MacKinnon v. Logitech Inc. et al

Filing 63

ORDER by the Hon. Thelton E. Henderson denying 60 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. Defendants shall file an unredacted copy of the exhibit or a narrowly tailored sealing request by 11/15/16. (tehlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/8/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT MACKINNON,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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LOGITECH INC., et al.,

Case No. 15-cv-05231-TEH
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL

Defendants.

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In support of their motion for summary judgment, Defendants seek to file under seal

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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the transcript of a November 11, 2014 company meeting as Exhibit J to the Declaration of

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Melissa Perry. However, Defendants implicitly acknowledge that the transcript is not

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sealable in its entirety since they describe some of the meeting’s substance in their motion

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papers. The Court’s review also indicates that the transcript is not sealable in its entirety.

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Accordingly, Defendants’ motion is DENIED.1 Defendants must file an unredacted copy

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of Exhibit J or a narrowly tailored sealing request by November 15, 2016. Defendants

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may consider filing only those portions of the transcript that are necessary for the Court to

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rule on the pending motions for summary judgment.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 11/08/16

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_____________________________________
THELTON E. HENDERSON
United States District Judge

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The Court previously granted Defendants’ unopposed motion to file under seal a
videorecording of the entire meeting. However, the Court’s decision was not based on a
conclusion that the meeting was sealable in its entirety. Instead, although it did not say so
at the time, the Court concluded that it would be unnecessarily burdensome to require
Defendants to redact a videorecording. Redacting a written transcript poses no such
burden.