Bund v. Safeguard Properties LLC

Filing 92

ORDER granting 90 Stipulated Motion to seal. Clerk is directed to place docket numbers 87-1 and 87-2 under seal. Plaintiffs ordered to file redacted versions within 7 days of this order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JOHN R. BUND II, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
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CASE NO. C16-0920JLR
ORDER GRANTING
STIPULATED MOTION TO
SEAL

SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES, LLC,

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Defendant.

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On July 5, 2017, the court granted the parties’ stipulated motion to seal certain

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documents that are attached to the declaration of Clay M. Gatens and that Plaintiffs filed

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in conjunction with their motion for class certification. (7/5/17 Order (Dkt. # 89); see

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also Gatens Decl. (Dkt. # 87).) Presently before the court is the parties’ second stipulated

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motion to seal additional documents that are attached to Mr. Gatens’s declaration. (Stip.

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Mot. (Dkt. # 90).) Having reviewed the second stipulated motion to seal, the documents

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at issue, and the applicable law, the court grants the parties’ second stipulated motion.

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ORDER - 1

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The parties ask the court to seal Exhibit 17, which is a portion of an agreement

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between Defendant Safeguard Properties, LLC, (“Safeguard”) and one of its vendors, as

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well as Exhibit 26, which is a spreadsheet describing certain borrowers’ loan histories.

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(Stip. Mot. at 2.) Both of these documents contain proprietary business information

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and/or trade secrets of Safeguard, and the court grants the parties’ motion to seal these

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documents.

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The parties also ask the court to seal the portions of Exhibits 8, 10, 11, and 12 that

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contain contact information, including the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email

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addresses, of borrowers who are deemed to be in default on their loans. (Id.) The court

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concludes that this information is sensitive consumer information in which the public has

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little, if any, interest. Accordingly, the court grants the parties’ motion to seal Exhibits 8,

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10, 11, and 12 and to file redacted versions of these Exhibits.

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Based on the foregoing conclusions, the court DIRECTS the Clerk to place docket

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numbers 87-1 and 87-2 under seal. 1 Consistent with the court’s rulings herein and the

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court’s prior order concerning the sealing of exhibits (see 7/5/17 Order), the court further

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Exhibits 17 and 26 are located within docket number 87-2 and Exhibits 8, 10, 11, and
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ORDERS Plaintiffs to file redacted versions of docket numbers 87-1 and 87-2 within

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seven (7) days of the filing of this order.

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Dated this 14th day of July, 2017.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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ORDER - 3