United States of America v. LABQ Clinical Diagnostics, LLC

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: cscs neces nnnnnnnnanann KK DATE FILED:_10/03/2024 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the STATE OF NEW : YORK, and the STATE OF NEW JERSEY ex rel. NJ : CHALLENGER LLC, : : 22-cv-10313 (LJL) Plaintiff, : 22-cv-751 (LJL) -v- : ORDER LABQ CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, LLC et al., : Defendants. wee KX UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. RESOLUTE 3 : LLC, : Plaintiff, : -v- : LABQ CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, LLC et al., : Defendants. : wee KX LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The joint motion to seal at Dkt. No. 181 is granted, the redactions are approved, and the referenced unredacted documents may remain under seal. Defendants seek to redact patient information and the identities and contact information of third parties from the publicly filed documents.

Although the records at issue are judicial documents, the weight of the presumption is not as strong as if they were filed in connection with a motion for summary judgment, to dismiss, or to confirm or vacate an arbitral award, and there are strong countervailing factors in the interests of protecting patient information and “[t]he privacy interests of innocent third parties.” United States v. Amodeo, 71 F.3d 1044, 1050-51 (2d Cir. 1995); see Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006).

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close the motion at Dkt. No. 181.

SO ORDERED. L . a J, * Dated: October 3, 2024 — es if LA fo New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge