[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR76.24]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 76--RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 76.24  Protective order.

    (a) A party or a prospective witness or deponent may seek to limit 
the availability or disclosure of evidence by filing a motion for a 
protective order with respect to discovery sought by an opposing party 
or with respect to the hearing.
    (b) In issuing a protective order, the Judge may make any order 
which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, 
embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, or to protect 
privileged information including one or more of the following orders:
    (1) That the discovery not be had;
    (2) That the discovery may be had only on specified terms and 
conditions, including a designation of the time or place;
    (3) That the discovery may be had only through a method of discovery 
other than that requested;
    (4) That certain matters not be the subject of inquiry, or that the 
scope of discovery be limited to certain matters;
    (5) That discovery be conducted with no one present except persons 
designated by the Judge;
    (6) That the contents of discovery or evidence be sealed;
    (7) That a sealed deposition be opened only by order of the Judge;
    (8) That the parties simultaneously file specified documents or 
information enclosed in sealed envelopes to be opened as directed by the 
Judge.