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`The Honorable Kymberly K. Evanson
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`No. 2:22-cv-01599-KKE
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`ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
`MOTION TO SEAL
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`Plaintiffs,
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`STEVEN FLOYD, JOLENE FURDEK, and
`JONATHAN RYAN, on behalf of themselves
`and all others similarly situated,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware
`corporation, and APPLE INC., a California
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`Defendants.
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`The parties filed a statement of discovery dispute that references and attaches material
`designated Confidential or Highly Confidential according to the parties’ protective order. Dkt.
`No. 182. Plaintiffs moved to provisionally file that statement and certain attachments under seal,
`and Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. responded to request that the Court maintain those documents
`under seal. Dkt. Nos. 181, 185. Plaintiffs also filed a redacted version of the statement on the
`public docket. Dkt. No. 183. Because the motion to seal complies with W.D. Wash. Local Civil
`Rule 5(g), the Court will grant it.
`The Court may seal judicial records when a party provides a compelling reason to keep
`information out of the public view. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178
`(9th Cir. 2006). Amazon has met this burden by showing that the material referenced in or attached
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`ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SEAL – 1
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`Case 2:22-cv-01599-KKE Document 190 Filed 02/11/25 Page 2 of 2
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`to the discovery dispute statement is confidential and competitively sensitive, and that there is no
`less restrictive alternative to maintaining that information under seal. The Court finds that the
`need to protect that information outweighs the public right of access to court records, particularly
`because the Court’s review of the redacted version of those documents on the public docket
`corroborates that Amazon’s request to seal is appropriately tailored. See Dkt. No. 186 ¶ 11.
`The motion to seal (Dkt. No. 181) is therefore GRANTED. The statement of discovery
`dispute and Exhibits B–G thereto (Dkt. No. 182) shall be maintained under seal.
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`DATED: February 11, 2025.
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`Kymberly K. Evanson
`United States District Judge
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