Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et al

Filing 314

Assented to MOTION to Seal SFFA'S Letter Motion Requesting Production of Performance Reports by Students for Fair Admissions, Inc..(Caldwell, Benjamin)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-14176-ADB

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD
COLLEGE (HARVARD CORPORATION),
Defendant.
PLAINTIFF’S ASSENTED-TO MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL
PLAINTIFF’S LETTER MOTION REQUESTING THE PRODUCTION OF
PERFORMANCE REPORTS BY ETHNICITY
Pursuant to Local Rule 7.2 and this matter’s Stipulated Protective Order (Dkt. No. 55),
Plaintiff, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (“SFFA”), hereby brings this assented-to motion
seeking an order to file under seal a letter motion which seeks the production of reports
Defendant has prepared regarding its students’ areas of concentration, academic performance and
academic preparation by ethnicity (the “Letter Motion”).

The Letter Motion will contain

substantial information that has been designated as Confidential and/or Highly Confidential –
Attorneys’ Eyes Only pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order.

To comply with those

designations, SFFA requests an order that allows the Letter Motion, and all documents in
support, to be filed under seal in its entirety. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(a)(2), Defendant was
aware of this motion and assents to it.
WHEREFORE, SFFA respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion and allow the
Letter Motion, along with all accompanying documents in support, to be filed under seal until
further order of the Court and to be viewed only by the Judge, her clerk(s), and Court personnel.

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Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Benjamin C. Caldwell

Paul M. Sanford BBO #566318
Benjamin C. Caldwell BBO #675061
BURNS & LEVINSON LLP
One Citizens Plaza, Suite 1100
Providence, RI 02903
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William S. Consovoy
Thomas R. McCarthy
J. Michael Connolly
CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PARK PLLC
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, Virginia 22201
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Patrick Strawbridge BBO #678274
CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PARK PLLC
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8th Floor South PMB #706
Boston, MA 02109
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Michael H. Park
CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PARK PLLC
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New York, NY 10024
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Dated: May 19, 2017

Counsel for Plaintiff SFFA

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(a), I hereby certify that Defendant’s counsel was made
aware of this motion before it was filed and assents to the relief requested therein.

/s/ Benjamin C. Caldwell

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that this document filed through the CM/ECF system will be sent
electronically to all counsel of record via the CM/ECF system.
/s/ Benjamin C. Caldwell

4828-4263-9176.1

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