Moshell v. Sasol Limited

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK eee eee KX CHAD LINDSEY MOSHELL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, : Plaintiffs, 20 Civ. 1008 (JPC) -y- ORDER SASOL LIMITED et al., Defendants.

JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: On January 19, 2021, Plaintiffs filed various exhibits in support of their opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration and Sanctions. See Dkts. 102-104; Dkts. 127-130. Plaintiffs, at Defendants’ request, sought to file Exhibits 39, 40, 41, 42, and 47 under seal. Dkts. 126, 131. On February 16, 2021, the Court issued an Order allowing Plaintiffs to file these exhibits provisionally under seal. See Dkt. 141 at 2-3. These exhibits are documents produced by Defendants in discovery and designated as confidential under the Protective Order in this action. The Court did not rely on them in resolving Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration and Sanctions. Accordingly, these exhibits are not “Judicial documents” to which the common law and First Amendment right of public access applies because they were not relevant to the Court’s performance of a “judicial function” nor are they “useful in the judicial process.” See Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119 Qd Cir. 2006). The Court will therefore maintain these exhibits under seal. SO ORDERED. VtfD Dated: July 24, 2021 ° New York, New York JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge