KAREN L. LITKOVITZ, Magistrate Judge.
WHEREAS:
1. Parlin Funds LLC and The Parlin Family Foundation (the "Plaintiffs") in this action are also the plaintiffs in an action pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District ofNew York, styled
2. Plaintiffs, in connection with the SDNY Action, served a subpoena upon Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank") requiring the production of documents, to which Citibank objected on the ground that the documents demanded reflected trade secret or other proprietary or confidential information.
3. On or around February 24, 2012, Plaintiffs and Citibank entered into a Protective Order (the "Protective Order", a copy of which is annexed to this Stipulation and Order) which provided,
4. After entry of the Protective Order, Citibank produced documents pursuant to Plaintiffs' subpoena, some of which it designated "Confidential" or "Attorneys' Eyes Only".
5. Plaintiffs and Citibank have previously stipulated that this action is a "Related Action" within the meaning of the Protective Order.
6. At the request of the parties, on March 12, 2013, the Court entered a Stipulation and Order providing, among other things, that Plaintiffs were authorized to file an amended complaint under seal for the purpose of protecting from disclosure any references made by Plaintiffs in their amended complaint to any document or information produced by Citibank and designated as "Confidential" or "Attorneys' Eyes Only" pursuant to the Protective Order.
7. On March 25, 2013, Plaintiffs filed the Amended Complaint with the Clerk of the Court under seal.
8. Given the content of the Amended Complaint, Citibank's responsive pleading may contain information relating to the documents or information Citibank designated as "Confidential" or "Attorneys' Eyes Only" pursuant to the Protective Order.
9. The parties submit that a similar stipulation and order is needed to enable Citibank to file its response to the Amended Complaint under seal, in order to protect from disclosure any references made in the Amended Complaint or responsive pleading to any document or information produced by Citibank and designated as "Confidential" or "Attorneys' Eyes Only" pursuant to the Protective Order.
THEREFORE, by their undersigned counsel, Plaintiffs and Citibank stipulate and the Court hereby orders that Citibank may file any responsive pleading to the Amended Complaint with the Clerk of the Court under seal, without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiffs under the Protective Order subsequently to challenge Citibank's designation of any document or information as "Confidential" or "Attorneys' Eyes Only" and without prejudice to any rights the parties to this action, or any other interested person, may have to move at a later date to unseal such responsive pleading to the Amended Complaint or any other document that may subsequently be filed under seal in this action.
SO ORDERED.