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Motion to File Documents Under Seal;
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JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324)
jcotchett@cpmlegal.com
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403)
bdanitz@cpmlegal.com
KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice)
kswope@cpmlegal.com
BLAIR V. KITTLE (SBN 336367)
bkittle@cpmlegal.com
VASTI S. MONTIEL (SBN 346409)
vmontiel@cpmlegal.com
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
Telephone: (650) 697-6000
Fax: (650) 697-0577
MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618)
mrubin@altber.com
STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827)
sleyton@altber.com
CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230)
cchan@altber.com
KATHERINE G. BASS (SBN 344748)
kbass@altber.com
COLIN C. JONES (SBN 354301)
cjones@altber.com
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: (415) 421-7151
Fax: (415) 362-8064
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS LITIGATION
Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB
MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS
UNDER SEAL
Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel
Ctrm: 2D (2nd Floor)
This Document Relates to All Actions
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MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
Pursuant to the Court’s Order granting in part and denying in part Motions to Seal
materials relating to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (ECF 365; the “Order”),
Local Rule 79.2 and Section 12.5 of the Stipulated Protective Order (ECF 82) in this case
and the Court’s Civil Pretrial & Trial Procedures, Plaintiffs move to file under seal
portions of (1) Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Points and Authorities (“P&As”) in support of
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (“Motion”); (2) Exhibits 3, 4, 15, 17 and 157
attached to the Corrected Declaration of Connie K. Chan (ECF 336-2) in support of the
Motion.
After meeting and conferring with Defendant pursuant to the Court’s Order,
Plaintiffs hereby submit these documents previously filed in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion
with amended redactions. Those materials designated Confidential are highlighted yellow
and those designated Highly Confidential are highlighted green.
I.
LEGAL STANDARD
There is a strong presumption in favor of public access to court records. Nixon v.
Warner Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978) (“[T]he courts of this country recognize
a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records
and documents.” (cleaned up)); see also Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d
1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (“Unless a particular court record is one ‘traditionally kept
secret,’ a ‘strong presumption in favor of access’ is the starting point.”). This presumption
in favor of access is at its strongest when the documents sought to be sealed are “more than
tangentially related to the merits of a case,” such as a class certification motion. Nia v. Bank
of Am., N.A., No. 21-cv-1799-BAS-BGS, 2024 WL 171659, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 12, 2024).
The party seeking to seal a court record has the burden of “articulat[ing] compelling reasons
[to seal a document] supported by specific factual findings . . . that outweigh the general
history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, such as the public interest in
understanding the judicial process.” Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178-79 (cleaned up).
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II.
DISCUSSION
In the Order, the Court directed the parties to meet and confer about the redaction of
the P&As, expert reports (Exs. 1-4), trial plan (Ex. 157), and deposition excerpts (Exs. 14-
20). ECF 365 at 18. Pursuant to the Order, the parties met and conferred, and agreed to
remove redactions in pleadings and exhibits that referred to or quoted material the Court
has unsealed (Decl. of Brian Danitz at ¶ 3-4). Accordingly, Plaintiffs are filing versions of
the P&As, the trial plan, the expert reports of Jay Minnucci and Greg J. Regan, and the
deposition excerpts of Michael Letson and Robert Chestnut that reflect the removed
redactions and hereby seek to seal the remaining confidential portions of those documents.
The materials contain information the Bank designated as Confidential and/or
Highly Confidential, including material that reflect or analyze the risk of future fraud to
the Bank, pertain to internal analyses of fraud detection strategies, risk competitor
disadvantage to the Bank, refer to testimony by Rule 30(b)(6) witnesses that the Bank has
designated Confidential or Highly Confidential, and refer to materials designated “Highly
Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by the Consumer Finance Protection Board (“CFPB”)
and Office of the Comptroller of Currency (“OCC”).
Respectfully submitted,
Dated: December 2, 2024
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP
By: /s/ Brian Danitz
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT
BRIAN DANITZ
KARIN B. SWOPE
DAVID G. HOLLENBERG
BLAIR V. KITTLE
VASTI S. MONTIEL
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the
Proposed Class
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Dated: December 2, 2024
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
By: /s/ Michael Rubin
MICHAEL RUBIN
STACEY M. LEYTON
CONNIE K. CHAN
JAMES BALTZER
KATHERINE G. BASS
COLIN C. JONES
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the
Proposed Class
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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION
Pursuant to section 2(f)(4) of the Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and
Procedures Manual, I, Brian Danitz, attest that the other signatories listed, and on whose
behalf this filing is submitted, concur in the filing content and have authorized this filing.
Dated: December 2, 2024
/s/ Brian Danitz
Brian Danitz
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