Harvey v. Symons
District Court, District of Columbia
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM F. HARVEY, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 25-cv-900-RJL-MJS AMY E. SYMONS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM ORDER This matter is before the Court on the parties’ “Joint Motion to Seal Case.” (ECF No. 59.) After nearly a year of contentious—and public—litigation, the parties negotiated a global resolution through a court-facilitated settlement conference in December 2025. They now jointly ask to seal the case in its entirety. In support, the parties argue that the filings on the docket include sensitive details about Plaintiff’s “alleged…
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