Heartland Health & Wellness Fund, a self-funded ERISA multiemployer fund, by Henry B. Taylor, and Joe Chorpenning, in their capacity as Trustees v. Billeter et al

Filing 31

ORDER granting 30 Motion to Replace Documents with Redacted Versions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson on 3/16/2018. (ew)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
HEARTLAND HEALTH & WELLNESS
FUND, A SELF-FUNDED ERISA
MULTIEMPLOYER FUND, BY HENRY B.
TAYLOR, AND JOE CHORPENNING, IN
THEIR CAPACITY AS TRUSTEES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 2:17-CV-00214
CHIEF JUDGE EDMUND A.
SARGUS, JR.
Magistrate Judge Jolson

JANET L. BILLETER, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Replace Documents with
Redacted Versions. (Doc. 30). The Motion explains that Defendant Janet Billeter was injured
on September 9, 2015, when, as a pedestrian, she was hit by a passing tractor/trailer. The
underlying tort litigation settled, but was subject to a confidentiality agreement restricting
disclosure of the settlement terms or amount. In this case, Plaintiff, Janet Billeter’s health care
plan, seeks to enforce a lien against the proceeds of the settlement. The parties state that, “[i]n
the course of briefing, certain inadvertent references have been made to different aspects of the
settlement, including the overall settlement amount, the dates and amounts of certain payments
made to Mrs. Billeter thereunder, and Mrs. Billeter’s social security number.” (Id. at 2). Thus,
the parties move this Court to substitute documents in the current record with redacted versions
of those documents.
Upon review, the undersigned finds that the Motion properly demonstrates a compelling
reason for filing under seal and is narrowly tailored to serve that reason. See Blasi v. United
Debt Servs., LLC, No. 2:14-CV-83, 2016 WL 3765539, at *1 (S.D. Ohio July 14, 2016) (noting

that a proper motion to seal must “demonstrate[] a compelling reason for filing under seal, . . .
must be narrowly tailored to serve that reason,” and must “analyze in detail, document by
document, the propriety of secrecy, providing reasons and legal citations”). Accordingly, for
good cause shown, the Joint Motion to Replace Documents with Redacted Versions is
GRANTED. (Doc. 30). Consequently, the Clerk is DIRECTED to replace the documents as
set forth in the Joint Motion and related attachments.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: March 16, 2018

/s/ Kimberly A. Jolson
KIMBERLY A. JOLSON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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