Harris v. Fambro

CourtDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina
DecidedApril 5, 2023
Docket5:22-cv-00381
StatusUnknown

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Harris v. Fambro, (E.D.N.C. 2023).

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION WILLIAM R. HARRIS, Individually and ) as ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE ) OF CHRISTINE ALEASE HARRIS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Case No. 5:22-cv-381-D-RN JONATHON RAMON FAMBRO, in his ) Official and Individual Capacity; NC ) SPECIAL POLICE LLC; CHRISTOPHER ) BIGGERSTAFF, in his Official and ) Individual Capacity; THE CITY OF ) FAYETTEVILLE; THE FAYETTEVILLE ) POLICE DEPARTMENT, ) ) Defendants. ) ) SECOND AND AMENDED CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER Pursuant to the Joint Motion of Defendants JONATHON RAMON FAMBRO, in his Official and Individual Capacity; CHRISTOPHER BIGGERSTAFF, in his Official and Individual Capacity; THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE; THE FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, (collectively the “Defendants”) and Plaintiff WILLIAM R. HARRIS, Individually and as ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTINE ALEASE HARRIS, (“Plaintiff”)(collectively, the “Parties” and each individually a “Party”) requesting that this Court issue a protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) to protect the confidentiality of certain information, as defined below, that may be exchanged in connection with discovery in this action. Having reviewed the Motion and the parties’ proposed Order, and finding good cause exists for issuance of an appropriately tailored confidentiality order governing the pretrial phase of this action.

1. PURPOSE. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material, as defined below, that is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for

prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this case. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Stipulation.

2. DEFINITIONS. a. “Discovery Material” means all items or information, including from any non-party, regardless of the medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, or tangible things) that are

produced, disclosed, or generated in connection with discovery or any disclosures in this case. b. “Party” means any party to this case, including all of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and outside counsel and their support staffs. c. “Producing Party” means any Party or other third-party entity that discloses or produces any Discovery Material in this case. d. “Designating Party” means any Party or other third-party entity that designates any disclosed or produced Discovery Material and Protected Material in this case. e. “Protected Material” means any Discovery Material that is designated as

“CONFIDENTIAL”, as provided for in this Order, as well as any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by the Parties or their counsel in Court or in any other setting that might reveal such information. Protected Material shall not include materials that are publicly available.

f. “Receiving Party” means any Party who receives Discovery Material from a Producing Party and includes trial and deposition witnesses. g. “Outside Counsel” means (i) outside counsel who appear on the pleadings as counsel for a Party, and (ii) attorneys associated with such counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for purposes of this litigation.

h. Applicability of Stipulation. This Stipulation applies to the Parties to this action (including their respective corporate parents, successors, and assigns), their representatives, agents, experts and consultants, all third parties joined in or providing discovery in this action (including third-party witnesses), and all other interested persons with actual or constructive notice of this Stipulation, for the sole purpose of facilitating

discovery and the conduct of hearings in this case. This Stipulation will not be used, in any manner or form, direct or indirect, as evidence in any trial or any hearing, or referred to in any trial or any hearing on the merits of this case, save and except a hearing that involves issues related to the enforcement of any provision of this Stipulation.

3. COMPUTATION OF TIME. The computation of any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Stipulation shall be governed by the provisions for computing time set forth in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6.

4. SCOPE. a. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be construed to prejudice any Party’s right to use any Protected Material in court or in any court filing so long as appropriate actions

are taken to protect any Protected Material’s confidentiality, such as redaction of personal identifying information and the filing the Protected Material under seal where consistent with the Local Rules of the Court. b. This Stipulation is without prejudice to the right of any Designating Party to seek further or additional protection of any Discovery Material or to modify this

Stipulation in any way, including, without limitation, an order that certain matter not be produced at all. 5. FILING OF PROTECTED MATERIALS Upon review Hall v. United Airlines. Inc., 296 F. Supp. 2d 652,678-80 (E.D.N.C. 2003), and Local Civil Rule 79.2, EDNC at the Court’s request, the Parties agree to the following procedure regarding filing information marked CONFIDENTIAL:

a. Before filing any information that has been designated "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" with the Court, or any pleadings, motions or other papers that disclose any such information, counsel shall confer with counsel for the party that produced the

information so designated about how it should be filed. b. If the party that produced the information so designated desires that the materials be filed under seal, then the filing party shall file the materials in accordance with Local Civil Rule 79.2, EDNC, with notice served upon the producing party. The filing of the materials under seal shall not be binding on the Court, however.

c. Within 10 days of service of such notice, the party desiring that the materials be maintained under seal shall file with the Court a Motion to Seal and supporting memorandum of law specifying the interests which would be served by restricting public access to the information. The party that initially filed the materials need not file any such Motion to Seal or otherwise defend another party's desire that the materials remain sealed.

d. The Court will grant the Motion to Seal only after providing adequate notice to the public and opportunity for interested parties to object, after carefully weighing the interests advanced by the movant and those interests favoring public access to judicial documents and records, and upon finding that the interests advanced by the movant override any common law or constitutional right of public access which may attach to the information. e. Documents submitted under seal in accordance with this paragraph will remain under seal pending the Court's ruling. If the party desiring that the information be

maintained under seal does not timely file a Motion to Seal, then the materials will be deemed unsealed, without need for order of the Court.

6. DURATION. Even after the termination of this case, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Stipulation shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL. a. Basic Principles.

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Hall v. United Air Lines, Inc.
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