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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEREK HAVEL,

Plaintiff, No. C 06-04543 PJH 

v. ORDER RE PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 FOR SEALED AND CONFIDENTIAL 

SUNAMERICA SECURITIES, INC., DOCUMENTS

et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

The parties have submitted for the court's approval, a stipulation and order for

protective order to protect confidential information that may be produced during discovery. 

Included in this proposed order is a provision permitting the parties to file under seal any

pleading, motion paper, deposition transcript or other filed document that includes material

designated by the filing party as confidential. The court approves the protective order

insofar as it sets forth how the parties shall treat confidential information.

However, the court will not approve a broad protective order that essentially gives

each party carte blanche to decide which portions of the record will be sealed and,

therefore, not made part of the public record. See Civil L. R. 79-5 and Citizens First Nat'l

Bank v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 178 F.3d 943 (7th Cir. 1999). Nor will the court approve a

protective order containing a provision for how confidential documents will be treated by the

court when used in conjunction with dispositive motions or at trial. See Kamakana v. City

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of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006). See also Standing Order For Cases Involving

Sealed or Confidential Documents. 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) requires the court to determine whether good

cause exists to seal any part of the record of a case. Accordingly, no document shall be

filed under seal, without a court order, narrowly tailored to cover only the document, the

particular portion of the document, or category of documents for which good cause exists

for filing under seal. To that end, if a party wishes to file a document under seal, that party

shall first file a written request for a sealing order setting forth the good cause and

accompanied by a proposed order that is narrowly tailored as specified above. In making

any such request, parties shall comply with the procedures set forth in Civil L. R. 79-5 and

in this court's standing order referred to above, which also sets forth the requirements for

maintaining the confidentiality of documents used in motion practice and at trial.

The parties shall revise and resubmit the proposed order in accordance with this

order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 22, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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