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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

SMDI Company, an Arizona

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

The Travelers Indemnity Company

of America, a foreign corporation,

Defendant.

No. CV 05-2422-PHX-NVW

ORDER

The court has been presented with the stipulation and proposed form of order

concerning confidentiality of documents produced in discovery. The proposed order

also provides that the parties may have unilateral authority to direct the Clerk of the

Court to file under seal papers attached to court filings. The court is disposed to

approve orders authorizing the parties to designate as confidential, with consequent

responsibilities to maintain confidentiality, of documents produced in discovery.

However, the filing of papers under seal with the Clerk of the Court entails substantial

burden upon the court. Therefore, the court will not delegate to the parties the decision

whether any documents are to be filed under seal by the Clerk of the Court. Rather, the

court will require demonstration of the need for sealing of any documents filed with the

court.

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The court will therefore deny the stipulated confidentiality order. The court will

accept a revised stipulation and order which states what is otherwise the case, that only

the court may order the filing of documents with the Clerk of the Court under seal and

that such filing under seal will not be granted absent specific demonstration of the need

for filing under seal.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Stipulated Confidentiality and NonDisclosure Agreement (doc. #17) is denied without prejudice to submitting a revised

stipulation and form of order in accordance with this order.

DATED this 28th day of October, 2005.

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