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)

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 G.G., A.L., and B.S., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, 11 12 13 14 15 16 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). 23 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 PAGE - 1 1 they should remain sealed because of their confidential nature. Therefore, the motion to seal is 2 GRANTED. 3 DATED this 27th day of January 2017. 4 5 6 A 7 8 9 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER GRANTING THE PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PAGE - 2

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