Jordan v. Mays

Filing 85

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED 70 MOTION TO ALLOW FILING UNDER SEAL. Signed by Chief Judge S. Thomas Anderson on 4/18/22. (mbm)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
EASTERN DIVISION
DAVID LYNN JORDAN,
Petitioner,
v.
TONY MAYS,
Respondent.

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No. 1:17-cv-1159-STA-jay

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ALLOW FILING UNDER SEAL
Before the Court is the Unopposed Motion to Allow Filing Under Seal (ECF No. 70),
filed on behalf of third-party Stacie Lieberman, requesting that a memorandum of law and
exhibit to her Motion for a Protective Order (see ECF No. 68) be filed under seal to insure that
Lieberman’s confidential information is not inadvertently or publicly disclosed. Because there is
a compelling interest in maintaining the confidentiality of medical records and certain personnel
information and because the “privacy rights” of third parties, such as Lieberman, are “among
those interests which, in appropriate cases, can limit the presumptive right of access to judicial
records,” the Court finds good cause to allowing the filing under seal. See In re Knoxville NewsSentinel Co., Inc., 723 F.2d 470, 478 (6th Cir. 1983); see also Harmon v. Honeywell
Intelligrated, No. 1:19-CV-670, 2022 WL 836419, at *2 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 21, 2022). The
unopposed Motion to Allow Filing under Seal is GRANTED. The documents filed at ECF Nos.
71 and 72 have been filed under seal and shall remain under seal pursuant to this Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ S. Thomas Anderson
S. THOMAS ANDERSON
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Date: April 18, 2022.

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