Watson v. City of Henderson

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided January 7, 2022·No. 2:20-cv-01761·Unknown

Opinion

1 Patrick G. Byrne, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 7636 2 Richard C. Gordon, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 9036 3 Paul Swenson Prior, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 9324 4 Christian P. Ogata, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 15612 5 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 6 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Telephone: (702) 784-5200 7 Facsimile: (702) 784-5252 Email: pbyrne@swlaw.com 8 rgordon@swlaw.com sprior@swlaw.com 9 cogata@swlaw.com

10 Attorneys for Defendants City of Henderson, Richard Derrick, Bristol Ellington, Nicholas 11 Vaskov, and Kristina Escamilla Gilmore 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14

LATESHA WATSON, 15 Case No.: 2:20-cv-01761-APG-BNW Plaintiff 16

v. [PROPOSED] STIPULATED 17 PROTECTIVE ORDER CITY OF HENDERSON et al., 18

Defendants 19 20 Plaintiff LaTesha Watson and Defendants City of Henderson, Richard Derrick, Bristol 21 Ellington, Nicholas Vaskov, Kristina Gilmore, Kenneth Kerby, Kevin Abernathy, and Richard 22 McCann (collectively the “Parties” and each individually a “Party”), stipulate, upon approval by 23 this Court, that this protective order shall govern the handling and disclosure of all documents, 24 testimony, or other information produced or given in this case (the “Litigation”) that is designated 25 as subject to this order and its terms. 26 27 28 1 A. Definitions 2 1. A “Producing Party” is any Party or non-party that produces or discloses 3 confidential documents, materials, items, or other information under the terms if this protective 4 order. 5 2. A “Receiving Party” is any Party or non-party that receives or is given access to 6 confidential documents, materials, items, or other information under the terms of this protective 7 order. 8 3. “Discovery Material” refers to all items or information, regardless of the medium 9 or manner generated, stored, or maintained, including documents, testimony, interrogatory 10 responses, transcripts, depositions and deposition exhibits, responses to requests for admission, 11 recorded or graphic matter, electronically stored information, tangible things, and/or other 12 information produced, given, exchanged by, or obtained from any Producing Party during 13 discovery in this action. 14 4. An “Authorized Recipient” is any person or entity authorized by this protective 15 order to obtain access to Confidential Information. 16 5. When interpreting this protective order, the term “and” includes the term “or” and 17 the term “or” includes the term “and.” 18 6. Paragraph headings are for convenience only and in no way limit or enlarge the 19 scope or meaning of this order. 20 B. Purposes and limitations 21 Discovery in this Litigation may involve the use, production, and disclosure of Discovery 22 Material containing confidential, financial, proprietary, sensitive, personal, and/or private 23 information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose— 24 other than in prosecuting, defending, settling, or otherwise in this Litigation, including any appeals, 25 and/or for enforcing and/or collecting any judgment entered in this Litigation—would be warranted 26 and consistent with the public policy of United States and the State of Nevada. The use, production, 27 and/or disclosure of Protected Material could severely injure or damage the Parties given the 28 sensitive and confidential nature of the information and if accomplished in a manner or means 1 inconsistent with this Protective Order. Similarly, the use, production, or disclosure of Protected 2 Material involving private information of non-parties could severely injure or damage those non- 3 parties. 4 Therefore, in the interest of expediting and facilitating discovery, permitting the same to 5 proceed without delay created by possible disputes regarding claims of confidentiality, and 6 balancing the interests of the Parties, this protective order establishes a procedure for producing, 7 disclosing, and using Protected Material without involving the Court unnecessarily in the process; 8 imposes obligations upon all Parties, persons, and non-parties receiving or given access to Protected 9 Material to protect it from unauthorized production, disclosure, and/or use; and establishes a 10 procedure for challenging the use, disclosure, or dissemination of Protected Material. 11 C. Protected material 12 “Protected Material” is any Discovery Material that is designated as “Confidential” or 13 “Restricted – Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material,” provided, however, that “Protected Material” does 14 not include information that is publicly available (except information that became publicly 15 available as a result of a breach of this protective order or any other confidentiality agreement or 16 undertaking). Subject to the provisions herein and unless otherwise stated, this protective order 17 governs, without limitation: (a) all documents, electronically stored information, and/or things as 18 defined by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; (b) all pretrial, hearing or deposition testimony, 19 or documents marked as exhibits or for identification in depositions and hearings; (c) all pretrial 20 pleadings, exhibits to pleadings and other court filings; (d) all affidavits; and (e) all stipulations. 21 All copies, reproductions, extracts, digests and complete or partial summaries prepared from any 22 Protected Material shall also be considered Protected Material and treated as such under this 23 Protective Order. 24 Any Party may designate for protection under this protective order, in whole or in part, any 25 document, information or other material that constitutes or includes confidential or proprietary 26 information or trade secrets according to the terms below. 27 28 1 1. Designation of Protected Material 2 a. “Confidential Material.” Any Party may, subject to the provisions 3 of this protective order, designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” any Discovery Material that the Party 4 believes in good faith is confidential and where the Party would not normally reveal the information 5 to third parties except in confidence or has undertaken with others to maintain it in confidence 6 (“Confidential Material”). 7 b. “Restricted—Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” Any party may, subject to 8 the provisions of this protective order, designate as “RESTRICTED— ATTORNEYS’ EYES 9 ONLY” any Discovery Material that meets the requirements for Confidential Material, and that a 10 Producing Party believes in good faith would likely cause competitive, or financial injury if 11 disclosed (“Restricted – Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material”). This designation is intended for 12 information that constitutes highly confidential information, including, but not limited to 13 (i) sensitive information about current and former employees, (ii) confidential reports, (iii) ongoing 14 investigations, or (iv) any other Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under Federal Rule 15 of Civil Procedure 26(c). 16 2. Objection to designations 17 If any Party disagrees at any point in the Litigation with any designation made under this 18 protective order, a Party may object to any designation of material as Protected Material. The 19 Parties shall first try to resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis in accordance with 20 Local Rule 26-6. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the objecting Party may seek appropriate relief 21 from the Court. The Party asserting that Discovery Material should be designated as Protected 22 Material bears the burden of proof to establish that the information is entitled to such protection. 23 During the pendency of any challenge to the designation of a document or information, the 24 designated document or information shall continue to be treated as Confidential Material subject to 25 the provisions of this protective order.

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