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MOTION to File Documents Under Seal — Bofa Ca Unemployment (Dkt. 246)
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Plaintiffs' Motion to File Documents Under Seal in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation, Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, filed 03/26/24 as Document 246. Under Local Rule 79.2 and the Stipulated Protective Order, the plaintiffs ask to seal portions of their response to the bank's motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction that cite material the bank designated confidential. They state that they dispute those designations, arguing there is no compelling reason to seal material about the bank's steps to comply with the injunction, and that they will challenge the designations once the meet-and-confer process is exhausted. It is signed on March 26, 2024 by class co-lead counsel Brian Danitz and Michael Rubin.
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“MOTION to File Documents Under Seal — Bofa Ca Unemployment (Dkt. 246).”
Original at ecf.casd.uscourts.gov, No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB, Doc. 246. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-bofa-ca-unemployment-casd-709615/2024-03-26-gov-uscourts-casd-709615-246-0-gov-uscourts-casd-709615-246-0/
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Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB Document 246 Filed 03/26/24 PageID.2464 Page 1
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1 JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618)
2 jcotchett@cpmlegal.com mrubin@altber.com
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403) STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827)
3 bdanitz@cpmlegal.com sleyton@altber.com
4 KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice) CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230)
kswope@cpmlegal.com cchan@altber.com
5 ANDREW F. KIRTLEY (SBN 328023) COLIN JONES (SBN 354301)
6 akirtley@cpmlegal.com cjones@altber.com
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
7 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 177 Post Street, Suite 300
8 Burlingame, CA 94010 San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: (650) 697-6000 Telephone: (415) 421-7151
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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
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12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
13 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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IN RE BANK OF AMERICA Case No. 3:21-md-02992-LAB-MSB
15 CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT
16 BENEFITS LITIGATION MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS
UNDER SEAL
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18 This Document Relates to All Actions Judge: Hon. Larry Alan Burns
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MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-LAB-
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1 MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
2 Pursuant to Local Rule 79.2 and Section 12.5 of the Stipulated Protective Order
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(ECF 82) in this case, Plaintiffs move to file under seal portions of Plaintiffs’
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Response to Motion to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction that reference material
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designated by Defendant Bank of America as “Confidential” pursuant to the
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8 Plaintiffs have narrowly tailored their request to seal only such information that
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Plaintiffs dispute the Bank’s confidentiality designations because there is no
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“compelling reason” to file these documents under seal and to overcome the “strong
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presumption in favor of access” to court documents. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v.
14 Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016) (holding that a
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confidential material, relating to the Bank’s actions to comply with the preliminary
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injunction, has no potential to “gratify private spite, promote public scandal, circulate
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libelous statements, or release trade secrets.” Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu,
21 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). Plaintiffs will challenge the Bank’s designations
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Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB Document 246 Filed 03/26/24 PageID.2466 Page 3
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1 Dated: March 26, 2024 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP
2 By: /s/ Brian Danitz
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT
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KARIN B. SWOPE
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Dated: March 26, 2024 ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
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By: /s/ Michael Rubin
MICHAEL RUBIN
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STACEY M. LEYTON
CONNIE K. CHAN
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COLIN JONES
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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the
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1 SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION
2 Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of this Court’s Electronic Case Filing
3 Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, I, Michael Rubin, hereby certify that
4 the content of this document is acceptable to all the signatories herein and that I have
5 obtained counsel’s authorization to affix their electronic signatures to this document.
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