Pettis v. Jones et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:23-cv-458

AUSTIN PETTIS

Plaintiff,
v.

CONSENT PROTECTIVE ORDER

FNU JONES, et al. N.C.G.S. § 132-1.4A(c) and § 153a-98(c)

Defendants.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties’ Consent Motion for Protective Order.
(Doc. No. 19).

Recordings, documents, and information have been and will be sought, produced, or
exhibited by and among the parties to the above captioned proceeding, which documents and
information relate to employee personnel matters and jail security information that may be
disclosed only under court order, pursuant to N.C. GEN. STAT. §§ 132-1.4(A) and § 153A-98(c).
The parties have sought such an order so as to be in compliance with the statute.

The motion is GRANTED.

By consent, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. Confidential information is information which concerns or relates to an individual's
application, selection or nonselection, promotions, demotions, transfers, leave, salary, suspension,
performance evaluations and forms (including observations), disciplinary actions and termination
of employment, and jail security footage, wherever located and in whatever form but expressly

excludes any of the following: the employee’s home residence, the identity of family members,

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insurance and benefits, medical history, social security number, and financial information. This
information may be located in, but not limited to, the following documents or materials: (a)
personnel files, (b) evaluations, (c) jail security footage, and (d) any other similar documents.
Confidential information does not include the information set forth in N.C.G.S. § 153a-98 (b)(1)-
(12).

2. Any such confidential information obtained in this action which is asserted by
Defendants to contain or constitute confidential information, shall be clearly and prominently
marked on its face with the legend: "CONFIDENTIAL BY PROTECTIVE ORDER, Case No.
3:23-cv-458" or a comparable notice. Such information shall be disclosed at any hearing only to
Court personnel, to the parties and to counsel for the parties and their employees.

3. In the absence of written permission from the Defendants or an order by the Court,
any confidential information obtained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 above shall
not be disclosed to any person other than: (1) the Court and the employees thereof, (11) court
reporters and stenographers engaged for the taking of testimony, (111) the parties to this action and
their counsel, including necessary secretarial, paralegal and clerical personnel assisting such
counsel; (iv) experts and their staff who are employed for the purposes of this litigation but who
are not otherwise employed by, consultants to, or otherwise affiliated with a party; or (v) witnesses
who are managers or supervisors or the individuals to whom the personnel file belongs. Any
confidential personnel information shall be used solely for the purpose of this original action and
in preparation for trial. Nothing in this Order is intended to interfere with an individual employee’s
right to examine his own personnel file to the extent permitted by law.

4. Confidential information obtained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph

2 above shall not be made available to any person designated in paragraph 3 (iv) unless he or she

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every reasonable effort to prevent further disclosure by it or by the person who was the recipient
of such information. Should the confidential information be obtained in a manner outside of the
means and mechanisms contemplated and described in this Order, then that information shall not
be subject to this Order, except that such information shall be used solely for the purpose of this
action.

8. Confidential information provided to the Court (including any copies made and/or

computer materials made or stored) shall be subject to a final order of the Court.

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CONSENTED TO:

Date: 8/20/24
s/Sean F. Perrin
Attorney for Defendants

Date: 8/20/24
s/Austin Pettis, Plaintiff

Signed: August 27, 2024

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United States District Judge

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