U. S. Technology Corporation v. Ramsay et al

Filing 186

ORDER granting 185 Transcript Request filed by MS Dept of Environmental Quality Signed by Honorable David C. Bramlette, III on 8/27/2015 (ECW)

IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN DIVISION
U.S. TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
VS.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:08-cv-218(DCB)(JCG)

DELTA LOGGING & COMPANY, INC., ET AL.

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
This

cause

is

before

the

Court

on

movant

Mississippi

Department of Environmental Quality (“MDEQ”)’s request for a copy
of the transcripts of the evidentiary hearings held in this case on
March 26, 2015, and May 19, 2015 (docket entry 185).
In July of 2015, U.S. Technology Corporation and Raymond
Williams filed a complaint against MDEQ and two MDEQ employees
(civil action no. 5:15-cv-66).

MDEQ asserts that the civil action

against it stems from similar facts and circumstances with the
instant case, and references the instant case.

MDEQ requests

copies of the two transcripts so that it may defend the lawsuit
filed against it.
None

of

the

parties

in

the

instant

objection or response to MDEQ’s motion.

case

has

filed

any

The Court therefore

assumes that the present motion is without objection, and it shall
be granted, with the caveat that the pleadings in the instant case
are under seal, and that the transcripts of the hearings shall
remain under seal unless lifted by agreement of the parties or by
the Court.

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that movant Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality’s request for a copy of the transcripts of
the evidentiary hearings held in this case on March 26, 2015, and
May 19, 2015 (docket entry 185) is GRANTED, with costs of the
transcripts to be paid by movant;
FURTHER ORDERED that the transcripts shall otherwise remain
under seal.
SO ORDERED, this the 27th day of August, 2015.

/s/ David Bramlette
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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