHILL COUNTY, a political subdivision of the 6 State of Nevada; CHURCHILL COUNTY SHERIFF BENJAMIN TROTTER; and DOES 1 7 8 through 10 inclusive, Defendants, Civil No. 3:18-cv-00461-RCJ-WGC.” I have been given a 9 copy of that Order and read it. I agree to be bound by the Order. I will not reveal the 10 Confidential Information to anyone, except as allowed by the Order. I will maintain all such 11 Confidential Information – including copies, notes, or other transcriptions made therefrom – in a 12 13 secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. No later than thirty (30) days after the 14 conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential Information – including copies, notes, or 15 other transcriptions made therefrom – to the counsel who provided me with the Confidential 16 Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 17 purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 18 19 DATED: __________________. 20 21 _____________________________ 22 23 24 25 26 27 28