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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN BREAZEALE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

VICTIM SERVICES, INC. D/B/A 

CORRECTIVESOLUTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05266-VC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Re: Dkt. Nos. 176, 181

The defendants are ordered to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for seeking 

to seal documents that are plainly related to the core subject matter of this litigation. The 

agreements between Victim Services, National Corrective Group, Mats Jonsson, Birch Grove 

Holdings, and American Justice Solutions, as well as the training and policy manuals used by the 

defendants and their affiliates, all appear highly relevant to this litigation and appear to meet both 

the compelling reasons and the good cause standard for disclosure. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. 

Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-99 (9th Cir. 2016). To the extent these documents 

relate to the defendants' arrangements with district attorney's offices in California and the 

defendants' conduct pursuant to those agreements, these documents would presumably be easily 

subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act – the conduct of an agent of the 

government in the exercise of the government's police power may generally not be concealed. 

Therefore, it is difficult to understand how these materials could possibly be concealed from the 

public in connection with this litigation.

The defendants are ordered to show cause why they should not be sanctioned pursuant to 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 11 and 37(a)(5), 29 U.S.C. § 1927, and/or the Court's inherent 

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authority for seeking to seal these documents. The defendants must file a joint written response 

to this order by March 8, 2018. If the plaintiffs wish to file a response, they may do so by March 

15, 2018. Any reply must be filed by March 22, 2018. The Court will schedule a hearing on the 

order to show cause if necessary following review of the written submissions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 1, 2018

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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