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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:0401 Labor Management Disclosure Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFF BOWMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,

Defendant. / 

JOSEPH GLASS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C-04-3525 MMC

No. C-06-4068 MMC

ORDER DENYING ANTHONY DARIA’S 

MOTION TO STRIKE MOTIONS TO

REFER COUNSEL TO STANDING

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL

CONDUCT: GRANTING REQUEST TO

FILE UNDER SEAL

(Docket No. 174 in Case No. 04-3525;

Docket No. 256 in Case No. 06-4068)

Before the Court is the “Motion of Anthony D’Aria [“D’Aria”] and His Counsel to Strike

(1) Bowman Plaintiffs’ and (2) Glass Plaintiffs’ Memoranda of Points and Authorities to

Refer Attorneys to Standing Committee on Professional Conduct,” filed March 8, 2007, by

which D’Aria seeks an order striking in their entirety the motions to refer D’Aria’s counsel to

the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct filed, respectively, by class counsel in the

above-titled actions; in the alternative, D’Aria seeks an order directing that the papers filed

in support of and in opposition to said motions be filed under seal.

Having reviewed the papers filed in support of the instant motion to strike, the Court

finds no reason to require plaintiffs or defendants to file a response. D’Aria’s reliance on

Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is misplaced, as said Rule concerns the

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content of “pleadings” not motions, and, in any event, D’Aria has not demonstrated that the

motions are “redundant, immaterial, impertinent or scandalous.” See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). 

Although, as D’Aria points out, the Civil Local Rules of this District do not expressly provide

for the filing of such motions, the Court takes allegations of attorney misconduct seriously

and consequently, will deny the motion to strike. In light of this District’s provision for

confidentiality of matters referred to the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct, see

Civil L.R. 11-7(c), however, the Court will grant the alternative request for filing under seal.

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above,

1. D’Aria’s motion to strike is hereby DENIED.

2. D’Aria’s alternative request for filing under seal is hereby GRANTED;

a. all future filings in support of and in opposition to the above-described

motions seeking referral of D’Aria’s counsel to the Standing Committee on Professional

Conduct shall be filed under seal.

b. the Clerk shall remove the following electronically-filed documents from

the public docket: Docket Nos. 170, 171, and 172 in Case No. 04-3525, and Docket Nos.

249, 250, and 251 in Case No. 06-4068.

c. plaintiffs shall manually file, no later than March 22, 2007, new copies of

Docket Nos. 170, 171, and 172 in Case No. 04-3525, and Docket Nos. 249, 250, and 251

in Case No. 06-4068, to be filed under seal as of the date of the original filings.

This order terminates Docket No. 174 in Case No. 04-3525 and Docket No. 256 in

Case No. 06-4068. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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