Boyette v. Montefiore Medical Center

Filing and request

Montefiore Medical Center submitted a letter motion asking the court for permission to file under seal Exhibits 14 and 15 to a declaration supporting defendants’ motion to dismiss. It also asked to redact two statements in its memorandum of law that drew information from those exhibits.

The exhibits were identified as the Montefiore and Fidelity Recordkeeping and Related Services Agreement for the Montefiore Medical Center 403(b) Plan and a fourth amendment to that agreement between Fidelity Workplace Services LLC and Montefiore Medical Center.

Reasons offered for sealing

Montefiore argued that the documents contained sensitive, commercially competitive information belonging to Fidelity, which it described as a third party to the litigation. According to the letter, the materials included detailed information about pricing and services offered to the Montefiore plan. Montefiore also stated that the information had been treated as confidential, that Fidelity marked the documents confidential, and that the documents were not intended for public disclosure.

The letter described the court’s three-step approach to sealing judicial documents: determining whether the materials are judicial documents, assessing the strength of the public-access presumption, and balancing that presumption against competing interests. Montefiore argued that protecting confidential business and third-party pricing information supported sealing the exhibits and redacting the two statements.

Disposition

The provided text is Montefiore’s request, not a court order. It does not state whether Judge John G. Koeltl granted, denied, or otherwise decided the motion. No disposition can therefore be reported from this text.