United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Collector's Coffee Inc. et al

Filing 1597

ORDER denying 1589 Letter Motion to Seal. Accordingly, CCI's Motion to Seal is hereby DENIED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Victor Marrero on 1/28/2025) (jca)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 1/28/2025 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 19 Civ. 4355 ORDER Plaintiff, - against COLLECTOR’S COFFEE INC., et al., Defendants. SDJ INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al., Intervenor-Plaintiffs, - against COLLECTOR’S COFFEE INC., et al., Intervenor-Defendants. VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge. Intervenor-Defendant Collector’s Coffee, Inc. (“CCI”) filed a Motion to Seal the settlement agreement documents affecting the Jackie Robinson contracts. (Dkt. Nos. 1589, 1590.) Intervenor-Plaintiffs and Intervenor-Defendant The Jackie Robinson Foundation both oppose CCI’s Motion to Seal, (see Dkt. Nos. 1593, 1596), because CCI previously filed the settlement agreement documents, unredacted, on the public docket on June 19, 2020. (See Dkt. Nos. 400, 400-1, 400-2, 400-3, 400-4, 400-5, 400-6.) Courts in this district have repeatedly found that sealing was improper where the relevant material was already made public. See Chigirinskiy v. Panchenkova, 319 F. Supp. 3d 718, 739 (S.D.N.Y. 2018); Gucci Am., Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., No. 09 Civ. 4373, 2010 WL 1416896, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 8, 2010). Here, the settlement agreement documents at issue have been on the public docket for over four years. Accordingly, CCI’s Motion to Seal is hereby DENIED. SO ORDERED. Dated: 28 January 2025 New York, New York

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