J.S.
J.S. v. County of Fresno
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 J.S., et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-01070-KES-EPG Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, JOINT
STIPULATION FOR A PROTECTIVE
FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ORDER EMPLOYEES, et al., (ECF No. 65) Defendants.
16 17 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ joint stipulation for the Court to approve 18 their proposed protective order. (ECF No. 65). Upon review, the Court will grant the stipulation 19 in part. 20 The Court finds the proposed protective order acceptable in most respects. However, the 21 Court notes that the parties define the term “‘confidential’ information or items” to mean 22 “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).” (Id. at 3). Such an expansive definition improperly allows the parties to deem information confidential so long as they themselves believe that it qualifies for protection…