PROTECTIVE ORDER Governing PII and Sensitive Victim Information: granting 17 Unopposed Motion… — USA v. McCabe (Dkt. 18)

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In United States of America v. Dustin Sean McCabe, CASE NO. 24-80103-CR-CANNON, the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, issues a Protective Order Governing PII and Sensitive Victim Information. It grants the United States' Unopposed Motion and authorizes the United States to disclose personal identification information and sensitive victim information needed to comply with its discovery obligations. Defense counsel must keep the discovery materials in strict confidence, obtain written certifications from each person who receives them and destroy or return the copies when the case concludes. The order is dated the 3rd day of October 2024 and signed by Honorable Aileen M. Cannon, United States District Judge.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION 
 
CASE NO. 24-80103-CR-CANNON 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
v.  
 
DUSTIN SEAN McCABE,  
 
 
Defendant. 
 
 
 
 
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PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING PII AND SENSITIVE VICTIM INFORMATION 
 
 
THIS CAUSE came before the Court on the United States of America’s Unopposed 
Motion for a Protective Order Authorizing the Disclosure of Personal Identification Information 
(“PII”) and Sensitive Victim Information.  Being fully advised, it is: 
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion is GRANTED. 
 
The United States is authorized to disclose PII and sensitive victim information in its 
possession that the United States believes necessary to comply with its discovery obligations. 
 
Defense counsel shall hold the discovery materials in strict confidence, disclosing such 
materials to counsel’s client, staff, investigators, and witnesses only to the extent counsel believes 
is necessary to assist in the defense of this matter.  Defense counsel is not restricted from sharing 
this information with Defendant, consistent with the remaining terms in this Order. 
 
Defense counsel shall advise any person to whom the discovery materials are disclosed 
that, pursuant to this Protective Order, the information must be held in strict confidence and the 
recipient may not further disclose or disseminate the information without defense counsel’s 
express consent. 
 
Defense counsel shall obtain a written certification from each person to whom the 
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discovery is disclosed, in which the recipient (1) must acknowledge these restrictions as set forth 
in this Protective Order, and (2) must agree not to disclose or disseminate the information without 
counsel’s express written consent.  Counsel shall keep a copy of each certification to identify the 
individuals who received the discovery and the date on which such information was first disclosed.  
 
Upon conclusion of the above captioned case, copies of the discovery disclosed to defense 
counsel pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order shall be destroyed or returned to the United 
States. 
 
Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude the parties from presenting redacted 
versions of the documents to witnesses and/or offering such documents as exhibits at trial.  And 
nothing in this Order binds the Court in future determinations whether to redact and/or seal 
information appended and/or used in the prosecution or defense of this criminal action. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Fort Pierce, Florida, this 3rd day of October 
2024. 
 
__________________________________________ 
HONORABLE AILEEN M. CANNON 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
 
cc:  counsel of record 
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