Medimpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. v. IQVIA Holdings Inc.
- Proceeding
- district
- Area
- civil
- Panel
- Daniel E. Butcher (author)
Analysis
Defendants moved to file portions of their Reply to a Motion for Sanctions under seal, arguing the documents contained confidential discovery material. The Court granted the motion, finding good cause under Rule 26(c) to seal the documents.
| What the court decided | The model |
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Defendants' Motion to File Documents Under Seal is granted.“Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the Motion to File Under Seal and directs the Clerk of Court to file the documents lodged at Dkt. No. 638 under seal.” | agree with court The court applied the 'good cause' standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) as articulated in Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu. The order states that the documents contain excerpts from documents, deposition testimony, and witness lists designated as confidential. Under Ninth Circuit precedent, a particularized showing of good cause is sufficient to seal discovery material attached to non-dispositive motions. The court's finding that 'good cause appearing' is consistent with the cited authority and the nature of the materials (confidential discovery). |
The order itself: sound — The order correctly identifies the applicable standard (Rule 26(c) good cause) and cites the controlling Ninth Circuit authority (Kamakana) for the proposition that confidential discovery materials attached to non-dispositive motions can be sealed upon a showing of good cause. The court's conclusion that good cause appears is supported by the recital that the materials are designated as confidential. The reasoning is concise but legally sufficient for this procedural matter.
Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MEDIMPACT HEALTHCARE Case No.: 19-cv-1865-GPC-DEB SYSTEMS, INC., et al., 12 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ Plaintiffs, 13 MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS v. UNDER SEAL 14 IQVIA INC., et al., 15 [DKT. NO. 637] Defendants. 16 17 Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to File Documents Under Seal. Dkt. No. 18 637. Defendants request the Court seal documents lodged at Dkt. No. 638 (portions of 19 Defendants’ Reply to Response to Motion for Sanctions and certain exhibits) because they 20 include excerpts from documents, deposition testimony, and the parties’ trial witness lists 21 that have been designated as confidential. See Dkt. No. 637 at 2. Defendants filed a 22 redacted pleading that omits the information in question. Dkt. No. 639. 23 Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the Motion to File Under Seal and directs 24 the Clerk of Court to file the documents lodged at Dkt. No. 638 under seal. See Kamakana 25 v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006) (“[A] particularized 26 showing under the ‘good cause’ standard of Rule 26(c) will suffice to warrant preserving 27 the secrecy of sealed discovery material attached to non-dispositive motions.”) (internal 28 1 || quotations, citations, and edits omitted). 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 ||Dated: January 10, 2023 — Daud Teron, 6 Honorable Daniel E. Butcher United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28