Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Hui Qin
- Katherine Failla
- 1:24-cv-02219
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Hui Qin: Judge Failla granted plaintiffs’ request to seal two docket entries.
The plaintiffs, Hui Qin, Emma Duo Liu, the other parties, and the public’s access to docket entries 47 and 48 were affected. Those entries were ordered sealed and made viewable only to the court and the parties.
What happened
In Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Hui Qin, the plaintiffs asked to file documents with redactions while supporting their motion for a preliminary injunction. They said the documents contained sensitive personal, financial, and business information, including bank-account information and tax returns.
The court granted the request. It directed the clerk to keep docket entries 47 and 48 under seal, allowing access only to the court and the parties.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla also directed the clerk to terminate the pending motion at docket entry 46. The order addressed access to documents and did not decide the preliminary-injunction motion itself.
The detailed version
- Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Hui Qin · No. 1:24-cv-02219
- Katherine Failla
- Apr. 15, 2024
Request
The plaintiffs—Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, Huzhou Huihengying Equity Investment Partnership, and Huzhou Huirongsheng Equity Investment Partnership—asked for permission to file two documents with redactions: a reply memorandum supporting their motion for a preliminary injunction and the declaration of Carol Lee.
The plaintiffs relied on the court’s individual practice rules and a stipulated protective order from a related case. They argued that the documents contained sensitive personal, financial, and business information, including bank-account information and tax returns. They also said that some referenced documents had been designated confidential in the related case, including information concerning Qin and Emma Duo Liu.
Court’s action
The court granted the application. It directed the clerk to maintain docket entries 47 and 48 under seal, with access limited to the court and the parties. The court further directed the clerk to terminate the pending motion at docket entry 46.
This order concerned the filing and public access to documents. The supplied text does not state that the court decided the underlying motion for a preliminary injunction.
Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.