King v. Habib Bank Limited

Opinion

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August 25, 2023

Via CM/ECF

Hon. Lorna G. Schofield United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007

Re: Case No. 20-cv-4322, King v. Habib Bank Limited, Letter Requesting Approval of Redacted Filing

Dear Judge Schofield: Pursuant to Individual Rule I.D.3, the Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions § 6, and the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order (Dkt. 75) ¶ 14, Plaintiffs seek approval to redact information from Plaintiffs’ August 25, 2023, Opposition to Defendant Habib Bank Limited’s Motion for Reconsideration Based on Twitter and Freeman, filed pursuant to this Court’s August 9, 2023, Order (Dkt. 162). Plaintiffs’ Opposition references documents that Defendant Habib Bank Limited (“HBL”) produced in this case and designated as “Confidential” pursuant to the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order and that Magistrate Judge Wang has previously held may be filed under seal (Dkts. 102, 119, 133). Specifically, the redacted materials relate to HBL customers’ banking records and customer transactions that have previously been referenced under seal in, e.g., Dkts. 108 and 128. Plaintiffs are contemporaneously filing with this letter: (1) a public version of Plaintiffs’ Opposition with the proposed redactions, and (2) an under-seal version of Plaintiffs’ Opposition with the proposed redactions highlighted. Sincerely,

/s/ Danielle Nicholson Ian M. Gore (IG2664) Danielle Nicholson (Pro Hac Vice) SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 401 Union Street, Suite 3000 Seattle, WA 98101 Tel: (206) 505-3841 August 25, 2023 "The common law right of public access to judicial Page 2 documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute and courts “must balance Fax: (206) 516-3883 competing considerations against” the presumption igore@susmangodirey com of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F. nicholson@susmangodfrey.com 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nixon v. Warner □□□□□□□□□□□ STAN Gree LLP. Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) (“[T]he decision as 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor to access is one best left to the sound discretion of the New York, NY 10019 trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of Tel: (212) 336-8330 the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular Fax: (212) 336-8340 case."). While the parties’ confidentiality stipulations | sard@susmangodfrey.com not dispositive to the question of whether documents may be filed under seal, the information that Plaintiffs Steven Sklaver (Pro Hac Vice) seek to redact is the type of sensitive financial SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. information that Courts in this district "routinely perm 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 parties to seal or redact." Armouth Int'l, Inc. v. Fallas, Los Angeles, CA 90067 19 Civ. 3669, 2023 WL 2975154, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 3 Tel: (310) 789-3100 2023). Fax: (310) 789-3150 ssklaver@susmangodfrey.com Plaintiffs’ motion to seal the document at Dkt. No. □□□ GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed t Ryan Sparacino (Pro Hae Vice) maintain Dkt. 166 under seal and to close the motion ; Tejinder Singh (TS0613) Dkt. 165. SPARACINO PLLC 1920 L Street, NW Dated: November 28, 2023 Suite 835 New York, New York Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 629-3530 ryan.sparacino@sparacinopllc.com tejinder.singh@sparacinoplle.com / / □ Counsel for Plaintiffs LORMA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE