Scirocco v. General Elec Co
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ORDER granting with clarifications 30 Amended Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order. Signed by Judge Donna F. Martinez on 5/20/11. (Turner, M.)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
VINCENZO SCIROCCO,
Plaintiff,
v.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.,
Defendant.
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CASE NO. 3:10-CV-871(RNC)
ORDER
The parties’ Amended Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated
Protective Order (doc. #30) is granted with the following
clarifications.
In order to have any part(s) of a document filed under seal,
a party must (1) file a public version of the document that does
not contain the part(s) in question and (2) make a motion in
accordance with District of Connecticut Local Civil Rule 5 that
specifies the part(s) to be kept under seal and, with respect to
each part, makes a particularized showing of good cause for
departing from the strong presumption against sealing.
See
Hartford Courant Co. v. Pellegrino, 380 F.3d 83, 95-96 (2d Cir.
2004) (judicial records may be sealed only when and to the extent
necessary to preserve higher values).
This requires a careful
review of each part of a document a party wishes to file under
seal to ensure that the requested sealing order is no broader
than necessary.
See United States v. Amodeo, 71 F.3d 1044, 1050-
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51 (2d Cir. 1995).
Agreement of the parties to a proposed
sealing order is not a sufficient basis for granting such an
order.
Moreover, the court’s assent to the parties’ request for a
protective order to govern the disclosure and use of assertedly
confidential information does not mean that courtroom proceedings
will be closed to members of the public.
Courtroom proceedings
are presumptively open to the public, and no closure order will
be entered in this case except on a specific written request of a
party supported by a showing of sufficient cause.
SO ORDERED at Hartford, Connecticut this 20th day of May,
2011.
_________/s/___________________
Donna F. Martinez
United States Magistrate Judge
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