Brazil et al v. Dell Inc.

Filing 243

ORDER re 236 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, requiring response from Dell within 10 days. Signed by Judge Whyte on 7/22/10. (rmwlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/22/2010)

Brazil et al v. Dell Inc.

Doc. 243

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs move to file under seal its motion for class certification, the declaration of Roger N. Heller in support thereof, and all attached exhibits. A request to seal must establish that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. Civ. L. R. 79-5(a). The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing of only sealable material. Id. Having reviewed the material that plaintiffs seek to file under seal, the court has concerns about the extent of material which plaintiffs seek to file under seal. Plaintiffs have represented that it seeks to file these documents under seal because they have been designated confidential or contain information designated confidential by Dell. The court therefore orders Dell to either explain why all of the designated material is sealable or to submit a narrowly tailored request to file under seal v. DELL INC. and Does 1-10, Defendants. [Re Docket No. 236] CHAD BRAZIL and STEVEN SEICK individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, No. C-07-01700 RMW ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO SEAL IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION E-FILED on 7/22/10

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only those portions of the documents that are sealable material. If Dell does not submit a satisfactory explanation or an appropriately narrowly tailored request within ten days, the motion to seal will be denied.

DATED:

7/22/10

RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge

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