Allen v. City of New York

OPINION AND ORDER

GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action against the City of New York and individual defendants alleging false arrest, excessive detention, and other claims arising out of their arrests in February 2002 at the World Economic Forum. Recently, defendants moved for summary judgment. In their responsive papers, plaintiffs included documents that were made available to them pursuant to a confidentiality order. Plaintiffs now move to file their summary judgment papers publicly. For the reasons stated below, plaintiffs’ motion is granted.

I. BACKGROUND