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FILED b
UN ITED STATES D ISTRICT COU RT
SOU TH ERN D ISTRICT OF FLO RIDA
FO RT LAU D ERD A LE D IV ISION

D.C.

MAq 2 3 2015
STEVEN M LAaIMORE

CLERKU b DIST CT
s o ofFLA - M I
AMI

JAN E D O E individually and forallothers

sim ilarly situated,
Case N o.15-cv-60581
Plaintiff,

PLA IN TIFF'S M O T IO N TO FIL E

D O C U M EN TS U ND ER SEA L A N D
FO R PRO TEC TIO N

VS.

TEX AS A & M UN IV ER SITY 12th M AN

FO UN DA TION a/k/a THE l2TH M AN
FO UN DA TION ,
Defendant.

Plaintiff,BarbaraBnmnerPereira(ttM ovanf')movestoFileDocumentsUnderSealand
forProted ion,and in supportthereto w ould show the Courtas follow s:

Movanthastiled an ''OriginalClassAction ComplaintforBreach of Contract,

For Prom l
'ssor.y Estoppeland D eclaratory Judgm ent''againstTexas A & M U niversity 12th M an

Foundation.M ovanttiled suitanonym ously using the nam eJaneDoe,with a11referencesto her
and to her fam ily m em bersbeing anonym ous.
2.

M ovanthas attached her Aftidavitand its Exhibits to this M otion for the Court's

in cam era review and w hich she requests be filed under sealas an Exhibitto her O liginalClass
A ction Com plaint against Texas A& M University 12tll M an Foundation. See Exhibit 1 --

A ffidavitofBarbara Bnm nerPereira and Exhibits.

Movant's son currently attends Texas A&M University (ttTAM U''). He is a

finalist for the TAM U System Board of Regents student position. A nnouncem ent of the

appointment(bytheTexasGovernor)isscheduledtooccurin M ay 2015.M ovantisfearfulthat

herinvolvementasa Plaintiffin thisClass Action Lawsuitwillprejudiceher son's ability to

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com pete unhindered for thatposition. Further,M ovantavers thatshe is aw are thatothers have

alleged that they w ere threatened by a Foundation ofticial and that such claim s, if true, are
consistentwith herperception ofthe culture atthe Foundation. See Exhibit 1,paragraph 7. See
also OriginalClass A ction Com plaint, A ffidavitofHerlry H .Holubec,Jr., Exhibit8,
'A ftidavitof

Deborah Lawson,Exhibit6 to M otion forOrderspursuantto Rule 23(d)(5)and the lnherent

Authority oftheCourt;and theAffidavitofClaudeScottMcouan-ie,Exhibit6to the Oliginal
ClassA ction Com plaint.

M ovant requests that her A ffidavit and its Exhibits and the Court's Order
disposing ofthis m otion be tiled with the C lerk ofCourtundersealand thatthe Courtorder that
the C lerk of Courtnot diselose the eontents ofthis m otion, the Court'sOrderand the Aftidavit
and its Exhibits to any pel-son or entity, exceptto the Courtand its in-eham bers staff, except as

furthersetforth below.
M ovant further requests that a copy of the Order disposing of this M otion be
provided to counselforthe M ovant/plaintiff.
6.

M ovant further requests thatcopies ofthe O rder disposing of this m otion and of

the Aftidavitand itsExhibits shallbe provided only to Counselforthe TexasA&M University

12th M an Foundation and show n only to those persons at the 12tb M an Foundation w ho are

specitically and directly involved in this litigation and who have a need to know of their
existence and content.
M ovant further requests that the Court order that a11 persons referred to in

paragraph 6,above,shallnotdisclosethe identity oftheauthoroftheAftidavitorthe contentsof

the Affidavitand its Exhibitsorofthisorderto any person orentity, exceptthatthe contentsof
the Affidavitand its Exhibits,withoutactualnam esorother, personalidentifying infonnation,

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m ay be used in further m oeeedings in this action,subjed to the below-requested orders and

furtherorderofthe Court.

M ovantfurtherrequeststhatthe Courtorderthatthe identity ofthe authorofthe

A ffidavit and its Exhibits shallbe referred to as (CJAN E D O E,''and the identity of her fam ily
m em bers identitied therein as %AJOH N D O E 1,5' itJOH N D O E

and EEJOH N D OE

respectively,exceptupon furtherorder ofthe Coul'

t.

M ovantfurtherrequests thatthe Courtorder thatPlaintiff's identity shallnotbe

disclosed to any persons who are notCounselin this m atter or w ho are notdirectly involved in

the prosecution ordefense ofthism atter, and thatallsuch persons shallrefer to the Plaintiff as
ttJAN E D O E''and her fam ily m em bers as tVJO HN D OE l7''EEJOHN D O E 11!$''and ECJO HN D OE
111,''respectively,exceptupon further orderofthe Court.
W H EREFORE, M ovant requests that the Court order the A ttorney-in-charge for
D efendant Texas A & M U niversity 12th M an Foundation to m aintain a list of a11 persons and

entities who are specifically and directly involved in the defense ofthis action, who have a need

toknow anyoftheinformationthatisthesubjectofthisorder,andwhohavebeengiven access

to any such inform ation.
LO CA L RU LE 7.1 C ER TIFICA TIO N

Pursuant to Local nzle 7.1, Counsel for Plaintiff attem pted to confer with counsel for

D efendant as to whether Defendant opposed the relief soughtherein, butcounsel forD efendant

hasrefused to aceeptservieeofproeessorotherwiseconferregardingthism atter.

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D ated:M arch 23,2015

Respectfully Subm itted,

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C ERTIFICA TE O F SER V IC E

1hereby certify thaton M arch 23, 20l5 lfiled the foregoing docum entw ith the Clerk of
the Court. lalso certify thatthe foregoing docum entisbeing served this day, via FedEx to Texas
A&M University 12thM an Foundation a/k/a The 12thM an Foundation, throug,
h registered agent
forservice ofprocess, RandelL.Howard,Joe RouttBlvd., C1
treet,
*M University
Cam pus,College Station,Texas77843.

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PeterPrieto