Jane Doe K.G. v. Pasadena Hospital Association, Ltd.

District Court, C.D. California·Decided October 13, 2020·No. 2:18-cv-08710·Unknown

Opinion

N. Denise Taylor (State Bar No. 101434) dtaylor@taylordemarco.com Cherie L. Lieurance (State Bar No. 119979) clieurance@taylordemarco.com 1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90017-2463 Telephone: (213) 687-1600 Fax: (213) 687-1620 Counsel for Defendant Pasadena Hospital Association, Ltd,. Dba Huntington Memorial Hospital Jonathan D. Selbin (State Bar No. 170222) jselbin@lchb.com Annika K. Martin (pro hac vice) akmartin@lchb.com Christopher E. Coleman (pro hac vice pending) ccoleman@lchb.com 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: 415.956.1000 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION JANE DOE K.G., JANE DOE T.F., CASE NO.: 2:18-cv-08710-ODW JANE DOE B.S., and JANE DOE (MAAx) W.D., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, CLASS ACTION AMENDED STIPULATED Plaintiffs, PROTECTIVE ORDER v. Original Action Filed: 10/10/2018 PASADENA HOSPITAL Trial Date: None Set ASSOCIATION, LTD., d/b/a/ HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL STAFF OF HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, and PATRICK SUTTON, M.D.; Defendants. 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3 below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT This action may involve confidential trade secrets, financial, commercial, business and/or proprietary information, and medical and personal information, for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than litigation of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, confidential business or financial information, information regarding confidential business practices or other confidential development or commercial information (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties), private medical and personal information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal, except that as to Local Civil Rule 79-5.2.2(b) relating to documents designated by another as confidential pursuant to a Protective Order. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 2. DEFINITIONS 1. Action: Jane Doe K.G. et al. v. Pasadena Hospital Association et al., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 2:18-cv-08710. 2. Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Stipulated Protective Order. 3. Court: the Honorable Otis D. Wright, or any other judge to which this Action may be assigned, including Court staff participating in such proceedings. 4. “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and other applicable laws, and is designated as such in accordance with the provisions of this Sti

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