In re Sandisk SSDS Litigation

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 In re SANDISK SSDs LITIGATION. Case No. 23-cv-04152-RFL (LJC) ORDER REGARDING 9 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER DOCUMENTS 10 SHOULD BE FILED UNDER SEAL 11 Re: Dkt. No. 151 12 Plaintiffs filed an administrative motion under Civil Local Rule 79-5(f) to consider 13 || whether documents submitted in support of a discovery letter brief should be filed under seal, || based solely on Defendants’ designations of confidentiality. ECF No. 151. Defendants filed a 15 || response arguing that Exhibits G and J, which include technical details of Defendants’ a 16 || investigation of and response to an alleged defect in solid state drives, should remain under seal to 17 || prevent competitive harm. ECF No. 160. Good cause having been shown, Defendants’ request to S 18 || maintain those exhibits under seal is GRANTED.

19 The administrative motion is DENIED as to all other exhibits at issue. To complete the || public record, Plaintiffs shall file unredacted copies of those exhibits no later than May 15, 2025.

21 This Order does not reach the question of whether “compelling reasons” would support || sealing Exhibits G and J if they were offered in a context “more than tangentially related to the 23 merits” of the case. See generally Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, |} 1103 (9th Cir. 2016).

25 IT IS SO ORDERED.

26 Dated: May 8, 2025 7 Zr Arty — A J. CISIWEROS 28 ited States Magistrate Judge