NAVARRO
v.
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC.

M.D. Fla. | 2023-05-19
No. 8:14-cv-843
District Court, M.D. Florida (2023)

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Holding

The Court granted Defendant's unopposed motion for leave to file a proposed protective order.

Facts & Procedural History

Defendant sought leave to file a protective order regarding the production of student education records. These records are protected by FERPA, which g…

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Opinion of the Court

This cause comes before the Court on Defendant’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File a Proposed Protective Order (the “Motion”), filed May 3, 2023. (Doc. 73.) Upon consideration, the Motion is granted. In the motion, Defendant seeks leave to file a protective order with respect to the production of student education records that are otherwise protected from disclosure pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (“FERPA”)1. The purpose of FERPA is to “‘assure parents and students . . . that access

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

all such orders or subpoenas in advance of the compliance therewith by the educational institution or agency... 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(2)(B).

Footnotes
1 “ . . . [S]uch information is furnished in compliance with judicial order, or pursuant to any lawfully issued subpoena, upon condition that parents and the students are notified of to their education records and to protect such individuals’ right to privacy by limiting the transferability (and disclosure) of their records without their consent.’” Cafra v. RLI Ins. Co., No. 8:14-cv-843-T-17EAJ, 2015 WL 12844288, at *2 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 5, 2015) (citing Alig-Mielcarek v. Jackson, 286 F.R.D. 521, 525-26 (N.D. Ga. 2012)). Defendant states that the parties have agreed to a confidentiality agreement; however, the parties note that FERPA appears to require a court order to disclose information without student consent. (Doc. 73 at 2; see 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(2)(B) (student consent not needed when “such information is furnished in compliance with a judicial order, or pursuant to any lawfully issued subpoena, upon condition that parents and the students are notified of all such orders or subpoenas in advance of the compliance therewith by the educational institution or agency.”).) Accordingly, Defendant’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File a Proposed Protective Order is GRANTED. DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on May 19, 2023.

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