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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDTRONIC INC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GEOFFREY WHITE,

Defendant.

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No. C 04-02201 JSW

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

SEAL

On October 20, 2005, Defendant Geoffrey White (“Dr. White”) filed two motions to

strike expert reports and proposed expert testimony. Dr. White also filed a motion to file under

seal the expert report of Dr. Alexander Balko which is Exhibit 4 to the Declaration of Carrie

Cotter in Support of the motions to strike. 

The Court has now received Medtronic’s response as to why that motion should be filed

under seal and, based upon the representations that the report contains material previously filed

under seal, the Court GRANTS Dr. White’s administrative motion and Exhibit 4 to the Cotter

declaration shall be filed under seal.

In its Order vacating the hearing date on the motions, the Court did not strike the filings

from the record or terminate them in any way. Rather, it stated that the motions were more

appropriately characterized as motions in limine and were to be included as such with any future

motions in limine that the parties filed. On review of that Order, however, the Court can

understand Medtronic’s confusion and shall accept the late filing. So that there is no further

confusion among the parties, when the parties serve and file their motions in limine, if Dr.

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White intends to pursue the motions to strike, he need not re-file or re-serve those motions. 

However, he shall provide notice to Medtronic and L.A. Biomed of his intent to pursue those 

motions in the time frame contemplated by the Court’s Standing Order on Civil Jury Trial

Procedures. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 10, 2005 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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