The Piatelli Company, Inc. et al v. Chambers et al

Filing 52

MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS of the Honorable Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb, on 5/28/2014. Plaintiffs' # 50 Motion is GRANTED, as follows: (1) The recording pertaining to the settlement conference of May 7, 2014, is UNSEALED for the prep aration of a transcript. However, access to this transcript, for the time being at least, will be available only to the court, the parties and their counsel herein. The parties will each have to order and pay for their copies. (2) The motion to file the draft settlement agreement (Doc. # 50-1) under seal is GRANTED. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

THE PIATELLI COMPANY, INC., et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
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vs.
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ALAN CHAMBERS, et al.,
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Defendants
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3:12-cv-00225-RCJ-WGC
MINUTES OF THE COURT
May 28, 2014

PRESENT: THE HONORABLE WILLIAM G. COBB, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DEPUTY CLERK:

KATIE LYNN OGDEN REPORTER: NONE APPEARING

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF(S): NONE APPEARING
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT(S): NONE APPEARING
MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS:
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Unseal Transcript; Motion to Allow Submission of
Draft Settlement Agreement Under Seal. (Doc. # 50.) Plaintiffs request that the sealed recording
concerning the settlement agreement reached on May 7, 2014, be unsealed to allow a court reporter
to transcribe Magistrate Judge McQuaid's canvassing of the parties as to the settlement reached.
Plaintiffs' motion also seeks an order permitting the draft settlement agreement (which was submitted
as Doc. # 50-1) to be filed under seal so the court and parties can refer to these documents in regard
to Plaintiff's Motion to Enforce Settlement filed as Doc. # 49. (Doc. # 50 at 2, 3.)
Although it appears to the court there is a certain inconsistency in unsealing the transcript of
the settlement conference proceedings while lodging under seal the proposed settlement agreement
which purportedly was predicated upon those same proceedings, nevertheless, with good cause
appearing, Plaintiffs' motion (Doc. # 50) is GRANTED, as follows:
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MINUTES OF THE COURT
3:12-cv-00225-RCJ-WGC
Date: May 28, 2014
Page 2
(1) The recording pertaining to the settlement conference of May 7, 2014, is UNSEALED
for the preparation of a transcript. However, access to this transcript, for the time being at least, will
be available only to the court, the parties and their counsel herein. The parties will each have to order
and pay for their copies.1
(2) The motion to file the draft settlement agreement (Doc. # 50-1) under seal is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.2
LANCE S. WILSON, CLERK

By:

/s/
Deputy Clerk

1

The transcript order form may be found on the court's website at www.nvd.uscourts.gov/Forms/aspx
(Form no: AO 435).
2

Plaintiff's motion to enforce settlement (Doc. # 49) will be addressed by Recalled Magistrate Judge
Robert A. McQuaid, Jr. The court clerk is directed to calendar a hearing on Plaintiff's motion before Judge
McQuaid. The court anticipates the hearing will be scheduled for the week of June 9. The parties may therefore
consider expediting their request for the preparation of the transcript.