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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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DEFENDANT TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.’S REQUEST AND ORDER TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

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FRED M. BLUM, ESQ. (SBN 101586)

fblum@behblaw.com

ERIN K. POPPLER, ESQ. (SBN 267724)

epoppler@behblaw.com

VIVY D. DANG, ESQ. (SBN 297714)

vdang@behblaw.com

BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

500 Washington Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-9006

Facsimile: (415) 397-1339

Attorneys for Defendant

TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES INC.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

VALLEY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., 

a former California corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:00-cv-00113-MCE-EFB

DEFENDANT TEXAS EASTERN 

OVERSEAS, INC.’S REQUEST AND 

ORDER TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

Trial Date: October 17-19, 2016

Closing Argument: November 15, 2016

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 141 and the Stipulation and Protective Order entered by 

the Court on January 12, 2017, Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

(“TEO”), by and through its respective counsel, respectfully submits this request for the 

Court to enter an order sealing the documents listed below. Dkt. 1139.1

The documents to be approved for filing under seal include: (1) Defendant Texas 

Eastern Overseas, Inc.’s Post-Trial Brief Regarding the Method to Credit Plaintiff 

AmeriPride Services Inc.’s (“AmeriPride”) Settlement for Response Costs; (2) the 

Declaration of Erin Poppler in Support of Defendant Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc.’s 

Post-Trial Brief Re the Method to Credit AmeriPride’s Settlement for Response Costs, 

and Exhibit A thereto. The total number of pages to be sealed is twenty-three (23) 

pages.

TEO requests that the documents be sealed indefinitely, unless the parties to this 

Action agree otherwise or as ordered by the Court. The only persons permitted access 

to the sealed documents, other than the Court and its personnel, will be those who have 

been granted access by AmeriPride and have completed the “Acknowledgment And 

Agreement To Be Bound,” attached as Exhibit A to the Stipulation and Protective Order, 

Dkt. 1139. 

The basis for sealing these documents is the confidential nature of the materials, 

as set forth in the Stipulation and Protective Order, Dkt. 1139. 

 

1 “Dkt.” refers to the Court’s ECF Docket number for this action.

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The Request and Proposed Order to Seal Documents, the accompanying Notice,

and all documents covered by the request are being served on all parties on the same 

day as this notice. 

Date: January 23, 2017 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

By: /s/ ERIN K. POPPLER

 ____________________________________ FRED M. BLUM ERIN K. POPPLER VIVY D. DANG Attorneys for Defendant TEXAS EASTERN OVERSEAS, INC.

ORDER

Defendant Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc.’s request is GRANTED. The following 

documents are approved for filing under seal: (1) Defendant Texas Eastern Overseas, 

Inc.’s Post-Trial Brief Regarding the Method to Credit Plaintiff AmeriPride Services, 

Inc.’s Settlement for Response Costs; (2) the Declaration of Erin Poppler in Support of 

Defendant Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc.’s Post-Trial Brief Re the Method to Credit 

Plaintiff AmeriPride Services, Inc.’s Settlement for Response Costs, and Exhibit A 

thereto. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 26, 2017

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