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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT ROWEN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SOUNDVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, 

INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-05530-WHO 

ORDER ON ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL

Re: Dkt. No. 14

Currently before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion to file portions of their opposition to the 

motion to dismiss or transfer, and related exhibits, under seal. The only information plaintiffs 

seek to seal are references to the parties’ contracts, which contain confidentiality provisions. 

Docket No. 14. The only justification for plaintiffs’ request to seal is the parties’ agreement to 

keep the terms of the contracts confidential. See Docket Nos. 14, 14-1. 

The parties’ confidentiality agreement is not sufficient to justify sealing. See Civ. L.R. 79-

5(d)(1). Moreover, Defendants do not believe that the confidentiality provisions are “enforceable 

under the circumstances.” Docket No. 10-1 at fn 2. 

Because plaintiffs have failed show good cause for sealing the information at issue and 

defendants do not believe it should be sealed, the Court is inclined to deny the motion and allow 

the pleadings and exhibits to be filed in the public record.1 However, if plaintiffs believe good 

cause exists to seal specific portions of the parties’ contracts, they must submit a revised 

declaration within five days of the date of this Order demonstrating with specificity that those

portions of the parties’ contracts are “privileged, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled 

to protection under the law.” Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). If plaintiffs fail to file that supplemental 

 

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Plaintiffs have also failed to follow this Court’s Standing Order on Administrative Motions to 

File Under Seal. See http://cand.uscourts.gov/whoorders.

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declaration within five days of this Order, the Court will file the opposition and supporting 

documents in the public record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 5, 2015

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WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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