Midwest Motor Supply Co. v. Nietsch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
MIDWEST MOTOR SUPPLY CO.,
d/b/a Kimball Midwest,
Plaintiff,
v.
RICH NIETSCH, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action 2:22-cv-4049
Judge Michael H. Watson
Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File its Brief in
Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Strike and Exhibits Under Seal (ECF No. 154). Therein,
Plaintiff represents that its forthcoming brief in opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Strike (ECF
No. 153) contain confidential and proprietary information of the type already granted protection
by previous orders granting leave to file summary judgment briefing under seal. (Id.)
Based on these representations, the undersigned concludes that Plaintiff’s opposition
brief and exhibits contain Plaintiff’s sensitive and confidential information that should be
shielded from public access. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion (ECF No. 154) is GRANTED.
Plaintiff may file its unredacted opposition brief and exhibits UNDER SEAL. Plaintiff is
ORDERED to file on the public docket, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS of making its filings under
seal, a redacted version of the brief and exhibits that redacts only Plaintiff’s confidential
information as described in its motion.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Chelsey M. Vascura
CHELSEY M. VASCURA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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