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"The parties must provide the requisite good cause, which is missing from their pending motions." Thus did the Court succinctly summarize its ruling in Ramos v. Continental Auto. Sys's, Inc., No. 18-1900-pp, 2020 WL 8617482, at *1 (E.D. Wis. Sept. 3, 2020).
In the eyes of the Federal judge in that case, the parties and their lawyers showed no more good cause than their agreement to keep various things "confidential." This by itself was not good cause, the Court ruled:
The court acknowledges that the parties have stipulated that they will maintain the confidentiality of certain documents. Paragraph 8 of their stipulated protective order states that all confidential information that is filed with the court must be filed in an envelope marked sealed and such information shall be kept under seal until further order of the court. Dkt. No. 19 at 5; Dkt. No. 20. However, this court requires that the parties comply with General Local Rule 79(d) and Seventh Circuit case law, providing good cause for the requested relief.
Ramos, 2020 WL 8617482, at *1.
The requirement of good cause determined the outcome. In moving to seal certain documents, the party requesting confidentiality did not show good cause at that time. The lack of good cause took the vitality out of that request.
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