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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

COURTNEY MCBRIDE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CASE NO. 1:12cv1047-MHT-TFM

) [wo]

HOUSTON COUNTY HEALTH CARE )

AUTHORITY d/b/a Southeast )

Alabama Medical Center, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Upon consideration of Defendant’s Joint Motion for Protective Order (Doc. 101,filed

February 28, 2014) and the proposed order of both parties, it is 

ORDERED that the Joint Motion for Protective Order (Doc. 101) is GRANTED. 

Accordingly, the parties and all interested non-parties shall be governed as follows:

Pursuant to the Court’s Memorandum Opinion and Order (Doc. 100), the parties, by

and through counsel, have stipulated and agreed that the health care providers of the plaintiff,

Courtney McBride, are authorized to produce in this litigation documents and information

pertaining to the psychiatric, psychological, and/or mental health care and treatment of Ms.

McBride, and that such documents and information are discoverable. The parties

acknowledge, however, that documents and information pertaining to said care and treatment

may be confidential in nature and that a designation of “Confidential Information” shall be

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applied to any such documents and information. It is therefore Ordered that anyConfidential

Information produced, disclosed, exchanged, or used in this action shall be treated as

confidential and shall be utilized solelyin connection with the above-captioned action by and

between:

(1) The Court, Court personnel and, if applicable, the Jury;

(2) The parties and their attorneys of record, other attorneys acting "of

counsel" for the parties in this action provided said attorneys are shown

a copy of this Order and agree to be bound by same, and persons

employed in said attorneys' offices who likewise are shown a copy of

this Order and agree to be bound by same; 

(3) Other persons retained in this action to assist in the prosecution or

defense of this action, including witnesses, experts and persons

employed and affiliated with such experts, provided that said persons

are shown a copy of this Order and agree to be bound by same; and

(4) Other persons in furtherance ofthis litigation provided that said persons

are shown a copy of this Order and agree to be bound by same.

Nothing in this Order constitutes an admission or agreement that any document or

information, or portion thereof, is admissible as evidence in this case, and nothing in this

Order shall be construed to prohibit or limit the parties' attorneys from seeking to mark or

introduce Confidential Information at any deposition taken in, or at the trial of, this action.

Confidential Information inadvertently disclosed without being designated

confidential may thereafter be designated confidential by promptly notifying the party

receiving the information in writing that such information is confidential and the receiving

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party shall thereafter treat the information as confidential and shall take the steps it deems

reasonablynecessaryto ensure that others who receive the information treat it as confidential.

Within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of this action, by final judgment not

subject to appeal or by settlement, all documents or other items constituting or containing

Confidential Information and all copies thereof which are in the possession, custody or

control of the parties or their attorneys shall be returned to the attorneys for the opposing

party upon request by counsel for the opposing party. If such documents are not requested

to be returned, all documents or other items constituting or containing Confidential

Information and all copies thereof shall be destroyed by the party in possession of the

documents in accordance with normal document destruction policy.

DONE this 7th day of March, 2014.

/s/ Terry F. Moorer

TERRY F. MOORER

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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