Hood v. Lipscomb University

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
SHELBY HOOD,
Plaintiff,
v.
LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY,
Defendant.
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Case No. 3:24-CV-00690
MOTION TO SEAL
Defendant, Lipscomb University (“Defendant” or “Lipscomb”), moves the Court to seal
the document submitted by Defendant at Document No. 26-6, at 103-107, in support of its Motion
for Summary Judgment and supporting Memorandum and Statement of Undisputed Facts (Docs.
23, 24, and 25). This document consists of an email communication (“the Email”) sent and
received on and around January 14, 2024, between Plaintiff and Natalie Hoyt, both members of
Defendant’s Lipscomb Family Therapy Center (LFTC) regarding the scheduling of a therapy
session for an undisclosed LFTC client. The Email contained information in the form of a Client
ID number and date of service specifically identified as confidential under applicable policies of
the Lipscomb Family Therapy Clinic. 	As briefed at length by the Parties throughout their
Summary Judgment submissions (Docs. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) and within the Court’s Memorandum
granting Summary Judgment (Doc. 39) for the Defendant, the Email served as the basis for a
Clinical Improvement Plan (“CIP”) imposed on Plaintiff by Defendant and is a pivotal piece of
evidence in this litigation between the Parties.
While ruling in favor of summary judgment for Defendant, the Court observed in Footnote
7 of its Memorandum (Doc. 39) that it was noteworthy that Defendant included an unredacted
Motion GRANTED.
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