Allen Systems Group, Inc. v. Avon Products, Inc.

Filing 151

ORDER granting 142 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Seal and Incorporated Supporting Memorandum of Law; granting 148 Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Seal. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 3/20/2018. (HJ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
ALLEN SYSTEMS GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:16-cv-121-FtM-38CM

AVON PRODUCTS, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of Plaintiff’s Unopposed
Motion to Seal and Incorporated Supporting Memorandum of Law (Doc. 142) and
Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Seal (Doc. 148) filed on March 19, 2018.

Plaintiff

seeks to file under seal depositions of certain witnesses and several exhibits to its
motions in limine pursuant to the parties’ confidentiality agreement.

Doc. 142.

Similarly, Defendant seeks to file under seal its unredacted motion in limine and
certain exhibits to the accompanying declaration of Benjamin Gruenstein in
accordance with the confidentiality agreement.
unopposed.

Doc. 148.

The motions are

Docs. 142 at 2, 148 at 2.

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 the parties have 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:
1.

Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Seal and Incorporated Supporting

Memorandum of Law (Doc. 142) is GRANTED.
2.

Plaintiff shall have up to and including March 23, 2018 to file under the

seal the following documents:
•

Deposition testimony of Michael Leach: 32:20-33:6;

•

Deposition testimony of Charles Wilson: 117:2-12;

•

Deposition testimony of Cheryl Watson Walker: 23:3-6, 23:13-24, 33:213, 139:13-17, 141:17-142:11, 143:3-6, 214:21-215:24, 219:7-222:13,
224:8-226:6, 226:22-227:25; and

•
3.

Exhibits 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 to Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine.
Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Seal (Doc. 148) is GRANTED.

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4.

Defendant shall have up to and including March 23, 2018 to file under the

seal its unredacted Motion in Limine and Exhibits 2, 3 and 4 to the accompanying
declaration of Benjamin Gruenstein.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 20th day of March, 2018.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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