Plascencia et al v. Lending 1st Mortgage et al
Filing
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ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS 350 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/20/2012)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ARMANDO PLASCENCIA; and MELANIA
PLASCENCIA, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly
situated,
Plaintiffs,
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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v.
LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE; LENDING 1ST
MORTGAGE, LLC; EMC MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; and DOES 1-10,
No. C 07-4485 CW
ORDER GRANTING IN
PART AND DENYING
IN PART
PLAINTIFFS’
ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL
(Docket No. 350)
Defendants.
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On July 2, 2012, Plaintiffs Armando and Melania Plascencia
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moved to file under seal their unredacted motion for summary
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judgment and Exhibits A through K to the declaration of Mark R.
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Cuker in support of their motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiffs
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have filed a redacted version of their motion for summary judgment
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in the public record.
See Docket No. 349.
In their motion to
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seal, Plaintiffs state that the materials that they seek to seal
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have been “designated ‘Confidential’ under the terms of the
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Stipulated Protective Order and/or contain information from said
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materials.”
Mot. at 2.
Plaintiffs represent that they do not
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believe that the information in Exhibits A through K is sealable.
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Berns Decl. ¶ 4.
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On July 9, 2012, Defendant EMC Mortgage LLC, formerly known
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as EMC Mortgage Corporation, filed a declaration in support of the
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motion to seal.
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See Overbey Decl., Docket No. 354.
EMC withdraws
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its confidentiality designation for Exhibits B, C, and E through
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J.
Overbey Decl. ¶ 4.
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are internal EMC documents or documents produced by EMC
in this case containing confidential borrower
information regarding Plaintiffs, including their loan
number, credit scores, loan amount, and details
regarding their loan terms, and confidential information
regarding the class members, including their names, loan
amounts, and details and data regarding their loans,
which is [sic] protected by federal law under the GrammLeach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6801(a); 17 C.F.R.
§ 248.3(t)(1)(i)-(ii) & (u)(2)(i)(C), and by California
law.
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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EMC states that Exhibits A, D and K
Id. at ¶ 5.
EMC asks that these exhibits and the portions of
Plaintiffs’ motion that refer to them be placed under seal.
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Id.
Plaintiffs’ filings are connected to a dispositive motion.
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Because Defendants designated the documents at issue as
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confidential, they must file a declaration establishing that the
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documents are sealable.
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Defendants “must overcome a strong presumption of access by
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showing that ‘compelling reasons supported by specific factual
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findings . . . outweigh the general history of access and the
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public policies favoring disclosure.’”
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Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 679 (9th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted).
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cannot be established simply by showing that the document is
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subject to a protective order or by stating in general terms that
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the material is considered to be confidential, but rather must be
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supported by a sworn declaration demonstrating with particularity
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the need to file each document under seal.
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5(a).
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Civil Local Rule 79-5(d).
To do so,
Pintos v. Pac. Creditors
This
Civil Local Rule 79-
Exhibits A and K contain information concerning Plaintiffs’
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loan only and not that of absent class members.
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cited authority prevents Defendants from disclosing this
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Although the
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information publicly without Plaintiffs’ consent, EMC cites no
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authority or compelling reason that would prevent Plaintiffs from
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publicly disclosing this information themselves.
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voluntarily offered these exhibits into evidence and do not
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support filing them under seal.
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Plaintiffs have
EMC has established compelling reasons to support the sealing
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of Exhibit D and references in the motion thereto.
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contains personally identifiable financial information of absent
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class members, including their names and loan amounts.
This exhibit
The motion
United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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contains descriptions of class members based on this exhibit.
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17 C.F.R. § 248.3(t)(1)(ii) (defining “nonpublic personal
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information” to include “any . . . description . . . of consumers
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. . . that is derived using any personally identifiable financial
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information that is not publicly available information”).
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See
Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file documents
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under seal is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part (Docket No. 350).
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Within four days of the date of this Order, Plaintiffs shall file
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their unredacted motion and Exhibit D to the Cuker declaration
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under seal and Exhibits A through C and E through K to the Cuker
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declaration in the public record.
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also refile their redacted motion for summary judgment, removing
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any redactions related to Exhibits A through C and E through K to
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the Cuker declaration.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
By that date, Plaintiffs shall
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Dated:
7/20/2012
CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge
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