Martinez
Martinez v. Ford Motor Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 24CV1763-AGS (BLM) TOBY MARTINEZ,
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION
FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER WITH
v. MODIFICATIONS
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation; [ECF NO. 10] DOES 1 through 10;, 15 Defendant.
17 On December 6, 2024, the parties filed a “Joint Motion for Stipulated Protective Order.” Mot., ECF No. 10. The parties agree on all terms of the Protective Order with the exception of paragraph 8 which governs disclosure of the confidential information to independent experts. Id. at 6. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 permits courts to enter orders to protect the disclosure of material produced in discovery. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1). Rule 26(c) specifies that a party must show good cause for issuance of a protective order. Id. District courts maintain “broad latitude to grant protective orders to prevent disclosure of materials for many types of 27 …