Diaz

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RAMONA AMEZCUA DIAZ, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-01625-JLT-EPG 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. ORDER APPROVING, IN PART, PROPOSED

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

13 STEVE BRYANT, (ECF No. 23) 14 Defendant.

15 16 17 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ proposed stipulated protective order. (ECF 18 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” as follows: “information 19 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 20 protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and as specified above in the 21 Good Cause Statement.” (ECF No. 23, p. 6).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 issue as…