HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018CV3204 - Lori Frank V. City Of Fort Collins, Terence F. Jones And Jerome Schiager - 074 - Minute OrderIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 18-cv-03204-RBJ-NRN
LORI FRANK,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, a municipality; TERENCE F. JONES, former Interim Chief of
Police, in his individual capacity and JEROME SCHIAGER, former Deputy Chief of
Police, in his individual capacity,
Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter
It is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant City of Fort Collins’ Opposed Motion
to Maintain Level 1 Restriction for Docs ##60-2 Through 60-4 (Dkt. #71), referred to this
Court by Judge R. Brooke Jackson (Dkt. #73) is GRANTED finding good cause shown.
The Supreme Court has recognized that there are occasions where it is
appropriate to protect documents produced in discovery from public dissemination that
“could be damaging to reputation and privacy.” Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart, 467 U.S.
20, 34–35 (1984) (noting that “pretrial depositions and interrogatories are not public
components of a civil trial.”). Fort Collins disclosed the referenced documents in
discovery, but was not the party that submitted the documents for consideration by the
Court in a discovery dispute. The Court did not consider the documents in making its
decision about the discovery dispute after in camera review, see Dkt. #64, and therefore
finds it appropriate to restrict public access to the documents.
Date: December 4, 2019
Case 1:18-cv-03204-RBJ-NRN Document 74 Filed 12/04/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 1