Summary
This document is a United States District Court order granting a stipulated protective order in a civil lawsuit against Douglas County and its officials. The order designates specific categories of discovery materials, such as inmate jail files, health records, and personnel reports, as confidential. It establishes comprehensive rules governing the use, disclosure, and post-litigation handling of this information, while outlining procedures for challenging confidentiality designations and preserving attorney-client privilege.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the stipulated protective order is enforceable and the burden of proving confidentiality
Holdings
- The stipulated protective order is valid and binding; a party seeking to designate material as confidential bears the burden of establishing that the document is entitled to protection.
Factual background
Hunter Smith sued Douglas County and three individual defendants. The parties agreed to produce certain documents under confidentiality designations. The court was asked to enforce the stipulated protective order and address challenges to the confidentiality designations.
Procedural history
The parties entered into a stipulated protective order governing confidential documents in Smith v. Douglas County, No. 3:24-cv-00340, filed in the District of Nevada.