West v. Quality Gold, Inc.

Filing 105

Order by Hon. Edward J. Davila granting in part and denying in part 103 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. (ejdlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/3/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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TRENT WEST,
Plaintiff,

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v.
QUALITY GOLD, INC.,
Defendant.

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AND COUNTERCLAIMS AND RELATED
THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS

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Case No.: 5:10-CV-3124 EJD
ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART
MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL
(Re: Docket No. 103)

On January 23, 2012, Third-party Defendant Jewelry Innovations, Inc. (“JII”) filed a

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motion for leave to file under seal its Reply To Plaintiff Trent West’s Opposition to Summary

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Judgment. See Docket No. 103. JII argues that the reply brief is sealable because it contains

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settlement communications and reflects information subject to attorney-client privilege. Decl. of

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Blair R. Jackson ¶ 4, Docket No. 103-1. No opposition was filed.

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Civil L.R. 79-5(a) requires that a request to file a document under seal “must be narrowly

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tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material.” Having reviewed the JII’s reply brief, the court

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concludes that JII’s request is not narrowly tailored. JII has established that portions of the reply

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brief are sealable but has not provided sufficient justification for sealing the entire document.

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Accordingly,

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Case No.: 5:10-CV-3124 EJD
ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that JII’s motion to seal is GRANTED-IN-PART only as to the

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portions of the Reply To Plaintiff Trent West’s Opposition to Summary Judgment that contain the

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contents of settlement communications or contents of attorney-client communications.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, no later than February 10, 2012, JII shall file in the

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public record a version of the Reply To Plaintiff Trent West’s Opposition to Summary Judgment

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with the sealable information redacted.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, no later than February 10, 2012, JII shall file under seal

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on ECF an unredacted version of the Reply To Plaintiff Trent West’s Opposition to Summary

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Judgment.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Dated:
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EDWARD J. DAVILA
United States District Judge

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Case No.: 5:10-CV-3124 EJD
ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL