Humphries v. Button ( 2024 )

1 BSIOGIREISD S SC.H MILCLCEARW FLLEEYX N(aEdmR iLttLedP pro hac vice) 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Telephone: 954.356.0011 3 smccawley@bsfllp.com 4 BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP RICHARD J. POCKER (NV Bar No. 3568) 5 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 800 Las Vegas, NV 89101 6 Telephone: 702.382.7300 Facsimile: 702.382.2755 7 rpocker@bsfllp.com 8 BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP SABINA MARIELLA (admitted pro hac vice) 9 LINDSEY RUFF (admitted pro hac vice) 55 Hudson Yards 10 New York, NY 10001 Telephone: 212.446.2300 11 smariella@bsfllp.com lruff@bsfllp.com 12 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sage Humphries, 13 Gina Menichino, RoseMarie DeAngelo, Danielle Gutierrez, Jane Doe 1, 14 and Jane Doe 2 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 17 SAGE HUMPHRIES, GINA MENICHINO, 18 ROSEMARIE DeANGELO, DANIELLE GUTIERREZ, JANE DOE 1, 19 and JANE DOE 2 Case Number: 2:21-cv-01412-ART-EJY 20 Plaintiffs, PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO SEAL 21 vs. 22 MITCHELL TAYLOR BUTTON and DUSTY BUTTON, 23 Defendants. 24 25 26 27 1 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the accompanying Memorandum of Law, Plaintiffs 3 will move this Court for an order to seal certain exhibits to Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for 4 Sanctions, pursuant to the Protective Orders entered in this case at ECF Nos. 53 and 166. 5 6 Dated: July 25, 2024 7 BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 8 9 /s/ Sigrid McCawley 10 SIGRID S. MCCAWLEY (pro hac vice) BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 11 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 12 Telephone: 954.356.0011 smccawley@bsfllp.com 13 SABINA MARIELLA (pro hac vice) 14 LINDSEY RUFF (pro hac vice) BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 15 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 16 Telephone: 212.446.2300 smariella@bsfllp.com 17 lruff@bsfllp.com 18 RICHARD J. POCKER (NV Bar No. 3568) 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 800 19 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Telephone: 702.382.7300 20 Facsimile: 702.382.2755 rpocker@bsfllp.com 21 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sage Humphries, 22 Gina Menichino, RoseMarie DeAngelo, Danielle Gutierrez, Jane Doe 1, 23 and Jane Doe 2 24 25 26 27 1 MEMORANDUM OF LAW 2 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) gives district courts “broad latitude to grant 3 protective orders to prevent disclosure of materials for many types of information.” Phillips 4 ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1211 (9th Cir. 2002). Specifically, 5 Rule 26(c) states in relevant part, “[t]he court may, for good cause, issue an order to protect 6 a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden.” Fed. R. 7 Civ. P. 26. Where, as here, the materials at issue are attached to a “non-dispositive” motion, 8 the strong presumption of public access does not apply, and courts may grant a motion to 9 10 seal upon a showing of “good cause.” Navarro v. Eskanos & Adler, 2007 WL 902550, at 11 *2 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 22, 2007). 12 First, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant Plaintiffs’ motion to seal 13 Exhibit A, which is a Complaint Defendants filed in another federal court, for two 14 independent reasons. First, the Complaint includes the full names of two of the anonymous 15 Plaintiffs’ family members without redacting that personally identifying information. Under 16 17 the Protective Order entered by this Court on June 13, 2022, information filed with the Court 18 that might lead to the discovery of certain unnamed Plaintiffs' identities must be redacted from 19 such a filing or filed under seal. ECF No. 53 ¶ 4. Second, the Complaint reveals confidential 20 information from Jane Doe 1’s medical records and reveals information from Jane Doe 1’s 21 confidential deposition transcript. Both of these materials are “Confidential” pursuant to the 22 Court’s Protective Order and must be filed under seal. ECF No. 166 ¶ 12 (“[I]n filing 23 Confidential Discovery Material with this Court . . . The Parties shall file an unredacted copy 24 25 of the Confidential Court Submission under seal”);. id. at ¶ 4 (noting that “medical, mental 26 health and/or other health care records” are “hereby designated as confidential”); id. at ¶ 10 27 1 (“[A] Producing Party or its counsel may designate deposition exhibits or portions of 2 deposition transcripts as Confidential Discovery Material . . .”). 3 In addition, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant Plaintiffs’ motion to seal 4 Exhibit B, which is an excerpt from the June 29, 2023, deposition of Jane Doe 1, which 5 Plaintiffs’ counsel designated as confidential on the record. See ECF No. 166 ¶ 10 (“[A] 6 Producing Party or its counsel may designate deposition exhibits or portions of deposition 7 transcripts as Confidential Discovery Material . . .”). 8 Finally, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant Plaintiffs’ motion to seal 9 10 Exhibit C, email correspondence with Defendants, which includes Jane Doe 1’s identifying 11 information. Under the Protective Order entered by this Court on June 13, 2022, information 12 filed with the Court that might lead to the discovery of certain unnamed Plaintiffs' identities 13 must be redacted from such a filing or filed under seal. ECF No. 53 ¶ 4. 14 CONCLUSION 15 For the reasons set forth above, Plaintiffs request that the Court grant the foregoing 16 17 Motion to Seal. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Dated: July 25, 2024 Respectfully Submitted, 2 3 BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 4 /s/ Sigrid McCawley 5 SIGRID S. MCCAWLEY (pro hac vice) BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 6 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 7 Telephone: 954.356.0011 smccawley@bsfllp.com 8 SABINA MARIELLA (pro hac vice) 9 LINDSEY RUFF (pro hac vice) BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP 10 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 11 Telephone: 212.446.2300 smariella@bsfllp.com 12 lruff@bsfllp.com 13 RICHARD J. POCKER (NV Bar No. 3568) 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 800 14 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Telephone: 702.382.7300 15 Facsimile: 702.382.2755 rpocker@bsfllp.com 16 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sage Humphries, 17 Gina Menichino, RoseMarie DeAngelo, Danielle Gutierrez, Jane Doe 1, 18 and Jane Doe 2 19 20 21 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion to Seal (ECF No. 373) is GRANTED. 22 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Exhibits A, B, and C to ECF No. 372, filed under seal 23 at ECF No. 374, are and shall remain sealed. 24 Dated this 15th day of August, 2024. 25 26 ______________________________ Elayna J. Youchah 27 United States Magistrate Judge