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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL BUTLER, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. C 04-0135 PJH

v. ORDER RE MOTIONS TO FILE

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

ADOPTION MEDIA, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

In a motion filed on May 24, 2006, defendants seek an order permitting certain

documents filed in connection with the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment to be

filed under seal. Having considered the request in light of the standard set out by the Ninth

Circuit in Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006) and

Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2003), and having reviewed

the documents that are the subject of the motion, the court now rules as follows.

1. The request to seal portions of Exhibit A to the Declaration of Glen Lavy

(“Lavy Declaration”) in support of defendants’ motion for summary judgment is DENIED.

2. The request to seal portions of Exhibit B to the Lavy Declaration is DENIED.

3. The request to seal portions of Exhibit L to the Lavy Declaration is

GRANTED.

4. The request to seal portions of Exhibits L, U, V, W, and X to the Declaration

of Dale R. Gwilliam (“D. Gwilliam Declaration”) is GRANTED.

5. The request to seal Exhibit AA to the D. Gwilliam Declaration in its entirety is

GRANTED.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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6. The request to seal Exhibit B to the Declaration of Nathan W. Gwilliam in its

entirety is GRANTED.

7. The request to seal Exhibits 15, 17, 23, 27-32, and 38 to the Declaration of

Kathryn E. Grzenczyk (“Grzenczyk Declaration”) in support of opposition to defendants’

motion for summary judgment, in their entirety, is GRANTED.

8. The request to seal the portions of Exhibits 14 and 16 to the Grzenczyk

Declaration containing the residential addresses is GRANTED. The request is otherwise

DENIED. 

9. The request to seal portions of Exhibit 26 to the Grzenczyk Declaration is

DENIED.

10. The request to seal Exhibit 34 to the Grzenczyk Declaration in its entirety is

GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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