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)
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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