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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIMBERLY YORDY,

Plaintiff,

v.

PLIMUS, INC,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-00229-TEH 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

PARTIES’ FAILURE TO FILE A 

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 

TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

On November 25, 2013, Plaintiff Kimberly Yordy (“Yordy”) filed an administrative 

motion to file documents under seal in connection with her renewed motion for class 

certification. Defendant Plimus, Inc. (“Plimus”) was the party that had designated the 

documents “Confidential,” and, therefore, under Civil Local Rule 79-5(e)(1), was required

to file a declaration “establishing that all of the designated material is sealable” within four 

days. Plimus did not file such a declaration.

On December 3, 2013, the Court, citing its doubts as to whether the documents 

were sealable, ordered the parties to meet and confer on the matter and to file a joint 

administrative motion to file documents under seal on or before December 13, 2013. The 

motion was to be supported by declarations establishing the sealability of the documents.

To date, the parties have not submitted a joint administrative motion to seal 

documents.1 

Accordingly, with good cause appearing, the parties are HEREBY ORDERED to 

SHOW CAUSE as to why the Court should not impose sanctions, including the initiation 

 

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Instead, on December 23, 2013, Plimus submitted its opposition to Yordy’s motion for 

class certification, along with its own administrative motion to file documents under seal. 

On January 6, 2014, Yordy submitted her reply brief, which also included an 

administrative motion to file documents under seal. These submissions raised similar 

concerns with the Court as Yordy’s original submission, including whether copies of emails from Plimus offering services to its clients, or deposition transcripts regarding 

Plimus’s organizational structure warrant sealing.

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of contempt proceedings, for failing to comply with the Court’s December 3, 2013 order. 

The Court is also considering the appointment of a special master, paid for by the parties, 

to assist them in identifying sealable documents. The show cause hearing shall be held on 

Monday, January 27, 2014, at 10:00 AM, in Courtroom No. 2, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 

San Francisco, California. If the parties wish to file a written response, they must do so on 

or before Wednesday, January 15, 2014. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing on Yordy’s motion for class 

certification, scheduled for January 27, 2014, is VACATED pending resolution of this 

matter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/7/14 _____________________________________

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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