Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Qin
- Katherine Failla
- 1:21-cv-09221
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Qin, Judge Failla granted a request to seal Qin’s bank statements and limited access to the parties and Court.
The order affected the petitioners, Hui Qin, and public access to Exhibit B. The exhibit may be viewed only by the parties and the Court.
What happened
Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership and two other petitioners asked to file under seal an exhibit containing Hui Qin’s bank statements. They said the statements contained sensitive financial information.
The court granted the application. It ordered the Clerk to keep docket entry 258 under seal, with access limited to the parties and the Court.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla also directed the Clerk to terminate the motion at docket entry 256. The order was dated September 5, 2023.
The detailed version
- Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Qin · No. 1:21-cv-09221
- Katherine Failla
- Sept. 5, 2023
Background
The petitioners—Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, Huzhou Huihengying Equity Investment Partnership, and Huzhou Huirongsheng Equity Investment Partnership—asked for permission to file certain materials with redactions and under seal. The application specifically concerned Exhibit B to the petitioners’ response to Hui Qin’s August 21, 2023 letter. Exhibit B contained Qin’s bank statements, which had been marked confidential and produced in the action.
Sealing request
The petitioners argued that the sensitive financial information in the bank statements outweighed the usual presumption that judicial documents should be publicly accessible. They cited the standard requiring courts to balance public access against privacy interests. The petitioners also referred to an earlier order in which the court had allowed exhibits containing sensitive financial information to be filed under seal.
Ruling
The court granted the application. The Clerk of Court was directed to maintain docket entry 258 under seal, viewable only by the parties and the Court. Judge Katherine Polk Failla further directed the Clerk to terminate the motion at docket entry 256.
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