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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NORMA MADRIGAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00809-SAB

ORDER GRANTING IN PART REQUEST 

TO SEAL DOCUMENTS 

(ECF No. 70)

FOUR DAY DEADLINE

On January 31, 2017, Defendant Nationstar Mortgage LLC filed a motion for summary 

judgment and a motion to filed documents in support of the motion under seal. On February 21, 

2017, an order issued finding that Defendant had not shown that compelling reasons exist to seal 

the documents. See Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 

2006) (“compelling reasons must be shown to seal judicial records attached to a dispositive 

motion”). On February 27, 2017, Defendant filed a supplement to the motion for summary 

judgment and a renewed notice to file documents under seal. 

The supplement filed on February 27, 2017 contains the documents that Defendant 

originally requested be filed under seal. While the original documents requested to be sealed 

contained redactions some additional redactions have been made to the documents filed in the 

supplement. Defendant’s current request is for the Court to seal the following records because 

they contain nonpublic, personal information of the nonparty borrower who obtained the loan at 

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issue in the lawsuit:

• The sources of Nationstar’s knowledge of the loan and Nationstar’s testimony 

about the loan, payments made on the loan, escrow calculations, 

communications sent to the borrower, servicing of the loan, and Nationstar’s 

business records and practices. (Nationstar’s Decl., ¶¶ 1-7.)

• Loan origination information and information regarding the prior servicer of 

the loan. (Id. at ¶¶ 8, 10-14.)

• The monthly payments owed, payments received, payments applied to the 

loan, and payments returned. (Id. at ¶ 9, 16, 18-23, 25, 27, 28-31, Exs. 4-8 

(Statements), Ex. 9 (Payment History), Ex. 11 (Collection History).)

• Escrow history of the loan. (Id. at ¶ 15, 17-23, Ex. 3 (Escrow Disclosure 

Statement), Exs. 4-8 (Statements), Ex. 9 (Payment History).)

• Default and foreclosure notices sent to the borrower. (Id. at ¶¶ 24, 26, Ex. 10 

(Notice).)

(Def. Nationstar Mortgage LLC’s Renewed Mot. To Seal Docs. 4, ECF No. 70.) 

Defendant seeks to seal Nationstar’s declaration filed in support of the motion for 

summary judgment. This appears to refer to the declaration of Nationstar Mortgage LLC in 

Support of Motion for Summary Judgment which was filed in the public record on February 27, 

2017. (ECF No. 69-2 at 1-7.) Further, the information contained within this declaration is set 

forth in Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. (See Statement of Undisputed Facts, ECF 

No. 62.) As this document and the information set forth within has been filed in the public 

record, the request to file the document under seal is denied.

Defendant also seeks to file the annual escrow disclosure statement (Exhibit 3), monthly 

payment information (Exhibits 4-8), payment history (Exhibit 9),default and foreclosure notices 

(Exhibit 10), and collection history (Exhibit 11) under seal. These documents have been filed in 

the record with redactions. The Court construes Plaintiff’s motion as a request to file unredacted 

documents under seal. 

Upon review of the information that has been redacted from the documents filed in the 

public record, the Court finds that compelling reasons exist to file the unredacted documents 

under seal to protect the privacy of the non-party borrower in this action. The Court has 

reviewed the documents submitted by Defendant to be filed under seal and they are not 

unredacted copies of the documents. Accordingly, Defendant will be required to submit 

unredacted copies of the documents so that they may be filed under seal.

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Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Nationstar Mortgage 

LLC’s request to file documents under seal is GRANTED, and within four (4) days of the date of 

entry of this order, Defendant Nationstar Mortgage LLC shall email a copy of the unredacted 

documents to saborders@caed.uscourts.gov so that they may be filed under seal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 1, 2017 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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