Eduardo C. Robreno

“ That the courts have recognized that confidentiality can be attached to discovery because, among other reasons, the Court is not directly involved. That parties privately can make those arrangements. If the motion to compel becomes a vehicle to disclose the discovery, then the entire point of any agreement that the parties have or any desire that the courts have endorsed in the past for discovery, as opposed to court proceedings, to remain confidential, [] would be pointless. ”

“ Before the Court is a motion of the Associated Press (“AP”) to intervene and lift the Court’s November 4, 2005 interim sealing order (doc. no. 51) , which sealed the parties’ motions to compel and their responses along with the attachments that contained extensive portions of the parties’ depositions.
Plaintiff, Andrea Constand, brought this diversity action against defendant, William H. Cosby, Jr., asserting claims of battery, sexual assault, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, defamation/defamation per se and false light/invasion of privacy. ”

“ Once the depositions are concluded, the Court will determine if the notes of testimony and motions and responses containing portions of that testimony shall be subject to a sealing order. Unless a sealing order is entered at that point, the seal will lapse. In the event that the Court grants a protective order supported by specific findings sealing any materials, any interested party will have an opportunity to request to intervene and challenge the ruling granting the protective order at that time. ”