Jarvis et al v. BMW of North America, LLC

Filing 57

ORDER granting 55 Defendant's Unopposed Motion to File Under Seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 12/24/2015. (LS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
KAREN JARVIS and MICHAEL
JARVIS, on behalf of themselves and
all others similarly situated
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 2:14-cv-654-FtM-29CM

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
Defendant.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of Defendant's Unopposed
Motion to File Under Seal (Doc. 55) filed on December 3, 2015.

The specific

documents that Defendant seeks to file under seal are its Motion for Enforcement of
Settlement Agreement, which will include a Confidential Settlement Agreement and
Release executed by BMW NA, emails and written correspondence leading to the
settlement agreement, and an Affidavit of attorney Christopher Dalton.
Pursuant to Local Rule 1.09(a),
[u]nless filing under seal is authorized by statute, rule, or order, a party
seeking to file under seal any paper or other matter in any civil case
shall file and serve a motion, the title of which includes the words
“Motion to Seal” and which includes (i) an identification and description
of each proposed for sealing; (ii) the reason that filing each item is
necessary; (iii) the reason that sealing each item is necessary; (iv) the
reason that a means other than sealing is unavailable or unsatisfactory
to preserve the interest advanced by the movant in support of the seal;
(v) a statement of the proposed duration of the seal; and (vi) a
memorandum of legal authority supporting the seal. The movant shall
not file or otherwise tender to the Clerk any item proposed for sealing
unless the Court has granted the motion required by this section.

M.D. Fla. Rule 1.09(a). Upon review, the Court finds that Defendant has sufficiently
met all of the requirements of the Local Rule 1.09(a).
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

Defendant's Unopposed Motion to File Under Seal (Doc. 55) is

GRANTED.
2.

Counsel may file the proposed documents under seal with the Clerk of

Court.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 24th day of December,
2015.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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