1:17-cv-01597 Minute Order Oct 5

Minute Order (October 5, 2017) [Docket Text Only]

MINUTE ORDER. The Court has received Defendant’s 46 Consent Motion for Leave to File Documents Under Seal. That motion seeks leave to file under seal certain declarations that “contain information identifying the Plaintiffs who are proceeding in this action under pseudonyms.” The motion also indicates that Defendants have “requested that Plaintiffs’ counsel propose redactions to the declarations that will allow them to be filed on the public record without placing the Plaintiffs’ identities at risk of disclosure.” Having considered the familiar Hubbard factors for sealing, and given that the Court has previously permitted Plaintiffs to proceed under pseudonyms to protect their anonymity, the 46 Motion shall be GRANTED. See EEOC v. Nat’l Childrens Ctr. Inc., 98 F.3d 1406, 1409 (D.C. Cir. 1996) (listing factors). However, this ruling is CONTINGENT on the parties filing mutually agreeable redacted versions of the declarations at issue on the public docket by OCTOBER 20, 2017. Any content in these documents that would not expose the identities of the Plaintiffs shall be made publicly available. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 10/5/2017. (lcckk1) (Entered: 10/05/2017)