Synchronoss Technologies v. Dropbox Inc ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Case No. 16-cv-00119-HSG 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING SYNCHRONOSS’ RENEWED ADMINISTRATIVE 9 v. MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL 10 DROPBOX INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 516 11 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Synchronoss’ renewed motion to seal. See Dkt. No. 516. 13 Records attached to nondispositive motions must meet the lower “good cause” standard of Rule 14 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as such records “are often unrelated, or only 15 tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action.” Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 16 447 F.3d 1172, 1179–80 (9th Cir. 2006) (quotation omitted). This requires a “particularized 17 showing” that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if the information is disclosed. Phillips ex 18 rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210–11 (9th Cir. 2002); see also Fed. 19 R. Civ. P. 26(c). 20 Synchronoss has provided good cause for sealing a single line in Synchronoss’ Opposition 21 to Dropbox’s motion for attorney’s fees because it contains reference to confidential business 22 information relating to the operations of Plaintiff. See Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., No. 23 11-CV-01846-LHK, 2012 WL 6115623 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2012); see also Agency 24 Solutions.Com, LLC v. TriZetto Group, Inc., 819 F. Supp. 2d 1001, 1017 (E.D. Cal. 2011); Linex 25 Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., No. C 13-159 CW, 2014 WL 6901744 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 8, 26 2014). The Court originally denied Synchronoss’ motion to seal this specific potion since it is a 27 citation to a public regulation. However, the Court agrees with Plaintiff that the disclosure of the 1 sealable in the argument of the brief. See Dkt. No. 513 at 8—9 (sealing page 18, line 20 of the 2 || opposition, which cites the same regulation). The renewed motion thus seeks uniformity in the 3 ruling and the Court agrees that sealing this limited portion is appropriate. 4 The Court finds good cause to seal the single line identified by Synchronoss and GRANTS 5 the renewed motion to seal. 6 Document Number | Portions Sought to be Designating 4 Public/(Sealed) Sealed Party 450/(449-4) GRANT 8 ? IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 Dated: 2/25/2020 12 HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. United States District Judge © 15 16 = 17 Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28