Sosa Guerrero v. Camp Pendelton and Quantico Housing, LLC

CourtDistrict Court, C.D. California
DecidedJanuary 5, 2023
Docket5:22-cv-00931
StatusUnknown

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Sosa Guerrero v. Camp Pendelton and Quantico Housing, LLC, (C.D. Cal. 2023).

Opinion

Case 5:22-cv-00931-SVW-KK Document 29 Filed 01/05/23 Page 1 of 21 Page ID #:125

1 Rebecca J. Fortune (SBN 229921) C. Paul Belva (SBN 330705) 2 BUCHALTER, APC 655 W. Broadway, Suite 1600 3 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 219-5335 4 E-mail: Rebecca.Fortune@kts-law.com

5 Attorney for Defendants, CAMP PENDELTON & QUANTICO HOUSING LLC, 6 LPC PENDELTON QUANTICO PM, LP, and LIBERTY MILITARY HOUSING HOLDINGS, LLC 7

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - EASTERN DIVISION 9

10 LUIS SOSA GUERRERO, ASHLEY ) Case No. 5:22-cv-00931-SVW (KKx) SOSA, and A.S., a minor by and through ) 11 her general guardian ASHLEY SOSA, ) ) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 12 Plaintiffs, ) ORDER vs. ) 13 ) CAMP PENDELTON & QUANTICO ) 14 HOUSING LLC, a Delaware limited ) liability company; and LPC PENDELTON ) 15 QUANTICO PM, LP, a Delaware limited ) partnership; LIBERTY MILITARY ) 16 HOUSING HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware ) limited liability company, ) 17 ) Cased Filed: June 3, 2022 Defendants. ) Pre-Trial Conf: February 6, 2023 18 ____________________________________ ) Trial Date: February 14, 2023

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1 1. RECITALS 2 A. PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS

3 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary 4 or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use 5 for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, 6 the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated

7 Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket 8 protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords 9 from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are

10 entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. 11 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 12 This action is likely to involve trade secrets, commercial, financial, technical 13 and/or proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and

14 from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such 15 confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of, among other things, 16 confidential business or financial information, information regarding confidential

17 business practices, or other confidential research, development, or commercial 18 information (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties), 19 information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged or 20 otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case

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1 decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to 2 facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to

3 adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that 4 the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for 5 and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve 6 the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is

7 the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical 8 reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been 9 maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should

10 not be part of the public record of this case. 11 C. PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL 12 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 13 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under

14 seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the 15 standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file 16 material under seal.

17 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial 18 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, 19 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and 20 County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp.,

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1 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 2 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good cause

3 showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper 4 evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected 5 Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of 6 Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the

7 submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought 8 to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable— 9 constitute good cause.

10 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then 11 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief 12 sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos 13 v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type

14 of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in 15 connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party seeking protection must articulate 16 compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested

17 sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents 18 under seal must be provided by declaration. 19 \\\ 20

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1 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its 2 entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If

3 documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the 4 confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. 5 Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include 6 an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.

7 2. DEFINITIONS 8 2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit entitled Luis Sosa Guerrero et al v. 9 Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing, LLC et al.

10 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 11 information or items under this Order. 12 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how 13 it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under

14 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause 15 Statement. 16 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their

17 support staff).

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Pintos v. PACIFIC CREDITORS ASS'N
605 F.3d 665 (Ninth Circuit, 2010)
Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu
447 F.3d 1172 (Ninth Circuit, 2006)

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