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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK LUCIDO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NESTLE PURINA PET CARE COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00569-EMC 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

Docket No. 154

Plaintiffs moved to file under seal certain documents in support of their opposition to 

Purina’s summary judgment motion. After reviewing the motion, the Court instructed the parties 

to meet and confer and agree upon a more narrowly tailored request to file under seal. See Docket 

No. 171 (order). The parties did so and, after reviewing the parties’ submission, the Court allowed 

certain documents to be filed under seal but ordered Purina to provide a more specific declaration 

as to why other documents should be filed under seal, particularly under the compelling reasons 

standard adopted by the Ninth Circuit. See Docket No. 178 (order). 

Purina has now submitted a new declaration in which it withdraws the request to file under 

seal for the following documents: Exhibits 2-4, 7-8, 11-12, 15-19, and 21-29. Accordingly, the 

Court orders Plaintiffs to immediately file those exhibits publicly.

In the declaration, Purina has also asked the Court to maintain Exhibit 31 under seal. 

Purina has provided a sufficient justification for the sealing, and therefore the Court grants that 

request to file under seal.

Finally, Purina has now publicly filed redacted versions of Exhibits 10, 13, 14, 20, 30, and 

38 and, in the declaration, requests that only the unredacted portions remain under seal. Purina 

has provided a sufficient justification for maintaining the unredacted portions under seal, and 

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therefore the Court grants that request to file under seal as well.

This order, along with the order at Docket No. 178, disposes of Docket No. 154.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 13, 2016

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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