West v. Quality Gold, Inc.

Filing 134

INTERIM ORDER re 129 , 130 Motion to Seal and Stipulation to Remove Documents from the Docket. Defendant's declaration(s) re sealing due by 6/21/2012. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 6/14/2012. (hrllc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/14/2012)

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*E-FILED: June 14, 2012*

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NOT FOR CITATION

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C10-03124 EJD (HRL)

TRENT WEST,

INTERIM ORDER RE MOTION TO
SEAL AND STIPULATION TO REMOVE
DOCUMENTS FROM THE DOCKET

Plaintiff,
v.

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QUALITY GOLD, INC.,

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Defendant.
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Plaintiff Trent West requests that Exhibit 5 to his Discovery Dispute Joint Report #1

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(Dkt. No. 22) be filed under seal because the document contains information that defendant

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Quality Gold, Inc. (Quality Gold) claims is confidential. Relatedly, the parties have jointly

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requested that several filings be expunged from ECF because they contain that same

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information.

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), Quality Gold must file declaration(s) establishing

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that the information is sealable. Although defense counsel has submitted a declaration stating

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that the information has been designated confidential, the mere designation of information

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pursuant to a stipulation or blanket protective order will not justify sealing. CIV. L.R. 79-5(a).

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Accordingly, no later than June 21, 2012, Quality Gold shall file declaration(s) from

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appropriate person(s) showing why sealing is warranted. Quality Gold must establish that the

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subject information is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to

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protection under the law. Id.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 14, 2012

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HOWARD R. LLOYD
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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5:10-cv-03124-EJD Notice has been electronically mailed to:

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Ian K. Boyd: [e-mail],[e-mail]

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Robert E. Camors , Jr:
[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]

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John Paul Davis: [e-mail]

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Blair R Jackson: [e-mail]

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Edward Vincent King , Jr: [e-mail],[e-mail]

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Clement H. Luken , Jr: [e-mail]

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Matthew Alexander Stratton: [e-mail]
Dirk van Ausdall: [e-mail]

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For the Northern District of California

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