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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TESORO REFINING & MARKETING 

COMPANY LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00930-JCS 

ORDER DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTIONS TO FILE UNDER SEAL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 138, 148

On December 16, 2015, Plaintiff Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company, LLC (“Tesoro”) 

filed an administrative motion to file under seal (dkt. 138) an exhibit in connection with its 

opposition to Defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (“PG&E’s”) motion to exclude 

expert testimony. The only stated basis for filing under seal is that PG&E designated the exhibit 

as confidential pursuant to the protective order in this case. In such circumstances, the Court’s 

Local Rules provide that the designating party—here, PG&E—must file a declaration establishing 

that the document at issue is subject to sealing. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1). PG&E has not filed 

such a declaration, and the deadline to do so has passed. 

On December 18, 2015, PG&E filed an administrative motion to file under seal (dkt. 148) 

three documents produced and designated confidential by Tesoro. Tesoro has not filed a timely 

declaration in response to that motion. Non-parties Foster Wheeler Martinez, Inc. and Martinez 

Cogen Limited Partnership filed a statement of non-opposition (dkt. 158) to PG&E filing the three 

documents in the public record.

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Accordingly, both sealing motions are DENIED, and the parties are instructed to file the 

documents at issue in the public record no earlier than Monday, January 11, 2016 and no later than 

Tuesday, January 19, 2016. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2016

______________________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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