Laddi et al v. Soraya Motor Co. et al

Filing 30

MINUTE ORDER granting the parties' 26 Stipulated motion to seal and the document 17 -2 shall remain sealed. The parties also stipulate that they will withdraw the pending, and not stipulated to, motion to seal (Dkt. No. 24 ). Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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GURSHARAN LADDI, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C17-0287-JCC
MINUTE ORDER

v.

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SORAYA MOTOR CO., et al.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:

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This matter comes come before this Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to seal (Dkt.

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No. 26). 1 The Court starts from the position that “[t]here is a strong presumption of public access

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to [its] files.” W.D. Wash. Local Civ. R. 5(g)(3); see also Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435

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U.S. 589, 597 (1978). However, a particularized showing of good cause will suffice to warrant

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sealing discovery documents attached to non-dispositive motions. Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of

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Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). The parties wish to seal Dkt. No. 17-2 because it

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contains several months of birth and the first five digits of various Social Security Numbers. (Id.

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at 2.) The Court, finding a particularized showing of good cause, GRANTS the motion and the

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The parties also stipulate that they will withdraw the pending, and not stipulated to, motion to seal (Dkt. No. 24).
(Dkt. No. 26 at 1.)

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document, (Dkt. No. 17-2), shall remain sealed.
DATED this 11th day of April 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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