Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. v. Global Aerospace, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC. f/k/a Case No. 2:17-cv-1515-KJM-AC AEROJET- GENERAL CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.

GLOBAL AEROSPACE, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

16 This court has received and reviewed defendants’ Notice of Unopposed Request 17 and Unopposed Request to Seal Documents filed on October 4, 2019 and has considered the 18 grounds stated therein in light of the applicable law, which defendants’ accurately summarize in 19 their request. The court grants the request in part and denies it in part as explained below. 20 The court notes in the first instance that despite defendants’ representing that the 21 request complies with the court’s standing order, it does not comply in full. That order provides, 22 in pertinent part, “The court will only consider requests to seal or redact filed by the proponent of 23 sealing or redaction.” ECF 3-1 at 6. The court has imposed this requirement after observing in 24 prior cases that the party claiming confidentiality in the first instance is best positioned to make 25 the arguments…