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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PNY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

MILLER, KAPLAN, ARASE & CO, LLP,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01728-MMC 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART, 

DENYING IN PART, AND DEFERRING 

RULING IN PART ON PLAINTIFF'S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL; DIRECTIONS 

TO PLAINTIFF

Before the Court is plaintiff's "Administrative Motion to File Under Seal," filed June 

3, 2016. No response thereto has been filed. Having read and considered the motion, 

the Court rules as follows:

1. To the extent the motion seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits 7, 15, 16, 19, 

and 23 to the Declaration of Drew Robinson, the motion is hereby GRANTED, plaintiff 

having shown said exhibits consist of material properly filed under seal.

2. To the extent the motion seeks leave to file under seal Exhibit 1 to the 

Declaration of Heidi Stuto, the motion is hereby DENIED, plaintiff having failed to show 

the exhibit is confidential. Indeed, plaintiff paraphrased the content thereof in its 

complaint (see Compl. ¶ 36) and quoted key provisions thereof in another document (see

Pl.'s Opp. to Def.'s Mot. for Summ. J., filed June 3, 2016, at 7-8), both of which were filed 

in the public record. Plaintiff is hereby DIRECTED to file said exhibit in the public record

"within seven days after the motion is denied." See Civil L.R. 79-5(f)(3).

3. To the extent the motion seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 

11, 13, 17, 18, 21 and 22 to the Declaration of Drew Robinson, and Exhibit 2 to the 

Declaration of Heidi Stuto, the motion is hereby DENIED, as defendant, the designating

party, has not filed a responsive declaration. See Civil L.R. 79-5(e)(1) (providing that 

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“[w]ithin 4 days of the filing of the Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, the 

Designating Party must file a declaration . . . establishing that all of the designated 

information is sealable”). Plaintiff is hereby DIRECTED to file said twelve exhibits in the 

public record, "no earlier than 4 days, and no later than 10 days, after the motion is 

denied.” See Civil L.R. 79-5(e)(2).

4. To the extent the motion seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits 14, 20, 24, 25, 

26, 27 and 28 to the Declaration of Drew Robinson, the Court hereby DEFERS ruling 

thereon. Although SanDisk Corporation ("SanDisk"), a nonparty who is the designating 

entity, has not filed a responsive declaration, there is nothing in the record indicating 

plaintiff served the instant Administrative Motion on SanDisk. Accordingly, plaintiff is 

hereby DIRECTED to serve the instant Administration Motion, as well as this order, on 

San Disk and to file proof of such service no later than June 29, 2016. The Court will 

take the deferred portion of plaintiff's Administrative Motion under submission upon the 

filing of a responsive declaration by SanDisk or July 6, 2016, whichever is earlier.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 24, 2016

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

 

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The Court notes that portions of the email exchange constituting Exhibit 28 to the 

Declaration of Drew Robinson have been redacted by plaintiff. Should SanDisk endeavor 

to show said document is confidential, it need only address the portions constituting 

Exhibit 28, i.e., the material plaintiff seeks to file.

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