IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 

EASTERN DIVISION 

IN RE: E. I. DU PONT DE CASE NO. 2:13-md-2433 

NEMOURS AND COMPANY C-8 

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION 

 CHIEF JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.

MAGISTRATE JUDGE ELIZABETH P. 

DEAVERS 

This document relates to: Angela Swartz and Teddy Swartz v. E. I. du Pont de 

Nemours and Company, Case No. 2:18-cv-00136 

Travis Abbott, et al. v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and 

Company, et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-998 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

A CERTAIN MOTION UNDER SEAL 

Defendant E. I. du Pont Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) respectfully requests that the 

Court grant it leave to file its Motion for Mistrial and Exhibits in the above-referenced cases under 

seal. 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Damond R. Mace 

Damond R. Mace (0017102) (Trial Attorney) 

Stephen M. Fazio (0076873) 

Marques P.D. Richeson (0094050) 

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

4900 Key Tower 

127 Public Square 

Cleveland, Ohio 44114 

(216) 479-8500 (Phone) 

(216) 479-8780 (Fax) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 

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MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT 

This Motion for Leave is filed in conjunction with DuPont’s anticipated Motion for Mistrial 

due to the public disclosure of pre-verdict jury deliberations and the partial identity of a lone holdout juror (“Motion for Mistrial”). At the time of filing, Plaintiffs had not consented to this motion. 

Because the Motion for Mistrial discusses sensitive identifying information regarding a 

lone hold-out juror, DuPont requests to file certain portions of its Motion for a Mistrial under seal 

in order to protect the views and identity of the single juror and the circumstances surrounding 

jury deliberations from further public disclosure. See, e.g., United States v. Thomas, 116 F.3d 606, 

619 (2d Cir. 1997) (“It is the historic duty of a trial judge to safeguard the secrecy of the 

deliberative process that lies at the heart of our system of justice, even in the face of relentless, and 

sometimes inappropriate, demands by the news media and the public for post-verdict disclosure of 

what went on behind the closed door of the jury room.”). DuPont anticipates that its Motion for 

Mistrial will include material that contains sensitive facts related to juror identity. 

Thus, to guard against further public intrusion into the jury deliberation process, to prevent 

further scrutiny of pre-verdict juror deliberations and juror identities, and to avoid further coercion 

of the single juror, DuPont respectfully requests that the Court grant it leave to file the following 

under seal: (1) aspects of its Motion that reveal sensitive, potentially identifying information 

regarding the lone juror; and (2) portions of juror-Court communications that reveal jurors’ names. 

 As such, DuPont requests that the Court grant it leave to file its Motion for Mistrial and 

attached Exhibit, consisting of juror-Court communications, under seal. 

Respectfully submitted: 

/s/ Damond R. Mace 

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Damond R. Mace (0017102) (Trial Attorney) 

Nathan A. Leber (0090770) 

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

4900 Key Tower 

127 Public Square 

Cleveland, Ohio 44114 

(216) 479-8500 (Phone) 

(216) 479-8780 (Fax) 

Aneca E. Lasley (0072366) 

Jesse L. Taylor (0088209) 

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

2000 Huntington Center 

41 South High Street 

Columbus, Ohio 43215 

(614) 365-2700 (Phone) 

(614) 365-2499 (Fax) 

John A. Burlingame 

Katherine A. Spicer 

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

2550 M Street NW 

Washington, DC 20037 

(202) 457-6000 (Phone) 

(202) 457-6315 (Fax) 

D. Patrick Long 

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

2000 McKinney Ave., Suite 1700 

Dallas, TX 75201 

(214) 758-1500 (Phone) 

(214) 758-1550 (Fax) 

Attorneys for Defendant E. I. du Pont de Nemours 

and Company 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

A true and correct copy of the foregoing was electronically filed with this Court’s CM/ECF 

system on this 2nd day of March, 2020 and was thus served automatically upon all counsel of 

record for this matter. 

/s/ Damond R. Mace 

Damond R. Mace (0017102)

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