Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party's Material Should Be Sealed filed by… — Benworth Oto (Dkt. 34)

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Benworth Capital Partners, LLC's administrative motion to consider whether another party's material should be sealed, in Benworth Capital Partners, LLC v. Oto Analytics, LLC f/k/a Oto Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Womply, Case No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, dated September 9, 2024 and filed as Document 34. Benworth says its reply in support of the petition to vacate the final arbitration award contains material that Womply has claimed or may claim is confidential under the arbitration's stipulated protective order and JAMS Rule 26(a). It provisionally files cited passages of the reply under seal, takes no position on whether they meet the sealing standard, and notes that Womply bears the burden of justifying confidentiality.

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PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER  
ANOTHER PARTY’S MATERIAL SHOULD BE SEALED 
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Jorge L. Piedra (Florida Bar No. 88315) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
jpiedra@kttlaw.com  
Dwayne A. Robinson (Florida Bar No. 99976) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
drobinson@kttlaw.com  
Michael R. Lorigas (Florida Bar No. 123597) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
mlorigas@kttlaw.com  
KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON  
2525 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, 9th Floor  
Miami, Florida 33134  
Telephone: 305-372-1800 
 
Simon S. Grille (State Bar No. 294914) 
sgrille@girardsharp.com  
GIRARD SHARP LLP  
601 California Street, Suite 1400  
San Francisco, CA 94108  
Telephone: (415) 981-4800 
 
Attorneys for Benworth Capital Partners, LLC 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 
 
 
BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, 
 
 
 
 
Petitioner, 
 
 
v. 
 
OTO ANALYTICS, LLC f/k/a OTO 
ANALYTICS, INC. d/b/a WOMPLY, 
 
 
 
 
Respondent. 
 
Case No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO 
 
PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE 
MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER 
ANOTHER PARTY’S MATERIAL 
SHOULD BE SEALED 
 
N.D. Cal. L.R. 7-11 and 79-5 
 
Hon. Araceli Martínez-Olguín 
 
 
 
Case 4:24-cv-04840-AMO     Document 34     Filed 09/09/24     Page 1 of 4

 
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TO THE COURT, THE PARTIES, AND ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: 
 
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Petitioner Benworth Capital Partners, LLC (“Benworth”) will 
and hereby does move the Court to consider whether Benworth’s Reply in Support of Petition to Vacate 
Final Arbitration Award, which contains certain material designated as “Confidential” or that otherwise 
discloses potentially confidential, proprietary, or private information, should be sealed. Benworth files 
this motion to comply with Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5, as well as the Stipulated Protective Order 
entered in the underlying arbitration and the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, 
which governed the arbitration. 
Material To Be Filed Under Seal 
 
Benworth filed this action seeking to vacate an arbitral award. The arbitration was governed by 
the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. JAMS Rule 26(a) provides that “JAMS 
and the Arbitrator shall maintain the confidential nature of the Arbitration proceeding and the Award, 
including the Hearing, except as necessary in connection with a judicial challenge to or enforcement of 
an Award, or unless otherwise required by law or judicial decision.” In addition, Paragraph 12.3 of the 
Stipulated Protective Order entered in the arbitration requires materials designated as “Confidential” 
(i.e., “Protected Material”) to be filed under seal. “Protected Material” includes information (regardless 
of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible thing that contain trade secrets, proprietary 
business information, competitively sensitive information, personally sensitive or private information, 
or any other information, documents, or testimony not previously disclosed to the public. See Stipulated 
Protective Order, ¶¶ 2.2, 2.5, & 2.12.  
 
In accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5(f), Benworth submits this Administrative Motion 
because its Reply contains certain information that Respondent Oto Analytics, LLC f/k/a Oto Analytics, 
Inc., d/b/a Womply (“Womply”) has claimed or may claim is confidential. Womply has the burden to 
justify its claims of confidentiality and to establish that the designated information is sealable. Civ. L.R. 
79-5(f)(3) & (c)(1). In the interim, Benworth is provisionally submitting the following information under 
seal: 
 
 
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Document 
Description 
Citation 
Reply  
Benworth’s Reply in Support of Petition 
to Vacate Final Arbitration Award 
5:21-22; 8:20-21; 10:2-3 
 
None of the materials in the above chart have been designated as confidential by Benworth. 
Benworth takes no position at this time on whether any of these designated portions satisfy the 
requirements for sealing, and specifically reserves the right to challenge any designation under the 
Stipulated Protective Order as well as the propriety of sealing any of these materials under Civil Local 
Rule 79-5 and applicable law. 
 
In compliance with Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5, the following attachments accompany this 
motion: 
1. 
The declaration in support of this Motion; 
2. 
A proposed order that lists in table format each document to be sealed; and 
3. 
An unredacted version of Benworth’s Reply in Support of Petition to Vacate Final 
Arbitration Award. 
Dated: September 9, 2024 
Respectfully submitted, 
/s/ Dwayne A. Robinson 
 
 
 
Jorge L. Piedra (Florida Bar No. 88315) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
jpiedra@kttlaw.com  
Dwayne A. Robinson (Florida Bar No. 99976) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
drobinson@kttlaw.com  
Michael R. Lorigas (Florida Bar No. 123597) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
mlorigas@kttlaw.com  
KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON  
2525 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, 9th Floor  
Miami, Florida 33134  
Telephone: 305-372-1800 
 
 
 
-and- 
 
Simon S. Grille (State Bar No. 294914) 
sgrille@girardsharp.com  
GIRARD SHARP LLP  
601 California Street, Suite 1400  
San Francisco, CA 94108  
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Telephone: (415) 981-4800  
 
Attorneys for Benworth Capital Partners, LLC 
 
Case 4:24-cv-04840-AMO     Document 34     Filed 09/09/24     Page 4 of 4

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