Chiquita 11th Circuit Response To Order On Sealed Filings

Case: 19-13926 Date Filed: 06/26/2020 Page: 1 of 18
Case No. 19-13926-C
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
___________________________________________
IN RE: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATONAL, INC.,

ALIEN TORT STATUTE LITIGATION
___________________________________________
On Appeal from the United States District Court

For the Southern District of Florida
No. 08-md-01916
(Nos. 08-80465, 11-80404)
(The Honorable Kenneth A. Marra)
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APPELLANTS DOE 378 AND DOE 840'S

RESPONSE TO ORDER ON WHETHER SEALED
MATERIALS WERE FILED IN COURT
____________________________________________
Paul Wolf, DC Bar #480285

P.O. Box 21840
Washington, D.C. 20009
Telephone (202) 431-6986
paulwolf@yahoo.com
Fax: n/a
Attorney for Plaintiff-
Appellants-Cross-Appellees
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS
Counsel certifies that the following is a complete list of the trial judge(s), all
attorneys, persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships, or corporations
(noted with its stock symbol if publicly listed) that have an interest in the outcome
of the particular case on appeal, including subsidiaries, conglomerates, affiliates,
and parent corporations, and other identifiable legal entities related to a party,
known to Appellants, are as follows:
1. Doe 378, whose identity remains confidential under a Protective Order of
the District Court, and the daughter of deceased plaintiff Doe 840, whose identity
also remains confidential under the Order. In addition, the plaintiffs bring their
cases as personal representatives of the estates of the deceased. They represent
other legal heirs with interests, whose identities are known to the Appellees, but
remain confidential under the Protective Order.
2. The other plaintiffs in the complaints filed by undersigned counsel in the
Southern District of Florida, in Case Nos. 08-80465, 10-80652, 11-80404, 11-
80405 and 17-cv-80475. Undersigned counsel represents the legal heirs of
approximately 2,319 wrongful death cases. In addition, there are six other plaintiff
groups with a total of about 7500 "claims" in the MDL, all of whom have an
interest in this appeal.
3. Additional interested parties are:
i
Agrícola Longaví Limitada
Agrícola Santa Marta Limitada
Agroindustria Santa Rosa de Lima, S.A.
Aguirre, Fernando
Alamo Land Company
Alsama, Ltd.
American Produce Company
Americana de Exportación S.A.
Anacar LDC
Arnold & Porter
Arvelo, José E.
Associated Santa Maria Minerals
B C Systems, Inc.
Baird, Bruce
Bandy, Kevin
Barbush Development Corp.
Bienes Del Rio, S.A.
Blank Rome LLP
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
Blue Fish Holdings Establishment
ii
Bocas Fruit Co. L.L.C.
In Re: Chiquita Brands Int’l., Inc.
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Fort Lauderdale
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, New York
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Orlando
Bronson, Ardith
Brundicorpi S.A.
Cadavid Londoño, Paula
Carrillo, Arturo J.
C.C.A. Fruit Service Company Limited
CB Containers, Inc.
Centro Global de Procesamiento Chiquita, S.R.L.
Charagres, Inc., S.A.
Childs, Robert
Chiquita (Canada) Inc.
Chiquita (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.
Chiquita Banana Company B.V.
Chiquita Brands International Foundation
Chiquita Brands International Sàrl
iii
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB)
Chiquita Brands L.L.C.
Chiquita Central Europe, s.r.o.
Chiquita Compagnie des Bananes
Chiquita Deutschland GmbH
Chiquita Food Innovation B.V.
Chiquita for Charities
Chiquita Fresh B.V.B.A.
Chiquita Fresh España, S.A.
Chiquita Fresh North America L.L.C.
Chiquita Fruit Bar (Belgium) BVBA
Chiquita Fruit Bar (Germany) GmbH
Chiquita Fruit Bar GmbH
Chiquita Frupac B.V.
Chiquita Hellas Anonimi Eteria Tropikon Ke Allon Frouton
Chiquita Hong Kong Limited
Chiquita International Services Group N.V.
Chiquita Italia, S.p.A.
Chiquita Logistic Services El Salvador Ltda.
Chiquita Logistic Services Guatemala, Limitada
iv
Chiquita Logistic Services Honduras, S.de RL
Chiquita Melon Packers, Inc.
Chiquita Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Chiquita Nature and Community Foundation
Chiquita Nordic Oy
Chiquita Norway As
Chiquita Poland Spolka Z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia
Chiquita Portugal Venda E Comercializaçao De Fruta,

Unipessoal Lda
Chiquita Relief Fund - We Care
Chiquita Shared Services
Chiquita Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Chiquita Slovakia, S.r.o.
Chiquita Sweden AB
Chiquita Tropical Fruit Company B.V.
Chiquita UK Limited
ChiquitaStore.com L.L.C.
Chiriqui Land Company
CILPAC Establishment
Cioffi, Michael
Coast Citrus Distributors Holding Company

v
Cohen, Millstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC
Collingsworth, Terrence P.
Compañía Agrícola de Nipe, S.A.
Compañía Agrícola de Rio Tinto
Compañía Agrícola del Guayas
Compañía Agrícola e Industrial Ecuaplantation, S.A.
Compañía Agrícola Sancti-Spiritus, S.A.
Compañía Bananera Atlántica Limitada
Compañía Bananera Guatemateca Independinte, S.A.
Compañía Bananera La Estrella, S.A.
Compañía Bananera Los Laureles, S.A.
Compañía Bananera Monte Blanco, S.A.
Compañía Caronas, S.A.
Compañía Cubana de Navegación Costanera
Compañía Frutera América S.A.
Compañía La Cruz, S.A.
Compañía Mundimar, S.A.
Compañía Productos Agrícolas de Chiapas, S.A. de C.V.
Compañía Tropical de Seguros, S.A.
Conrad & Scherer LLP
vi
Costa Frut S.A.C.
Covington & Burling LLP
Danone Chiquita Fruits SAS
Dante, Frank
Davies, Patrick
De La Calle Restrepo, José Miguel
De La Calle Londoño y Posada Abogados
DeLeon, John
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
DLA Piper
Duraiswamy, Shankar
Dyer, Karen C.
Earthrights, International, Inc.
Exportadora Chiquita - Chile Ltda.
Exportadora de Frutas Frescas Ltda.
Financiera Agro-Exportaciones Limitada
Financiera Bananera Limitada
FMR LLC
Fresh Express Incorporated
Fresh Holding C.V.
vii
Fresh International Corp.
Friedheim, Cyrus
Frutas Elegantes, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Fundación Para El Desarrollo de Comunidades Sostenibles en el

Valle de Sula
G & V Farms, LLC
G W F Management Services Ltd.
Garland, James
Girardi, Thomas V.
Gould, Kimberly
Gravante, Jr., Nicholas A.
Great White Fleet Liner Services Ltd.
Great White Fleet Ltd.
Green, James K.
Guralnick, Ronald S.
Hall, John
Heaton Holdings Ltd.
Heli Abel Torrado y Asociados
Hemisphere XII Investors Limited
Hills, Roderick, the Estate of
Hospital La Lima, S.A. de C.V.

viii
Ilara Holdings, Inc.
Inversiones Huemul Limitada
James K. Green, P.A.
Jimenez Train, Magda M.
Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.
Jones, Stanton
Keiser, Charles
King, William B.
Kistinger, Robert
Lack, Walter J.
Law Firm of Jonathan C. Reiter
Law Offices of Chavez-DeLeon
Leon, The Honorable Richard J.
Markman, Ligia
Marra, The Honorable Kenneth A.
Martin, David
Martinez Resly, Jaclyn
McCawley, Sigrid S.
Mosier, Mark
Mozabanana, Lda.
ix
Olson, Robert
O'Melveny & Meyers
Ordman, John
Parker Waichman LLP
Philips, Layn
Prías Cadavid Abogados
Prías, Juan Carlos
Priedheim, Alissa
Procesados IQF, S.A. de C.V.
Processed Fruit Ingredients, BVBA
Promotion et Developpement de la Culture Bananiere
Puerto Armuelles Fruit Co., Ltd.
Rapp, Cristopher
Reiter, Jonathan C.
Ronald Guralnick, P.A.
Scarola, Jack
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A.
Seguridad Colosal, S.A.
Servicios Chiquita Chile Limitada
Servicios de Logística Chiquita, S.A.
x
Servicios Logísticos Chiquita, S.R.L
Servicios Proem Limitada
Silbert, Earl
Skinner, William
Sperling, Jonathan
Spiers N.V.
Sprague, Ashley M.
St. James Investments, Inc.
Stewart, Thomas
Stubbs, Sidney
Tela Railroad Company Ltd.
The Vanguard Group
TransFRESH Corporation
Tsacalis, William
UNIPO G.V., S.A.
V.F. Transportation, L.L.C.
Verdelli Farms, Inc.
Western Commercial International Ltd.
Wichmann, William J.
Wiesner & Asociados Ltda. Abogados
xi
Wiesner, Eduardo A.
Wilkins, Robert
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Wolf, Paul
Wolosky, Lee S.
Zack, Stephen N
Zhejiang Chiquita-Haitong Food Company Limited
Zuleta, Alberto
Certification
I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, the above is a complete

list of persons having an interest in this case.
/s/ Paul Wolf

________________________
Paul Wolf, D.C. Bar #480285
Attorney for Appellants
Doe 378 and 840
January 1, 2019
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Counsel for Does 378 and Doe 840 filed two pages from the transcript of the
deposition of paramilitary commander Raúl Hasbún in the open record in this
appeal. The two page "leak" shows that he refused to testify until he was offered
$3-5 million dollars, depending on the outcome of the case, after which he did
testify. Although the bribe wasn't completed, the evidence was ruined. Mr.
Hasbún is a central figure in this case, regardless of what he does or doesn't know
about any of the bellwether cases.
The District Court denied two motions to file this document under seal.
Although the Eleventh Circuit Guide to Electronic Filing § 9.2 states that
“[d]ocuments filed under seal in the court from which an appeal is taken will
continue to be filed under seal on appeal to this Court,” the rule shouldn't apply
where the District Court has denied two motions to file under seal. The denial is
reviewed for abuse of discretion, which would be hard to show, since the materials
relate to witness bribery and suborning perjury.
On August 15, 2019, counsel for the non-Wolf Appellants filed two motions
to file documents under seal, including this transcript, in relation to motions in
limine filed the same day. DE 2529, 2533. When the District Court granted
Chiquita's Motion for Summary Judgment for the bellwether cases on September 5,
2019, both of these motions were denied as moot. DE 2551 This is easily verified
from the text of the docket entry for the Order "… denying as moot 2529 Motion to
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seal; denying as moot 2532 Motion for Protective Order; denying as moot 2533
Motion to Seal. Signed by Judge Kenneth A. Marra on 9/5/2019." See Exhibit 1,
attached hereto.
The non-Wolf Appellants had argued that good cause existed because the
documents contained the names and identifying information for some of the
bellwether plaintiffs. See DE 2529 Chiquita opposed, citing the separate, pending
appeal in this Court over the confidentiality of the plaintiffs' names. DE 2543
However, the motions were insufficient in the first place, because the non-Wolf
Appellants never filed redacted copies of the documents in the record, nor did they
specify when the materials should be unsealed. Local Rule 5.4(a) of the District
Court for the Southern District of Florida states that "[u]nless otherwise provided
by law, Court rule, or Court order, proceedings in the United States District Court
are public and Court filings are matters of public record." Local Rule 5.4(b) states
that a party seeking to file information or documents under seal in a civil case
"shall file a motion to file under seal that sets forth the factual and legal basis for
departing from the policy that Court filings are public and that describes the
information or documents to be sealed (the “proposed sealed material”) with as
much particularity as possible, but without attaching or revealing the content of the
proposed sealed material. The proposed sealed material shall not be filed unless
the Court grants the motion to file under seal. The motion to file under seal shall
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specify the proposed duration of the requested sealing. The motion to file under
seal and the docket text shall be publicly available on the docket. If, prior to the
issuance of a ruling on the motion to file under seal, the moving party elects or is
required to publicly file a pleading, motion, memorandum, or other document that
attaches or reveals the content of the proposed sealed material, then the moving
party must redact from the public filing all content that is the subject of the
motion to file under seal." Id. (emphasis added) The non-Wolf Appellants didn't
file unredacted copies in the record, didn't specify the duration of the proposed
sealing, and their two motions to file under seal were denied by the District Court.
The non-Wolf Appellants have also filed a 7,000+ page sealed Appendix in
this appeal without filing an unredacted copy in the public record. Undersigned
counsel has no way to determine what's in it. If it contains materials that weren't
sealed by the District Court, then Eleventh Circuit Guide to Electronic Filing § 9.2
shouldn't apply to those parts of the Appendix.
Although the public has a well-established right of access to see what's filed
in federal court, the rights of Does 1-976, and thousands of other plaintiffs, are
more directly affected. Chiquita benefits from the non-Wolf Appellants' strategy,
and from the fact that undersigned counsel can't see what's going on. Does 378
and 840 aren't making an abstract argument about freedom of the press. They're
alerting the Court that it's been proven that nearly every paramilitary witness called
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by the non-Wolf Appellants, in this and the related litigation in Drummond and
Dole, was paid or promised thousands of dollars for favorable testimony. The non-
Wolf Appellants' 7,000+ page sealed Appendix speaks for itself. By pointing out
one of the (probable) needles in this haystack, undersigned counsel has helped the
Court to view this case in the proper perspective.
Conclusion
The District Court didn't abuse its discretion by denying two motions to file
this transcript under seal. The non-Wolf Appellants filed a 7,000+ page sealed
Appendix in this appeal without filing an redacted copy in the record, and despite
the District Court's Order. For the foregoing reasons, the Court should not be
concerned about the two pages of testimony that was revealed. This Court would
have to reverse the District Court to seal it. Instead, it should order the non-Wolf
Appellants to re-file their Appendix, redacting only the plaintiffs' names and
contact information. Otherwise, the Wolf Appellants will continue to be harmed
by fraud.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Paul Wolf

________________________
Paul Wolf, DC Bar #480285
Attorney for Does 1-976
June 26, 2020
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Certificate of Service
I hereby certify, that on this 26th of June, 2020, I filed the foregoing
response and exhibit with the Clerk of the Court using the Court's Electronic Case
Filing (ECF) system, which will send notices to all counsel receiving electronic
notices in this case.
/s/ Paul Wolf

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Paul Wolf
Certificate of Compliance
Pursuant to FRAP 27 and 32(g)(1), I hereby certify that this response

complies with the type-limitation of 5,200 words, and contains 940 words,
excluding the caption and certifications.
/s/ Paul Wolf

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Paul Wolf

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Case: 19-13926 Date Filed: 06/26/2020 Page: 1 of 18

Case No. 19-13926-C

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

IN RE: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATONAL, INC.,

On Appeal from the United States District Court

APPELLANTS DOE 378 AND DOE 840'S

Paul Wolf, DC Bar #480285

CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS

attorneys, persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships, or corporations

of the particular case on appeal, including subsidiaries, conglomerates, affiliates,

known to Appellants, are as follows:

1. Doe 378, whose identity remains confidential under a Protective Order of

cases as personal representatives of the estates of the deceased. They represent

remain confidential under the Protective Order.

2. The other plaintiffs in the complaints filed by undersigned counsel in the

Southern District of Florida, in Case Nos. 08-80465, 10-80652, 11-80404, 11-

80405 and 17-cv-80475. Undersigned counsel represents the legal heirs of

interest in this appeal.

3. Additional interested parties are:

Agrícola Longaví Limitada

Agrícola Santa Marta Limitada

Agroindustria Santa Rosa de Lima, S.A.

Alamo Land Company

American Produce Company

Americana de Exportación S.A.

Arnold & Porter

Associated Santa Maria Minerals

Barbush Development Corp.

Bienes Del Rio, S.A.

Blank Rome LLP

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)

Blue Fish Holdings Establishment

Bocas Fruit Co. L.L.C.

In Re: Chiquita Brands Int’l., Inc.

Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Fort Lauderdale

Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami

Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, New York

Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Orlando

Cadavid Londoño, Paula

C.C.A. Fruit Service Company Limited

Centro Global de Procesamiento Chiquita, S.R.L.

Charagres, Inc., S.A.

Chiquita (Canada) Inc.

Chiquita (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

Chiquita Banana Company B.V.

Chiquita Brands International Foundation

Chiquita Brands International Sàrl

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB)

Chiquita Brands L.L.C.

Chiquita Central Europe, s.r.o.

Chiquita Compagnie des Bananes

Chiquita Deutschland GmbH

Chiquita Food Innovation B.V.

Chiquita for Charities

Chiquita Fresh B.V.B.A.

Chiquita Fresh España, S.A.

Chiquita Fresh North America L.L.C.

Chiquita Fruit Bar (Belgium) BVBA

Chiquita Fruit Bar (Germany) GmbH

Chiquita Fruit Bar GmbH

Chiquita Frupac B.V.

Chiquita Hellas Anonimi Eteria Tropikon Ke Allon Frouton

Chiquita Hong Kong Limited