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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

SAMANTHA BLAKENSHIP AND PLAINTIFFS

VALERIE WEST, on behalf of themselves and

On behalf of the other similarly situated former

Employees of Defendants, 

 NO. 4:05CV00568 JMM

EASTERN OZARKS REGIONAL HEALTH

SYSTEMS, INC., COUNTRY MEDICAL SERVICES

OF ARKANSAS, INC., d/b/a EASTERN OZARKS

HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE, COUNTRY

HEALTH ASSOCIATES, INC., and MIDCARE, INC.

f/k/a COUNTRY HEALTH ASSOCIATES-SOUTH, INC. 

DEFENDANTS

 

PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT

On this 18th day of August, 2005, based upon the parties’ stipulation and

agreement for a Protective Order, the Court makes the following Orders:

1. Confidential Information, as later defined herein, and produced by

either party or pursuant to a release for medical or employment records in this

action, shall be used only for the purpose of this litigation and for no other

purpose whatsoever, and shall not be given, shown, made available or

communicated in any way to anyone except Qualified Persons, as herein

defined.

2. Confidential Information shall be deemed to include, without

limitation:

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a) Those personnel files, medical reports, files, proprietary

information, trade secrets, and other matters now requested

or hereinafter requested by the parties or relating to the

operation and organization of the Defendants and such other

information as may be deemed by this Court to be relevant

or material herein.

b) Any information concerning such as set forth in 2(a) herein

above as may be, from time to time, produced by the parties

herein and declared by the party at the time of production to

be "Confidential Information" and subject to this Order, such

designation to be in writing and may be by letter of

transmittal to the party.

3. Except with the prior written consent of the party or pursuant to

further Order of this Court on motion with notice to the party, no Confidential

Information may be disclosed to any person other than "Qualified Persons" who

shall be defined to include the parties, any future counsel of record for the parties

in this action, and secretaries, paraprofessional assistants, and other employees

of such counsel who would be actively engaged in assisting counsel in

connection with this action. Counsel for the Plaintiff specifically agrees that

Confidential Information contained in the personnel files of current or former

employees will not be disclosed to anyone, unless used in the course of the

actual trial proceedings.

4. Upon receipt of Confidential Information from opposing counsel, the

party receiving the Confidential Information shall execute and return to opposing

counsel a document entitled "Inventory of Confidential Documents Received" in

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the form affixed hereto as Exhibit 1. 

5. This Order, insofar as it restricts the communication in any way and

use of Confidential Information, shall continue to be binding through and after the

conclusion of this litigation. At the conclusion of this action, including all appeals:

a) The parties or counsel shall take all reasonable steps

necessary to reclaim all Confidential Information, including

correspondence, memoranda, notes or any other documents

embodying such information, in whole or in part, and counsel

shall return all copies of such Confidential Information to

opposing party’s counsel.

b) Counsel and all Qualified Persons are enjoined from

disclosing in any manner any Confidential Information

obtained during the course of this proceeding. Severe

sanctions will attach to any person who discloses such in

violation of this provision.

6. Nothing in this Order shall prevent any party from seeking

modification of this Order at any time as to specific matters designated

"Confidential Information" to remove such from the application of this Order.

7. Such Confidential Information as may be required to be filed with

the Court and with the Clerk of this Court shall be filed under seal. Only the

Court, Court personnel, and counsel for the parties shall have access to the

sealed record in this proceeding until further Order of this Court.

IT IS HEREBY SO ORDERED this 18th day of August, 2005.

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_________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Carolyn B. Witherspoon (#78172)

Brian A. Vandiver (#2001078)

CROSS, GUNTER, WITHERSPOON & 

GALCHUS, P.C.

500 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 200

Post Office Box 3178 (72203)

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Telephone: (501) 371-9999

Facsimile: (501) 371-0035

By: /s/ Brian A. Vandiver 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

Hank Bates

Steve Owings

P.O. Box 25438

Little Rock, AR 72221-5438

John C. Lankenau

Stuart J. Miller

Lankenau & Miller, LLP

1775 Broadway, Suite 610

NY, NY 10019

Julie Hurwitz

Mark Fancher

The NLG Maurice and Jane Sugar

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Law Center for Economic And Social 

Justice, a non-profit law firm

733 St. Antoine Street, 3rd Floor

Detroit, MI 48226

By: /s/ Stuart J. Miller

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

EXHIBIT A

INVENTORY OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS RECEIVED

I hereby acknowledge receipt of the following documents, document

pages, and/or depositions which are subject to the Protective Order for the

protection of documents in United States District Court for the Eastern District of

Arkansas, Western Division, Case No. 4:05cv00568 JMM, (list all documents,

pages, and depositions received):

1. Excel Document summarizing October 1- 15, 2004 wage information for

Eastern

Ozark employees produced to Plaintiffs’ counsel Monday, August 8, 2005. 

By: /s/ Stuart J. Miller

DATE: August 11, 2005 

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