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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN H. and ALEX H.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-03095-MMC 

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

APPLICATIONS TO FILE

CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS UNDER 

SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO DEFENDANT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 83, 88

Before the Court are defendants’ Applications to File Confidential Records Under 

Seal, filed January 18, 2019, and February 15, 2019, respectively, whereby defendants 

seek to file under seal the portions of their Cross-Motion for Judgment and their

Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judgment that “describe[] and summarize[] portions of 

confidential medical records related to” plaintiff Alex H. (See Doc. 83 at 3:13-14; see also

Doc. 88 at 3:13-14.) Plaintiffs, however, in their Motion for Judgment and their 

Opposition to Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Judgment, both of which have been filed in 

the public record, extensively refer to and discuss the same portions of Alex H.’s medical 

records that are described in defendants’ filings. Moreover, at the hearing held on March 

8, 2019, plaintiffs stated their preference that the briefing submitted by both parties be 

fully available in the public record, and confirmed their initial opinion that the use of 

pseudonyms rather than their full names is sufficient to protect their privacy interests. 

In light of the above, the above-referenced applications are hereby DENIED, and 

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Blue Shield is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than March 18, 

2019, unredacted versions of defendants’ Cross-Motion for Judgment and Opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Judgment. See Civil L.R. 79-5(f)(2). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2019 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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