Stiner v. Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

Full title: STACIA STINER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC., et…

Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Jan 9, 2024

4:17-CV-03962-HSG (N.D. Cal. Jan. 9, 2024)

Opinion

4:17-CV-03962-HSG

01-09-2024

STACIA STINER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC., et al., Defendants.

GUY B. WALLACE - 176151 MARK T. JOHNSON - 76904 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY LLP GAY CROSTHWAIT GRUNFELD - 121944 JENNY S. YELIN - 273601 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN - 267933 AMY XU - 330707 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS AND THE CERTIFIED CLASS MOORE & LEE, LLP ERICA RUTNER (SBN 344880) E.RUTNER@MOOREANDLEE.COM JOHN A. BERTINO (VBN 93393) (PRO HAC VICE) SEYFARTH SHAW LLP MICHAEL JACOBSEN (IL SBN 6303584) (PRO HAC VICE) SEYFARTH SHAW LLP JUSTIN T. CURLEY (SBN 233287) JCURLEY@SEYFARTH.COM ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. AND BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, INC.

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

GUY B. WALLACE - 176151 MARK T. JOHNSON - 76904 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY LLP

GAY CROSTHWAIT GRUNFELD - 121944 JENNY S. YELIN - 273601 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN - 267933 AMY XU - 330707 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS AND THE CERTIFIED CLASS

MOORE & LEE, LLP ERICA RUTNER (SBN 344880) E.RUTNER@MOOREANDLEE.COM JOHN A. BERTINO (VBN 93393) (PRO HAC VICE)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP MICHAEL JACOBSEN (IL SBN 6303584) (PRO HAC VICE)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP JUSTIN T. CURLEY (SBN 233287) JCURLEY@SEYFARTH.COM

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. AND BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, INC.

ORDER AS MODIFIED GRANTING OMNIBUS MOTION TO SEAL

DKT. NO. 641

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on the Parties' Omnibus Motion To Seal (“Motion”). Dkt. No. 641. Being fully advised, it is:

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion is hereby GRANTED. Dkt. No. 641.

This order TERMINATES Dkt. Nos. 615, 620, 622, and 624.

Information To Be Redacted And Filed Under Seal

Current Docket No. Public / Sealed	Prior Docket No. Public / Sealed	Document(s)	Portion(s) Sought To Be Sealed	Reasons For Sealing	Request Opposed
641-4 / 641-5	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit A	Full document	Confidential business information (“CBI”) Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.a.1	Plaintiffs take no position on whether there is good cause to seal the document.
641-6 / 641-7	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit B	Full document	CBI Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.b.	Plaintiffs take no position on whether there is good cause to seal the document.

Current Docket No. Public / Sealed	Prior Docket No. Public / Sealed	Document(s)	Portion(s) Sought To Be Sealed	Reasons For Sealing	Request Opposed
641-8 / 641-9	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit C	Resident names and floor numbers	Personally-identifying information (“PII”) Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.c.	Plaintiffs join the request to make the proposed redactions.
641-10 / 641-11	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit D	Employee phone numbers and email addresses and contents of email chain reflecting information from Emergency Manual	PII & CBI Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.d.	Plaintiffs join the request to redact employee phone numbers and email addresses. Plaintiffs take no position on whether there is good cause to redact contents of email chain reflecting information from the Emergency Manual.
641-12 / 641-13	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit E	Full document	CBI Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.e.	Plaintiffs take no position on whether there is good cause to seal the document.

Current Docket No. Public / Sealed	Prior Docket No. Public / Sealed	Document(s)	Portion(s) Sought To Be Sealed	Reasons For Sealing	Request Opposed
641-14 / 641-15	616-1 / 615- 4	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members, Exhibit G	Resident name	PII Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.f.	Plaintiffs join the request to make the proposed redaction.
641-16 / 641-17	622-4 / 622- 5	Declaration Of Mark T. Johnson In Support Of Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion Re Notice To The Class And Former Putative Class Members	Paragraphs 3 (Page 2:17-18), 4 (2:22-24), and 7 (3:19-28)	CBI Jacobsen Decl. at ¶ 4.g.	Plaintiffs take no position on whether there is good cause for the proposed redactions.

1 Relative to Defendants' requests, the Jacobsen Declaration provides more detailed explanations as to the nature of and reasons for redacting and/or sealing each item, including citations to additional declarations and legal authority, in order to maintain the legibility of this document.