U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc. et al v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC d/b/a Big Sky International et al

Filing 376

ORDER granting 368 Motion to Seal. Signed by Senior Judge James C. Fox on 10/20/2015. (Grady, B.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:13-CV-527-F

U.S. TOBACCO INC.,
U.S FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
GROWERS, INC., and
BIG SOUTH DISTRIBUTION, LLC,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE
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OF VIRGINIA, LLC, d/b/a BIG SKY
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INTERNATIONAL, BIG SOUTH
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WHOLESALE, LLC, UNIVERSAL
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SERVICES FIRST CONSULTING,
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a/k/a UNIVERSAL SERVICES
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CONSULTING GROUP, JASON
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CARPENTER, CHRISTOPHER SMALL, )
EMORY STEPHEN DANIEL,
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and other unnamed co-conspirators,
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Defendants,
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Intervenor.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the court on the Defendant Albert Johnson's Motion to Seal
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2, Local Civil Rule 79.2, and Section T of the CM/ECF Policy
Manual [DE-368]. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is ALLOWED.
Defendant Johnson seeks to file under seal (a) the Reply Memorandum in Support of
Defendant Albert M. Johnson's Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer to Second Amended
Complaint; and (b) the Memorandum in Support of Motion to Seal.

For the reasons set forth in the court's earlier orders granting motions to seal, the court is
of the opinion that the motion [DE-368] should be ALLOWED. The Clerk of Court is
DIRECTED to maintain the following documents under Seal:
(a) Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant Albert M. Johnson's Motion for
Leave to File Amended Answer to Second Amended Complaint [DE-366]; and
(b) Memorandum in Support ofMotion to Seal [DE-367].
SO ORDERED.
This the~ day of October, 2015.

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