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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL” 

MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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This Order Relates To:

MDL Dkt. No. 5860

Napleton, No. 3:16-cv-2086-CRB 

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MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

PORTIONS OF THEIR THIRD 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to file under seal portions of their third amended 

class action complaint. Consistent with prior Orders in this MDL (see, e.g., MDL Dkt. Nos. 1767, 

6207), the Court will permit Plaintiffs to redact from their complaint the names, job titles, and 

departmental designations of non-party Volkswagen and Bosch employees. In contrast, the Court 

will not permit Plaintiffs to redact from their complaint quotations, paraphrases, and citations to

documents that the Bosch defendants produced during discovery and designated as confidential or 

highly confidential. The underlying documents are approximately one decade old, and the Bosch 

defendants have not made a showing that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if their contents 

are not sealed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210–11 (9th 

Cir. 2002). 

By Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs shall file a revised redacted version of their 

third amended complaint that conforms with this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 3, 2019 __________________________

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

Case 3:16-cv-02086-CRB Document 201 Filed 12/03/19 Page 1 of 1