# ORDER - SEALING Amended Sealing Order

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Description: NYSCEF document #43 | Filed: 2026-09-30 | Filed by: Court User Filed:  Received: | Docket status: Processed Confirmation Notice | Case: Jane Doe v. Cornell Univeristy (Tompkins County) | Source: NYSCEF
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FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 03:51 P INDEX NO. EF2026-0292
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 43 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026
C1l2026-22084 Index # : EF2026-0292
PRESENT: HON. MARK G. MASLER
Justice Presiding.
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF TOMPKINS
In the Matter of the Application of
JOHN DOE,
AMENDED SEALING
ORDER
Petitioner,
Vv
Index No. EF2026-0292
CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
Respondent.

This proceeding involves a challenge to a student disciplinary determination made by
Cornell University following an extensive hearing. As explained in a letter from counsel for
Cornell to the court dated June 2, 2026 (NYSCEF Doc No. 13), the record of the hearing was
extensive and contained innumerable references to confidential information that made redaction
impracticable and burdensome. Accordingly, counsel submitted a stipulation agreeing that the
record be filed under seal that was ordered by the court on June 2, 2026 (NYSCEF Doc No. 15;
herein the sealing order). By its terms, the sealing order directed that only the record, which
consists of NYSCEF Doc Nos. 16-27 and 32-33, be sealed, and further provided that the names
and identifying information of any students or witnesses involved in the conduct investigation
and proceedings would be redacted from other papers filed in this litigation. The court has been
subsequently advised that the entire record of this proceeding has been sealed. Before ordering
that all documents other than the record be unsealed, the court reviewed the remaining
documents to determine whether they contain information that is legally required to be kept
confidential. Any document that contained confidential information has been refiled with the

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FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 03:51 P INDEX NO. EF2026-0292

NYSCEF DOC. NO. 43 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026
Cl2026-22084 Index #: EF2026-0292

confidential information redacted. The documents that were originally filed that contain
confidential information remain part of the record of this proceeding, but shall remain under seal.
Based on the foregoing, it is

ORDERED that NYSCEF Doc Nos. 6-8, 16-27, 29, 32-34 shall remain under seal and
shall not be disclosed to any person except counsel for a party to this proceeding, who shall
remain bound by the obligations imposed on them by the original sealing order dated June 2,
2026; and it is further

ORDERED that all other documents filed to date in this proceeding shall be made

publicly available.
DATED: September 30, 2026 Digitally signed by Hon. Mark.
Cortland, New York Supreme Court, O=Sidt ducicial
UG UL, District, CN=Hon. Mark G.
Masler, E=
crtmasier_chambers@
ENTER Date: 2036.09.30

12:08:08
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HON. MARK G. MASLER
Supreme Court Justice

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