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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL

ECF Case No.: 3:12-cv-05326-EMC 

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

CALIFORNIA

Lisa C. Hamasaki (SBN 197628) 

 lch@millerlawgroup.com 

MILLER LAW GROUP 

A Professional Corporation 

111 Sutter Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel. (415) 464-4300 

Fax (415) 464-4336 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AT&T SERVICES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NICK MILETAK, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

AT&T SERVICES, INC. and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:12-cv-05326-EMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

DEFENDANT AT&T SERVICES, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL

Complaint filed: August 22, 2012

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Defendant AT&T Services, Inc. (“AT&T Services”) filed an Administrative Motion 

to Seal on June 17, 2015 seeking to seal certain records filed in AT&T Services’ Opposition to 

Plaintiff’s Motion to Set Aside Settlement Agreement. Plaintiff Nick Miletak stipulated to the 

sealing of such records. 

Having considered the papers filed, the Court hereby grants AT&T Services’ 

Administrative Motion to Seal. The court recognizes that the public right to inspect or access 

court records is not absolute. See In re Knight Pub. Co., 743 F.2d 231, 235 (1984). AT&T 

Services has presented sufficient evidence showing a compelling need and/or good cause 

warranting sealing of the records in question and has referenced prejudice that may result if 

such records are not sealed. Moreover, courts have recognized the import of maintaining 

confidentiality of settlement agreements and settlement negotiations to avoid the very same 

types of prejudice at issue here. United Rentals, Inc. v. Ahern Rentals, Inc., No. 2:12-cv01876-JCM-VCF, 2012 WL 5418355, at *1-2 (D. Nev. Nov. 2, 2012). In United Rentals, Inc.,

the court ordered that the terms of a confidential settlement agreement would remain 

confidential and that the “confidentiality of the Settlement Agreement outweighs the public’s 

right of access,” that same court noted: 

For the court to induce [the parties’ reliance on secrecy in settling] and then to 

decline to support the parties in their reliance would work an injustice on ... 

litigants and make future settlements predicated upon confidentiality less likely. 

Id. (citations omitted). 

This court finds that the same applies here and therefore grants AT&T Services’ request to 

seal portions of its Opposition and supporting documents to the extent they reference or refer 

to the Confidential Settlement Agreement entered between the parties. 

To that end, the Court rules that the following documents and portions of 

documents shall be sealed in accordance with AT&T Services’ request:

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Document to be Sealed Result Reason/Explanation 

Defendant AT&T Services, 

Inc.’s Opposition To Plaintiff’s 

Motion To Set Aside Settlement 

Agreement.

Proposed (Highlighted) 

Redactions are approved by 

the Court. The unredacted 

Opposition shall be filed and 

remain under seal. Only the 

redacted version shall be 

placed into the public record. 

The proposed 

redactions are 

narrowly tailored to the 

confidential settlement 

agreement. 

Declaration Of Lisa C. 

Hamasaki In Support Of 

Defendant AT&T Services, 

Inc.’s Opposition To Plaintiff’s 

Motion To Set Aside Settlement 

Agreement

Proposed (Highlighted) 

Redactions are approved by 

the Court. The unredacted 

Declaration shall be filed and 

remain under seal. Only the 

redacted version shall be 

placed into the public record. 

The proposed 

redactions are 

narrowly tailored to the 

confidential settlement 

agreement.

Exhibit C To The Declaration 

Of Lisa C. Hamasaki In Support 

Of Defendant AT&T Services, 

Inc.’s Opposition To Plaintiff’s 

Motion To Set Aside Settlement 

Agreement.

Proposed (Highlighted) 

Redactions are approved by 

the Court. The unredacted 

Exhibit shall be filed and 

remain under seal. Only the 

redacted version shall be 

placed into the public record. 

The proposed 

redactions are 

narrowly tailored to the 

confidential settlement 

agreement.

Exhibit D To The Declaration 

Of Lisa C. Hamasaki In Support 

Of Defendant AT&T Services, 

Inc.’s Opposition To Plaintiff’s 

Motion To Set Aside Settlement 

Agreement.

Proposed (Highlighted) 

Redactions are approved by 

the Court. The unredacted 

Exhibit shall be filed and 

remain under seal. Only the 

redacted version shall be 

placed into the public record. 

The proposed 

redactions are 

narrowly tailored to the 

confidential settlement 

agreement.

The Court finds that the materials AT&T Services seeks to seal contain 

confidential information about a settlement agreement that if made public, would prejudice 

Defendant. Redacted versions only of these documents shall be available in the public 

record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 Honorable Edward M. Chen 

4818-8050-6917, v. 1 

6/29/15 U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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