Nacarino v. Chobani, LLC ( 2023 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 ELENA NACARINO, Case No. 20-cv-07437-EMC (AGT) 7 Plaintiff, y. ORDER ON MOTION TO SEAL Re: Dkt. No. 106 9 CHOBANI, LLC, 10 Defendant. 11 Chobani’s request to seal exhibits A-C to the parties’ January 23, 2023, joint discovery dis- 12 || pute letter, along with the following lines within the January 23 letter (lines 14-16 on page 2, lines 5 13 || 28-30 on page 3, and footnote 3 on page 4), is granted. These exhibits and excerpts reveal “confi- S 14 || dential research, development, [and] commercial information.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1)(G). And 3 15 || Chobani has persuaded the Court that “specific prejudice or harm” will result if this information is a 16 || publicly disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd y. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 17 || (th Cir. 2002). 18 Chobani’s request to seal line 36 on page 4 of the January 23 letter, which reveals that one 19 || of Chobani’s employees is “a food scientist,” is denied. Dkt. 106-2 at 4. Chobani hasn’t identified 20 || “specific prejudice or harm” that will result if this information is publicly disclosed. Phillips, 307 21 || F.3d at 1210-11. 2 Plaintiff, the party who filed the January 23 joint discovery dispute letter, must file a revised 23 || redacted version of the letter, in compliance with this order, by February 13, 2023. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 || Dated: February 6, 2023 | □ 26 27 ALEX G. TSE 28 United States Magistrate Judge