Summary
This document is a stipulated protective order entered in Jeremy Weaver v. Central Transport LLC in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. It governs the designation, use, disclosure, challenge, filing, and disposition of confidential discovery materials, including medical, commercial, financial, and proprietary information. The order was stipulated to by counsel on August 19, 2025, and ordered by Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin on August 20, 2025.
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Questions Presented
- Whether good cause supported entry of a stipulated protective order governing confidential discovery material.
- What procedures should govern designation, use, disclosure, challenge, filing, and final disposition of protected discovery material.
Holdings
- For good cause shown, the court entered the parties' stipulated protective order governing confidential discovery material in the action.
Key quotations
“The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles.” (1)
“Once a case proceeds to trial, all of the court-filed information to be introduced that was previously designated as confidential or maintained pursuant to this protective order becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial.” (2)
“FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.” (15)
Factual background
The parties anticipated discovery involving medical records, trade secrets, customer and pricing lists, and other confidential commercial, financial, technical, and proprietary information. They sought procedures limiting use and disclosure of protected discovery material, addressing challenges to confidentiality designations, and governing the return or destruction of protected material after final disposition. The court entered the stipulated order after finding good cause.
Procedural history
The action was filed in the Central District of California and was pending when the parties submitted a stipulated protective order dated August 19, 2025. On August 20, 2025, Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin entered the order for good cause shown.