SC Industrial Holdings v. American Defense Technologies

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH

SC INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS, LLC, a South Carolina Limited Liability Company,

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO REDACT TRANSCRIPT v.

AMERICAN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Utah Limited Liability Company; Case No. 4:22-cv-00075-DN-PK WILLIAM JOSEPH CARA LLC, a District Judge David Nuffer Delaware Limited Liability Company; Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler WILLIAM UICKER, a Utah Citizen; and ALEXIS MCPHEETERS, a Utah Citizen,

Defendants.

This matter is before the Court on Defendant William Uicker’s Motion to Redact Transcript.1 Defendant seeks to redact portions of the transcript from a hearing held on November 1, 2023. “The records of the court are presumptively open to the public. The sealing of . . . documents or portions thereof . . . is highly discouraged.”2 “‘The party seeking to overcome the presumption’ of public access to [court] documents ‘bears the burden of showing some significant interest that outweighs the presumption.’”3 The party seeking to seal a

1 Docket No. 161, filed March 15, 2024. 2 DUCivR 5-3(a)(1). 3 Helm v. Kansas, 656 F.3d 1277, 1292 (10th Cir. 2011) (quoting Mann v. Boatright, 477 F.3d 1140, 1149 (10th Cir. 2007)). document or, in this case redact portions thereof, must “state the statute, rule, case law, or reason supporting the sealing of the” transcript.* DUCivR 5.2-1(a) requires that “[a] party must redact the personal identifiers listed in Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 in every court filing.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2’s redaction requirement applies to (1) social-security numbers or taxpayer-identification numbers; (2) an individual’s birthdate; (3) a minor’s name; and (4) financial-account numbers. None of the redactions requested by Mr. Uicker fit within these parameters and he has failed to overcome the “presumption that judicial records should be open to the public.”> It is therefore ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Redact Transcript (Docket No. 161) is DENIED. Dated this 16th day of April, 2024.

PAUL KQHLER * nited States Magistrate Judge

* DUCivR 5-3(b)(2)(C). > United States v. Pickard, 733 F.3d 1297, 1302 (10th Cir. 2013).