Blue Diamond Growers v. Freedom Foods Pty Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Blue Diamond Growers, No. 2:20-cv-01932-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER Vv. Freedom Foods PTY LTD., Defendants. 16 1, Background Specially appearing defendant Freedom Foods Pty Ltd. (‘FFPL’’) seeks to file under seal 19 certain portions of its Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of its Motion to Dismiss 20 or, in the Alternative, Stay, ECF No. 13, and Exhibits A, B, C, D and E to the Paris Declaration 21 filed in support thereof. In tandem with this request, FFPL filed its Motion with portions of its Memorandum already redacted, and provided the exhibits it wishes to seal only in camera. This is contrary to proper procedure as redactions other than those provided for by the local rules or 24 federal law are not “permitted unless the [c]ourt has authorized the redaction.” E.D. Cal. R. 140; E.D. Cal. R. 141 (a) ¢‘[dJocuments may be sealed only by written order of the Court, upon…