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RESPONDENT’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER
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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
OTO ANALYTICS, LLC f/k/a OTO
ANALYTICS, INC. d/b/a WOMPLY,
Petitioner,
v.
BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC,
Respondent.
Case No. 3:24-cv-3975 (AMO)
RESPONDENT’S ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER
ANOTHER PARTY’S MATERIAL
SHOULD BE SEALED
N.D. Cal. L.R. 7-11 and 79-5
Case 4:24-cv-03975-AMO Document 53 Filed 09/06/24 Page 1 of 4
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TO THE COURT, THE PARTIES, AND ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Respondent Benworth Capital Partners, LLC (“Benworth”) will
and hereby does move the Court to consider whether Benworth’s Opposition to Respondent Oto
Analytics, LLC f/k/a Oto Analytics, Inc., d/b/a Womply (“Womply”)’s Motion to Confirm Arbitration
Award and for Entry of Judgment, 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
Womply filed this action seeking to confirm 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 Opposition contains certain information that 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
Opposition
Benworth’s Opposition to Womply’s
Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award
and for Entry of Judgment
5:18-19; 5:20-21; 5:22; 8:2-5;
8:6-7; 8:9-14; 8:15-21; 8:22-
25; 8:26-28; 9:2-7; 9:8-11;
9:12-19; 10:12-13; 11:18-19;
12:9-10; 14:4; 16:25-27; 17:1-
3; 17:5-7; 17:8-12; 21:23-24;
25:7-9; 25:9-10
Exhibit 1
Excerpts from Arbitration Closing
Argument Transcript (June 29, 2023)
Exhibit 5
2/14/2021 Email from T. Scammell to M.
Roth re: PPP Fast Lane
JX030
Exhibit 6
Excerpts from Arbitration Hearing
Transcript Day 2 (March 21, 2023)
Exhibit 7
Womply Disclaimer re: Tax Documents
Qualification Issue
JX355
Exhibit 8
Declaration of Toby Scammell dated
November 30, 2022
JX323
Exhibit 9
Borrower-facing screenshots of Fast
Lane
JX340
Exhibit 10
Excerpts from Arbitration Hearing
Transcript Day 3 (March 22, 2023)
Exhibit 12
3/18/2021 Email from Connie Spencer-
Adams to Toya De La Cruz re: Applying
through Womply
JX060
Exhibit 14
Excerpts from Arbitration Hearing
Transcript Day 4 (March 23, 2023)
Exhibit 15
Benworth’s Post-Hearing Brief
Exhibit 17
Benworth’s Motion for Reconsideration
Exhibit 18
Womply PPP Program – 03. Training –
3.06 Application
JX356
Exhibit 19
Benworth’s Pre-Hearing Brief
Exhibit 20
Benworth’s Response to Womply’s Post-
Hearing Brief
Exhibit 21
Benworth’s Motion to Stay
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.
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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;
3.
Unredacted version of Benworth’s Opposition to Womply’s Motion to Confirm
Arbitration Award and for Entry of Judgment;
4.
Unredacted versions of each Exhibit listed in the above chart.
Dated: September 6, 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
Telephone: (415) 981-4800
Attorneys for Benworth Capital Partners, LLC
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