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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:621 Job Discrimination (Age)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ROBERT HEATH, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GOOGLE LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01824-BLF 

ORDER GRANTING GOOGLE LLC’S 

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO REDACT 

[RE: ECF 378]

On September 21, 2018, Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) filed an Unopposed 

Administrative Motion to Redact Portions of the Court’s Order Denying Defendant Google LLC’s 

Motion for Leave to File Motion for Reconsideration of Order Denying Motion to Decertify 

Collection Action (“Order”) (ECF 367) pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11. See ECF 378.

“Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records 

and documents, including judicial records and documents.’” Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of 

Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 

U.S. 589, 597 & n.7 (1978)). Consequently, filings that are “more than tangentially related to the 

merits of a case” may be sealed only upon a showing of “compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for 

Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101–02 (9th Cir. 2016). Filings that are only 

tangentially related to the merits may be sealed upon a lesser showing of “good cause.” Id. at 

1097. 

Sealing motions filed in this district also must be “narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of 

sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). A party moving to seal a document in whole or in part 

must file a declaration establishing that the identified material is “sealable.” Civ. L.R. 79-

5(d)(1)(A). “Reference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to designate certain 

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documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or portions thereof, are 

sealable.” Id. 

The Court has reviewed the administrative motion and the declaration submitted in support 

thereof and finds that the parties have articulated compelling reasons and good cause to seal 

portions of the Order. The Court has previously sealed the same and similar information as that 

included in those portions Google seeks to redact, which include figures and statements from the 

expert reports analyzing Google’s commercially sensitive gHire documents. See ECF 105; ECF 

198; ECF 253; ECF 302; ECF 334. 

Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion and directs Google to file a redacted 

version of the Order as a separate docket entry on or before October 3, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 26, 2018

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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