Outlaw Laboratory, LP v. DG in PB, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN RE OUTLAW LABORATORY, LP Case No.: 18-cv-840-GPC-BGS
LITIGATION.
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
AND ORDERING MOVANT TO
FILE REDACTED DOCUMENTS.
15 (ECF No. 270.) 16 On August 14, 2020, the Stores moved for leave to file four documents under seal in support of their response to Tauler Smith’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 270. These invoices reflect the proceeds obtained by Tauler Smith, and disbursements made therefrom, while litigating and settling claims advanced on behalf of the alleged association-in-fact enterprise. ECF Nos. 271-1, 271-2, 271-3, 271-4. The Stores offer two reasons for sealing the documents: (1) that they were produced as confidential in line with an existing protective order issued by Magistrate Judge Bernard G. Skomal on June 19, 2020, ECF No. 235, and (2) that Outlaw is concerned filing them without seal would trigger additional litigation from Tauler Smith. ECF No. 271 at 2–4. The reasons put…