Legal Opinion
Suell v. United States
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided July 25, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-0252-WS-BPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM H. STEELE, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs have filed a motion for leave to file under seal. (Doc. 100). Attached to the motion, filed under seal, are all 547 pages of exhibits on which the plaintiffs rely in support of their motion for partial summary judgment. The only ground offered in support of the motion is that the submitted documents are subject to a protective order entered by the Magistrate Judge at the parties’ joint request.
Protective orders are contemplated by Rule 26(c) as a tool for managing discovery. Among other possible subjects, a protective order may “requir[e]…
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