Lee v. Barco Uniforms, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel., No. No. 2:16-cv-01805-DC-JDP TONI S. LEE, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF UNITED v. STATES’ REQUEST TO SEAL 14 BARCO UNIFORMS, INC., et al., (Doc. No. 63) 15 Defendants. 16 On April 7, 2025, Plaintiff United States filed a request to file under seal its unredacted complaint-in-intervention and file publicly a redacted version of its complaint-in-intervention. (Doc. No. 63.) Plaintiff United States asserts that redaction is required because the allegations in its complaint “details specific proprietary information for Defendant Barco Uniforms, Inc. (“Barco”), other Defendants, and third-party suppliers whom the United States does not allege participated in the fraud.” (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff United States requests that the court permit filing a redacted version of its complaint “[t]o avoid publicly revealing proprietary information or trade secrets of Barco or its customers or non-defendant…