Facebook Inc. et al v. Profile Technology, LTD et al

Filing 74

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES by Judge Paul S. Grewal granting-in-part 56 , 58 , 59 , and 71 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/29/2014)

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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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FACEBOOK, INC. and FACEBOOK IRELAND)
LIMITED,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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PROFILE TECDHNOLOGY LTD and
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CHRISTOPHER CLAYDON,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 5:13-cv-00459-PSG
ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES
(Re: Docket No. 56, 58, 59, and 71)

Before the court are the parties’ cross-motions to compel and a motion for a protective

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order. 1 Those motions are opposed. Yesterday the parties appeared for a hearing. Because the

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court is eager to provide its rulings well in advance of Defendant Christopher Claydon’s deposition

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and mediation in this case, the court turns directly to the motions before it. After considering the

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arguments,

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Defendants also seek leave of the court to file Christopher Claydon’s declaration under seal
because it discloses intimate health and other personal information. See Docket No. 71. Because
the court finds that the good cause standard has been satisfied, the court GRANTS Defendants’
motion. See Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006)
(Because the documents attached to nondispositive motions “are often unrelated, or only
tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,” parties moving to seal must meet the lower
“good cause” standard of Rule 26(c).” (internal quotations and citations omitted)).
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Case No. 5:13-cv-00459-PSG
ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTES