Noe v. Ray Realty
- Ona Wang
- 1:19-cv-01455
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Noe v. Ray Realty, Judge Wang declined to seal a conference transcript and said discovery could not proceed before defendants answered.
Carol Noe and Ray Realty and the other defendants, concerning public access to the conference transcript and the timing of discovery.
What happened
In Carol Noe v. Ray Realty, the court reviewed a request concerning the transcript of a May 11, 2023, conference. The conference was open to the public, and only the fact—not the details—of settlement was mentioned.
The court found no reason to seal the transcript. It also stated that discovery could not proceed until the defendants filed an answer or another response to the complaint, which was due June 30, 2023.
Judge Ona T. Wang signed the June 9, 2023, order declining to seal the transcript and addressing the timing of discovery.
The detailed version
- Noe v. Ray Realty · No. 1:19-cv-01455
- Ona Wang
- June 9, 2023
Background
The court reviewed ECF 136, which concerned the transcript of a May 11, 2023, conference and documents that Plaintiff sought from Defendants. The court stated that the conference was open to the public. Only the fact of settlement, not settlement details, was mentioned, and the medical information Plaintiff disclosed had been discussed multiple times during the case.
Rulings
The court found no reason to seal the conference transcript. It cited the common-law presumption favoring public access to judicial proceedings and documents. The order does not expressly describe the ruling as a grant or denial of a motion to seal.
The court also stated that discovery could not proceed before Defendants filed an answer or another responsive pleading to the complaint. The deadline for that filing was June 30, 2023.
Effect
The transcript was not identified as needing to be sealed, and discovery was not permitted to proceed before Defendants filed their answer or other responsive pleading. Judge Ona T. Wang signed the order on June 9, 2023.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.