Federal Trade Commission v. AMG Services, Inc. et al

Filing 567

ORDER Granting 563 Motion for Leave to File Under Seal re 561 Exhibits. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 3/24/14. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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DANIEL G. BOGDEN
United States Attorney
District of Nevada
BLAINE T. WELSH
Assistant United States Attorney
Nevada Bar. No. 4790
333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 5000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
DAVID SHONKA
Principal Deputy General Counsel
NIKHIL SINGHVI
JASON D. SCHALL
HELEN P. WONG
IOANA RUSU
LaSHAWN M. JOHNSON
COURTNEY A. ESTEP
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Mailstop NJ-3158
Washington, D.C. 20580
Phone: [phone] (Singhvi)
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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v.
AMG Services, Inc. et al.,

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PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE
UNDER SEAL EXHIBITS
TO MOTION TO UNSEAL

Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:12-cv-536

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Defendants, and
Park 269 LLC, et al.,
Relief Defendants.

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Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hereby moves this Court for an Order granting the

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FTC leave to file under seal the exhibits and attachments (Docket No. 561, 561-1, et seq.), to its Motion

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To Unseal And File Redacted Memoranda And Exhibits In Connection With Summary Judgment Motions

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(“Unseal Motion”) (Docket No. 560.) The Court has approved the FTC’s similar request to provisionally

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file materials under seal with respect to the FTC’s summary judgment filings. (See Docket Nos. 476, 506,

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525, 562.) In support of this motion, the FTC states as follows:

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On January 11, 2013, this Court entered an amended protective order, (Docket No. 308),

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permitting parties to designate documents and testimony as confidential, and to submit such information to

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the Court under seal.

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On September 30, 2013, the FTC filed a motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 454).

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With the Court’s permission, (Docket No. 476), the FTC filed under seal its memorandum, (Docket No.

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456), and exhibits, (Docket No. 455), in support thereof.

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On December 3, 2013, the FTC filed an opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary

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judgment (Docket No. 491), and exhibits in support thereof (Docket Nos. 491-1, 491-2, 491-3, 491-4,

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491-5, 491-6, 491-7, 491-8). The FTC filed these documents under seal with the Court’s permission.

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(Docket No. 506.)

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4.

On December 20, 2013, the FTC filed a reply in support of its motion for summary

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judgment (the “Reply”), as well as an appendix and declaration with accompanying exhibits (Docket No.

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514 et seq.). These documents were filed under seal, with the Court’s permission. (Docket No. 525.)

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5.

On March 2, 2014, the FTC filed an opposition to Defendants’ objection to the magistrate

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judge’s January 28, 2014 report and recommendation, (Docket No. 556), and on March 3, 2014, the FTC

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filed a response to Defendants’ objection to the magistrate judge’s January 28, 2014 evidentiary rulings

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(Docket No. 557.) The FTC sought leave to file these documents under seal out of an abundance of

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caution, and due to the breadth of the Defendants’ confidential designations. The Court granted the FTC’s

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motion to file these documents under seal. (Docket No. 562.)

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6.

On March 11, 2014, the FTC filed an Unseal Motion, seeking to unseal and file redacted

memoranda and exhibits in connection with its summary judgment motions and briefings. (Docket No.
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560.) In its Unseal Motion, the FTC proposed numerous redactions to its summary judgment memoranda

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and exhibits. (Docket No. 561, 561-1, et seq.)

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Some of the redacted exhibits attached to the FTC’s Unseal Motion contain documents and

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testimony designated by Defendants as confidential. Defendants take the position that some of those

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exhibits should remain sealed entirely, and that some of those exhibits require redactions in excess of

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those proposed by the FTC. As a result, the FTC, out of an abundance of caution, seeks leave of the Court

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to file the exhibits to its Unseal Motion under seal until the Court has an opportunity to resolve the Unseal

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Motion.

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WHEREFORE, the FTC respectfully requests leave of the Court to file under seal all exhibits to its Unseal

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Motion (Docket No. 561, 561-1, et seq.)..

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March 11, 2014

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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Ioana Rusu
Nikhil Singhvi
Jason D. Schall
Helen P. Wong
Ioana Rusu
LaShawn M. Johnson
Courtney A. Estep
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Federal Trade Commission

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IT IS SO ORDERED:
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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3-24-2014
DATED: ________________________

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I, Ioana Rusu, certify that, as indicated below, all parties were served by electronic case filing
with PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL EXHIBITS TO
MOTION TO UNSEAL.
Dated: March 11, 2014
/s/Ioana Rusu
Ioana Rusu
Joshua M. Dickey ([e-mail])
Attorney for Red Cedar Services, Inc. dba 500FastCash; SFS, Inc. dba OneClickCash
Conly J. Schulte ([e-mail])
Francis J. Nyhan ([e-mail])
Nicole Ducheneaux ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Defendants AMG Services, Inc.; Red Cedar Services, Inc. dba 500FastCash; SFS,
Inc. dba OneClickCash; MNE Services, Inc. dba Tribal Financial Services, Ameriloan,
UnitedCashLoans, USFastCash
David J. Merrill ([e-mail])
Debra K. Lefler ([e-mail])
Bradley Weidenhammer ([e-mail])
Charles Kalil ([e-mail])
Richard Howell ([e-mail])
Peter J. Wozniak ([e-mail])
Andrew A. Kassof ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Defendants AMG Services, Inc. and MNE Services, Inc. dba Tribal Financial
Services, Ameriloan, UnitedCashLoans, USFastCash
Von S. Heinz ([e-mail])
Darren J. Lemieux ([e-mail])
E. Leif Reid ([e-mail])
Jeffrey D. Morris ([e-mail])
Ryan C. Hudson ([e-mail])
Nick J. Kurt ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Defendants AMG Capital Management, LLC; Level 5 Motorsports, LLC;
LeadFlash Consulting, LLC; Black Creek Capital Corporation; Broadmoor Capital Partners,
LLC; Scott A. Tucker; Blaine A. Tucker

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L. Christopher Rose ([e-mail])
Michael R. Ernst ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Defendants The Muir Law Firm, LLC and Timothy J. Muir
Jay Young ([e-mail])
Attorney for Defendant for Robert D. Campbell

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Paul C. Ray ([e-mail])
Alyssa D. Campbell (acampbell@laic- law.com)
Attorneys for Defendant Troy L. Littleaxe
Patrick J. Reilly ([e-mail])
Linda C. McFee ([e-mail])
Robert Peter Smith ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Relief Defendants Kim C. Tucker and Park 269 LLC
Brian R. Reeve ([e-mail])
Nathan F. Garrett ([e-mail])
Whitney P. Strack ([e-mail])
Attorneys for Defendant Don E. Brady

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