Singleton v. Intellisist, Inc

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ORDER granting defendant's 25 Motion for Reconsideration; Unredacted copy of Complaint (dkt. 6 ) shall remain under seal; Clerk directed to UNSEAL Exhibit 2 to the Complaint, signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KURT SINGLETON,
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Plaintiff,
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INTELLISIST, INC., d/b/a Spoken
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Communications,
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Defendants.
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Case No. C17-1712RSL
ORDER GRANTING MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION

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On November 13, 2017, the parties filed a “Stipulated Motion to File Complaint and

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Exhibits Under Seal.” Dkt. # 3. Pursuant to the procedure set forth in LCR 5(g), plaintiff filed

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the motion to seal only because the contracts between the parties designated certain information

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confidential. Because plaintiff did not argue that the information is confidential or that a seal is

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appropriate, the stipulation was noted on the Court’s calendar to give defendant a chance to

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“show that compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings outweigh the general

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history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure” of court records. Pintos v. Pac.

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Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks and alterations

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omitted). On December 6, 2017, the Court denied the motion for seal on the ground that

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defendant made no effort to support the contention that sections of the complaint and exhibits

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should be redacted and kept confidential.

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION

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The Court erred. Three documents were filed under seal on November 22, 2017, that were

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offered in support of the parties’ stipulation. Having now reviewed those documents, defendant’s

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motion for reconsideration (Dkt. 25) is GRANTED. The unredacted copy of the Complaint (Dkt.

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# 6) shall remain under seal. The Clerk is directed to unseal Exhibit 2 to the Complaint (Dkt.

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# 6-1).

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Dated this 11th day of December, 2017.

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Robert S. Lasnik
United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION

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