Birdie Girl Golf, LLC v. Many Hats Enterprises, LLC
- Lewis Liman
- 1:24-cv-09425
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Birdie Girl Golf v. Many Hats Enterprises, Judge Liman granted the motion to seal certain business and personal information.
Birdie Girl Golf, LLC, the non-parties whose identifying information appeared in the materials, and members of the public seeking access to the sealed or redacted filings.
What happened
Birdie Girl Golf, LLC asked the court for permission to file under seal an unredacted declaration and exhibits supporting its opposition to Many Hats Enterprises, LLC’s motion to dismiss. The proposed redactions covered limited financial figures, confidential business information, and identifying information of people who were not parties.
The court granted the motion to seal. It concluded that Birdie Girl Golf’s interest in keeping sensitive business information confidential outweighed the presumption that court records should be publicly accessible.
Judge Lewis Liman also directed the Clerk of Court to close docket entry 22. The opinion does not decide Many Hats Enterprises’ motion to dismiss.
The detailed version
- Birdie Girl Golf, LLC v. Many Hats Enterprises, LLC · No. 1:24-cv-09425
- Lewis Liman
- Aug. 18, 2025
Background
Birdie Girl Golf, LLC asked for permission to file under seal an unredacted declaration by Lindzee Barrera and supporting exhibits. The materials supported Birdie Girl Golf’s opposition to Many Hats Enterprises, LLC’s motion to dismiss. A public, redacted version and a confidential, unredacted version had been filed concurrently with the opposition.
Birdie Girl Golf said the materials contained sensitive financial and company information that was confidential and proprietary, as well as personal identifying information of non-parties. It proposed narrowly tailored redactions covering only a few financial figures, non-party identifying information, and confidential business information, while leaving the substantive portions of the declaration publicly available.
Ruling
The court granted the motion to seal. It stated that the plaintiff’s interest in maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive business information outweighed the presumption of public access. The Clerk of Court was respectfully directed to close Docket No. 22.
This order concerns the sealing request. The text provided does not state a ruling on Many Hats Enterprises’ motion to dismiss.
Judge
The order was issued by United States District Judge Lewis J. Liman.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.