Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-5_03-cv-04926/USCOURTS-cand-5_03-cv-04926-2/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION UNDER LR 7-11 FOR LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER, DECLARATION

OF RONALD DEAN, ORDER

Case No. C -03-04926 RMW Page 1

RONALD DEAN, #47663

Attorney at Law

15135 Sunset Blvd., Suite 280

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272-3782

(310) 459-1636

Fax: (310) 459-6224

Attorney for Plaintiff ELIZABETH WILKERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ELIZABETH WILKERSON

 Plaintiff,

 -vsRIFFAGE.COM DISABILITY INCOME

PROTECTION PROGRAM, et al.,

 Defendants. 

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

NO. C-03-04926 RMW

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION UNDER LR

7-11 FOR LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER

AND STIPULATIONS FOR SAME

REGARDING WITHDRAWAL OF

DOCUMENT FROM PUBLIC VIEW AND

INSTEAD LODGING UNDER SEAL

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 79-5(d)

DECLARATION OF RONALD DEAN

ESTABLISHING THAT PART OF

DOCUMENT IS SEALABLE IN

COMPLIANCE WITH LR 79-5(d) and

ORDER THEREON

On July 8, 2005, this Court issued its Order requiring defendants to provide plaintiff with

the number of disability claims approved by defendant during February, 2005, and the number

approved in the last two days of February, 2005. Defendant later provided these numbers by

way of answers to interrogatories.

Previously, the Court had ordered defendants to provide plaintiff with certain statistical

information regarding new claims, terminations and denials and ordered that such information be

provided under a protective order, and filed under seal. 

*E-FILED - 10/18/05*

Case 5:03-cv-04926-RMW Document 82 Filed 10/18/05 Page 1 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION UNDER LR 7-11 FOR LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER, DECLARATION

OF RONALD DEAN, ORDER

Case No. C -03-04926 RMW Page 2

Plaintiff filed her Supplemental Brief on September 28 and referred to the February, 2002

numbers. Defendants have now asked plaintiff to seek this Order, under LR 76-5(d), making

confidential those portions of plaintiff’s Brief that refer to those number, withdrawing them

from public view and filing them under Seal. Plaintiff agrees that while the Court’s July 8 Order

did not so specify, the spirit of the Court’s order would apply to these numbers as well. 

Therefore, it is hereby Stipulated, that pages 8, 9, and 13 of plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief

may be redacted, may be withdrawn from public view, and instead be filed under seal, and

further that this information will be subject to the same protective order as page 575 of the

administrative record, as described in this Court’s order of September 13, 2005.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: October 8, 2005

 /s/ Ronald Dean 

RONALD DEAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: BARGER & WOLEN LLP

 /s/ Kathleen E. Dyer 

J. RUSSELL STEDMAN

KATHLEEN E. DYER

Attorney for Defendant, SUN LIFE

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA

O R D E R

Pursuant to Stipulation of the parties, the Clerk will withdraw from public view page 8, 9

and 13 of Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief filed on September 28, 2005, and plaintiff is hereby

directed to lodge a copy of her memorandum, including page 9, under seal, in accordance with

LR 79-5

Dated:

_________________________

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

10/18/05

/S/ RONALD M. WHYTE

Case 5:03-cv-04926-RMW Document 82 Filed 10/18/05 Page 2 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION UNDER LR 7-11 FOR LIMITED PROTECTIVE ORDER, DECLARATION

OF RONALD DEAN, ORDER

Case No. C -03-04926 RMW Page 3

DECLARATION OF RONALD DEAN

I, Ronald Dean, declare:

I am the attorney for plaintiff Wilkerson in this matter. If called to testify I could and would

testify to the following from my own knowledge.

1. In my Supplemental Brief filed on September 28, I make reference to page 575 of the

administrative record. That page was subject to a protective order issued by this Court of

December 17, 2004.

2. Recently, defendants answered additional discovery with additional statistical

information. Even though not technically subject to the same protective order, the information

was of the type covered by the spirit of the protective order.

3. For these reasons, pages 8, 9 and 13 of my Brief, which make reference to these two

matters, should be subject to the same protective order and should be filed under seal under LR

79-5(d).

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Pacific

Palisades, California this 10th day of October, 2005.

 /s/ Ronald Dean 

RONALD DEAN

Case 5:03-cv-04926-RMW Document 82 Filed 10/18/05 Page 3 of 3