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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO. C 03-1561 MMC (EDL) 

355791.01

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

ELLIOT R. PETERS - #158708 

DARALYN J. DURIE - #169825 

ASHOK RAMANI - #200020 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

I-ENTERPRISE COMPANY LLC, 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

I-ENTERPRISE COMPANY LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

DRAPER FISHER JURVETSON 

MANAGEMENT COMPANY V, LLC; 

DRAPER FISHER JURVETSON 

MANAGEMENT CO. VI, LLC; TIMOTHY 

C. DRAPER; JOHN H. N. FISHER; and 

STEPHEN T. JURVETSON, 

Defendants.

 Case No. C 03-1561 MMC (EDL) 

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE 

CERTAIN EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL FOR 

(1) PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND 

THE FACT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF; AND 

(2) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL 

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FROM 

CORNERSTONE RESEARCH AND 

PAUL GOMPERS; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Dates: Tuesday, August 16 & 30, 2005 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: E, 15th Floor 

Judge: Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte 

Trial Date: January 30, 2006 

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO. C 03-1561 MMC (EDL) 

355791.01

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO SEAL 

Plaintiff I-ENTERPRISE COMPANY LLC submits this Administrative Request under 

Civil Local Rule 79-5 to file documents under seal in connection with (1) Plaintiff’s Opposition 

To Defendants’ Motion To Extend The Fact Discovery Cut-Off (“Opposition”); And (2) 

Plaintiff’s Motion To Compel Production Of Documents From Cornerstone Research And Paul 

Gompers (“Motion”). Plaintiff makes this Request in a good-faith effort to maintain the 

confidentiality of exhibits A, M, and N to the Declaration of Ashok Ramani submitted in support 

of the Motion, and exhibits D, N, and O to the Declaration of Ashok Ramani submitted in 

support of the Opposition. This request is narrowly tailored as required under Civil Local Rule 

79-5(b), and therefore there is good cause for filing the following exhibits under seal: 

Exhibits to Ramani Declaration In Support of Opposition

Concurrently filed in support of IEC’s Opposition is the Declaration of Ashok Ramani, 

which attaches exhibits that include confidential information as that term is defined under the 

governing protective order. 

Exhibit D: This exhibit is a deposition transcript that addresses sensitive, proprietary 

business information and personal financial information of IEC’s that is confidential. 

Exhibit N: This exhibit is a deposition transcript that addresses sensitive, proprietary 

business information and personal financial information of IEC’s that is confidential. 

Exhibit O: This exhibit is a deposition transcript that addresses sensitive, proprietary 

business information and personal financial information of IEC’s that is confidential. 

Exhibits to Ramani Declaration In Support of Motion

Concurrently filed in support of IEC’s Motion is the Declaration of Ashok Ramani, 

which attaches exhibits that include confidential information as that term is defined under the 

governing protective order. 

Exhibit A: This exhibit is a deposition transcript that addresses sensitive, proprietary 

business information and personal financial information that IEC believes is confidential to 

Defendants.

Exhibit M: This exhibit is an expert report submitted by Paul A. Gompers that 

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ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO. C 03-1561 MMC (EDL) 

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summarizes and describes sensitive, proprietary business information and personal financial 

information of both IEC and Defendants. 

Exhibit N: This exhibit is an expert rebuttal report submitted by Paul A. Gompers that 

summarizes and describes sensitive, proprietary business information and personal financial 

information of both IEC and Defendants. 

DECLARATION OF ASHOK RAMANI 

In support of this Administrative Request, undersigned counsel Ashok Ramani, under 

penalty of perjury, declares as follows: 

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and I am an 

associate with Keker & Van Nest, LLP, counsel for Plaintiff I-Enterprise Company LLC. I have 

personal knowledge of the facts set forth below and, if called as a witness about those facts, 

could testify competently thereto. 

2. IEC has filed its Opposition To Defendants’ Motion To Extend The Fact 

Discovery Cut-Off. Exhibits D, N, and O to the Declaration of Ashok Ramani filed in support of 

that opposition contain sensitive and confidential material. Specifically, these exhibits address 

sensitive, proprietary business information and personal financial information of IEC’s. 

3. IEC has also filed its Motion To Compel Production Of Documents From 

Cornerstone Research And Paul Gompers. Exhibits A, M, and N to the Declaration of Ashok 

Ramani filed in support of that motion contain sensitive and confidential material. Specifically, 

these exhibits describe sensitive, proprietary business information and personal financial 

information of IEC, Defendants, or both. 

For the foregoing reason, Plaintiff IEC respectfully requests that the Court permit the 

sealing of the documents set forth above, and order that the Clerk of the Court maintain them in 

accordance with the provisions of Local Civil Rule 79-5(e). 

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ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO. C 03-1561 MMC (EDL) 

355791.01

Dated: July 26, 2005 Respectfully submitted, 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

By: /s/ Ashok Ramani 

ASHOK RAMANI 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

I-ENTERPRISE COMPANY LLC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiff I-Enterprise Company LLC’s request to file certain documents under seal in 

connection with its (1) Opposition To Defendants’ Motion To Extend The Fact Discovery CutOff (“Opposition”); and (2) Motion To Compel Production Of Documents From Cornerstone 

Research And Paul Gompers is GRANTED. The Clerk will maintain such documents in 

accordance with the provisions of Civil Local Rule 79-5(e). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: HON. ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

July 27, 2005

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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