17-CIV-04570 ALI TAGHAVI VS. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
ALI TAGHAVI THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
FREDRICK A. HAGEN AMBER A. EKLOF
MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER TENTATIVE RULING:
Plaintiff’s motion to designate certain deposition excerpts and exhibits as confidential is denied as to all matters identified as “work history, employment personnel, medical, and marital.” The motion is granted as to matters designated as “financial.”
The basis of the present motion is the stipulated Protective Order in this action, which permits any party to request that the Court designate matter as “confidential.” (See Moving P&A at 2:25 – 3:21.) The Protective Order defines “confidential” as “trade secrets, . . . confidential business or financial information, . . . information regarding any individual’s banking relationship . . ., and any information, regarding any party not otherwise available to the public, subject to protection under Rule’s 2.550, 2.551, 2.580, 2.585, 8.160, and 8.490 of the California Rules of Court.” (Protective Order para. 1.)
Plaintiff cites “work history; employment personnel” as the basis for claiming most matter as confidential. Other matter is identified as “medical” and “marital.” None of this matter falls within the Protective Order’s definition of “confidential.” Further, the matter identified as “medical” and “marital” does not disclose any private medical information or privileged marital information.
The only portions that reasonably fall within the scope of the Protective Order is Plaintiff’s claim of “financial” matter, where Plaintiff states what his salary was at various jobs: pages 58 and 62. The motion is granted as to pages 58 and 62. Plaintiff’s salary is also disclosed at pages 49, 53, 356, 377, and 378, although Plaintiff did not cite those pages as containing “financial” information. Regardless, the Court grants the motion as to those pages also.
At the hearing, Plaintiff shall retrieve all lodged matter that is the subject of this motion. Otherwise, the Court will destroy all matter after the hearing.
If the tentative ruling is uncontested, it shall become the order of the Court. Thereafter, Plaintiff shall prepare a written order consistent with the Court’s ruling for the Court’s signature, pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1312, and provide written notice of the ruling to all parties who have appeared in the action, as required by law and the California Rules of Court.