Trafelet v. Cipolla & Co. LLC.

Background

Petitioner Lara S. Trafelet, through counsel, asked the court to restrict access to exhibits that Respondent Cipolla & Co., LLC filed with the declaration of David N. Mair. The request concerned ECF Nos. 45-1 through 45-93 and 50-1 through 50-29. The provided text contains redactions that obscure some of the specific information Trafelet identified.

Trafelet stated that multiple exhibits contained sensitive information and that the information appeared throughout the exhibits. She also reported that nearly 20 exhibits contained ineffective redactions: in some documents, a reader could highlight and copy text covered by a black box, while in others the underlying words remained readable. She asked the court to restrict access, require corrected redactions, and allow her to review corrected exhibits before they were filed publicly.

Order

The court ordered Respondent to file under seal the exhibits identified in Exhibit A. It further ordered Respondent to review its exhibits for the sensitive information identified by Petitioner and to redact that information before any subsequent filing. The court also ordered Respondent to correct the redactions in the exhibits identified by Petitioner.

The Clerk of Court was directed to change the viewing level so that only the parties could access the listed exhibits, including ECF Nos. 45-06, 45-08, 45-09, 45-12, 45-13, 45-19, 45-20, 45-31, 45-32, 45-41, 45-42, 45-52, 45-54, 45-59, 45-60, 45-63, 45-64, 45-77, 45-81, 45-86, 45-87, 45-91, 50-1 through 50-8, 50-13, 50-14, 50-17, 50-19, 50-20, 50-21, and 50-26.

Effect of the Order

Judge Analisa Torres entered an order regulating public access to the exhibits and requiring review and correction of redactions. The provided text does not describe a decision on the merits of the underlying dispute between Trafelet and Cipolla & Co., LLC.