Kumaran v. Northland Energy Trading, LLC

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: SAMANTHA SIVA KUMARAN, and DATE FILED: 2/26/2021 THE A STAR GROUP, INC. d/b/a TIMETRICS, Plaintiffs, 1:19-ev-8345 (MKV-DCF) ~against- UNSEALING ORDER NORTHLAND ENERGY TRADING, LLC, et al., Defendants.

MARY KAY VYSKOCIL, United States District Judge: On June 18, 2020, the Court held a conference to address various issues in this matter, including Defendants’ contemplated motion to dismiss. See Minute Entry for Proceedings on June 18, 2020; Transcript of Proceedings on June 18, 2020 [ECF #106 (‘Tr.”)]. Based on Plaintiffs’ representations at the conference that Defendants might reveal Plaintiffs’ confidential business information, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ request temporarily to seal the papers that Defendants filed in support of their motion to dismiss [ECF #55]. See Tr. at 20:11 — 25; Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 123 (2d Cir. 2006). However, the Court must apply a strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial documents, and, based on the Court’s thorough review, there is absolutely nothing in the documents in question that justifies sealing or redaction [ECF #63, 64, 65]. See Lugosch, 435 F.3d at 124-26. Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to unseal the documents at docket entries 63, 64, and 65. SO ORDERED. | i / lene Date: February 26, 2021 urany as vykoot New York, NY United States District Judge