G.G. et al v. Valve Corporation

Filing 24

ORDER by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour granting 21 stipulated motion to seal documents filed with Defendant's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion to remand. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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G.G., A.L., and B.S., individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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CASE NO. C16-1941-JCC
ORDER GRANTING THE
PARTIES’ STIPULATED
MOTION TO SEAL

v.
VALVE CORPORATION, a
Washington corporation,
Defendant.
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to seal documents

17 filed with Defendant’s opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Dkt. No. 21). The Court starts
18 from the position that “[t]here is a strong presumption of public access to [its] files.” W.D. Wash.
19 Local Civ. R. 5(g)(3); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978).
20 However, a particularized showing of good cause will suffice to warrant sealing discovery
21 documents attached to non-dispositive motions. Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447
22 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006).
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The documents in question are screenshots and printouts showing query results from

24 Defendant’s “confidential sales database for the CS:GO ‘skins’ trade and sales data” discussed in
25 Defendant’s opposition to the motion to remand. (Dkt. No. 21 at 2.) The Court finds the parties
26 have made a particularized showing of good cause to keep the exhibits sealed and agrees that
ORDER GRANTING THE PARTIES’
STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL
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1 they should remain sealed because of their confidential nature. Therefore, the motion to seal is
2 GRANTED.
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DATED this 27th day of January 2017.

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John C. Coughenour
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER GRANTING THE PARTIES’
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