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

Filing 160

ORDER granting 159 Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Seal. Defendant shall have up to and including March 26, 2018 to file under the seal its unredacted response to Plaintiff's Motion in Limine and exhibits to the accompanying declaration of Benjamin Gruenstein. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 3/23/2018. (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 Defendant’s Unopposed
Motion to Seal (Doc. 159) filed on March 22, 2018.

Defendant seeks to file under seal

its unredacted response to Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine and exhibits to the
accompanying declaration of Benjamin Gruenstein in accordance with the
confidentiality agreement.

Doc. 159. Plaintiff does not oppose the requested relief.

Id. at 3.
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 Defendant 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:
Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Seal (Doc. 159) is GRANTED. Defendant
shall have up to and including March 26, 2018 to file under the seal its unredacted
response to Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine and exhibits to the accompanying declaration
of Benjamin Gruenstein.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 23rd day of March, 2018.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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