Shokri v. Boeing Company

Filing 41

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 34 Motion to File Under Seal signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (TH)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 BEHROUZ SHOKRI., Plaintiff, 9 10 v. 11 Case No. C16-1132RSM ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, 12 13 Defendant. THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Seal. Dkt. #34. 14 15 16 Plaintiff seeks to file under seal Exhibit C to the Declaration of Scott C.G. Blankenship in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time to Supplement the Record to Provide the 17 Court Newly Discovered Evidence Related to Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel. Id. This 18 document was marked “Confidential” by Defendant under the parties’ Protective Order. 19 20 21 22 23 “There is a strong presumption of public access to the court’s files.” Local Rule CR 5(g)(2). For nondispositive motions, “this presumption may be overcome by a showing of good cause.” Id. The Court has reviewed the motion, along with the remainder of the record, and now finds good cause to GRANT the motion. The document identified by Plaintiff 24 contains information that is both proprietary in nature and has sensitive employment 25 information for a non-party to this litigation. Given the nature of the document, it is not 26 feasible to redact it. ORDER - 1 1 Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS: 2 1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Seal (Dkt. #34) is GRANTED. 3 4 5 6 7 8 2. Exhibit C to the Declaration of Scott C.G. Blankenship in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time to Supplement the Record to Provide the Court Newly Discovered Evidence Related to Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel (Dkt. #36) shall REMAIN UNDER SEAL. DATED this 22 day of August 2017. 9 10 A 11 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER - 2

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