McRae v. Town of Hope Mills, et al

Filing 71

ORDER granting 66 Joint Motion to Seal Docket Entries 62 , 64 , and 65 - Signed by U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 5/23/2017. (Baker, C.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
Civil Action No. 5:16-cv-88-FL
Michelle McRae, Administrator for the
Estate of Kevin Dijon Grissett,
Plaintiff,
v.
The Town of Hope Mills, Joel Acciardo,
Individually and in his official capacity as
Chief, Hope Mills Police Department, and
Jacob Ransone Pfeffer, Individually and in
his official capacity as a law enforcement
officer with the Hope Mills Police
Department,
Defendants.

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ORDER

Upon the motion of Defendants, THE TOWN OF HOPE MILLS and JOEL ACCIARDO,
Individually and in his official capacity as Chief, Hope Mills Police Department, JACOB
RANSONE PFEFFER, in his official capacity as a law enforcement officer with the Hope Mills
Police Department, Defendant JACOB RANSONE PFEFFER, Individually (collectively,
“Defendants”), to seal Defendants’ Local Rule 56.1 Statement of Material Facts on Summary
Judgment and Defendants’ Appendix to Local Rule 56.1 Statement of Material Facts, and
attachments thereto, on the grounds that the documents contain information made confidential by
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 160A-168 and 132-1.4(a) and/or that are required to be filed under seal
pursuant to the Protective Order filed in this case [DE 57];
AND IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that good cause has been shown for the
granting of this motion;

AND IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that Defendants have demonstrated the
necessity and propriety of sealing the documents at issue;
AND IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that the request to seal the documents
overcomes any common law or First Amendment presumption to access;
AND IT APPEARING TO THE COURT that the specific qualities of the material to be
sealed justify that they be sealed taking into account the competing interest in access;
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Seal be GRANTED and that
the following documents submitted to the Court will be sealed:
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Defendants’ Local Rule 56.1 Statement of Material Facts on Summary Judgment;
and

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Defendants’ Appendix to Local Rule 56.1 Statement of Material Facts, and
attachments thereto.

This the _______ day of May, 2017.
23rd

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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