Vuksanovich v. Airbus Group HQ, Inc.

Background

The parties jointly sought permission to file under a provisional seal their legal memoranda and exhibits supporting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the parties’ motions under Rules 702 through 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the evidence-screening standards described in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The request concerned a large evidentiary record that included Kristi Vuksanovich’s medical information and sensitive commercial information of the Airbus defendants. The parties said they would confer about which information should be redacted or sealed under Rule 9 of the court’s Individual Rules of Practice in Civil Cases.

Requested schedule

The parties proposed that each side provide its proposals concerning its own information by September 20, 2024; provide proposals concerning the opposing side’s motions by October 11, 2024; and consolidate the proposals and file public versions of the memoranda and exhibits by October 18, 2024. They also agreed to file a letter motion by October 18 explaining why particular information should be redacted or sealed.

Ruling

Judge Jennifer H. Rearden granted the application to file the materials under a provisional seal until October 18, 2024. The order also directed the Clerk of Court to terminate ECF No. 188. This order did not rule on the merits of the defendants’ summary-judgment motion or the parties’ evidence-related motions.