Knopf et al v. Esposito et al

Filing 255

ORDER denying 253 JOINT MOTION to Seal unredacted versions of certain ECF-filed documents and redact the filed public view versions. Accordingly, it is herebyORDERED that the plaintiffs' request is denied. (And as further set forth herein.) (Signed by Judge Denise L. Cote on 1/4/2021) (jca)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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NORMA KNOPF and MICHAEL KNOPF,
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Plaintiffs,
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FRANK M. ESPOSITO, DORSEY & WHITNEY,
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LLP, NATHANIEL H. AKERMAN, EDWARD S.
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FELDMAN, and MICHAEL HAYDEN SANFORD,
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Defendants.
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17cv5833(DLC)
ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge:
On December 30, 2020, the plaintiffs filed a motion
requesting an Order approving the redaction and sealing of
materials “that concern, or refer to, a criminal investigation
that parallels the allegations in the Second Amended Complaint.”
Pursuant to Section 8 of this Court’s Individual Practices, a
proposed sealed document must be contemporaneously filed under
seal in the ECF system and electronically related to the motion.
The summary docket text, but not the sealed document, will be
open to public inspection and should not include confidential
information sought to be filed under seal.

Where the motion

seeks approval to redact information from a document that is to
be publicly filed, the filing party shall: (a) publicly file the
document with the proposed redactions, and (b) electronically
file under seal a copy of the unredacted document with the

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proposed redactions highlighted.

Both documents must be

electronically filed through the ECF system and related to the
motion.
The December 30 request failed to contemporaneously file
the proposed sealed or redacted documents under seal on ECF.

To

the extent parties wish to seal or redact specific materials in
the future, they must file a motion to seal at the time they
submit those materials, and they must file those materials under
seal on ECF, as required by Section 8 of this Court’s Individual
Practices.

Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that the plaintiffs’ request is denied.

Dated:

New York, New York
January 4, 2021

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