Koestler v. Shkreli
- Denise Cote
- 1:16-cv-07175
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Koestler v. Shkreli, a filing addressed to Judge Cote requests permission to submit a letter motion under seal; no court ruling is provided.
The parties and the public-access interests implicated by the requested sealing of the filing.
What happened
In Koestler v. Shkreli, a filing asks the Southern District of New York for permission to submit a letter motion under seal. The filing says the motion concerns confidential information.
The filing identifies the information as terms of an operating agreement and current offers to purchase Phoenixus AG stock. It also acknowledges that sealing or redacting court papers must be narrowly tailored and consistent with public access to judicial documents.
The provided text does not show whether the request was granted or denied. Judge Denise Cote is identified as the judge, but no ruling appears in the text.
The detailed version
- Koestler v. Shkreli · No. 1:16-cv-07175
- Denise Cote
- Mar. 8, 2022
Nature of the Filing
The provided text is a letter dated March 7, 2022, addressed to Judge Denise L. Cote. It asks for permission to file a letter motion under seal under the judge's Individual Rule 8(B), which concerns sealing or redacting court filings.
Information the Filing Seeks to Protect
The filing says the proposed letter motion contains confidential information about the terms of an operating agreement and current offers to purchase Phoenixus AG stock.
Legal Standard Cited
The filing states that any sealing or redaction must be narrowly tailored to serve the purpose supporting it and must be consistent with the presumption that judicial documents should be publicly accessible. It cites Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119–20 (2d Cir. 2006), and asserts that the operating-agreement details and stock-purchase offers satisfy that standard.
What the Provided Text Does Not Establish
The text is a request, not a court order. It does not state whether Judge Denise Cote granted or denied permission to file the letter motion under seal. It also does not provide a ruling on the underlying dispute.
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