Varian
Varian v. Principal National Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DIANE VARIAN, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-00051-NODJ-EPG Plaintiffs, v. ORDER APPROVING, IN PART, PROPOSED
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
PRINCIPAL NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., (ECF No. 21) 14 Defendants.
16 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ proposed stipulated protective order. (ECF No. 21). Upon review, the Court finds it acceptable in most respects. However, the Court notes that the parties define the term “confidential information or items” as follows: information 19 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 20 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause 21 Statement.” (ECF No. 21, p. 4).1 22 Such definition improperly allows the parties to deem information confidential so long as 23 they themselves believe that it qualifies for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 26(c) and without ever disclosing the types of information at…