Ikon Office Solutions, Inc. v. Milner et al

Filing 35

ORDER granting 31 Motion to Seal Document and defendants are granted leave to file Exhibits 1 and 11 in support of their Motion to Compel under seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 9/15/09. (siw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA A S H E V IL L E DIVISION 1 :0 8 cv 5 5 2 I K O N OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC., P la in t if f, V s. J O H N H. MILNER; and SHARP B U S I N E S S SYSTEMS-CAROLINAS, D efen d an ts. _______________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

ORDER

T H I S MATTER is before the court on the defendants' Motion to File Under S e al exhibits 1 and 11 in support of their Motion to Compel. Finding that such d o c u m e n ts are subject to a Protective Order prohibiting disclosure of confidential or tra d e secret information, and that no lesser restrictive means exists to protect such in fo rm a tio n , the court will allow the filing of such information under seal. ORDER I T IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that defendants' Motion to File Under Seal (# 3 1 ), and defendants are granted leave to file Exhibits 1 and 11 in support of their M o tio n to Compel under seal.

Signed: September 15, 2009