Hooper v. City of Seattle

          ACLU of Washington Emily Chiang, WSBA #50517 Nancy Talner, WSBA #11196 Breanne Schuster, WSBA #49993 CORR CRONIN MICHELSON BAUMGARDNER FOGG & MOORE LLP Blake Edward Marks-Dias, WSBA #28169 Eric Lindberg, WSBA #43596 Todd T. Williams, WSBA #45032 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

          SEATTLE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Patrick Downs, WSBA #25276 Andrew Myerberg, WSBA #47746 Gregory Narver, WSBA #18127 Carlton Seu, WSBA #26830 Gary Smith, WSBA #29718 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP Matthew J. Segal, WSBA #29797 Gregory J. Wong, WSBA #39329 Taki V. Flevaris, WSBA #42555 Co-Counsel for Defendant City of Seattle

          ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Matthew D. Huot, WSBA #40606 Alicia O. Young, WSBA #35553 Matthew D. Huot, WSBA #40606 Alicia O. Young, WSBA #35553

          STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

          CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

         1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

         Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this agreement is consistent with LCR 26(c). It does not confer blanket protection on all disclosures or responses to discovery, 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, and it does not presumptively entitle parties to file confidential information under seal.

         2. “CONFIDENTIAL” MATERIAL

         “Confidential” material shall include the following documents and tangible things produced or otherwise exchanged: documents and communications that identify individuals by name and indicate the individual is unhoused, that include medical information, that include private personal identifying information (such as Social Security Number), or that include similar private information.

         3. SCOPE

         The protections conferred by this agreement cover not only confidential material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from confidential material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of confidential material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by parties or their counsel that might reveal confidential material. However, the protections conferred by this agreement do not cover information that is in the public domain or becomes part of the public domain through trial or otherwise.

         4. ACCESS TO AND USE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

         4.1 Basic Principles. A receiving party may use confidential material that is disclosed or produced by another party or by a non-party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Confidential material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this agreement. Confidential material must be stored and maintained by a receiving party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this agreement.

4.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the designating party, a receiving party may disclose any confidential material only to:

(a) the receiving party's counsel of record in this action, as well as employees of counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including in house counsel) of the receiving party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, unless the parties agree that a particular document or material produced is for Attorney's Eyes Only and is so designated;

(c) experts and consultants to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement ...