Filed: Aug. 26, 2013
Latest Update: Aug. 26, 2013
Summary: ORDER GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge. Defendant seeks to file under seal multiple documents and/or portions of documents in support of its pending summary judgment motion. In essence, Defendant argues that the information it seeks to file under seal "contains confidential business and proprietary information about [Defendant's] finances, business model, operational practices and compensation structure, the disclosure of which would be detrimental to [Defendant's] financial and
Summary: ORDER GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge. Defendant seeks to file under seal multiple documents and/or portions of documents in support of its pending summary judgment motion. In essence, Defendant argues that the information it seeks to file under seal "contains confidential business and proprietary information about [Defendant's] finances, business model, operational practices and compensation structure, the disclosure of which would be detrimental to [Defendant's] financial and ..
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ORDER
GARLAND E. BURRELL, Jr., Senior District Judge.
Defendant seeks to file under seal multiple documents and/or portions of documents in support of its pending summary judgment motion. In essence, Defendant argues that the information it seeks to file under seal "contains confidential business and proprietary information about [Defendant's] finances, business model, operational practices and compensation structure, the disclosure of which would be detrimental to [Defendant's] financial and competitive interests," and "private information about current and former employees, the disclosure of which would be detrimental to third party privacy rights." (Def.'s Not. of Req. to Seal 2:12-25, ECF No. 41.)
Defendant indicates in its Request to Seal Documents, which was submitted for in camera review:
[t]he portions of the MSJ and supporting documents [Defendant] requests to seal are very limited so as to minimize any negative impact to the public's right to access court records. Only certain salary dollar amounts related to salaries, sales numbers, SPEH numbers, and proprietary business information are the subject of this request[, and] . . . only . . . employee names [are sought to be redacted] in order to preserve their individual privacy rights.
(Def.'s Req. to Seal 5:13-16, 6:9-10.) However, the following documents were neither filed on the public docket in redacted form, nor did Defendant indicate in the documents submitted in support of its sealing request that it seeks to file them under seal in their entirety:
Exhibits B-D to the Declaration of Julie Ash;
Exhibits F-I to the Declaration of David McDearmon; and
Exhibit 101 to Plaintiff's deposition, which is attached as
Exhibit A to the Declaration of Constance Norton.
(See Decl. of Constance Norton in Supp. of Def.'s Req. to Seal ¶¶ 5-7, 13-14, 21.)
Therefore, no later than August 28, 2013, Defendant shall either file on the public docket a redacted version of the referenced documents or demonstrate under the sealing standard sufficient justification for sealing all contents in the referenced documents. Decision on Defendant's sealing request will then follow.
