Wise v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Full title: E VERRICK WISE an individual, NOEL RUSSELL, an individual, Plaintiffs, v…

Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Feb 6, 2024

4:23-cv-00163-HSG (N.D. Cal. Feb. 6, 2024)

Opinion

4:23-cv-00163-HSG

02-06-2024

E VERRICK WISE an individual, NOEL RUSSELL, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants.

J. Edward Kerley Kerley Schaffer LLP Oakland, California Attorneys for Plaintiffs

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

J. Edward Kerley Kerley Schaffer LLP Oakland, California Attorneys for Plaintiffs

ORDER (AS MODIFIED) GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION Dkt. No. 48

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

On January 9, 2024, Plaintiffs E Verrick Wise and Noel Russell (“Plaintiffs”) filed an Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed, accompanied by the supporting declaration of Christopher Carlin. Dkt. No. 48. The administrative motion moves to seal Exhibit R and Exhibit X to Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Dkt. No. 47 - two internal State Farm training and resource documents that together total ten pages in length. On February 2, 2024, as directed by the Court, Defendant State Farm filed a statement articulating the various justifications for maintaining Exhibits R and X under seal. Dkt. No. 58. That same day, the parties stipulated to dismiss the case in its entirety. Dkt. No. 59. This result mooted Plaintiffs' Partial Summary Judgment motion before the Court ruled on it or had occasion to consider the exhibits at issue.

The Court, having read and considered Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion and the supporting declaration, Dkt. No. 48, and the statement filed by Defendant State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. and the supporting declaration, Dkt. No. 58, hereby rules on Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion, Dkt. No. 48, as follows:

Docket No. Public/(Sealed)	Document	Portion Sought to be Sealed	Basis to Seal Exhibits	Ruling
Dkt. No. 47-1/ (Dkt. No. 48-3)	Plaintiffs' Evidence in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment	Exhibit R (Dkt. No. 47-1 at 361)	Contain confidential materials that could injure Defendant's competitive advantage and cannot be protected through more narrowly tailored means. Dkt. No. 58.	Finding good cause, the Court GRANTS the request to seal these documents in this now-closed case. Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006)
Dkt. No. 47-1/ (Dkt. No. 48-3)	Plaintiffs' Evidence in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment	Exhibit X (Dkt. No. 47-1 at 522)

IT IS SO ORDERED.