AirWair International Ltd. v. Zoetop Business Co., Limited
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 4 AIRWAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD., Case No. 20-cv-07696-SI (RMI)
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION TO SEAL
v. Re: Dkt. No. 87 ZOETOP BUSINESS CO., LIMITED, Defendant.
10 The Parties have moved to file certain portions of a discovery dispute letter brief (along with certain portions of the attached exhibits) under seal. See Adm. Mot. (dkt. 87). The Parties’ motion, however, is due to be denied for a number of reasons. First, Local Civil Rule 79-5(c) requires that mere “[r]eference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to designate certain documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or portions thereof, are sealable”; and yet, that is the only asserted basis for seeking to place the redacted portions of the documents in question under seal. See Adm. Mot. (dkt. 87) at 2-3; see also Poppen Decl. (dkt. 87-1) at 2. Further, Local Civil Rule 79-5(c)(1) requires the Parties to include “a specific…