L.B. v. Premera Blue Cross

Opinion

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3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 AT SEATTLE 7 L.B. and M.B., individually and on behalf of their minor child A.B.; C.M. 8 and A.H., individually and on behalf of their minor child J.M.; and on behalf of 9 others similarly situated, C23-0953 TSZ 10 Plaintiffs, MINUTE ORDER 11 v. 12 PREMERA BLUE CROSS, 13 Defendant. 14 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 15 Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: (1) Plaintiffs’ motion to seal, docket no. 37, is GRANTED in part, 16 DEFERRED in part, and RENOTED as follows: 17 (a) Plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED as to the deposition transcripts of Drs. Abernathey and Morrison. Plaintiffs have set forth a compelling reason to keep 18 court records sealed. Cf. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). Accordingly, Exhibits K & P to the Declaration of Eleanor Hamburger, 19 docket nos. 47 & 47-1, and Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment, docket no. 43, shall remain sealed. 20 (b) Plaintiffs’ motion is DEFERRED as to Exhibits CC & FF to the 21 Declaration of Eleanor Hamburger, docket nos. 47-2 & 47-3. Plaintiffs filed Exhibits CC & FF under seal solely because they were designated as confidential by Defendant, and 22 Plaintiffs otherwise objects to the sealing of Exhibits CC & FF. See Mot. at 4 (docket 1 no. 37). Defendant has not filed a response supporting the sealing of Exhibits CC & FF. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion to seal is RENOTED to September 6, 2024. Defendant is 2 DIRECTED to file a response to the motion by the new noting date outlining why Exhibits CC & FF should remain under seal; no reply is necessary unless ordered by the 3 Court. If Defendant fails to file a response by the new noting date, Exhibits CC & FF will be unsealed. 4 (2) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of 5 record. Dated this 29th day of August, 2024. 6 7 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 8 s/Laurie Cuaresma 9 Deputy Clerk 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22