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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC MARINE PROPELLERS, 

INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARTSILA DEFENSE, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 17cv555-BEN (NLS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION FOR AN ORDER 

PERMITTING DEFENDANTS TO 

FILE A DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL

[ECF No. 36]

On March 15, 2018, Defendants Wartsila Defense, Inc., Bryan Rutter and Bobby 

Heninger (“Defendants”) filed a Motion for an Order Permitting Defendants to File 

Document Under Seal. ECF No. 36. Specifically, Defendants seek to file a redacted 

version of the parties’ Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery Dispute No. 3 (“Joint 

Motion No. 3”), and to file under seal Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Nathaniel R. Smith 

in Support of Joint Motion No. 3. Id. 

A party requesting that the court seal materials attached to a non-dispositive 

motion must make a particularized showing of good cause. Kamakana v. City and Cnty. 

of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). Here, Exhibit 1 is a financial 

statement produced by Plaintiff, which Plaintiff designated as confidential under the 

protective order. ECF No. 36 at 2. Given the confidential nature of this document, the 

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Court finds that Defendants have satisfied their burden of making a particularized 

showing of good cause to file this document under seal and to redact the portion of the 

joint motion that references this document. The Court, therefore, GRANTS the motion 

and orders that Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Nathaniel R. Smith in Support of Joint 

Motion No. 3 be filed under seal with this Court and that Joint Motion No. 3 be redacted 

accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2018

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