Rodriguez

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 ANIBAL RODRIGUEZ, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04688-RS (AGT) Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

v. MOTION TO SEAL GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 200 Defendant. The request to seal portions of the parties’ January 7, 2022, letter brief is granted in part. || Google’s internal project names may be sealed and replaced with Na***, K***, and T***. The ESI || search-term hit counts may not be sealed. Google hasn’t convinced the Court that “specific preju- || dice or harm will result” if the hit counts are publicly disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. S Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002). Also, sealing the hit counts would || hinder the public’s understanding of the dispute. The Court considered the hit counts, among other a || things, in deciding which ESI searches needed to be run. By February 17, 2022, the parties must file a public…