Hoekstra v. Pershing County Sheriffs Office

1 Katherine F. Parks, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 6227 2 Thorndal Armstrong, PC 6590 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite B 3 Reno, Nevada 89509 Tel: (775) 786-2882 4 kfp@thorndal.com Attorney for Defendants 5 PERSHING COUNTY, DONNA ROBINSON, and DANIEL E. BOYER [6] 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA [9] 10 HANNAH HALE HOEKSTRA, an individual, [11] Plaintiff, Case No. 3:24-cv-00392-MMD-CSD [12] vs. ORDER GRANTING 13 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PERSHING COUNTY; DONNA 14 ROBINSON, an individual; DANIEL E. BOYER, an individual; and P. ZOLTOVETZ, 15 and individual; collectively, 16 Defendants. [17] 18 In order to protect the confidentiality of confidential information obtained by the parties 19 identified in the above caption in connection with this case, the parties hereby agree as follows: 20 1. Any party may designate as “confidential” (by stamping the relevant page or 21 otherwise as set forth herein) any document or response to discovery which that party or non22 party considers in good faith to contain confidential information, subject to protection under the 23 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or state or federal law (“Confidential Information”). Where a 24 document or response consists of more than one page, the first page and each page on which 25 confidential information appears shall be so designated. 26 2. A party may designate information disclosed during a deposition or in response 27 to written discovery as “confidential” by so indicating in said response, or a party may designate 28 in writing, within twenty (20) days after receipt of said responses or of the deposition transcript 1 for which the designation is proposed, that specific pages of the transcript and/or specific 2 responses be treated as “confidential” information. Any other party may object to such proposal, 3 in writing or on the record. Upon such objection, the parties shall follow the procedures 4 described in paragraph 8 below. After any designation made according to the procedure set 5 forth in this paragraph, the designated documents or information shall be treated according to the 6 designation until the matter is resolved according to the procedures described in paragraph 8 7 below, and counsel for all parties shall be responsible for marking all previously unmarked 8 copies of the designated material in their possession or control with the specific designation. 9 3. All information produced or exchanged in the course of this case (other than 10 information that is publicly available) shall be used by the party or parties to whom the 11 information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 12 4. Except with the prior written consent of the party or parties who designated the 13 material “Confidential Information,” or upon the prior order of this Court obtained upon notice 14 to opposing counsel, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed to any person other than: 15 (a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in-house counsel and 16 co-counsel retained for this litigation; 17 (b) employees of such counsel; 18 (c) individual parties, class representatives, any officer or employee of a party, to the 19 extent deemed necessary by Counsel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation; 20 (d) consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this 21 litigation, provided that each such person shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this 22 Order as Exhibit “A” (which shall be retained by counsel to the party so disclosing the 23 Confidential Information and made available for inspection by opposing counsel during the 24 pendency or after the termination of the action only upon good cause shown and upon order of 25 the Court) before being shown or given any Confidential Information; 26 (e) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information; 27 (f) the Court, Court personnel, and court reporters; and 28 (g) witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph 4(e)). A witness shall sign 1 the Certification before being shown a confidential document. Confidential Information may be 2 disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a deposition at which the party 3 who designated the Confidential Information is represented or has been given notice that 4 Confidential Information shall be designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 2 above. 5 Witnesses shown Confidential Information shall not be allowed to retain copies. 6 5. Any persons receiving Confidential Information shall not reveal or discuss such 7 information to or with any person who is not entitled to receive such information, except as set 8 forth herein. 9 6. Unless otherwise permitted by statute, rule or prior court order, papers filed with 10 the Court under seal shall be accompanied by a concurrently filed motion for leave to file those 11 documents under seal, and shall be filed consistent with the court’s electronic filing procedures 12 in accordance with Local Rule IA 10-5. Notwithstanding any agreement among the parties, the 13 party seeking to file a paper under seal bears the burden of overcoming the presumption in favor 14 of public access to papers filed in court. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.2d 15 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) and Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC., 809 F.3d 1092 , 1097 16 (9th Cir. 2016). 17 7. A party may designate as “Confidential” documents or discovery materials 18 produced by a non-party by providing written notice to all parties of the relevant document 19 numbers of other identification within thirty (30) days after receiving such documents or 20 discovery materials. Any party or non-party may voluntarily disclose to others without 21 restriction any information designated by that party or non-party as confidential, although a 22 document may lose its confidential status if it is made public. 23 8. If a party contends that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such 24 party may at any time give written notice to the party or non-party who designated the material. 25 The party or non-party who designated the material shall have twenty-five (25) days from the 26 receipt of such written notice to apply to the Court for an order designating the material as 27 confidential. The party seeking the order has the burden of establishing that the document is 28 entitled to protection. 1 9. Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential 2 Information, all documents shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the provisions hereof 3 unless and until one of the following occurs: 4 (a) the party who claims that the material is Confidential Information withdraws 5 such designation in writing; or 6 (b) the party who claims that the material is Confidential Information fails to apply to 7 the Court for an order designating the material confidential within the time period specified 8 above after receipt of a written challenge to such designation; or 9 (c) the Court rules the material is not confidential. 10 10. All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential 11 Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise 12 agreed or ordered. Upon conclusion of the litigation, a party in the possession of Confidential 13 Information, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition 14 transcripts, shall either (a) return such documents no later than thirty (30) days after conclusion 15 of this action to counsel for the party who provided such information, or (b) destroy such 16 documents within the time period upon consent of the party who provided the information and 17 certify in writing within thirty (30) days that the documents have been destroyed. 18 11. The terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the 19 use of documents at trial. 20 12. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or work product 21 protection, or to affect the ability of a party to seek relief for an inadvertent disclosure of material 22 protected by privilege or work protection. 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 / / / 1 13. Any witness or other person, firm or entity from which discovery is sought may 2 || be informed of and may obtain the protection of this Order by written advice to the parties’ 3 || respective counsel or by oral advice at the time of any deposition or similar proceeding. 5 Dated this 23" day of January, 2025. Dated this 23" day of January, 2025. 6 LAWRENCE & LAWRENCE LAW, PLLC UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS g By: __ Nathan Lawrence By: __ /s/R. Thomas Colonna NATHAN E. LAWRENCE, ESQ. JASON M. FRIERSON, ESQ. 9 JOSEPH P. LAWRENCE, ESQ. R. THOMAS COLONNA, ESQ. 9480 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. 213 501 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Ste 1100 10 Las Vegas, NV 89123 Las Vegas, NV 89101 1 Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant P. ZOLTOVETZ 12 Dated this 23" day of January, 2025. 13 || THORNDAL ARMSTRONG, PC [14] 15 By: __ /s/ Katherine Parks KATHERINE F. PARKS, ESQ. 16 6590 S. McCarran Blvd, Suite B 17 Reno, NV 89509 Attorney for Defendants 18 PERSHING COUNTY, DONNA 1 ROBINSON, and DANIEL E. ? BOYER [20] 21 ORDER 22 At the conclusion of this case, the court will no longer have jurisdiction over this 23 matter. IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 DATED: This _23rd__ day of January 2025. x CS [26] UNITED STATES MAGISTR JUDGE [28] -5- 1 EXHIBIT “A” 2 CERTIFICATION 3 I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me 4 pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _________________, 2025, 5 in a court case titled “Hannah Hale Hoekstra v. Pershing County, Donna Robinson, Daniel E. 6 Boyer, and P. Zoltovetz, pending in UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF 7 NEVADA, Case No. 3:24-cv-00392-MMD-CSD. The full caption of the lawsuit reads, 8 “HANNAH HALE HOEKSTRA, an individual, Plaintiff, vs. PERSHING COUNTY; DONNA 9 ROBINSON, an individual; DANIEL E. BOYER, an individual; and P. ZOLTOVETZ, an 10 individual; collectively, Defendants.” 11 I have been given a copy of the above referenced Order and I have read it. I agree to be 12 bound by the Order. I will not reveal the Confidential Information to anyone, except as allowed 13 by the Order. I will maintain all such Confidential Information – including copies, notes, or 14 other transcriptions made therefrom – in a secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. 15 No later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential 16 Information – including copies, notes, or other transcriptions made therefrom – to the counsel 17 who provided me with the Confidential Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the 18 United States District Court for the purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 19 DATED: __________________. [20] 21 _____________________________