Benedict v. Hewlett-Packard Company

Filing 392

ORDER GRANTING 391 DEFENDANT'S PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO THE COURT'S ORDER DENYING CLASS CERTIFICATION. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 4/8/2016. (blflc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/8/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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ERIC BENEDICT,

Case No. 13-cv-00119-BLF

Plaintiff,
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v.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S
PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO THE
COURT'S ORDER DENYING CLASS
CERTIFICATION
[Re: ECF 391]

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Before the Court is Defendant’s unopposed motion to redact portions of the Court’s Order

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Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify Class, currently filed under seal. ECF 391. Defendant seeks

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to file portions of two lines of the Order—6:17 and 29:20—under seal because they pertain to the

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salaries of putative class members. ECF 391. Defendant attaches a declaration explaining that HP

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treats information about its employees, including salary information, as confidential and takes

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reasonable steps to limit its disclosure, in part to avoid violating its employees’ privacy interests.

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Menz Decl. ¶ 6, ECF 391-2.

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Having reviewed the proposed redactions and the accompanying declaration, the Court

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finds that Defendant has met the “compelling reasons” standard set forth in Kamakana v. City &

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Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). In addition, the Court finds that the

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proposed redactions are narrowly tailored and seek only to seal confidential information,

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consistent with Civil Local Rule 79-5(d)(1)(C).

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As such, Defendant’s motion to file the salary information contained in lines 6:17 and
29:20 of the Order is GRANTED. Defendant is ORDERED to file a copy of the Order with those

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portions redacted by no later than April 15, 2016.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 8, 2016
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BETH LABSON FREEMAN
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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