Rushing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM RUSHING, et al., Case No. 16-cv-01421-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND DIRECTING

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., et al., DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO

PERLIN’S ADMINISTRATIVE

Defendants. MOTION TO SEAL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 268, 271

13 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Elizabeth Perlin purchased sheets—the PB Classic 400-Thread-Count Sheet Set, to be precise—from defendants Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Williams-Sonoma DTC, Inc., and Williams-Sonoma Advertising, Inc. (collectively, “Williams-Sonoma”) on January 19, 2011, and January 28, 2011. Both sets of sheets ripped shortly after she began using them. Several years later, Perlin learned that, based on some methods used to calculate thread count, the thread count in the PB Classic 400-Thread-Count sheets is allegedly closer to 200 threads. As a result, Perlin contends that Williams-Sonoma…