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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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Case No. 15-CV-00188-LHK 

ORDER GRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MEENA ARTHUR DATTA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ASSET RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-CV-00188-LHK 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

Re: Dkt. No. 58

On February 5, 2016, Defendant filed an administrative motion to file under seal “a portion 

of [Defendant’s] December 31, 2014 financial report in support of [Defendant’s] opposition to 

[P]laintiff’s motion for class certification.” ECF No. 58 at 1. Plaintiff has not filed a response, 

and the deadline to file a response has now passed. 

As the Ninth Circuit recently observed, parties seeking to seal judicial records relating to 

motions that are “more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action,” Ctr. for Auto 

Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2016), bear the burden of overcoming the 

presumption with “compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings” that outweigh the 

general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of 

Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–79 (9th Cir. 2006). 

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Case No. 15-CV-00188-LHK 

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Plaintiff’s motion for class certification is more than tangentially related to the underlying 

cause of action. The Court finds that the information Defendant seeks to file under seal meets the 

compelling reasons standard. Accordingly, Defendant’s administrative motion to file under seal is 

GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 18, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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