Tadevosyan
Tadevosyan v. Safeco Insurance Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
NVER TADEVOSYAN, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-01631-JLT-EPG Plaintiffs, v. ORDER APPROVING, IN PART,
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA,
(ECF No. 23) Defendant. 15 On September 11, 2024, the parties filed a stipulated protective order for the Court’s approval. (ECF No. 23). Upon review, the Court finds it acceptable in most respects. However, the Court notes that the parties define the term “confidential information or items” to mean “information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement.” (Id. at 3) (minor revisions to capitalization). Such an expansive definition improperly allows the parties to deem information confidential so long as they themselves believe that it qualifies for protection and without ever disclosing the 23 types of information at issue under Local Rule…