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S.D.N.Y.OtherFiled Oct. 25, 2021

Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC v. Neuman

Judge
Louis Stanton
Docket
1:18-cv-04252
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureDiscovery
In one sentence

In Innovatus Capital Partners v. Neuman, Judge Stanton’s record contains a request to seal parts of a letter, not a court ruling.

Who this affects

MV Realty, PBC, LLC, Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, and the public’s access to the referenced court filings.

What happened

The document concerns Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC v. Neuman and is a letter submitted on behalf of MV Realty, PBC, LLC. It asks for permission to file parts of an October 22, 2021 pre-motion conference letter under seal.

The request says the letter refers to, quotes, and contains information that Innovatus designated as highly confidential under a protective order. MV Realty asked that the sealing request be considered subject to Innovatus’s position.

The supplied document does not show a ruling on the request. Judge Stanton is identified as the judge addressed by the letter, but the document does not state that he granted or denied the request.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC v. Neuman · No. 1:18-cv-04252
Judge
Louis Stanton
Date
Oct. 25, 2021

Document and request

The supplied document is a letter dated October 22, 2021, submitted on behalf of MV Realty, PBC, LLC, and addressed to Judge Louis Stanton. It refers to Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC v. Neuman and another matter identified in the letter as MV Realty, PBC, LLC v. Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC. The letter asks permission to file portions of MV Realty’s October 22, 2021 pre-motion conference letter under seal.

Basis for the request

The letter states that the pre-motion letter refers to, quotes, and includes information from documents that Innovatus designated “Highly Confidential” under a protective order. It cites the procedures for filing confidential materials under seal, including Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, the court’s standing order on electronic filing under seal, and the court’s individual rules. It also refers to a June 1, 2021 order that provided additional guidance concerning sealing portions of an earlier letter.

Disposition

The supplied document is a request by MV Realty’s counsel, not a court order. It does not state that Judge Stanton granted or denied permission to file the material under seal. No ruling or other disposition is shown in the supplied text.

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