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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York partially seals personal information disclosed in prior motions to quash and for protective orders, which included the defendants’ social security numbers and corporate bank account information. Some filings are sealed entirely, while others can be refiled with redactions; still more others will remain public because the defendants waived their privacy rights by including the information on motions that remained on the docket for months without taking appropriate action.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal court in West Virginia denied a class of former foster care children’s motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health Services because it did not timely produce case files in the class’s civil rights suit over “systemic deficiencies” in the state’s foster care system. The department “made mistakes in preserving and producing information,” but this was not done in bad faith or out of disrespect for any court order.

SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Tyson punched out a fellow JetBlue passenger after he denied the former heavyweight boxing champ's offer of magic mushrooms on the flight, the passenger says in a lawsuit that looks to also hold the airline accountable for Tyson's behavior.