Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company et al v. Bell et al

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ORDER granting parties' 20 Joint Motion to File Under Seal; Clerk shall SEAL Dkts. 1 , 4 , 13 and UNSEAL parties' motion at Dkt. 20 ; Plaintiff shall file a public, redacted version of the Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. # 13 ) no later than five (5) days from the date of this Order, by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

Case No. C16-0844RSM
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL

v.
JEFFREY BELL, et al.,
Defendants.

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THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Seal. Dkt.
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#20. The parties ask the Court to seal the Complaint, First Amended Complaint and Second

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Amended Complaint, as they contain extensive content discussing prior, confidential

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arbitration proceedings. Id. The Court has reviewed the motion, along with the documents

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at issue, and agrees that the Complaint (Dkt. #1), Amended Complaint (Dkt. #4) and

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Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. #13), all contain allegations relating to private

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arbitration proceedings. The Court further agrees that because these proceedings were
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never meant to be open to the public, the nature of the allegations therein are potentially
damaging to the parties involved.

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Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS:

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1. The parties’ Motion to Seal (Dkt. #20) is GRANTED.

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The Clerk shall

immediately seal Dkts. #1, #4 and #13. However, the motion itself does not

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contain confidential material and should not have been sealed. Accordingly, the
Clerk shall also immediately UNSEAL the parties’ motion at Dkt. #20.
2. Further, Plaintiff shall file a public, redacted version of the Second Amended

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Complaint (Dkt. #13) no later than five (5) days from the date of this Order.
DATED this 11 day of April, 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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