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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Acella Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 10-1780-PHX-JAT

ORDER

On August 4, 2011, the Court denied Defendant Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC’s

Motion for Leave to File Its Unredacted Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum

of Law and Accompanying Statement of Material Facts Under Seal. (Doc. 236.) The Court

ordered the parties to file a stipulation containing compelling reasons for sealing the

memorandum in support of Acella’s motion for summary judgment and accompanying

statement of material facts and exhibits. On August 9, 2011, Acella filed another Motion for

Leave to File its Unredacted Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law and

Accompanying Statement of Material Facts Under Seal. (Doc. 241.) The new Motion

referenced the stipulation the Court ordered the parties to file, but the parties forgot to file

the stipulation. After prompting from the Court (Doc. 244), the parties filed their Stipulation

(Doc. 245) on August 19, 2011.

The Court starts with a strong presumption in favor of public access to court records.

Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). A party that

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wants to seal any part of a dispositive motion must overcome this strong presumption with

compelling reasons for sealing. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172,

1179 (9th Cir. 2006). To seal any part of non-dispositive motion, a party still must

demonstrate good cause. Id. at 1180.

After reviewing Acella’s Motion and the parties’ Stipulation, the Court finds that the

parties have not demonstrated compelling reasons for filing the Unredacted Motion for

Summary Judgment and Memorandum in Support under seal. The Court therefore will deny

that portion of the Motion to Seal. The Court finds that the parties have met their burden for

sealing the Accompanying Statement of Material Facts and requested Exhibits. The Court

therefore will grant that portion for the Motion.

The Clerk will strike Acella’s Lodged Proposed Unredacted Motion for Summary

Judgment and Memorandum of Law (Doc. 242). Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure

5.6(e), Acella shall have five days from the date of this Order to resubmit the stricken Motion

for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law for filing into the public record. The

Clerk shall file under seal Acella’s Lodged Proposed Unredacted Statement of Material Facts

in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment and Exhibits currently lodged at Docket

243. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED DENYING in part and GRANTING in part Acella’s Motion for

Leave to File its Unredacted Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of Law and

Accompanying Statement of Material Facts Under Seal (Doc. 241). It is ordered denying the

Motion with regard to Acella’s Proposed Unredacted Motion for Summary Judgment and

Memorandum in Support. The Clerk therefore shall strike the proposed document at docket

entry 242. It is ordered granting the Motion in all other respects. The Clerk therefore shall

file under seal the proposed document lodged at docket entry 243.

DATED this 31st day of August, 2011.

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