Dedicated Nursing Associates, Inc. v. Buckeye Forest at Akron LLC et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
DEDICATED NURSING ASSOCIATES,
INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
BUCKEYE FOREST AT AKRON LLC,
et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action 2:25-cv-236
Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Seal. (ECF No. 42.) In that
Motion, Defendants seek to shield from public disclosure certain information that they redacted
from an Operations Transfer and Surrender Agreement (“OTSA”) before they filed it as an
Exhibit to their Answer and Motion to Dismiss. (ECF Nos. 20–1, 26–3.)
The Court has reviewed the Motion to Seal while mindful of its “independent obligation,
which exists regardless of any agreement or disagreement among the parties, to determine
whether sealing is warranted.” Frohn v. Globe Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 1:19-CV-713, 2022
WL 1555104, at *1 (S.D. Ohio May 17, 2022) (citing Proctor & Gamble Co. v. Ranir, LLC, No.
1:17-cv-185, 2017 WL 3537195, at *2 (S.D. Ohio Aug. 17, 2017)). Consistent with that
obligation, the Court finds it appropriate to conduct an in camera review of the OTSA before
ruling on Defendants’ Motion.
Accordingly, Defendants are DIRECTED to submit to Chambers, within SEVEN DAYS
of the date of this Order, an unredacted copy of the OTSA unless they have filed an unredacted
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version of it on the public docket in the interim. That submission may be made via email to
Vascura_Chambers@ohsd.uscourts.gov.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Chelsey M. Vascura
CHELSEY M. VASCURA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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