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`Case 2:22-cv-01599-KKE Document 95 Filed 04/09/24 Page 1 of 5
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`Honorable Kymberly K. Evanson
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
`AT SEATTLE
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`STEVEN FLOYD, individually and on behalf
`of all other similarly situated,
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`AMAZON.COM INC. and APPLE INC.,
`Defendants.
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`Case No. 2:22-cv-01599 KKE
`ORDER GRANTING APPLE’S
`MOTION TO SEAL
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`Case 2:22-cv-01599-KKE Document 95 Filed 04/09/24 Page 2 of 5
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`This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Apple Inc.’s unopposed motion to seal
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`parts of the declaration of Mark A. Perry and all of the attached exhibits (Dkt. No. 88), which were
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`filed in support of Apple’s and Defendant Amazon.com Inc.’s opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for
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`leave to amend the first amended complaint and to intervene. Dkt. No. 84. The Court grants the
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`motion to seal for the following reasons.
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`“In this circuit, we start with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.”
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`Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). The party seeking to
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`seal a court record generally “bears the burden of overcoming this strong presumption by meeting
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`the compelling reasons standard. That is, the party must articulate compelling reasons supported
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`by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies
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`favoring disclosure[.]” Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–79 (9th Cir.
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`2006) (cleaned up). The Local Rules of this district require a party filing a motion to seal to inter
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`alia identify the interests that warrant sealing and the injury that would result if the motion is not
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`granted, and to explain why a less restrictive alternative than sealing is insufficient. Local Rules
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`W.D. Wash. LCR 5(g)(3)(B).
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`The Court finds that Apple has shown compelling reasons to seal the materials identified
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`below, because they contain confidential business information regarding Apple’s internal systems
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`and processes for protecting data that, if made public, could harm Apple’s competitive standing.
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`No means other than sealing will protect the confidential business information, the protection of
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`which outweighs the public right of access to court records. See, e.g., Ctr. for Auto Safety v.
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`Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016) (indicating that compelling reasons to
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`grant a motion to seal would exist “when a court record might be used … ‘as sources of business
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`information that might harm a litigant’s competitive standing[]’” (quoting Nixon v. Warner
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`Commnc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598–99 (1978))).
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`Additionally, Apple has shown compelling reasonsto seal the exhibits attached to the Perry
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`declaration, because they contain personally identifiable information (“PII”) related to Plaintiff
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`Steven Floyd’s devicesthat, if made public, could harm Floyd’s personal privacy and data security
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`interests. No means other than sealing will protect the PII, the protection of which outweighs the
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`public right of access to court records. See, e.g., Activision Publ’g, Inc. v. EngineOwning UG, No.
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`CV 2:22-cv-00051-MWF (JCx), 2023 WL 2347134, at *1 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2023) (“[T]here are
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`compelling reasonsto seal the various parties’ customers’ personal information, which includesthe
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`customers’ names, account numbers, IP addresses, email addresses, and/or customeractivities on
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`certain platforms, in order to protect the customers’ privacy.”).
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`Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Apple’s motion to seal. Dkt. No. 84. Exhibits A—P
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`attached to the Perry declaration shall be maintained underseal until further order of the Court.
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`Furthermore, the Perry declaration shall be partially sealed until further order of the Court,
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`consistent with the table below:
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`Soughtto be Sealed
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`Perry Declaration
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`Perry Declaration
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`Apple devices andusers.
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`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
`confidential, internal processes and
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`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
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`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
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`Apple devices andusers.
`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
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`Perry Declaration
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`Perry Declaration
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`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
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`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
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`Apple devices and users.
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`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
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`Perry Declaration
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`Dated this 9th day of April, 2024.
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`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
`confidential, internal processes and
`systems for maintaining data about
`Apple devices and users.
`Reflects information regarding Apple’s
`confidential, internal processes and
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`Apple devices and users.
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`Kymberly K. Evanson
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