Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership v. Hui Qin

Opinion

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Carol Lee tel: +1.212.858.1194 caroLlee@pillsburylaw.com May 2, 2024 Via Electronic Filing The Honorable Katherine Polk Failla United States District Court MEMO ENDORSED Southern District of New York Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 Re: Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership et al v. Qin, et al. Case No. 1:24-cv-02219-KPF Dear Judge Failla: On behalf of Petitioners Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, Huzhou Huihengying Equity Investment Partnership, and Huzhou Huirongsheng Equity Investment Partnership (collectively, “Petitioners”), to request leave to file documents with redactions, pursuant to Rule 9(B) of Your Honor’s Individual Rules of Practice in Civil Cases and the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order dated January 3, 2023, Dkt. 92 (“Protective Order’) in Huzhou Chuangtai Rongyuan Investment Management Partnership, et al. v. Hui Qin, 1:21:cv-09221-KPF (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2021) (the “Related Case’). In conjunction with Petitioners’ Motion for an Order In Aid of Enforcement and to Detain Defendant/Judgment Debtor Hui Qin and Seize His Passports (the “Motion’’), filed contemporaneously herewith, Petitioners respectfully request to file the Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion (the “Memorandum of Law’) and Exhibits 1, 2, and 4 attached to the Declaration of Carol Lee in Support of the Motion (the “Declaration”) with redactions pursuant to Rule 9(B) of Your Honor’s Individual Rules of Practice in Civil Cases and the Protective Order. In accordance with Rule 9 of Your Honor's Individual Rules of Practice in Civil Cases, any party intending to submit a redacted document must acknowledge the presumption supporting public access to judicial records. See, e.g., Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006); GoSMILE, Inc. v. Dr. Jonathan Levine, D.M.D. P.C., 769 F. Supp. 2d 630, 649 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (quoting Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 119). However, public access is not absolute and the court weighs this common

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The Honorable Katherine Polk Failla Page 2 law presumption against other considerations, including “the privacy interests of those resisting disclosure.” Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 120 (quoting United States v. Amodeo, 71 F.3d 1044, 1050 (2d Cir. 1995)). Thus, the issue is whether “the privacy interests of the defendants outweigh the presumption of public access.” GoSMILE, 769 F. Supp. 2d at 649-50. In this instance, the Memorandum of Law includes specific deposition testimony designated as Confidential in accordance with the Protective Order in the Related Case. Additionally, the Memorandum of Law and the three exhibits attached to the Declaration contains content of documents from discovery which were explicitly marked as “confidential” and contain sensitive financial as well as respondents’ personal information, falling in the scope of the Protective Order. The parties’ interest in protecting business and personal privacy overcomes the presumption of access. Indeed, Your Honor has previously granted Petitioners’ request to file under seal certain Memorandum of Law to protect sensitive personal and financial information in this instant case, which was clearly visible. See ECF 52. Because the Memorandum of Law and Exhibits 1, 2, and 4 to the Declaration contain confidential information of the kind that is deserving of protection and restricting public access, Petitioners respectfully request that the Court grant their request to redact the Memorandum of Law and the three exhibits.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Carol Lee Carol Lee

Application GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to maintain docket entries 105, 106, and 107 under seal, viewable to the Court and the parties only. The Clerk of Court is further directed to terminate the pending motion at docket entry 104. Dated: May 3, 2024 SO ORDERED. New York, New York Kathir ball. Feutho- HON. KATHERINE POLK FAILLA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE www.pillsourylaw.com