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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Ian Mednick,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Michael R Egeck, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-03573-PHX-KML

ORDER 

Plaintiff has moved to seal portions of the complaint allegedly containing 

confidential business information. The information plaintiff seeks to place under seal is 

“commercially sensitive information regarding . . . [Leslie’s, Inc.’s] business practices.”

(Doc. 6-1 at 2.) Based on the present record, preventing public disclosure of Leslie’s 

business practices and causing competitive harm is a sufficiently compelling reason to 

merit sealing. As the case develops, however, the need for keeping the complaint under 

seal may lessen.

In addition, the parties are advised of the following preliminary policies and 

procedures that will govern these proceedings.

IT IS ORDERED the Motion to Seal (Doc. 6) is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court 

shall file under seal the unredacted complaint (Doc. 7). This order shall not be sealed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED as follows:

Governing Rules

Both counsel and pro se litigants must abide by the Rules of Practice of the U.S. 

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District Court for the District of Arizona (“Local Rules”) and the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

Disclosure Statements

Full compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 is required by plaintiff(s) 

and defendant(s). Rule 7.1(a)(1) requires any nongovernmental corporation to file a 

disclosure statement identifying “any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation 

owning 10% or more of its stock.” Rule 7.1(a)(2) requires a party in an action where 

jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) to file a disclosure statement 

identifying the citizenship of “every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to 

that party.” A Corporate Disclosure Statement form is available at 

https://www.azd.uscourts.gov/forms/corporate-disclosure-statement.

Service Deadline

Service of the summons and complaint on each defendant located in the United 

States must occur within 90 days of filing the complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). If service 

cannot occur within 90 days, a request for an extension may be filed before expiration of 

the 90-day period. Any such request must set forth the reason why service has not been 

accomplished and request a specific short additional period of time. If the Court believes 

your reason constitutes “good cause,” it will authorize a brief additional period to 

accomplish service.

Proof of service must be filed with the Clerk of Court, in the form of an affidavit, 

promptly after service has been made. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(l). It is important to comply 

with this requirement because absent proof of service, the Court will have no way of 

knowing that the complaint has been served. 

This order serves as an express warning that the Court will dismiss this action, 

without further notice to plaintiff(s), with respect to any defendant that is not timely served. 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). 

Forms of Papers

The parties shall adhere to all of the requirements of Local Rule 7.1, including the 

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requirement that text and footnotes shall be no smaller than 13 point. Citations supporting 

any textual proposition shall be included in the text, not in a footnote.

Paper Courtesy Copies

Do not send paper courtesy copies of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7(a) 

pleadings, short procedural motions (e.g., motions for extension of time), 26(f) reports, or 

stipulations. A paper courtesy copy of dispositive motions (or other lengthy motions that 

will be opposed) and any responses or replies thereto shall be either postmarked and mailed 

to the judge or hand-delivered to the judge’s mailbox in the courthouse by the next business 

day after the electronic filing. Do not attempt to deliver documents to the judge’s chambers. 

Courtesy copies should be double-sided and include the ECF-generated header at the top 

of each page. Courtesy copies of documents too large for stapling must be submitted in 

three-ring binders.

Amending Pleadings

Before filing a motion for leave to amend a pleading, the party that wishes to amend 

must seek the consent of the other parties in an attempt to file the amended pleading 

pursuant to Local Rule 15.1(b). If any party is unwilling to consent, the motion for leave 

to amend must indicate which party (or parties) will oppose the request. If a motion for 

leave to amend a pleading fails to so indicate, the motion will be denied without prejudice 

for failure to adhere to this order. 

Motions and Stipulations

Every motion or stipulation, however mundane, must cite the rule(s) and/or law(s) 

that permit the Court to grant the requested relief. Requests for extensions of time must 

include a brief explanation of why the extension is needed to help the Court determine 

whether there is good cause. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A).

To ensure timely case processing, a party moving for an extension of time, 

enlargement of page limitations, or leave to file a document under seal shall indicate in the 

motion whether the non-movant opposes the request and intends to file a written response. 

If such a motion does not so indicate, it may be denied for failure to comply with this order.

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Motions and stipulations should be accompanied by proposed orders. A proposed 

order is not necessary for motions that will require a reasoned analysis from the Court, or 

for stipulations requesting issuance of the Court’s standard protective order with no 

amendments. These proposed orders must not be on letterhead or contain any information 

identifying the party submitting the order, and they must set forth the relief requested rather 

than incorporating the motion or stipulation by reference. See also Local Rule 7.1(b)(3). 

Proposed orders must be emailed—in Microsoft Word format (not PDF)—to 

Lanham_chambers@azd.uscourts.gov. The subject line of the email must include the case 

name, case number, the words “proposed order for [name of motion],” and an indication 

of whether the motion is opposed or unopposed if this is not otherwise apparent from the 

name of the motion. 

Rule 12 Motions Are Discouraged

Any motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 is discouraged if the 

challenged defect in the pleading can be cured by filing an amended pleading. The Court 

therefore requires that: (1) before filing a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss or a Rule 12(c)

motion for judgment on the pleadings, the movant confer with the opposing party to 

determine whether such motion can be avoided; and (2) the movant attach a certificate of 

conferral, certifying that it notified the opposing party of the issues asserted in its motion

and that the parties conferred but were unable to agree that the pleading was curable in any 

part by a permissible amendment offered by the pleading party. See also Local Rule 

12.1(c). The requirement to meet and confer and attach a certificate of conferral applies in 

equal force to motions to dismiss amended complaints, notwithstanding earlier conferrals 

and certificates filed before the complaint was amended. Any motion lacking the required 

certification may be summarily stricken.

Protective Orders

The Court’s standard protective order is available is available at 

www.azd.uscourts.gov under: Judges’ Information → Orders, Forms and Procedures →

Lanham, Krissa M. If the parties agree that discoverable materials should be kept 

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confidential, they may file a stipulation requesting that the Court issue its standard 

protective order. If the parties wish to propose additional provisions, they may request and 

stipulate to the additional proposed language, subject to the Court’s review. In that case, 

all language added to the standard order by the parties should be redlined into a Word 

document using “tracked changes,” and the parties’ Word document with the tracked 

changes must be emailed to chambers. The parties are reminded that the mere fact the 

parties have designated certain materials or information as confidential pursuant to an 

agreement or stipulation does not mean the Court will automatically order that filings 

containing such information be placed under seal. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 

LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). 

Motions to Seal

Local Rule 5.6 governs sealing of court records in unsealed civil actions. Every 

motion to seal, including stipulations pursuant to Local Rule 5.6(d), must identify the legal 

standard applicable to the document at issue and explain why the material sought to be 

sealed meets that standard. The stringent “compelling reasons supported by specific factual 

findings” standard articulated in Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 

1178 (9th Cir. 2006), applies to motions and their attachments where the motion is “more 

than tangentially related to the merits of a case.” Ctr. for Auto Safety, 809 F.3d at 1101.

Merely noting that a document was designated confidential by a party will not satisfy any 

applicable legal standard for sealing.

Where a party seeks to seal only certain portions of a given document, the 

unredacted version of the document, which should be lodged under seal pursuant to Local 

Rule 5.6(c), must include highlighting to indicate which portions of the document the party 

seeks to redact.

Emergencies and Expedited Consideration

Any party desiring expedited consideration of a motion or other matter pending 

before the Court may make such a request by filing a separate Notice for Expedited 

Consideration accompanied by a certificate from counsel for the moving party or, if 

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unrepresented, the moving party. The certificate must set forth the following: 1) the facts 

establishing the need for expedited resolution; 2) the dates of the imminent events pertinent 

to the request; 3) whether the motion or request for expedited consideration could have 

been filed earlier; and 4) when or how the moving party will provide notice to all other 

parties and the other parties’ positions on the motion. A request for expedited consideration 

that is simply mentioned in the caption/title of the related filing will not be considered—a 

separate notice and certificate must be filed.

Requests to Reschedule Court Dates

The Court interprets Local Rule 7.3(b) as applying to requests to reschedule court 

dates due to attorney conflicts. As such, and to enable the court to efficiently manage cases, 

such requests must be made by motion or stipulation, must indicate the position of each 

other party, and (unless another party plans to file a written opposition, which would be 

appropriate only in rare circumstances) must propose to the Court at least three dates/times 

when all counsel are available for rescheduling purposes.

Noncompliance

The parties are specifically advised that failure to prosecute, to comply with court

orders, or to comply with the Local and Federal Rules may result in dismissal of all or part 

of this case, default, imposition of sanctions, or summary disposition of matters pending 

before the Court. See also Local Rule 7.2(i) (“If a motion does not conform in all substantial 

respects with the requirements of [the Local Rules], or if the [opposing party] does not 

serve and file the required answering memoranda, . . . such noncompliance may be deemed 

a consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion 

summarily.”).

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:

1. That plaintiff(s) must promptly serve a copy of this order on defendant(s) and 

file a notice of service with the Clerk of Court;

2. That, unless the Court orders otherwise, on March 21, 2025, the Clerk of 

Court shall terminate without further notice any defendant in the United States that has

not been served pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Dated this 18th day of December, 2024.

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