Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC v. Neuman ( 2020 )

COVINGTON Covington & Burling LLP = One CityCenter BEIJING BRUSSELS DUBAI JOHANNESBURG LONDON 850 Tenth Street NW LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO SEOUL Washington DC 20001-4956 □ SHANGHAI SILICON VALLEY WASHINGTON T +1202 662 6000 December 8, 2020 = The Honorable Louis L. Staton Zz {2 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York re Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse 500 Pear] Street, Courtroom 21-C New York, New York 10007 Re: Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, v. Neuman et. al. (1:18-cv-04252) Dear Judge Stanton: I write on behalf of Defendants Jonathan Neuman, Anthony Mitchell, Ritz Advisors LLC, Greg Williams, Daryl Clark, and Amanda Zachman (together, “Defendants”) to respectfully request permission to file under seal Defendants’ Response to Innovatus’ Counter Statement of Material Facts (“Response”). Defendants’ response to Innovatus’ Counterstatement of Material Facts (“Counterstatement”)! contains the full text of the Counterstatement, portions of which Innovatus contends contain Protected Material under the Protective Order (No. 18-04253 Dkt. No. 75). See Dkt. 119 (Innovatus Letter Motion to Seal dated December 4, 2020). Although there is a presumption in favor or public access to judicial documents, a court yb may seal judicial documents if “closure is essential to preserve the higher values and closure is Aw □ narrowly tailored to serve that interest.” Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, □□□□ 120 (2d Cir. 2006). Defendants’ Response refers to, quotes, and contains information that has □□ □ been designated by the Plaintiff, Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, as “CONFIDENTIAL” under__}” □ □ the Protective Order. Id. at 2. The Protective Order further provides: “Where any Confidential or pee Highly Confidential Materials, or Information derived therefrom, is included in any motion or other proceeding in this Proceeding, the Parties and any involved non-party shall follow the procedures outlined in Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2, the Standing Order Regarding Electronic Filing Under Seal in Civil and Miscellaneous Cases dated December 19, 2019, and the Individual Rules of Practice issued of the Court, or any Standing Procedural Order subsequently issued by the Court.” Id. at 11. □□ □ yw Accordingly, pending the Court’s consideration of Innovatus’ December 4, 2020 Letter bre Motion to Seal (Dkt. 119), Defendants respectfully request the Court’s permission to file their Aso Response to Innovatus’ Counter Statement of Material Facts under seal. USDC SDNY | | □□ □□□□ DOCUMENT: Sincerely, | □ □□ LECTRONICAELY FILEL i s/ Jason C. Raofield Laws Jason C, Raofield G7 DATE FILED:_ |2/l0/ 2220 eel et 1 A redacted version of the Counterstatement was filed as Dkt. 118.