Lucido v. Nestle Purina Pet Care Company

Filing 180

ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen granting in part and denying in part 154 Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. (emclc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/13/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FRANK LUCIDO, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
NESTLE PURINA PET CARE COMPANY,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL
Docket No. 154

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

Case No. 15-cv-00569-EMC

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Plaintiffs moved to file under seal certain documents in support of their opposition to

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Purina’s summary judgment motion. After reviewing the motion, the Court instructed the parties

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to meet and confer and agree upon a more narrowly tailored request to file under seal. See Docket

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No. 171 (order). The parties did so and, after reviewing the parties’ submission, the Court allowed

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certain documents to be filed under seal but ordered Purina to provide a more specific declaration

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as to why other documents should be filed under seal, particularly under the compelling reasons

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standard adopted by the Ninth Circuit. See Docket No. 178 (order).

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Purina has now submitted a new declaration in which it withdraws the request to file under

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seal for the following documents: Exhibits 2-4, 7-8, 11-12, 15-19, and 21-29. Accordingly, the

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Court orders Plaintiffs to immediately file those exhibits publicly.

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In the declaration, Purina has also asked the Court to maintain Exhibit 31 under seal.

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Purina has provided a sufficient justification for the sealing, and therefore the Court grants that

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request to file under seal.

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Finally, Purina has now publicly filed redacted versions of Exhibits 10, 13, 14, 20, 30, and

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38 and, in the declaration, requests that only the unredacted portions remain under seal. Purina

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has provided a sufficient justification for maintaining the unredacted portions under seal, and

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therefore the Court grants that request to file under seal as well.
This order, along with the order at Docket No. 178, disposes of Docket No. 154.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: October 13, 2016
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EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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