SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.
On February 25, 2014, defendant filed a motion for attorney's fees. Docket No. 156. On March 25, 2014, plaintiff filed its opposition to defendant's motion. Docket No. 166. On April 1, 2014, defendant filed its reply. Docket No. 175. By the present motions, plaintiff moves to file under seal its opposition and documents that were filed in support of its opposition, and defendant moves to file under seal documents that were filed in support of its reply. Docket Nos. 168, 177. In each of the motions, the parties state that they moved to file these documents under seal because the documents were designated as confidential by another party pursuant to the protective order in this action, but the parties do not take a position as to whether the information is entitled to be filed under seal. See id.
Under Civil Local Rule 79-5(e), where "the Submitting Party is seeking to file under seal a document designated as confidential by the opposing party or a non-party pursuant to a protective order. . . [,] [w]ithin 4 days of the filing of the Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, the Designating Party must file a declaration as required by subsection 79-5(d)(1)(A) establishing that all of the designated material is sealable." To date, a Rule 79-5(d)(1)(A) declaration has been filed with respect only to exhibit C to the declaration of James Greenan in support of Foray's Reply to Its Motion for Attorney's Fees. Docket No. 178, Shah Decl. A Rule 79-5(d)(1)(A) declaration has not been filed with respect to any of the other documents sought to be filed under seal. Therefore, Court denies the parties' motions to seal the documents, except for Exhibit C to the declaration of James Greenan.
Exhibit C is a transcript of the March 21, 2014 hearing before Judge Arand in the parallel state court action.
When a party seeks to seal documents attached to a non-dispositive motion, a showing of "good cause" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) is sufficient. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179-80 (9th Cir. 2006); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). Because a motion for fees and costs is a non-dispositive motion, the "good cause" standard applies. Muench Photography, Inc. v. Pearson Educ., Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178495, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2013). After reviewing the Shah declaration and its attached exhibits, the Court concludes that plaintiff has shown good cause to seal Exhibit C, and its request to seal is narrowly tailored.
Accordingly, the Court DENIES plaintiff's motion to file under seal and GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART defendant's motion to file under seal. Only exhibit C to the declaration of James Greenan in support of Foray's Reply to Its Motion for Attorney's Fees may be filed under seal.