Langenbach v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Filing 41

ORDER re 40 Rule 7(h) Expedited Non-Dispositive MOTION to Seal Document filed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The defendant is ordered to submit a version of Exhibit 1 with the confidential information redacted. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph on 10/16/2013. (cc: all counsel)(llc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ERIKA M. LANGENBACH,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 12-CV-1019

WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER
Before the Court is the defendant’s October 16, 2013 Civ. L.R. 7(h) Expedited, NonDispositive Motion to Re-File Material Under Seal. The defendant asserts that certain pages
in Exhibit 1 to the October 7, 2013 Declaration of Erik K. Eisenmann (Docket # 38-1),
which is an excerpt from the plaintiff’s deposition in this matter, contain confidential
information pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order entered on July 10, 2013. The
defendant requests Exhibit 1 to be re-filed under seal. The Court finds there is not good
cause to seal the entirety of Exhibit 1. A motion to seal should be limited to that portion of
the material necessary to protect the movant from harm  thus, the fact that part of a
document contains confidential information does not mean the entire document should be
sealed. See Gen. L.R. 79(d), Committee Comment. Rather, only the portions containing
confidential material should be sealed. Id.
The defendant states that “certain pages” of the exhibit contain confidential
information. Thus, the defendant should submit a version of Exhibit 1 with the confidential
information redacted.

SO ORDERED this 16th day of October, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
s/Nancy Joseph______________
NANCY JOSEPH
United States Magistrate Judge

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