City of Springfield, Ohio et al v. The Blood Tribe et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION (DAYTON)
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,
et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
THE BLOOD TRIBE, et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 3:25-cv-00033
District Judge Thomas M. Rose
Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry
ORDER
Non-Party Witness Matthew Dwyer recently filed a Motion to Quash Subpoena
and Request for Protective Order. (Doc. No. 64.) He redacted a few lines in the Motion to
Quash. (Id.) Dwyer also filed two related motions: (1) a motion to file an unredacted
version of the Motion to Quash under seal (Doc. No. 65); and (2) a motion to obtain
electronic case filing rights (Doc. No. 66). Dwyer appears before this Court without the
assistance of counsel.
The Court GRANTS Dwyer’s motion to file an unredacted version of his Motion
to Quash under seal. (Doc. No. 65.) It appears that he has redacted his home address and
a family member’s medical information, for example, from the Motion. (See, e.g., Doc.
No. 64 at PageID 497, 499, 500.) As Dwyer is not a party to the case, and because it
appears—based on the information currently in the record—that the public would have
little interest in this redacted personal information, the Court will permit Dwyer to file an
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unredacted version of his Motion under seal.1 Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(f). The Clerk of Court is
DIRECTED to accept from Dwyer an unredacted version of his Motion to Quash (Doc.
No. 64) and to file it on the docket UNDER SEAL.
The Court DENIES Dwyer’s motion for electronic case filing rights. (Doc. No.
66.) As noted, Dwyer is not a party to the case, and it does not appear at this time that he
will be required (or permitted) to file many documents in it.2 However, Dwyer may find
this case and electronically monitor the status of his remaining motion via the federal
courts’ PACER Case Locator service, https://pcl.uscourts.gov/pcl/index.jsf.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Caroline H. Gentry
Caroline H. Gentry
United States Magistrate Judge
1 This is not a determination about the relevance of any information sought by Plaintiffs, nor does it mean
that information about Dwyer may not appear in the record of this case. Further redaction or sealing will
be handled on a case-by-case basis and should not be presumed based on this Order. See generally Shane
Group, Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, 825 F.3d 299, 305 (6th Cir. 2016) (recognizing “a
strong presumption in favor of openness as to court records.”) (cleaned up).
2 If Plaintiffs file a response to his Motion to Quash, Dwyer may file a reply consistent with the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s Local Rules.
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