Bizelia v. Clinton Towers Management

S.D. New York

Bizelia v. Clinton Towers Management

DecidedOctober 18, 2023

Docket1:20-cv-08065

StatusUnknown

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QuINK Emanuel trial tawyers | new york 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10010-1601 | TEL (212) 849-7000 FAX (212) 849-7100

MI E MI O E N D O RS E D e WRITER'S DiRECT DIAL No. (212) 849-7559 WRITER'S EMAIL ADDRESS mishaboutilier@quinnemanuel.com Application DENIED. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2. September 20, 2023 SO ORDERED. ViA ECF j—2F _ a The Honorable Ona T. Wang

medical providers, the disclosure of which could jeopardize the safety of the persons whom it concerns. See, e.g., Anderson v. New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 2020 WL 1047054, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 2020) (“home addresses, [and] personal … email addresses” could be sealed because “this is precisely the type of personal information that could give rise to an enhanced risk of prejudice”); Molina v. Brann, 2022 WL 18144068, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2022) (“[P]arties have a strong privacy interest in their medical information.”). These strong interests overcome the ordinary “presumption of access,” which “is entitled only to modest weight” here, “because the document[s] at issue w[ere] submitted in connection with a [] discovery [dispute], rather than a dispositive motion, and because resolution of that discovery [dispute] does not require the Court to analyze the merits of the parties' claims or defenses.” Royal Park Invs. SA/NV v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co., 2016 WL 7188795, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 7, 2016) (citations omitted). This is unlike the situation in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga and Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where the Court found that the merits documents such as complaints and summary judgment motions were entitled to a strong presumption of access. See Lugosch, 435 F.3d 110, 121-23 (2d Cir. 2006) (strong presumption of access attached to summary judgment filings); Bernstein, 814 F.3d 132, 139 (2d Cir. 2016) (strong presumption of access attached to the complaint because it “is the cornerstone of every case”). Accordingly, the parties request leave to file Exhibits 2 and 3 to the joint pre-conference letter under seal. Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Misha Boutilier Marc-André Cyr Misha Boutilier Temi Omilabu Jack Robbins QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10010 Telephone: (212) 849-7000 Facsimile: (212) 849-7100 marcandrecyr@quinnemanuel.com mishaboutilier@quinnemanuel.com temiomilabu@quinnemanuel.com jackrobbins@quinnemanuel.com Limited Scope Pro Bono Counsel for Plaintiffs

By: /s/ Tamika Hardy Tamika N. Hardy Rivkin Radler LLP 926 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556-0926 tamika.hardy@rivkin.com Attorney for Defendants

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QuINK Emanuel trial tawyers | new york 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10010-1601 | TEL (212) 849-7000 FAX (212) 849-7100

MI E MI O E N D O RS E D e WRITER'S DiRECT DIAL No. (212) 849-7559 WRITER'S EMAIL ADDRESS mishaboutilier@quinnemanuel.com Application DENIED. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2. September 20, 2023 SO ORDERED. ViA ECF j—2F _ a The Honorable Ona T. Wang

medical providers, the disclosure of which could jeopardize the safety of the persons whom it concerns. See, e.g., Anderson v. New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 2020 WL 1047054, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 2020) (“home addresses, [and] personal … email addresses” could be sealed because “this is precisely the type of personal information that could give rise to an enhanced risk of prejudice”); Molina v. Brann, 2022 WL 18144068, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2022) (“[P]arties have a strong privacy interest in their medical information.”). These strong interests overcome the ordinary “presumption of access,” which “is entitled only to modest weight” here, “because the document[s] at issue w[ere] submitted in connection with a [] discovery [dispute], rather than a dispositive motion, and because resolution of that discovery [dispute] does not require the Court to analyze the merits of the parties' claims or defenses.” Royal Park Invs. SA/NV v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co., 2016 WL 7188795, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 7, 2016) (citations omitted). This is unlike the situation in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga and Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where the Court found that the merits documents such as complaints and summary judgment motions were entitled to a strong presumption of access. See Lugosch, 435 F.3d 110, 121-23 (2d Cir. 2006) (strong presumption of access attached to summary judgment filings); Bernstein, 814 F.3d 132, 139 (2d Cir. 2016) (strong presumption of access attached to the complaint because it “is the cornerstone of every case”). Accordingly, the parties request leave to file Exhibits 2 and 3 to the joint pre-conference letter under seal. Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Misha Boutilier Marc-André Cyr Misha Boutilier Temi Omilabu Jack Robbins QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10010 Telephone: (212) 849-7000 Facsimile: (212) 849-7100 marcandrecyr@quinnemanuel.com mishaboutilier@quinnemanuel.com temiomilabu@quinnemanuel.com jackrobbins@quinnemanuel.com Limited Scope Pro Bono Counsel for Plaintiffs

By: /s/ Tamika Hardy Tamika N. Hardy Rivkin Radler LLP 926 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556-0926 tamika.hardy@rivkin.com Attorney for Defendants

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