Napleton Orlando Imports, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 || INRE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL” MDL No. 2672 CRB (SC) 7 MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION / ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND TO DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ || This Order Relates To PORTIONS OF THEIR THIRD 10 AMENDED COMPLAINT 11 Napleton, No. 3:16-cv-2086-CRB

13 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to file under seal portions of their third amended 14 class action complaint. Consistent with prior Orders in this MDL (see, e.g., MDL Dkt. Nos. 1767, 2 15 6207), the Court will permit Plaintiffs to redact from their complaint the names, job titles, and 16 || departmental designations of non-party Volkswagen and Bosch employees. In contrast, the Court 2 17 || will not permit Plaintiffs to redact from their complaint quotations, paraphrases, and citations to Z 18 || documents that the Bosch defendants produced during discovery and designated as confidential or 19 || highly confidential. The underlying documents are approximately one decade old, and the Bosch 20 || defendants have not made a showing that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if their contents 21 are not sealed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th 22 || Cir. 2002). 23 By Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Plaintiffs shall file a revised redacted version of their 24 || third amended complaint that conforms with this Order. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. e x 26 || Dated: December 3, 2019 co CHARLES R. BREYER 27 United States District Judge 28