Cook v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 66

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 57 Motion to Seal is DENIED. The Clerk of the Court is instructed to UNSEAL the exhibits attached to 56 Motion to Compel. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 11/9/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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JILL COOK,

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Plaintiff,
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Case No. 2:14-cv-00524-RFB-PAL
ORDER
(Mot. to Seal – Dkt. #57)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

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Before the Court is Plaintiff Jill Cook’s Motion to Seal (Dkt. #57). On September 23,

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2015, the Court entered an Order (Dkt. #60) unsealing Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel (Dkt. #56).

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However, the Court allowed the exhibits to the motion to remain sealed and gave Defendant

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company until October 5, 2015, to file an appropriate

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memorandum of points and authorities to show good cause why the exhibits should remain under

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seal. See Order (Dkt. #60). Defendant was warned that a failure to timely file a memorandum

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would result in unsealing all of the attached exhibits. Id. To date, Defendant has not filed a

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memorandum to support the continued sealing of those exhibits.

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Having reviewed and considered the matter in accordance with the Ninth Circuit’s

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directives set forth in Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006),

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the Court finds that the party designating the documents as confidential has not met its burden of

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establishing good cause for these documents to remain sealed. Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Seal (Dkt. #57) is DENIED.

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2. The Clerk of the Court is instructed to UNSEAL the exhibits attached to Plaintiff’s

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Motion to Compel (Dkt. #56).
DATED this 9th day of November, 2015.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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