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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

KAMLESH BANGA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION

SOLUTIONS; KOHLS; FIRST USA,

NA, and Does 1 through 10 inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 08-4147 SBA

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

UNDER SEAL

On January 12, 2010, Plaintiff Kamlesh Banga (“Plaintiff”) submitted to the Court under seal

the following documents (1) Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of Motion to File Under Seal

Selected Documents Submitted in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants Experian and

Kohl’s Motion for Summary Judgement et al, (2) Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant Experian Information Solutions’ Motion for Summary

Judgment, (3) Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant

Kohl’s Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative, for Summary Adjudication, (4)

Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Defendant Kohl’s Department

Stores’ Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative for Summary Adjudication. 

The Court is mindful of the fact that pleadings filed by a pro se plaintiff must be liberally

construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). As such, the Court

construes Plaintiff’s submission titled “Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of Motion to File

Under Seal Selected Documents Submitted in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants

Experian and Kohl’s Motion for Summary Judgement et al,” as her application to file the

aforementioned documents under seal (hereinafter, “application to seal”). Plaintiff requests that the

documents contained in her three other submissions be filed under seal because they contain

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confidential information relating to her personal credit information and the confidential and

propriety trade secrets of defendants Experian and Kohl’s. 

Local Rule 79-5 specifies that a sealing order may issue only upon a request that establishes

that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable. The request must be narrowly

tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material, and must conform with Civil L.R. 79-5(b) or (c).

Here, Plaintiff’s application to seal the selected materials, in support of her oppositions to the two

pending motions for summary judgment by the defendants, is narrowly tailored and complies with

L.R. 79-5(a). The Court notes that “Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition

to Defendant Kohl’s Department Stores’ Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative for

Summary Adjudication” consists of only one page, which is an excerpt from an interrogatory that

discusses Kohl’s credit policy and monitoring procedures. Because Plaintiff’s application to seal

does not contain any confidential information, it shall not be filed under seal. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s application to seal is APPROVED as to the three submissions titled:

1. Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant

Experian Information Solutions’ Motion for Summary Judgment;

2. Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant

Kohl’s Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative, for Summary

Adjudication;

3. Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Defendant Kohl’s

Department Stores’ Motion for Summary Judgment or in the Alternative for

Summary Adjudication.

Plaintiff’s application to seal the document titled “Declaration of Kamlesh Banga in Support

of Motion to File Under Seal Selected Documents Submitted in Support of Plaintiff’s Opposition to

Defendants Experian and Kohl’s Motion for Summary Judgement et al.” is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/22/10 _________________________________

Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BANGA et al,

Case Number: CV08-04147 SBA 

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Plaintiff,

 v.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS ET

AL et al,

Defendant. /

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on January 25, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Kamlesh Banga

P.O. Box 6025

Vallejo, CA 94591

Dated: January 25, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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