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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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[PROPOSED ORDER] GRANTING 

DEFENDANTS’ ADMIN MOTION TO 

FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

VIRTUE GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, a 

business company incorporated in the British 

Virgin Islands, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

REARDEN, LLC, a California Limited Liability 

Company; REARDEN MOVA, LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company; MO2, LLC, a 

California Limited Liability Company; and 

MOVA, LLC, a California Limited Liability 

Company, 

Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SHENZHENSHI HAITIECHENG 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., a 

People’s Republic of China corporation, 

Counterclaim Defendant. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-00797-JST-SK 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

DEFENDANTS’ ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS 

UNDER SEAL 

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Defendants move to file under seal portions of Exhibit A to the parties’ discovery letter (D.I. 

78), which Defendants had previously designated as “Confidential” and submitted to chambers. 

Defendants have filed a declaration in support of sealing. Pursuant to Local Rule 79-5(d)(1)(C), 

Defendants have redacted the portions of Exhibit A which they seek to file under seal. The Court 

hereby GRANTS the motion. 

A party seeking to seal a document filed with the court must (1) comply with Civil Local Rule 

79-5; and (2) rebut “a strong presumption in favor of access” that applies to all documents other than 

grand jury transcripts or pre-indictment warrant materials. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 

447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (citation and internal quotations omitted). 

Local Rule 79-5 requires a request that (1) “establishes that the document, or portions thereof, 

are privileged, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law”; and (2) 

is “narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). 

In addition, to overcome the strong presumption of access for filing documents under seal in 

connection with a non-dispositive motion (which is the case here), the requesting party need only make 

a “particularized showing under the good cause standard of Rule 26(c)”. Id. at 1180 (internal citation 

and quotations omitted). 

In support of their motion, Defendants assert that Exhibit A, the Defendants’ confidential 

Privilege Log, contains sensitive, non-public information, such as the date and general subject matter 

of privileged communications between Defendants and counsel, and the identity of counsel and their 

staff. Defendants also state that this information is kept confidential during the normal course of 

business, and public disclosure of this information would cause undue harm to Defendants. Courts 

have, under similar circumstances, granted a motion to seal confidential privilege log information. See 

Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163956, *11 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2015) 

(granting motion to seal portions of privilege log based on declaration that “the excerpt from the 

privilege log contains confidential information regarding the date and general subject matter of 

privileged communications between Google and its counsel”). Moreover, Defendants have tailored 

their request by seeking to seal only those portions of Exhibit A they contend to include confidential, 

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sensitive material. The Court therefore concludes that Defendants have shown good cause for filing 

Exhibit A under seal. 

CONCLUSION 

Having shown good cause to seal Exhibit A to Dkt. No. 78, the Court hereby GRANTS 

Defendants’ motion to file under seal. “[T]he document filed under seal will remain under seal and 

the public will have access only to the redacted version, if any, accompanying the motion.” Civil L.R. 

79-5(f)(1). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 THE HONORABLE SALLIE KIM 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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