Greenmount LLC v. Cleanline Management LLC

Summary

This document is a stipulated protective order submitted in Greenmount LLC v. Cleanline Management LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. It establishes procedures for designating, handling, challenging, disclosing, filing under seal, and disposing of confidential and attorneys’-eyes-only discovery materials.

Holdings

1. The court entered the stipulated protective order upon a finding of good cause shown.
2. A designation under the protective order does not itself authorize filing material under seal; a party must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and obtain a court order authorizing sealing of the specific material.
3. Protected material may be used only to prosecute, defend, or attempt to settle the action and may be disclosed only to persons and under the conditions specified in the protective order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether good cause supported entry of a stipulated protective order governing confidential discovery material.
2. What procedures should govern designation, use, disclosure, challenge, sealing, and final disposition of protected discovery material.

Disposition

other