STANDARD PROTECTIVE ORDER

(a) Applicability. The Standard Protective Order, available on the court’s website, applies in every case involving the disclosure of any information designated as confidential, unless the court orders otherwise. It is effective by operation of this rule at the time a case is filed and does not need to be entered in a case docket to be effective. (b) Improper Discovery Objection.

Except as the court may otherwise order, it is improper to object to a discovery request or fail to produce Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) initial disclosures on the basis that the court has not entered a protective order. (c) Relief From the Standard Protective Order. A party may file a motion, consistent with DUCivR 7-1, seeking relief from the Standard Protective Order.