GP v. Lee County School Board et al

Filing 83

ORDER granting 82 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to File Under Seal Exhibits to "Plaintiff's Response to 'Defendant Lee County School Board's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment'". Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 7/25/2017. (LS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
GP, minor child by and through her
Mother, JP
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-728-FtM-38CM

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD,
Defendant.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of Plaintiff’s Unopposed
Motion to File Under Seal Exhibits to “Plaintiff’s Response to ‘Defendant Lee County
School Board’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment’” (Doc. 82) filed on July 17,
2017. Plaintiff seeks to file under seal exhibits containing the full names of minor
children who are not parties to this action and relating to events that occurred at a
public middle school in late 2013. Doc. 82 at 2-3. Plaintiff states that redaction of
the names would be inefficient and confusing due to the frequent appearance of the
minors’ names in these documents. Id. at 2. Plaintiff seeks to seal the exhibits for
one year. Id.
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 Plaintiff has sufficiently identified and
described the documents proposed for sealing and sufficiently explained that filing
the documents under seal is necessary.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to File Under Seal Exhibits to “Plaintiff’s
Response to ‘Defendant Lee County School Board’s Motion for Partial Summary
Judgment’” (Doc. 82) is GRANTED. Plaintiff may file under seal the exhibits to
Plaintiff’s Response to “Defendant Lee County School Board’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment” (Doc. 81).
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 25th day of July, 2017.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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