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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 DEFENDANT'S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL; 

DIRECTIONS TO DEFENDANT

Before the Court is defendant's Administrative Motion, filed June 10, 2016, by 

which defendant seeks to file under seal various documents submitted by defendant in 

connection with its motion for summary judgment and designated confidential by plaintiff 

and/or a non-party entity. Plaintiff has filed a response thereto. Having read and 

considered the papers filed in support of and in response to the administrative motion, 

the Court rules as follows:

1. To the extent defendant seeks leave to file under seal the entirety of Exhibits H, 

I, and J to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the motion is hereby DENIED, as plaintiff, 

the designating party, has failed to show, or even assert, that the entirety of any such 

exhibit comprises confidential material.

2. As to the following portions of Exhibits H, I and J to the Declaration of Stephen 

J. Tully, the motion is hereby GRANTED, as plaintiff has made a sufficient showing as to 

the sealability of those pages and lines:1

 

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In its response, plaintiff asserts that page 209, lines 1-5, of Exhibit H should be 

filed under seal. Defendant, however, does not seek to file page 209, either under seal 

or in the public record, and, consequently, has not submitted such page to the Court.

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a. Exhibit H

1. Page 99, line 6

2. Page 100, lines 1 and 6

3. Page 101, lines 2-3, 9-17

4. Page 102, lines 13-15

5. Page 103, line 1-22

6. Page 132, line 22

7. Page 133, lines 4, 14 and 17

8. Page 138, lines 18 and 22

9. Page 139, lines 4 and 20-21

10. Page 147, line 18-24

11. Page 148, lines 2-25

12. Page 185, lines 8 and 15

13. Page 305, line 13

14. Page 349, lines 11-16 and 21-22

15. Page 368, lines 20 and 24

16. Page 387, lines 7 and 21

17. Page 388, line 14

18. Page 389, lines 4-8

b. Exhibit I

1. Page 78, line 25

2. Page 79, lines 1-7

3. Page 81, lines 1, 6, 17, 25

4. Page 82, line 1, 7-8, 19, 24

5. Page 99, line 19

6. Page 101, line 8

7. Page 105, lines 5-15

8. Page 106, lines 6-25

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9. Page 107, lines 5-21

10. Page 108, lines 1-9, 15-17

c. Exhibit J

1. Page 73, line 5.

2. Page 76, lines 9 and 15-18.

3. Page 78, line 20.

4. Page 80, line 7.

Defendant is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than July 15, 

2016, versions of Exhibits H, I and J in which the confidential portions identified above 

are redacted.

3. To the extent defendant seeks to file under seal the entirety or any portion of 

Exhibit K to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully, the Court hereby DEFERS ruling 

thereon, for the reason that SanDisk Corporation ("SanDisk"), a nonparty who, according 

to defendant, is a designating entity (see Declaration of Efren A. Compean ¶ 6), has not 

filed a responsive declaration and there is nothing in the record indicating defendant 

served its administrative motion on said entity. Accordingly, defendant is hereby 

DIRECTED to serve its administration motion, as well as this order, on SanDisk and to 

file proof of such service no later than July 12, 2016. The Court will take the deferred 

portion of defendant's administrative motion under submission upon the filing of a 

responsive declaration by SanDisk or on July 20, 2016, whichever is earlier.2

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In its response, plaintiff argues that certain pages of Exhibit K contain confidential 

material. The Court will consider plaintiff's argument at such time as the motion stands 

submitted.

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4. To the extent defendant seeks to file under seal certain portions of Exhibit M to 

the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully and certain portions of its Reply Memorandum, the 

Court hereby DEFERS ruling thereon until July 20, 2016, as said documents include 

material contained in Exhibit K to the Declaration of Stephen J. Tully.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 6, 2016

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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