STIPULATED MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

MARSHA J. PECHMAN, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to LCR 5(g)(2) and the protective order in this case, Dkt. # 68, plaintiffs will file certain documents designated confidential under seal as exhibits D, E, and F to the Supplemental Declaration of Clay M. Gatens in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction ("Gatens Decl."). The parties jointly request the Court to grant this motion regarding those documents.

II. STIPULATED STATEMENT OF FACTS

The parties entered into a stipulated protective order, which the Court signed March 22, 2017. Dkt. Nos. 67, 68. The order permits parties to designate documents as confidential, Dkt. # 68, p. 2 (¶ 2) and p. 4 (¶ 5.3), and to file confidential documents under seal in accordance with LCR 5(g). Id., p. 4.

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, Plaintiffs' counsel alerted defendant's counsel that plaintiffs intended to file materials from Safeguard's master services agreements with two of its clients — documents designated confidential pursuant to the protective order's enumerated categories of "master services agreements with clients," and relatedly, "client list." See Dkt. # 68, p. 2:2-5 (¶ 2(ii)-(iii)). The parties conferred pursuant to LCR 5(g)(1)(A) on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, and on Thursday, April 26, 2018, to discuss and to explore alternatives to filing documents under seal. Following several written communications, attorneys Devon Gray (for plaintiffs) and Pamela DeVet (for defendant) conferred via telephone. The parties certify the foregoing pursuant to LCR 5(g)(3)(A).

Plaintiffs do not challenge defendant's confidentiality designations in connection with the documents plaintiffs intend to file in support of their motion for class certification.

The Court previously granted the parties' stipulated motion to seal other documents from categories enumerated in the stipulated protective order. Dkt. # 89.

III. AUTHORITY

For the reasons set out in the Court's Order sealing confidential documents, Dkt. # 89, pp. 2-10, and the evidence cited therein including Dkt. # 85, good cause and compelling reasons exist to seal Safeguard's confidential master services agreements with its clients. The parties jointly request that the Court grant this motion to seal those documents pursuant to the protective order and the requirements of the local rules.

IV. ORDER

It is so ordered.