Coventry Capital US LLC v. EEA Life Settlements, Inc. et al

Filing 417

ORDER granting 416 Letter Motion to Seal. Plaintiff's letter-motion seeking to seal limited portions of the November 22, 2022 transcript (the "Transcript") to protect the privacy of third parties (ECF No. 416) is GRANTED. The parti es shall file a redacted copy of the transcript by Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to (i) seal the document at ECF No. 413 which shall remain visible only to the selected parties, and (ii) close ECF No. 416. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave on 12/20/22) (yv) Transmission to Sealed Records Clerk for processing.

Case 1:17-cv-07417-JLR-SLC Document 417 Filed 12/20/22 Page 1 of 2

RENEE M. GRIFFIN
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December 19, 2022
Via ECF
The Honorable Sarah L. Cave
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street, Room 1670
New York, NY 10007
Re: Coventry Capital US LLC v. EEA Life Settlements, Inc., No. 17-cv-7417-VM-SLC
Dear Judge Cave:
I write on behalf of Coventry Capital US LLC (“Coventry”) to request that the Court order
that limited portions of the transcript of the November 22, 2022 hearing in this matter be redacted
to protect the privacy of third parties. Defendants have informed us that they do not oppose this
request.
Redaction is necessary because during the hearing the parties referred by name to a certain
insured individual whose life-insurance policy was part of the portfolio of policies at issue in this
case. The names of insureds should be kept confidential to protect their privacy, particularly given
the sensitive medical and other personal matters about the insureds that may be discussed in
connection with their life-insurance policies. See, e.g., United States v. King, 2012 WL 2196674,
at *3 (S.D.N.Y. June 15, 2012) (permitting redaction of third-party medical information because
“[t]he need to protect the privacy of these third parties is a compelling one … which overrides any
public interest in the disclosure of these materials” particularly where the information to be
redacted was “truly tangential to the sentencing decision in this case”).
Accordingly, Coventry respectfully requests that the Court order that the mentions of
insured names and their medical conditions on the following pages and lines of the transcript of
the November 22, 2022 hearing be redacted: 17:19, 18:20, 19:3-5, and 19:15. If it would be
helpful to the Court, Coventry would be happy to prepare and submit a proposed redacted version
of the transcript.
We appreciate the Court’s attention to these matters and are prepared to address them
further at the Court’s convenience.

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December 19, 2022
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Plaintiff's letter-motion seeking to seal limited
portions of the November 22, 2022 transcript (the
"Transcript") to protect the privacy of third parties
(ECF No. 416) is GRANTED. The parties shall file a
redacted copy of the transcript by Wednesday,
December 21, 2022.

Respectfully submitted,

Renee M. Griffin
The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to (i) seal
the document at ECF No. 413 which shall remain
visible only to the selected parties, and (ii) close ECF
No. 416.
SO ORDERED 12/20/22