JD. yEldanw Lar.d S Kchearlfefeyr ((117553669152)) 2 Kerley Schaffer LLP 1939 Harrison Street, #900 3 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 379-5801 4 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 5

6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 E VERRICK WISE an individual, NOEL Case No. 4:23-cv-00163-HSG RUSSELL, an individual, 11 ORDER (AS MODIFIED) GRANTING Plaintiffs, PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE 12 MOTION v. 13 STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE 14 COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, and Dkt. No. 48 DOES 1 through 10, 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 On January 9, 2024, Plaintiffs E Verrick Wise and Noel Russell (“Plaintiffs”) filed an 19 Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party’s Material Should Be Sealed, 20 accompanied by the supporting declaration of Christopher Carlin. Dkt. No. 48. The 21 administrative motion moves to seal Exhibit R and Exhibit X to Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial 22 Summary Judgment, Dkt. No. 47 – two internal State Farm training and resource documents that 23 together total ten pages in length. On February 2, 2024, as directed by the Court, Defendant 24 State Farm filed a statement articulating the various justifications for maintaining Exhibits R and 25 X under seal. Dkt. No. 58. That same day, the parties stipulated to dismiss the case in its 26 entirety. Dkt. No. 59. This result mooted Plaintiffs’ Partial Summary Judgment motion before 27 the Court ruled on it or had occasion to consider the exhibits at issue. 28 // 1 The Court, having read and considered Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion and the 2 | supporting declaration, Dkt. No. 48, and the statement filed by Defendant State Farm Gen. Ins. 3 | Co. and the supporting declaration, Dkt. No. 58, hereby rules on Plaintiffs’ Administrative 4 | Motion, Dkt. No. 48, as follows: 5 Portion 6 Docket No. Document Sought to be | Basis to Seal Exhibits Public/(Sealed) Sealed 7 Dkt. No. 47-1/ Plaintiffs’ Exhibit R Contain confidential Finding good cause, (Dkt. No. 48-3) | Evidence in (Dkt. No. 47-1 | materials that could the Court 8 Support of at 361) injure Defendant’s GRANTS the Motion for competitive advantage | request to seal these 9 Summary and cannot be protected | documents in this Judgment through more narrowly | now-closed case. 10 tailored means. Dkt. Kamakana y. City Dkt. No. 47-1/ Plaintiffs’ Exhibit X No. 58. & Cty. of Honolulu, 11 (Dkt. No. 48-3) | Evidence in (Dkt. No. 47-1

, Support of at 522) 1178 (9th Cir. 12 Motion for 2006) Summary 13 Judgment 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 7 DATED: February 6, 2024 18 S. GILLIAM, JR f 19 United States District Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28