Ferris v. Wynn Resorts Limited

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: October 20, 2022
• Docket: 2:18-cv-00479
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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4 JOHN V. FERRIS and JOANN M. Case No. 2:18-cv-00479-APG-EJY FERRIS, individually and on behalf of all 5 others similarly situated,

6 Plaintiffs, ORDER

7 v.

8 WYNN RESORTS LIMITED, STEPHEN A. WYNN, CRAIG SCOTT BILLINGS, 9 STEPHEN COOTEY, MATTHEW O. MADDOX, JOHN J. HAGENBUCH, 10 ROBERT J. MILLER, PATRICIA MULROY, CLARK T. RANDT JR., ALVIN 11 V. SHOEMAKER, KIMMARIE SINATRA, DANIEL B. WAYSON, JAY L. JOHNSON, 12 RAY R. IRANI, and J. EDWARD VIRTUE,

13 Defendants.

14 15 Pending before the Court is Defendants Wynn Resorts, Ltd. and Matthew Maddox’s Notice 16 of and Motion for Leave to File Under Seal Exhibit S to the Declaration of Nathaniel Haas. ECF 17 No. 250. The Court has reviewed the Motion and Exhibit S (ECF No. 255), which is an email chain. 18 While the Court understands that Exhibit S was produced pursuant to a protective order entered by 19 the Court, this is an insufficient basis to support a Motion to Seal. Parties “may not simply rely on 20 the Stipulated Protective Order … to justify sealing documents filed in the record under seal.” Heath 21 v. Tristar Products, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-02869-GMN-PAL, 2019 WL 12311995, at *1 (D. Nev. 22 Apr. 17, 2019) citing Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1133 (9th Cir. 2003) 23 (reliance on a blanket protective order, without more, will not make a showing of good cause); 24 Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int'l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 475-76 (9th Cir. 1992) (blanket stipulated 25 protective orders are over inclusive by nature and do not include a finding of “good cause”). 26 The Court finds Exhibit S contains personal email addresses for the senders and recipients of 27 emails. This information is properly sealed. However, there is no justification currently provided 1 for sealing the content of Exhibit S that meets the standard established in Kamakana v. City & Cty 2 of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179-80 (9th Cir. 2006). 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Wynn Resorts, Ltd. and Matthew 4 Maddox’s Notice of and Motion for Leave to File Under Seal Exhibit S to the Declaration of 5 Nathaniel Haas (ECF No. 250) is GRANTED in part and Exhibit S (ECF No. 255) shall remain 6 provisionally sealed subject to the further Order below. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties may submit additional information through a 8 supplemental filing, no later than October 31, 2022, justifying the sealing of the content of Exhibit 9 S. If a supplemental is not filed on or before October 31, 2022, Defendant must file Exhibit S on 10 the public docket redacting only the personal email addresses of all senders and recipients from the 11 same no later than November 2, 2022. 12 Dated this 20th day of October, 2022. 13 14

15 ELAYNA J. YOUCHAH UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27