Kristin Della, et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Company

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied without prejudice Colgate-Palmolive Company’s administrative motion to file certain documents under seal upon reconsideration. The court found that the proposed sealing order was not narrowly tailored and that the defendant failed to provide unredacted versions of exhibits required under the court’s local rules.

Holdings

1. A district court has the power to reconsider sua sponte its orders before entry of judgment.
2. A sealing motion must include a proposed order narrowly tailored to seal only sealable material and must list in table format each document or portion sought to be sealed.
3. The sealing motion could not be granted where the movant failed to provide the exhibits sought to be sealed in unredacted form as required by the local rule.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court could reconsider sua sponte its prior order granting the administrative motion to file under seal before entry of judgment.
2. Whether the sealing motion complied with Civil Local Rule 79-5(c)(3)'s requirements for a narrowly tailored proposed order identifying each document or portion sought to be sealed.
3. Whether the motion could be granted when the documents sought to be sealed were not provided in unredacted form.

Disposition

other