Christian Dior Couture SA v. Lin
- Alvin Hellerstein
- 1:22-cv-10716
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Christian Dior Couture SA v. Lin, Judge Hellerstein provisionally allowed filing under seal and directed the Clerk to close the case.
Christian Dior Couture SA and the named defendants were affected because the case was provisionally filed under seal, access to the order was restricted to the selected party viewing level, and the Clerk was directed to close the case.
What happened
In Christian Dior Couture SA v. Lin, Christian Dior Couture SA asked to file a new civil case under seal using paper filings. The defendants named in the caption were Xiaole Lin, Timi Gift Shop, Inc., Shun Miao Ding, Guo Lin Han, Xiaowei Gao, Xingyun Hu, Ming Li, Xiuqian Chi, and John and Jane Does 1–190.
The court found sufficient cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(d) and allowed the case to be filed under seal provisionally. It directed the parties to follow the court’s sealed-filing instructions, said the order could be reconsidered by the assigned district judge, and directed the Clerk to restrict access to the order and close the case.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein entered the order on December 19, 2022.
The detailed version
- Christian Dior Couture SA v. Lin · No. 1:22-cv-10716
- Alvin Hellerstein
- Feb. 1, 2023
Background
Christian Dior Couture SA moved to file a new civil case under seal, using traditional paper filing. The caption names Xiaole Lin, Timi Gift Shop, Inc., Shun Miao Ding, Guo Lin Han, Xiaowei Gao, Xingyun Hu, Ming Li, Xiuqian Chi, and John and Jane Does 1–190 as defendants.
Ruling
The court found sufficient cause under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(d) to order the case filed under seal. It ordered that the case could be filed under seal provisionally. The parties were directed to follow the sealing instructions in the court’s Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions, Rule 6.14, and submit the case-initiating documents to the Clerk in paper form.
The order stated that the District Court judge assigned to the matter could reconsider it. The Clerk was directed to restrict access to the order to the selected party viewing level and close the case.
Classification
This is a procedural order concerning the filing and sealing of a civil case. It does not decide the underlying dispute between the parties.
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