Dukes et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Filing 1151

ORDER TO PICK UP VOLUMINOUS EXHIBITS. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 08/25/2015. (crblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/25/2015)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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BETTY DUKES, PATRICIA SURGESON,
EDITH ARANA, DEBORAH GUNTER, and
CHRISTINE KWAPNOSKI,

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ORDER TO PICK UP VOLUMINOUS
EXHIBITS

Plaintiffs,

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No. 3:01-cv-02252-CRB

v.
WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
Defendant.

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In connection with its multiple motions for summary judgment in this matter, Wal-

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Mart submitted countless exhibits that it sought at that time to file under seal. Inexplicably,

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and without reference to any court rule or common sense principle of which this Court is

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aware, Wal-Mart’s counsel submitted two printed copies of each of the hundreds or

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thousands of exhibits—both an unredacted version and a redacted version—in separate

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plastic-type Tyvek folders that cannot be shredded or recycled, nor thrown away in their

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present form as their contents are under seal. All of these exhibits, including the unredacted

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versions, are accessible to the Court on the Electronic Case Filing system in its review of the

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motions. Having invested an inordinate amount of time opening hundreds of individual

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Tyvek folders to shred the contents, the Court has determined that Wal-Mart’s counsel

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should share in the expenditure of resources required to dispose of these folders.

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Accordingly, the Court has placed the remaining box in the custody of the Clerk’s

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Office on the 16th floor, at the attention of Maria Loo or Barbara Espinoza. Counsel for

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Wal-Mart is DIRECTED to pick up their box within five days of this Order to dispose of the

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box and the hundreds of folders therein as they see fit.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 25, 2015
CHARLES R. BREYER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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