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

Filing 391

ORDER granting 379 Motion to Seal regarding 377 Proposed Sealed Document and 378 Proposed Sealed Memorandum in Support. Signed by Senior Judge James C. Fox on 12/15/2015. (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,
Plaintiffs,
v.
BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE
OF VIRGINIA, LLC, d/b/a BIG SKY
INTERNATIONAL, BIG SOUTH
WHOLESALE,LLC,UNIVERSAL
SERVICES FIRST CONSULTING,
a/k/a UNIVERSAL SERVICES
CONSULTING GROUP, JASON
CARPENTER, CHRISTOPHER SMALL,
EMORY STEPHEN DANIEL,
and other unnamed co-conspirators,
Defendants,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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 CMIECF Policy
Manual. [DE-379]. For the reasons set forth below, the motion· is ALLOWED.
Defendant Johnson seeks to file under seal (a) Albert M. Johnson's Motion for Leave to
File Defendant Albert M. Johnson's Amended Answer to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint
and Counterclaim [DE-377]; and (b) the Memorandum in Support ofMotion [DE-378].

For the reasons set forth in the Court's earlier orders granting motions to seal, the Court
is of the opinion that the motion should be ALLOWED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to
maintain the following documents under Seal:
(a) Defendant Albert M. Johnson's Amended Answer to Plaintiffs' Second Amended
Complaint and Counterclaim [DE-377]; and
(b) Memorandum in Support ofMotion to Seal [DE-378].
SO ORDERED.
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This the _E_ day of December, 2015.

J~ESC.FOX

Senior United States District Judge

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