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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
AT CHARLESTON
CRYSTAL GOOD, individually and as
parent and next friend of minor children
M.T.S., N.T.K. and A.M.S. and
MELISSA JOHNSON,
individually and as parent of her unborn child,
MARY LACY and JOAN GREEN and JAMILA AISHA OLIVER,
WENDY RENEE RUIZ and KIMBERLY OGIER and ROY J. McNEAL and
GEORGIA HAMRA and MADDIE FIELDS and BRENDA BAISDEN, d/b/a
FRIENDLY FACES DAYCARE, and ALADDIN RESTAURANT, INC., and
R. G. GUNNOE FARMS LLC, and DUNBAR PLAZA, INC.,
d/b/a DUNBAR PLAZA HOTEL,
on behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Civil Action No.: 2:14-01374

AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC., and
AMERICAN WATER WORKS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., and
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY and
WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY,
d/b/a WEST VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER, and
GARY SOUTHERN and DENNIS P. FARRELL and
Defendants.
ORDER
Having received on July 9, 2015, plaintiffs’ response
to the July 7, 2015, show cause order, it is ORDERED as follows:
1.

That counsel for all parties and any public document
custodians be, and hereby are, directed to meet and
confer on or before July 15, 2015, toward the end of
reaching an agreement that would result in spreading

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on the public record the documents presently lodged
with the court under seal as presented for filing on
May 18, 2015, and May 28, 2015, and July 6, 2015;
2.

That, in the event a complete unsealing agreement is
not earlier reached, defendants be, and hereby are,
directed to file no later than July 17, 2015, their
joint response to the plaintiffs’ submission, mindful
of the restrictions on the sealing of public documents
filed with the court and the well-settled rules
governing public access; and, in which event, the
court will confer with the parties at the time of the
regularly scheduled conference in open court with
counsel on July 20, 2015, respecting a hearing date
for resolution of the remaining sealing issues; and

3.

That any interested party be, and hereby is, permitted
no later than July 17, 2015, to file any comments
concerning the propriety of sealing.

The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this order to
counsel of record and any unrepresented parties.
DATED:

2

July 10, 2015

John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
United States District Judge