Cosmos Granite (West) LLC v. Minagrex Corporation, No. 2:2019cv01697 - Document 164 (W.D. Wash. 2021)
Court Description: ORDER granting 136 Stipulated Motion to Seal Plaintiff's 137 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (SB)
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Cosmos Granite (West) LLC v. Minagrex Corporation Doc. 164 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 1 of 7 Hon. Ricardo S. Martinez 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 COSMOS GRANITE (WEST), LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM 10 Plaintiff, 11 12 13 v. MINAGREX CORPORATION, d/b/a MGX Stone, STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT Noted on Motion Calendar: August 18, 2021 14 Defendant. 15 16 17 Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5(g), Plaintiff, Cosmos Granite (West), LLC (“Cosmos”) and 18 Defendant, Minagrex Corporation d/b/a/ MGX Stone (“Minagrex”) jointly request that the Court 19 enter an order to Seal/Redact Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (“Plaintiff’s 20 Motion:”). Minagrex understands that Plaintiff’s Motion relies on, references, or quotes Exhibits 21 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 68, 70, 79, 82, 83, and 88 to the supporting 22 Declaration of Rachel S. Black (“Black Declaration”), and alleges that such Exhibits contain 23 confidential information pursuant to the Protective Order entered in this case. Plaintiff takes no 24 position concerning the confidentiality of the aforementioned exhibits or reference thereto in 25 Plaintiff’s Motion. Plaintiff contends that Plaintiff’s Motion references information from Black 26 Declaration Exhibits 2 and 3, which contain confidential information pursuant to the Protective 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 1 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 2 of 7 1 Order entered in this case. Defendant takes no position concerning the confidentiality of Exhibits 2 2 and 3 and any references thereto in Plaintiff’s Motion. 3 Defendant’s position is that the designation of Exhibits 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 4 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 68, 70, 79, 82, 83, and 88, and references thereto in Plaintiff’s Motion, should 5 be maintained to protect the legitimate private interests of Minagrex and third-parties, to which it 6 owes an obligation of confidentiality, in accordance with the Stipulated Protective Order [Dkt. 16]. 7 Specifically, Minagrex believes that the Exhibits referenced satisfy, individually and collectively, 8 the requirements set forth in 2.2 (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), and 2.3 of the Stipulated Protective Order 9 [Dkt. 16]. Said Exhibits contain confidential sales information, trade secrets, confidential and sales 10 related communications with third-parties to which Minagrex believes it owes a duty of 11 confidentiality, agreements with third-parties that are not otherwise, supplier lists, information 12 related to the ownership or control of a non-public company, and other previously non-disclosed 13 sales and financial information worthy of the Court’s protection as specified in the Stipulated 14 Protective Order [Dkt. 16]. 15 Plaintiff’s position is that information in Plaintiff’s Motion from Exhibits 2 and 3 should be 16 filed under seal to protect the legitimate private interests of Plaintiff in accordance with the 17 Protective Order issued in this case (Dkt. #16). Exhibits 2 and 3 contain confidential proprietary, 18 and private information that Plaintiff designated as Confidential pursuant to and consistent with the 19 Protective Order entered in this case, because it contains previously nondisclosed information 20 relating to the ownership and control of Plaintiff, a non-public company. Plaintiff has a legitimate 21 business interest in keeping information relating to its ownership and control private, and thus 22 requires that this document be filed under seal. See Dkt. #16 at p. 2 ¶ 2.2(a) (stating that confidential 23 information includes “previously nondisclosed material relating to ownership or control of any non- 24 public entity). 25 After review of each referenced Exhibit, 4.4 of the Stipulated Protective Order and Local 26 Rule 5(g), Minagrex and Plaintiff both believe that a less restrictive alternative is not sufficient to 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 2 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 3 of 7 1 protect the confidential information referenced above because redaction of the same would 2 substantively frustrate the purpose of its admission. 3 Plaintiff is filing publicly a redacted Motion concurrently herewith. 4 5 Dated: August 18, 2021 6 7 8 9 10 11 By: /s/ Rachel S. Black Rachel S. Black, WSBA #32204 rblack@susmangodfrey.com Alexander W. Aiken (Pro Hac Vice) aaiken@susmangodfrey.com Benjamin Manne, WSBA # 54537 bmanne@susmangodfrey.com SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 516-3880 Fax: (206) 516-3883 14 Chelsea V. Samuels (pro hac vice pending) csamuels@susmangodfrey.com SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone: (310) 789-3100 15 Attorneys for Cosmos Granite (West) LLC 12 13 16 17 Dated: August 18, 2021 18 19 20 21 22 By: _/s/ Betsy A. Gillaspy____________ Betsy A. Gillaspy, WSBA#21340 bgillaspy@gillaspyrhode.com Chelsey Thorne, WSBA #49740 cthorne@gillaspyrhode.com GILLASPY & RHODE, PLLC 821 Kirkland Avenue, Suite 200 Kirkland, WA 98033 Phone: (425) 646-2956 Mark L. Hill (Pro Hac Vice) Texas State Bar # 24034868 mark.hill@solidcounsel.com Walker Steven Young (Pro Hac Vice) Texas State Bar # 24102676 walker.young@solidcounsel.com SCHEEF & STONE, LLP 2600 Network Boulevard, Suite 400 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 3 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 4 of 7 Frisco, TX 75034 Phone: (214) 472-2126 1 2 Attorneys for Minagrex Corporation d/b/a MGX Stone 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 4 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 5 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE Counsel for Plaintiff conferred with counsel for Defendant in a telephonic meet and confer on August 18, 2021 (Chelsea Samuels and Walker Young participated), and counsel agreed that, per Minagrex’s and Plaintiff’s representations concerning the confidentiality of the documents at issue, a Stipulated Motion Seal was proper to protect the confidential information, and that there was no alternative to filing under seal. /s/ Rachel S. Black Rachel S. Black 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 5 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 ORDER Based upon the foregoing and for good cause shown, the Court ORDERS that the Stipulated Motion to Seal is GRANTED. 4 5 DATED this 16th day of September, 2021. 6 7 A 8 9 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT- 6 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM 8370820v1/016025 SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883 Case 2:19-cv-01697-RSM Document 164 Filed 09/16/21 Page 7 of 7 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on August 18, 2021, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk 3 of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all counsel of 4 record. 5 /s/ Rachel S. Black Rachel S. Black 6 7 Hon. Ricardo S. Martinez 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - 1 Case No. 2:19-cv-01697-RSM SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 Seattle, WA 98101-3000 Tel: (206) 516-3880; Fax: (206) 516-3883
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