Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Incorporated
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ORDER Granting 398 Motion to File Documents Under Seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mitchell D. Dembin on 4/10/2018. (mxn)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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IN RE: QUALCOMM LITIGATION
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Case No.: 17cv108-GPC-MDD
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
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[ECF No. 398]
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On March 26, 2018, Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Apple Inc.
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filed a Motion to Seal certain documents. (ECF No. 398). The motion seeks
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to seal an unredacted copy of a Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery
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Dispute and the Declaration of James W. Carlson in support of Apple’s
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position in the Joint Motion. (Id.).
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The Court has reviewed the documents and finds that the Joint Motion
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contains redacted information throughout. (ECF No. 397 at 1, 11; ECF No.
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397-1 at 6-7).
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Federal courts recognize “a strong presumption in favor of access to
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judicial documents which can be overcome only be showing sufficiently
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important countervailing interests.” Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen.
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Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1212-13 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting San Jose
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17cv108-GPC-MDD
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Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 187 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir. 1999))
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(additional citations omitted). However, this presumption does not apply to
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“sealed discovery document[s] attached to … non-dispositive motion[s].” In re
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Nat’l Sec. Agency Telcoms. Records Litig., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14473, WL
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549854, *42 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 20, 2007) (citing Kamakana v. City & Cnty. Of
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Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006).
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The Court finds that the Joint Motion and Declaration shall be sealed.
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Accordingly, the Motion to Seal is GRANTED. Apple has already
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electronically lodged on the docket the necessary redacted versions of these
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papers publicly and the unredacted version of these papers under seal. The
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Clerk shall file the lodged documents at ECF Nos. 399 and 399-1 under seal.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 10, 2018
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