Danny Ray Jones

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WILSON DIVISION
IN RE:
DANNY RAY JONES,
DEBTOR
CASE NO.
08-05174-8-RDD
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL
Pending before the Court is the Motion to Seal filed by Green Tree Servicing, LLC (“Green
Tree”) on February 3, 2009 (the “Motion”). Green Tree filed Proof of Claim #1 on August 6, 2008
(the “Original Proof of Claim”) and a replacement claim on September 30, 2008. 	No supporting
documentation was filed in connection with the replacement claim. Now, more than six months after
the Original Proof of Claim was filed, Green Tree requests that the Court, pursuant to FED. R. B ANKR .
P. 9037, seal the documents attached to the Original Proof of Claim.
F ED . R. B ANKR . P. 9037(a) provides that a “party or non-party making a filing may include
only: (1) the last four digits of the social-security number and taxpayer-identification number; (2) the
year of the individual’s birth; the minor’s initials; and the last four digits of the financial-account
number.” 	The attachments to the Original Proof of Claim includes the statement of the Debtor’s
account, including the full Green Tree account number; two Certificates of Title for the mobile homes;
a copy of the Retail Installment Contract, Security Agreement, Waiver of Trial by Jury and Agreement
SO ORDERED.
SIGNED this 18 day of February, 2009.
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Randy D. Doub
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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to Arbitration or Reference or Trial by Judge Alone executed by Danny Ray Jones on February 12,
2000. In addition, attached to the Original Proof of Claim is a letter to Mr. Jones from Green Tree
correcting information that was improperly disclosed. None of the documents attached to the Original
Proof of Claim provides the Debtor’s social security number or his date of birth.
F ED. R. B ANKR . P. 9037(g) provides that “an entity waives the protection of subdivision (a) as
to the entity’s own information by filing it without redaction and not under seal.” Relying on
subsection (g), the Court finds that Green Tree filed the Original Proof of Claim at its own peril. The
Advisory Note for the Rule provides that counsel, parties, and others who make filings with the court
have the responsibility to file redacted documents. Consequently, the Court finds no basis to support
the Motion to seal the Original Proof Claim.
Wherefore, based on FED. R. B ANKR . P. 9037(g), the Motion to Seal is DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
END OF DOCUMENT
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