Hansber
Hansber v. Ulta Beauty Cosmetics, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 SHAHARA HANSBER, et al., CASE NO. 1:21-cv-00022-AWI-JLT
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE
vs. MOTION TO JOIN THE NECESSARY
PARTY
ULTA BEAUTY COSMETICS, LLC; and (Doc. 34)
DOES 1-100,
14 Defendants.
16 The defendant seeks to seal documents upon which it relies for its motion to join a necessary party (Doc. 34) The defense contends that these documents contain confidential and proprietary information related to its business operations. Id. at 2. Despite the passage of the time allowed to oppose the request (Local Rule 141(c)), the plaintiffs have not opposed the motion. The request to seal documents is controlled by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). The Rule permits the Court to issue orders to “protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including . . . requiring that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not be revealed or be…