Hunter Kerhart v. Memorial Health Services, et al.

Summary

This document is a stipulated protective order entered in Hunter Kerhart v. Memorial Health Services, et al., in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. It governs the designation, use, disclosure, challenge, filing, and final disposition of confidential discovery materials, including procedures for inadvertent disclosure and unauthorized use. The order was stipulated and signed by counsel on November 14, 2025, and ordered by Magistrate Judge A. Joel Rihlich on the same date.

Holdings

1. For good cause shown, the court entered the parties' stipulated protective order to protect qualifying confidential, proprietary, commercial, financial, and private information produced or generated in discovery.
2. The protective order does not authorize blanket sealing. A party seeking to file protected material under seal must comply with Central District of California Local Rule 79-5 and obtain a court order authorizing sealing of the specific material.

Questions Presented

1. Whether good cause existed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) to enter a stipulated protective order governing confidential discovery material.
2. What procedures and restrictions should govern the designation, use, disclosure, challenge, sealing, and final disposition of protected discovery material.

Disposition

other