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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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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

RE:LAUNCH, LLC,

Plaintiff, No. C 05-0697 PJH 

vs. ORDER RE PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 FOR SEALED AND CONFIDENTIAL 

DOCUMENTS

 PC TREASURES, INC., et al.,

Defendants. _______________________________

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS

_______________________________/

The parties have submitted for the court's approval, a stipulation and order for

protective order to protect confidential information that may be produced during discovery. 

Included in this proposed order is a provision permitting the parties to file under seal any

pleading, motion paper, deposition transcript or other filed document that includes material

designated by the filing party as confidential. The court approves the protective order

insofar as it sets forth how the parties shall treat confidential information.

However, the court will not approve a broad protective order that essentially gives

each party carte blanche to decide which portions of the record will be sealed and,

therefore, not made part of the public record. See Civil L. R. 79-5; Citizens First Nat'l Bank

v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 178 F.3d 943 (7th Cir. 1999); see also Standing Order re Sealed or

Confidential Documents. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) requires the court to

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determine whether good cause exists to seal any part of the record of a case. Accordingly,

no document shall be filed under seal, without a court order, narrowly tailored to cover only

the document, the particular portion of the document, or category of documents for which

good cause exists for filing under seal. To that end, if a party wishes to file a document

under seal, that party shall first file a written request for a sealing order setting forth the

good cause and accompanied by a proposed order that is narrowly tailored as specified

above.

However, if the sole ground for the sealing order is that the opposing party (or nonparty) has designated the document as confidential, the opposing party (or non-party) shall

file a declaration establishing good cause for the sealing along with a proposed order, or

shall withdraw the designation. The declaration shall be filed within five days of service on

the opposing party (or non-party) of the request for a sealing order. If the declaration is not

filed as required, the court may order that the document be filed in the public record.

The parties shall revise and resubmit the proposed order in accordance with this

order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 25, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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