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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 3, 2024

The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc.

Judge
Ona Wang
Docket
1:19-cv-02049
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc., Judge Wang ordered a report and recommendation unsealed unless the parties timely seek justified redactions.

Who this affects

The parties and members of the public seeking access to the Report and Recommendation.

What happened

In The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc., the court addressed whether to keep a report and recommendation under seal.

The report and recommendation had been issued on March 25, 2024, and was temporarily available only to the court and the parties. The court cited the strong presumption that judicial documents should be publicly accessible.

Judge Ona T. Wang ordered that the report and recommendation be unsealed on April 23, 2024. The parties could jointly ask to keep specific portions sealed by filing proposed redactions and explaining why they were justified by April 19, 2024; the court would not keep the entire report sealed.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-02049
Judge
Ona Wang
Date
Apr. 3, 2024

Background

On March 25, 2024, the court issued a Report and Recommendation under temporary seal. The document was visible only to the court and the parties. The order does not state what underlying issues the Report and Recommendation addressed.

Ruling

The court noted the strong presumption that judicial documents should be available to the public. It ordered that the Report and Recommendation would be unsealed on April 23, 2024.

The parties could seek continued secrecy for specific portions by April 19, 2024, through a joint motion to seal that included proposed redactions and an explanation supporting each redaction. The court stated that it would not keep the Report and Recommendation sealed in its entirety. This order addressed access to the document and did not decide the underlying dispute.

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