Racies v. Quincy Bioscience, LLC

Filing 140

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE RENEWED ( 137 , 138 ) MOTIONS TO SEAL. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/1/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PHILLIP RACIES,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE
RENEWED MOTIONS TO SEAL
Re: Dkt. Nos. 137, 138

QUINCY BIOSCIENCE, LLC,
Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 15-cv-00292-HSG

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Pending before the Court are Plaintiff Phillip Racies and Defendant Quincy Bioscience,

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LLC’s motions for leave to file for reconsideration of the Court’s November 22, 2017 order

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denying motions to seal. See Dkt. No. 135. For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS

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the motions for leave and DIRECTS the parties to file renewed motions to seal.
Defendant seeks to redact Exhibit A to the declaration of Patricia N. Syverson, filed in

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support of Plaintiff’s motion for class certification as well as related references in Plaintiff’s

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opening and reply brief, because they contain information regarding the company’s internal sales

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and marketing data. See Dkt. No. 138; see also Dkt. No. 133. Upon review of the Declaration of

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Mark Y. Underwood, Dkt. No. 133, the Court finds that the public disclosure of such information

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would result in harm to Defendant’s business, and therefore, GRANTS Defendant’s motion for

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leave.

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Plaintiff now seeks to redact a more limited portion of Plaintiff’s deposition transcript,

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accompanying his motion for class certification and Defendant’s opposition thereto, as well as a

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related reference to the transcript in his motion for class certification. See Dkt. No. 138. In light

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of the more tailored request to seal only references to medical history, the Court GRANTS

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Plaintiff’s motion for leave.

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The Court finds that the parties have adequately supported their requests to seal the above-

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referenced information in their motions for leave and may simply incorporate by reference any

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argument in their renewed motions for to seal. However, because the scope of the parties’

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requests to seal has narrowed, the parties are directed to coordinate their motions to provide the

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Court with one redacted and unredacted version of each document at issue. The parties shall file

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their motions by December 11, 2017.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 12/1/2017
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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