Driscoll's, Inc. v. California Berry Cultivars, LLC

Summary

This document is a joint stipulation and proposed order in Driscoll’s, Inc. v. California Berry Cultivars, LLC, a federal civil action in the Eastern District of California. The parties requested, and the court ordered, an August 1, 2025 deadline for filing requests to permanently seal confidential materials submitted with their July 25, 2025 opposition filings. The order was entered by Chief United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley on July 23, 2025.

Holdings

1. The parties were permitted until August 1, 2025, to file requests, including evidentiary support, to permanently seal confidential information initially submitted under seal with their July 25, 2025, opposition filings.
2. Materials submitted under seal with the July 25, 2025, opposition filings were not to be placed in the public record until after the court ruled on the sealing requests filed August 1, 2025.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should approve the parties' joint stipulation extending the deadline for permanent-sealing requests concerning confidential materials submitted with their summary-judgment opposition filings.
2. Whether materials submitted under seal with those opposition filings should remain unavailable to the public until the court rules on the sealing requests.

Disposition

other