United States District Court, N.D. California
ORDER GRANTING IN PART, DENYING IN PART, AND
DEFERRING RULING IN PART ON DEFENDANT'S ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO
DEFENDANT
MAXINE
M. CHESNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before
the Court is defendant's Administrative Motion, filed
June 10, 2016, by which defendant seeks to file under seal
various documents submitted by defendant in connection with
its motion for summary judgment and designated confidential
by plaintiff and/or a non-party entity. Plaintiff has filed a
response thereto. Having read and considered the papers filed
in support of and in response to the administrative motion,
the Court rules as follows:
1. To
the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the
entirety of Exhibits H, I, and J to the Declaration of
Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby DENIED, as plaintiff,
the designating party, has failed to show, or even assert,
that the entirety of any such exhibit comprises confidential
material.
2. As
to the following portions of Exhibits H, I and J to the
Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby
GRANTED, as plaintiff has made a sufficient showing as to the
sealability of those pages and lines:[1]
a. Exhibit H
1. Page 99, line 6
2. Page 100, lines 1 and 6
3. Page 101, lines 2-3, 9-17
4. Page 102, lines 13-15
5. Page 103, line 1-22
6. Page 132, line 22
7. Page 133, lines 4, 14 and 17
8. Page 138, lines 18 and ...