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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO SEAL—No. C-08-00868 RMW

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 5/13/10

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FELTON A. SPEARS, JR. and SIDNEY

SCHOLL, on behalf of themselves and all

others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA, also

known as Washington Mutual Bank, FIRST

AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware

corporation; and LENDER SERVICE, INC.,

Defendants.

No. C-08-00868 RMW

ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO SEAL

[Re Docket No. 188]

Plaintiffs move to file under seal Exhibits A-O, Q, S, and U attached to the Declaration of

Michael D. Braun in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification and certain portions of

Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion, Motion for Class Certification, and Memorandum in Support which

quote from these exhibits. A request to seal must establish that the document, or portions thereof, is

privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. Civ. L.

R. 79-5(a). The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing of only sealable material. Id. 

Having reviewed the material that plaintiffs seek to file under seal, the court has concerns

about the extent of material which plaintiffs seek to file under seal. With the exception of Exhibits

A and M and the portions of plaintiffs' motion for class certification that quote from these two

exhibits, it appears that there is no basis for filing the remainder of the material under seal. Plaintiffs

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have represented that they seek to file the designated material under seal because it has been

designated "Confidential" by defendant eAppraiseIT. The court therefore orders the parties to either

explain why all of the designated material is sealable or to submit a narrowly tailored request to file

under seal only those portions of the documents that are sealable material. If the parties do not

submit a satisfactory explanation or an appropriately narrowly tailored request within ten days, the

motion to seal will be denied. 

DATED: 5/13/10

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Ira Spiro Ira@SpiroMoss.com 

James Mark Moore mark@spiromoss.com 

Janet Lindner Spielberg jlspielberg@jlslp.com 

Joseph N. Kravec , Jr. jnk@ssem.com 

Michael D. Braun service@braunlawgroup.com 

Counsel for Defendants:

Jeffrey D. Rotenberg jrotenberg@tpw.com 

Kerry Ford Cunningham kerry.cunningham@dlapiper.com 

Laura Jean Fowler lfowler@mhalaw.com 

Patrick J. Smith psmith@tpw.com 

David F. Gross david.gross@dlapiper.com

Francesca Leigh Cicero francesca.cicero@dlapiper.com

Michael T. Fogarty tfogarty@mhalaw.com 

Christopher J Clark cjclark@dl.com 

Kevin C Wallace kwallace@dl.com 

Kris Hue Chau Man kman@dl.com 

Margaret Anne Keane mkeane@dl.com 

Angela M. Papalaskaris apapalas@dl.com 

Jonathan Mark Lloyd jonathanlloyd@dwt.com 

Martin L. Fineman martinfineman@dwt.com 

Sam N. Dawood samdawood@dwt.com 

Stephen Michael Rummage steverummage@dwt.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 5/13/10 CCL

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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