D'Anzieri v. HHarrison Global LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:21-cv-08506
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In D’Anzieri v. Harrison Global, Judge Caproni ordered unsealed a summary-judgment filing that defendants submitted without permission.
The defendants’ sealed Consolidated Rule 56.1 Statement was ordered unsealed, affecting the parties’ filing and access to that court document.
What happened
In D’Anzieri v. Harrison Global LLC, defendants filed their reply papers supporting their request for summary judgment and filed the parties’ consolidated statement of undisputed facts under seal.
The court’s rules required a party seeking to seal a document to request permission and explain why sealing was appropriate. Defendants did not request permission, and they did not respond when the court ordered them to explain why the statement should not be unsealed.
Judge Valerie Caproni ordered the clerk to unseal the consolidated statement at docket number 135. This order did not decide the summary-judgment motion.
The detailed version
- D'Anzieri v. HHarrison Global LLC · No. 1:21-cv-08506
- Valerie Caproni
- Mar. 13, 2025
Background
On March 7, 2025, the defendants filed reply papers supporting their motion for summary judgment. They also filed the parties’ Consolidated Rule 56.1 Statement under seal at docket number 135. A Rule 56.1 statement is a filing addressing the facts relevant to a summary-judgment motion.
Sealing issue
Judge Caproni’s individual rules required a party seeking to file a document under seal to submit a letter motion requesting permission and explaining why sealing was appropriate, considering the presumption that court filings should be accessible. The defendants did not seek permission to file the Consolidated Rule 56.1 Statement under seal. The court also noted that earlier versions of the statement had not been sealed.
On March 10, 2025, the court ordered the defendants to explain by March 12 why the statement should not be unsealed. The defendants did not respond.
Ruling
Judge Valerie Caproni ordered the clerk of court to unseal the Consolidated Rule 56.1 Statement at docket number 135. The opinion does not rule on the underlying motion for summary judgment.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.