Adams Financial Partners, LP et al v. Patke & Associates Ltd.

Filing 52

ORDER granting 50 Stipulated Motion to seal Exhibit E of the Kosten Declaration. Clerk directed to seal Dkt. # 31 -1 and parties to resubmit Exhibits A-D as a standalone document unsealed and the redacted version of Exhibit E as a standalone document. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ADAMS FINANCIAL PARTNERS,
L.P., a Washington limited partnership,
and ADAMS FINANCIAL CONCEPTS,
LLC, a Washington limited liability
company,

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v.
PATKE ASSOCIATES LTD., an Illinois
company,
Defendant.

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MINUTE ORDER

Plaintiffs,

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CASE NO. C16-0392-JCC

The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.

18 Coughenour, United States District Judge:
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This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to seal (Dkt. No. 50)

20 Exhibit E of the Kosten Declaration (Dkt. No. 31-1). Based on the argument set forth in the
21 parties’ stipulated motion (Dkt. No. 50 at 1-3)—namely, the protection of non-party identities
22 and financial information—the Court finds good cause to GRANT the motion.
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However, as a practical matter, Exhibit E cannot be sealed and redacted because it was

24 not filed as a standalone document on the electronic docket. Instead, it is part of a document
25 (Dkt. No. 31-1) along with Exhibits A-D. To address this issue, the Court DIRECTS: (1) the
26 Clerk to seal Docket Number 31-1; (2) the parties to resubmit Exhibits A-D of the Kosten

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1 Declaration as a standalone document that will not be sealed; and (3) the parties to file the
2 redacted version of Exhibit E as a standalone document.
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DATED this 15th day of June 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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