Opinion
5:16-cv-10444-JEL-EAS
08-24-2021
In re Flint Water Cases. This Relates To ALL CASES
ORDER SEALING ECF NO. 1920-1 AND ORDERING REFILING WITH REDACTION
Judith E. Levy United States District Judge
On July 28, 2021, Counsel for the Chapman and Lowery Plaintiffs filed a copy of the slides that were presented to the Court at the hearing on July 12, 2021. (ECF No. 1920.) On the publicly filed slides, counsel included the name, home address, date of birth, and bone lead result for an individual who appears to be a client of Co-Lead Class Counsel, Cohen Milstein. (ECF No. 1920-1.)
E-filing a document containing an individual's date of birth violates the Eastern District of Michigan's policies and procedures for electronic filing. http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/PDFFIles/policiesprocedures.pdf Moreover, the Court has, on numerous occasions in this case, discussed that home addresses of individual Plaintiffs, settlement claimants, and class members should be redacted to protect individuals' privacy and to prevent fraud. See E.D. LR 5.3. No authorizations or other documents indicate that this individual gave Chapman and Lowery counsel permission to use or file this information on the public docket. Nor did Chapman and Lowery move to file this document under seal under Local Rule 5.3. Accordingly, the Court has stricken the item from the docket and counsel is directed to re-file it with the appropriate redactions.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court's ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on August 24, 2021.
Lisa Bartlett for WILLIAM BARKHOLZ Case Manager