Opinion
CRIMINAL 1:19-cr-0028-MR-WCM-2
04-18-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. (2) RODNEY DEJUAN ALLISON, Defendant.
ORDER
MARTIN REIDINGER CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Defendant's Amended Motion to Seal [Doc. 344].
The Defendant, through counsel, moves the Court for leave to file a Memorandum [Doc. 336] under seal in this case. [Doc. 344]. In his amendedMotion, the Defendant identifies the portions of the memorandum sought to be sealed and the purported basis for the sealing thereof. [See Doc. 344]. However, the Defendant has not filed a publicly accessible version of the memorandum that redacts only those portions sought to be sealed. See United States v. Harris, 890 F.3d 480, 491-92 (4th Cir. 2018).
The Court denied without prejudice the Defendant's original motion to seal but allowed the memorandum to remain temporarily under seal pending the Defendant filing a renewed motion to seal that identifies with specificity the portions of the memorandum sought to be sealed and provides sufficient basis for the sealing thereof. [Doc. 342].
Accordingly, the Court will deny the Defendant's amended Motion to Seal. The Court, however, will still allow the memorandum to remain temporarily under seal pending the Defendant filing a renewed Motion to Seal and a publicly accessible version of the memorandum that redacts only those portions sought to be sealed.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Defendant's Amended Motion to Seal [Doc. 344] is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Defendant shall file a Motion to Seal that identifies with specificity the portions of the memorandum to be sealed and provides sufficient basis for the sealing thereof and a publicly accessible version of the memorandum that redacts only those portions sought to be sealed within fourteen (14) days. The Memorandum [Doc. 336] shall remain temporarily under seal until further Order of this Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED. --------- Notes: