Thomas Petroleum, LLC v. Lloyd et al

Filing 24

ORDER Re: Plaintiff's 23 Request to Seal Documents, signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 7/19/2012. (IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the documents attached as exhibits to the specified declarations and filed as exhibits to such declarations in support of Thomas Petroleums Motion for Summary Adjudication as listed in this order, are to be filed under seal in connection with that filing.)(Gaumnitz, R)

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DONNA M. RUTTER (SBN 145704)
[e-mail]
MANI SHEIK (SBN 245487)
[e-mail]
CURIALE HIRSCHFELD KRAEMER LLP
727 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant
THOMAS PETROLEUM, LLC d/b/a EASTERN
SIERRA OIL

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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THOMAS PETROLEUM, LLC d/b/a
EASTERN SIERRA OIL,

Case No. 1:11-CV-00902-LJO-JLT
[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

Plaintiff,

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vs.

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KENNETH LLOYD, an individual, E.S.
OIL, LLC, a California limited liability
company, and DOES 1-30, inclusive,

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FED. R. CIV. PROC. 5.2, 26;
LOC. R. CT. 141
Date:
Time:
Dept:
Judge:

Defendant.

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August 21, 2012
8:30 a.m.
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Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

Complaint Filed: June 2, 2011
Trial Date:
December 4, 2012

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KENNETH LLOYD,
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Cross-Complainant,
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vs.
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THOMAS PETROLEUM, LLC,
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Cross-Defendant.
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Having read and considered Plaintiff Thomas Petroleum, LLC’s (“Thomas Petroleum”)
Request to Seal Documents, in which Defendants Kenneth Lloyd and E.S. Oil, LLC join, and for
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[PROP.] ORDER RE: PLTF ’S REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS
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good cause showing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following documents, attached as
exhibits to the specified declarations and filed as exhibits to such declarations in support of
Thomas Petroleum’s Motion for Summary Adjudication, are to be filed under seal in connection
with that filing:
Three Exhibits To Declaration of Mani Sheik in Support of Thomas

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Petroleum’s Motion for Summary Adjudication:
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o Communications containing an environmental impact assessment for a

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proposed project, bates-stamped TP 000120-000140, produced pursuant to

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the Protective Order and designated “confidential.”

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o One of the two contracts that Defendants entered into with a third-party,

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bates-stamped ESOIL 000218-01 to 000233-01, produced pursuant to the

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Protective Order and designated “confidential.”

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o The other contract that Defendants entered into with a third-party, bates-

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stamped ESOIL 001756-001784, produced pursuant to the Protective

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Order and designated “confidential – for counsel only.”
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pursuant to the Protective Order and designated “confidential.”

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o Thomas Petroleum’s current, thirteen-page lease, bates numbered

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TP000162-TP000174, produced pursuant to the Protective Order and

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Exhibit C: The following exhibits to the deposition of John Saxon
o A thirteen-page lease, bates numbered TP000175-TP000187, produced

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Exhibit A: The following exhibits to the deposition of Kenneth Lloyd:

designated “confidential-for counsel only.”
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Exhibit J: Financial documents, bates labeled TP 001034-001052, 001055001057, 001060-001088, that Lloyd took with him when he left his employment
with Thomas Petroleum on May 4, 2011, and returned in mid-April 2012,
produced pursuant to the Protective Order and designated them “confidential-for
counsel only.”
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Two Exhibits To Declaration of Rebecca Scripps in Support of Thomas

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Petroleum’s Motion for Summary Adjudication:

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produced pursuant to the Protective Order and designated “confidential.”

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“confidential-for counsel only.”

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One Exhibit To Declaration of Stephen Moore in Support of Thomas

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Petroleum’s Motion for Summary Adjudication:

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Exhibit J: Thomas Petroleum’s current, thirteen-page lease, bates numbered
TP000162-TP000174, produced pursuant to the Protective Order and designated

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Exhibit A: A thirteen-page lease, bates numbered TP000175-TP000187,

Exhibit C: Thomas Petroleum’s employee handbook, Bates-stamped TP 000204000219, produced pursuant to the Protective Order and designated “confidential.”

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

July 19, 2012

/s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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