The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc.
- Ona Wang
- 1:19-cv-02049
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In The Sanborn Library v. ERIS Information, Judge Wang granted ERIS’s request for provisional sealing and delayed public filing of summary-judgment materials.
ERIS Information Inc., Eco Log Environmental Risk Information Services Ltd., ERIS Information Limited Partnership, EDR, and the parties’ counsel, because the order permits the requested temporary sealed filing procedure for summary-judgment materials.
What happened
The Sanborn Library LLC and others are involved in a case against ERIS Information Inc. and others. ERIS asked to temporarily submit its reply and opposition materials under seal rather than through the court’s electronic filing system.
ERIS said the materials could contain information marked confidential or highly confidential under a protective order. It asked to file any necessary sealing motions and publicly file materials that did not require sealing by September 28, 2023, or another date set by the court. Counsel for EDR consented to the request.
The court granted the application. Judge Ona T. Wang signed the order on August 22, 2023. The excerpt does not provide additional reasoning or conditions beyond the request’s described procedure.
The detailed version
- The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-02049
- Ona Wang
- Aug. 22, 2023
Background
ERIS Information Inc., Eco Log Environmental Risk Information Services Ltd., and ERIS Information Limited Partnership, collectively identified as “ERIS,” are defendants and counterclaim-plaintiffs. ERIS stated that it was scheduled to file a reply supporting its motion for summary judgment and opposing EDR’s cross-motion on August 28, 2023.
Application
ERIS requested permission to submit all materials for that filing provisionally under seal on a flash drive or disk instead of through the court’s electronic filing system by the deadline. ERIS also requested permission to file formal motions to seal only materials warranting confidential treatment and to publicly file the remaining materials through the electronic filing system 31 days later, by September 28, 2023, or on another date directed by the court.
ERIS explained that some materials might contain information designated “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential — Outside Counsel’s Eyes Only” by ERIS or EDR under the protective order. It also cited the need to protect information for which compelling reasons to seal might exist. ERIS said the proposed procedure would avoid logistical and technical difficulties caused by the number and size of the materials and would allow the parties to confer about which documents needed sealing. Counsel for EDR consented to the request.
Ruling
Judge Ona T. Wang granted the application and entered the order “SO ORDERED.” The excerpt does not give additional reasoning, identify which particular materials would ultimately be sealed, or impose conditions beyond those stated in the application.
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