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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PNY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

MILLER, KAPLAN, ARASE & CO, LLP,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01728-MMC 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART, 

DENYING IN PART AND DEFERRING 

RULING IN PART ON DEFENDANT'S 

MOTION TO SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO 

DEFENDANT; AFFORDING PLAINTIFF 

LEAVE TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL 

DECLARATION

Before the Court is defendant's "Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Exhibits 

to Declaration of Stephen J. Tully in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the 

Alternative, Partial Summary Judgment," filed July 22, 2016, by which defendant seeks 

leave to file under seal certain documents designated as confidential by plaintiff PNY 

Technologies, Inc. and/or by non-party SanDisk Corporation ("SanDisk"). Plaintiff has 

filed a responsive declaration; SanDisk has not filed a response. Having read and 

considered the papers filed in support of and in response to the motion, the Court rules 

as follows:

1. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the entirety of Exhibit A to 

the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby DENIED, as neither plaintiff nor 

SanDisk, each of whom is a designating party, has asserted that the entirety of such 

exhibit comprises confidential material.

2. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the entirety of Exhibits B 

and R to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby DENIED, as plaintiff, 

the designating party, does not assert that the entirety of either such exhibit comprises 

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confidential material.

3. As to the following portions of Exhibits A, B, and R to the Declaration of Stephen 

J. Tully, the motion is hereby GRANTED, as plaintiff has made a sufficient showing as to 

the sealability of those pages and lines:

a. Exhibit A

1. Page 230, lines 17-20.

2. Page 231, line 1.

3. Page 232, lines 20-22.

4. Page 233, lines 3-4.

b. Exhibit B

1. Page 103, lines 10-22.

2. Page 132, line 22.

3. Page 133, lines 14 and 17.

4. Page 139, lines 4 and 20-21.

c. Exhibit R

1. Page 109, lines 21 and 25.

2. Page 110, lines 2-3.

3. Page 150, lines 21-22.

4. Page 288, line 7.

Defendant is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than August 

18, 2016, versions of Exhibits A, B and R in which the confidential portions identified 

above are redacted.

4. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the entirety or any portion 

of Exhibits P and 11 to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby DENIED, 

as neither plaintiff nor SanDisk, each of whom is a designating party, has asserted that 

any portion of either such exhibit comprises confidential material.

Defendant is hereby DIRECTED to file Exhibits P and 11 in the public record, no 

later than August 18, 2016.

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5. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the entirety or any portion 

of Exhibits C, I, Q, 13, 56, 63, 69, 72, 77 and 84 to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, 

the motion is hereby DENIED, as plaintiff, the designating party, has not asserted that 

any portion of such exhibits comprises confidential material.

Defendant is hereby DIRECTED to file Exhibits C, I, Q, 13, 56, 63, 69, 72, 77 and 

84 in the public record, no later than August 18, 2016.

6. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the unredacted version 

of its Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the motion is hereby GRANTED, as plaintiff 

has shown said document contains its confidential material.1

7. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits 9, 18, 96 and 

120 to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the Court hereby DEFERS ruling thereon. 

Said documents are audits, or portions thereof, prepared by defendant, and plaintiff 

asserts the entirety of each such document should be filed under seal.

As plaintiff previously filed in the public record some portions of those documents 

(compare, e.g., Compl. Ex. A Tr. Ex. 2286, with Tully Decl. Ex. 9 MK 028817), and its 

complaint explicitly identifies certain findings made by defendant during the audit process 

(see Compl. ¶¶ 18, 23, 25, 31, 32), the Court declines to find on the present record that 

the entirety of Exhibits 9, 18, 96 and 120 are properly filed under seal. Moreover, 

portions of the exhibits do not appear to consist of material that could be considered 

confidential. (See, e.g., Tully Decl. Ex. 18, page 3, first paragraph (discussion of 

information defendant located on plaintiff's "website").) As it appears that said 

documents may contain some confidential material, the Court, rather than direct 

defendant to file such exhibits in the public record, will afford plaintiff leave to file a 

supplemental declaration to identify with specificity the portions of Exhibits 9, 18, 96 and 

120 that are (a) confidential and (b) have not previously been filed in the public record. 

 

1Defendant previously filed in the public record a redacted version of the 

Memorandum of Points and Authorities and filed under seal the unredacted version. 

Consequently, it need take no further action as to said document.

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Said supplemental declaration shall be filed no later than August 18, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 10, 2016

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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