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

Filing 162

ORDER granting 161 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Seal and Incorporated Supporting Memorandum of Law. Plaintiff shall have up to and including March 30, 2018 to file under seal its excerpts from the deposition testimony of Christine Addonizio, Robert Nelson, Mark Farrell, Cheryl Watson Walker, Charles Wilson, Michael Leach, and Dilip Upmanyu. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 3/27/2018. (DRS)

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 the Unopposed Motion to
Seal and Incorporated Supporting Memorandum of Law (Doc. 161) filed on March 26,
2018.

Plaintiff seeks to file under seal unredacted excerpts from the deposition

testimony of Christine Addonizio, Robert Nelson, Mark Farrell, Cheryl Watson
Walker, Charles Wilson, Michael Leach, and Dilip Upmanyu in accordance with the
parties’ confidentiality agreement. Doc. 161 at 1-2. Defendant does not oppose the
requested relief. Id. 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 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:
The Unopposed Motion to Seal and Incorporated Supporting Memorandum of
Law (Doc. 161) is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall have up to and including March 30,
2018 to file under the seal its unredacted excerpts from the deposition testimony of
Christine Addonizio, Robert Nelson, Mark Farrell, Cheryl Watson Walker, Charles
Wilson, Michael Leach, and Dilip Upmanyu.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 27th day of March, 2018.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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