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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW PETERSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THOMSON INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00701-JLT-CDB

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

(Doc. 102)

5-Day Deadline

Pending before the Court is the notice and request to seal documents by Defendant

Thomson International, Inc., filed (Doc. 102) and emailed to the undersigned’s chambers on

December 3, 2024, described as emails Defendant has withheld from production as protected by 

the attorney-client privilege.

The Court has considered the factors set forth in Oregonian Publ’g Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court 

for Dist. of Or., 920 F.2d 1462 (9th Cir. 1990). The Court finds that, for the reasons stated in 

Defendant’s notice and request, sealing the documents serves a compelling interest. The Court 

further finds that, in the absence of closure, the compelling interests identified by Defendant 

would be harmed. Given that redacted versions of the documents are available to the public (see

Doc. 99-1) and were produced to Plaintiffs during discovery, the Court further finds that there 

are no additional alternatives to sealing the documents that would adequately protect the 

compelling interests identified by Defendant.

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Accordingly, pursuant to Local Rule 141 and based upon the representations contained in 

Defendant’s notice and request, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the emails provided to the Court 

in connection with Defendant’s notice and request to seal on December 3, 2024, shall be 

SEALED until further order of this Court.

It is FURTHER ORDERED within five (5) days of the date of this Order, Defendant shall 

submit a copy of this Order, the request for sealing and the documents to be sealed (Defendant’s

unredacted emails) by email to the Operations Section of the Clerk of the Court: 

ApprovedSealed@caed.uscourts.gov

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 4, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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