Opinion
6680-21
11-29-2023
FFT OE, LLC, OE GRANITE, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Elizabeth Crewson Paris, Judge
The Court received a copy request from a nonparty to this proceeding for a document, Declaration of Kristen Nygren, with attached exhibits A through L, filed September 12, 2022, docket entry 15.
By Order dated November 17, 2023, docket entry 28, the Court directed the parties to, on or before November 29, 2023, file a Joint Status Report specifically informing the Court whether the requested document is properly redacted in compliance with Rule 27(a).
On November 21, 2023, docket entry 29, respondent filed a Motion for Leave to File a Properly Redacted Substitute Document. Respondent also lodged with the Court, at docket entry 30, Declaration of Kristen Nygren, redacted in compliance with Rule 27(a).
On November 22, 2023, docket entry 31, the parties filed a Joint Status Report specifically informing the Court that, upon review, respondent discovered that the Declaration of Kristen Nygren, filed September 12, 2022, docket entry 15, contains identifying information which was not properly redacted in compliance with Rule 27(a).
After due consideration, and for cause, it is
ORDERED that respondent's Motion for Leave to File a Properly Redacted Substitute Document, filed November 21, 2023, docket entry 29, is granted, and the Clerk of the Court shall file the Declaration of Kristen Nygren, lodged November 21, 2023, docket entry 30, as of the date of this Order. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall seal from the Court's public record the Declaration of Kristen Nygren, with attached exhibits A through L, filed September 12, 2022, docket entry 15. The Court shall retain this document in a sealed file that shall not be opened for inspection by any person or entity not a party to this case, except by Order of the Court.