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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVISION

MALCOLM PHINNEY

V. No. 4:23-cv-1095-DPM

PLAINTIFF

GREENWOOD MOTOR LINES, INC.;

MATTHEW DAKUS; JOHN DOE,

Motor Carriers 1-5

PROTECTIVE ORDER

DEFENDANTS

1. This Agreed Protective Order shall be entered pursuant to

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

2. Discovery in this action may involve disclosure of trade

secrets, medical, confidential, and proprietary business, technical and

financial information. The parties have agreed that confidential

information exists. This information should be produced pursuant to a

Protective Order that limits the identity of individuals entitled to

review such records and describes how such records should be

maintained and protected.

3. Documents that are marked and supplied subject to

Protective Order may not be copied, distributed, or otherwise used in

any manner, except as allowed in this Order, or by the Court. The

parties will take care to exercise restraint in identifying documents that

are subject to the Protective Order.

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4. The parties may communicate with their clients, experts and

persons working on their behalf about the contents of documents

produced subject to the Protective Order.

5. Counsel must confer in good faith in person before bringing

any dispute arising under this Protective Order to the Court. A party

- or any other person objecting shall provide written notice of the dispute

to the appropriate party or parties, specifying the materials that are the

subject of the dispute. Within thirty days after an objection, the parties

and any other objecting person(s) shall confer in good faith, and in

person, to resolve the dispute. If the parties reach an impasse, they

must file a joint report explaining the disagreement. The parties will

file this paper under the CM/ECF event called "Joint Report of

Discovery Dispute". This joint report should not exceed ten pages,

excluding the style and signature block. Each side gets five pages. The

joint report must be filed sufficiently before the trial cutoff so that the

dispute can be resolved without undermining other pretrial deadlines.

The parties will alert the law clerk on the case to the joint report's filing.

The parties will not proceed on the disputed issue until the Court issues

a ruling or schedules a hearing.

6. The parties must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2's mandate

for redaction, if practicable, before filing under seal. If an entire page

contains confidential information, substituting a page marked

"Redacted" is an acceptable redaction method. If redaction is

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impracticable, a party must move for permission to file any confidential

information, an any related motion, brief, or paper containing that

material, under seal. The moving party must justify sealing document

by document, with specifics and solid reasons, including an

explanation about why redaction cannot be done.

7. Confidential information shall not be used for any purpose

other than the defense, prosecution, or settlement of this action in

accordance with the provisions of this Order and shall not be discussed

or disclosed to any person except as specifically authorized by this

Order. Any documents, information, deposition testimony, or other

material subject to this Order shall not be used or disclosed, directly or

indirectly, by any party for any business, commercial or competitive

purpose whatsoever.

8. The inadvertent, unintentional, or in camera disclosure,

without designation a confidential, of information or a document

intended to be designated or that should have been designated as

confidential shall not waive the right to designate the document or

information. Upon discovery of an inadvertent error, counsel for the

parties shall, to the extent possible, cooperate to restore the

confidentiality of the designated information. Any information or

documentation that is inadvertently or unintentionally not designated

as confidential when produced shall be treated as confidential under

this Order upon written request of the producing party.

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9. Subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence, any confidential

information or documents may be offered into evidence at trial or any

Court hearing or in support of, or opposition to, a motion. Any party

may move the Court to prevent unnecessary disclosure of confidential

information and documents.

10. In the event of a proven violation of this Order by any party

or recipients of information designated as confidential, the offending

party or person understands that he or she may, in the discretion of the

Court, suffer the imposition of such remedy or sanctions as the Court

deems appropriate.

11. This Order will remain in effect until one year after litigation

ends, including any appeal. Thereafter, the obligations imposed shall

continue, but shall be solely a matter of contract between the parties

and signatories. Upon termination of this case, the parties shall return

to their respective counsel all confidential documents and material,

along with any copies of those materials. Counsel for the parties may

retain confidential information in their files, subject to this Order.

So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.

United States District Judge

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STIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY:

Duncan Firm, P.A.

809 West Third Street

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Kutak Rock LLP

1277 E. Joyce Blvd., Suite 300

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703-5585

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