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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EDUARDO CECENA and MARIA CECENA,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY and

DOES 1-100,

Defendants. /

No. C05-03178 JF (HRL)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART REQUESTS FOR

SEALING

Presently before this court is the Declaration of John Barrett submitted by Allstate in

support of its request that certain documents be filed under seal. Having reviewed Mr. Barrett’s

declaration and the referenced documents, the court issues the following order:

1. Allstate’s request to seal Exhibit 6 (pages AS05201-AS05217) to Mr.

Shepardson’s Declaration (Docket No. 99) is GRANTED. These pages, which were publicly efiled, shall be expunged by the Clerk of the Court. The remainder of this exhibit includes

various meet/confer correspondence between plaintiffs’ counsel and defense counsel. Insofar as

the letters do not appear to be confidential and no one contends that they should be sealed, they

shall remain in the court’s public file.

2. Allstate’s request to seal Exhibit 3 (AS04458) to Mr. Shepardson’s Declaration

(Docket No. 109) is GRANTED. The existing Exhibit 3, which was publicly e-filed, shall be

*E-FILED ON 1/10/07*

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expunged by the Clerk of the Court.

3. Allstate’s request to seal Exhibits 4 and 9 to Shepardson Declaration (Docket

No. 115) is GRANTED.

4. Insofar as the following documents appear to have been obtained from a publicly

available source, Allstate’s request to seal Exhibits 8, 10 and 11 to Mr. Shepardson’s

Declaration (Docket No. 115) is DENIED. The court will hold the submitted exhibits for three

(court) days from the date of this order for the submitting party (plaintiffs) to retrieve them; and,

if they are not retrieved, then the court will dispose of them. See CIV. L.R. 79-5(e).

5. Allstate’s request to seal pages AS05218-5239, AS05270-AS05275, AS05279

and AS05240-5269 attached to Mr. Shepardson’s Declaration (Docket No. 127) is GRANTED. 

The remainder of this exhibit includes correspondence between plaintiffs’ counsel and defense

counsel which does not appear to be confidential and which no one contends should be sealed. 

Similarly, no one claims that the unredacted version of Mr. Shepardson’s declaration should be

sealed, and this court finds no basis to do so. Accordingly, the unredacted declaration and the

referenced letter will be placed in the court’s public file.

6. Insofar as the following materials appear to be public documents or documents

which no party claims is confidential, they will be placed in the court’s public files: Exhibits

1-3 and 5-7 to Mr. Shepardson’s Declaration (Docket No. 115). Additionally, no one claims

that the unredacted version of Mr. Shepardson’s declaration should be sealed, and this court

finds no basis to do so. Accordingly, the unredacted version of Mr. Shepardson’s declaration

will also be placed in the court’s public files.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

January 10, 2007

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5:05-cv-3178 Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Michael A. Barnes mbarnes@sonnenschein.com, msaplala@sonnenschein.com 

Sonia Renee Martin smartin@sonnenschein.com, clakes@sonnenschein.com;

msaplala@sonnenschein.com 

John A. Shepardson johnshepardson@hotmail.com 

Jessica Lou Woelfel jwoelfel@sonnenschein.com, ddonner@sonnenschein.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have

not registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

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