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Parties Involved:
Avion Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Movant
Exeltis USA Inc.
Plaintiff
First Databank, Inc.
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EXELTIS USA INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

FIRST DATABANK, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-00684-HSG 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

RELIEF; DENYING MOTION TO 

SEAL; CLOSING CASE

Re: Dkt. Nos. 22, 23

Currently before the Court are First Databank, Inc.’s (1) motion for relief from Magistrate 

Judge Kim’s non-dispositive pre-trial order, Dkt. No. 20, quashing a third-party subpoena served 

on Avion Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Dkt. No. 23; and (2) a motion to seal portions of the motion and 

underlying exhibits, Dkt. No. 22.

A pretrial order by a magistrate judge will be reversed only if it “is clearly erroneous or 

contrary to law.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). The Court has carefully reviewed Judge Kim’s order, 

Defendant’s motion, and the relevant legal authorities. Judge Kim’s order is well-reasoned and 

thorough. The Court affirms the non-dispositive order because it is not “clearly erroneous or 

contrary to law.” See Grimes v. City & Cty. of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 240 (9th Cir. 1991). 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motion for relief from Judge Kim’s non-dispositive 

pretrial order.

Defendant also moved to seal portions of the motion and underlying exhibits, asserting that 

they have been designated as confidential by Plaintiff under the protective order in the related 

case. See Dkt. No. 22 at 2. Because Plaintiff has not filed a declaration establishing that this 

material is sealable, see Civ. L.R. 79-5(e), the Court DENIES the motion to seal. Defendant is 

DIRECTED to file unredacted versions of these documents in the public record within 10 days.

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Further, because this case was opened for the sole purpose of adjudicating Avion’s motion 

to quash, which has now been resolved, the Clerk is DIRECTED to close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

5/7/2019

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