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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership

Including Professional Corporations

NEIL A. SMITH, Cal. Bar No. 63777

NATHANIEL BRUNO, Cal. Bar No. 228118

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4106

Telephone: 415-434-9100

Facsimile: 415-434-3947

Electronic mail: nsmith@sheppardmullin.eom

nbruno@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Defendants QUEST MEDICAL, INC.

and BRUCE B. BECKER, M.D.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

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ACCLARENT, INC., EXPLORAMED 11,

INC., and ADVANCED POLYMERS, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

V.

QUEST MEDICAL, INC. and BRUCE B.

BECKER, M.D.,

Defendants.

Case No. C 06-00844 JF (PVT)

DEFENDANTS' ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

UNDER SEAL, AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER THEREON

[Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5]

Honorable Jeremy Fogel

United States District Judge

W02-WEST:6NB 1!400070420. ] DEFENDANTS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

UNDER SEAL, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Case No. C 06-00844 TF (PVT)

**E-filed 9/11/06**

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ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL

Papers Submitted for Partial Filin Under Seal

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5(c), Acclarent respectfully requests

leave of Court to file under seal portions of the following document:

DEFENDANTS' REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS' JOINT OPPOSITION TO

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO TRANSFER

Defendants request leave to file portions of this document under seal because said

portions discuss information that is confidential and/or proprietary to Defendant Quest Medical,

Inc. The information discussed concerns documents and information that have already been filed

under seal in this action pursuant to order of the Court (Exhibits B, D, and E to the Saab

Declaration filed by Plaintiffs, portions of the Saab Declaration itself, and portions of Plaintiffs'

Opposition Brief to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or Transfer), and therefore, portions of

Defendants' Reply Brief discussing that same information should also be filed under seal. (See

prior sealing orders at Docket No. 31.) The sealability of this information is further confirmed by

the Declaration of Kenneth A. Jones (see ¶ 4-10) being filed herewith, which explains the

confidential nature of the information and why it is important to keep the information out of the

public record.'

As required by Civil Local Rule 79-5(c), Defendants are lodging with the Clerk

copies of this document in which the confidential information has been highlighted (for filing

under seal) and copies in which the information has been redacted (for public filing).

Defendants had originally intended to file this Declaration to support Plaintiffs' prior

sealing motion, but the facts it states regarding the sealability of the relevant documents

and information apply with equal force to this motion because the same information is

being discussed-

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DEFENDANTS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

UNDER SEAL, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Case No. C 46-00844 JF (PVT)

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PROPOSED ORDER

Upon good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following document

shall be received and filed under seal by the Clerk:

DEFENDANTS' REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS' JOINT OPPOSITION TO

DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO TRANSFER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

Honorable District Judge Jeremy Fogel

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Respectfully submitted:

DATED: September 1, 2006

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W 02-W EST:6NB 11400070396.1

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON L,LP

By /s/Nathaniel Bruno

NEIL A. SMITH

NATHANIEL BRUNO

Attorneys for Defendants QUEST MEDICAL, INC.

and BRUCE B. BECKER, M.D.

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DEFENDANTS' REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO

DISMISS OR TRANSFER

Case No. C 06-00844 JF (PVT)

9/11/06

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