Daher v. County of Sacramento

Summary

This document is a proposed stipulated protective order governing the designation, disclosure, use, challenge, filing, and disposition of confidential personnel files and certain personal information in Daher v. County of Sacramento. It was stipulated by the parties and signed as ordered on March 3, 2025, by a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of California.

Holdings

1. The court entered the parties' stipulated protective order, limiting protection to specified information that qualifies for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and restricting its use to the litigation.
2. A designation of discovery material as confidential under the protective order does not itself authorize filing that material under seal; a party must comply with the Eastern District of California's sealing procedures or obtain a court order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should enter the parties' stipulated protective order governing the disclosure, use, challenge, and disposition of specified confidential discovery materials.
2. Whether the protective order should make clear that confidentiality designations do not automatically authorize filing materials under seal.

Disposition

other