21113 SUPERIOR COURT CLERK BY Dawn Tubbs DEPUTY HONORABLE SPECTOR Department 3 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY Commissioner Eric Watness, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Charleena Lyles; Karen Clark, as Guardian Ad Litem on behalf of the four minor children of decedent, 2373-4 364 NO. ORDER GRANTING SECOND MOTION To SEAL DOCUMENTS Plaintiffs, V. . ACTION REQUIRED The City of Seattle, a Municipality; Jason M. Anderson and Steven A. McNew, individually; Solid Ground, A Washington. non?pro?t corporation, Defendants. THE COURT has reviewed the Plaintiffs? Second Motion? to Seal Documents (Dkt. No. 89); Solid Ground?s Response-to Plaintiffs? Motion to Seal Exhibits (Dkt. No. and Plaintiffs? Reply of Motion to Seal Documents (Dkt. NO. 112). The pleadings relate to certain exhibits designated as ?Con?dential? pursuant to the parties? jointly stipulated Protective Order re: Discovery Materials (Dkt. No. 46) and submitted under seal as exhibits to the Declaration of Karen Koehler in Support of Plaintiffs? Opposition to Solid Ground?s Motion to Dismiss. For the following reasons, and pursuant to the applicable case law and court rules, the Court ?nds that compelling circumstances exist to justify sealing some of the documents at issue. Accordingly, LAW OFFICES - CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 TEL (206) 407?2200 FAX (206) 407?2224 ORDER GRANTING 1 MOTION TO SEAL DOCUMENTS - 1 and fer the following reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion to Seal is GRANTED as set forth below. The parties in this matter have entered into a Stipulated Protective Order re: Discovery Materials, which governs the treatment of potentially con?dential materials exchanged between the parties in discovery. Dkt. No. 46. The parties jointly agreed that the Protective Order would provisionally apply to various categories of potentially con?dential documents likely to be exchanged in discovery, including records relating to Ms. Lyles?s minor children; (2) Ms. - Lyles?s health, mental health, and related interactions with various government agencies; (3) certain City of Seattle or Seattle Police Department records, including records implicating the privacy rights of individuals not parties to this lawsuit; and (4) certain Solid Ground records, including records implicating the privacy rights of Solid Ground residents or employees not parties to this lawsuit. Id. at 2-4. The documents at issue for purposes of this Motion were designated as ?Con?dential? pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order. . In evaluating the pleadings and documents at issue here, the Court has fully considered (1) the need for sealing or redaction; (2) any objections thereto; (3) the least restrictive effective means for protecting con?dential or sensitive information; (4) the interests of the party seeking to seal the records and the interests of the public; and (5) the need for the resulting order to be no broader than necessary. See Seattle Times v. Ishikawa, 97 Wn.2d 30, 640 P.2d 716 (1982). Given the sensitive nature of some of the personal and other information at issue in the exhibits, and pursuant to General Rule 15,'Local General Rule 15, Local Civil Rule 26, and the parties? Stipulated Protective Order, the Court ?nds that compelling circumstances exist to justify sealing the following exhibits for the reasons listed below, including the reasons identi?ed in the Protective Order: LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES 0STROVSKY PLLC 130] SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 $311322] ?53,131}; OGCRU?l/qugg PEAINTIFFS SECOND TEL (206) 407-2200 FAX (206) 407-2224 Exhibit 2: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (Protective Order at 11 contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee; contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident population. Exhibit 3: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 1] contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employees. Exhibit 4: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employees; contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident pepulation. Exhibit 7: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident population. Exhibit 9: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee; contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident population. Exhibit 10: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 2(e)(3 contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident population. Exhibit 12: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee; contains sensitive information relating to Solid Ground resident population. LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 $315223] 5311,1131]; SECOND TEL (206) 407?2200 FAX (206) 407?2224 Exhibit 13: Contains sensitive Solid Ground operational and employee information (id. at 11 contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 17: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground residents other than Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 18: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains communications between Solid Ground and CASA regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at contains communications from Solid Ground and court records related to dependency proceedings contains personal identifying information of Ms. Lyles?s minor children contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground residents other than Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information relating to minor children other than Ms. Lyles?s children Exhibit 19: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 20: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 22: Contains communication between Solid Ground and CASA regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id. at 11 LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES 0STROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 $133131}; PEAINTIFFS SECOND TEL (206) 407-2200 FAX (206) 407-2224 Exhibit 23: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 24: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains communications between Solid Ground and DSHS regarding and identifying Ms. Lyles?s minor child (id. at 1] Exhibit 25: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 26: Contains communications between Solid Ground and DSHS regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information for a DSHS employee. Exhibit 27: Contains communications between Solid Ground and CASA regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at 1i contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles mimzwn. Exhibit 28: Contains communications between Solid Ground and CASA regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at 1i contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 29: Contains communications between Solid Ground and CASA regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles admzw? . LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 a SEATTLE, WASHINGTON .9810] PEIAINTIFFS SECOND TEL (206) 407-2200 FAX (206) 407-2224 Exhibit 30: Contains communications between Solid Groundand DSHS regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information for a DSHS employee. Exhibit 31: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground residents, including a minor child, other than Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 32: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 33: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground residents other than Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 34: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains identifying information of Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 35: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 36: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 130] SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 - A IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 km] ?33E30?3Ru?g$g it); TIFFS SECOND TEL (206) 407-2200 FAX (206) 407-2224 Exhibit 37: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 38: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 39: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal contact information of Solid Ground employee. Exhibit 40: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Ms. Lyles?s minor child (id. at Exhibit 41: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains potentially personal identifying information regarding a Solid Ground resident other than Ms. Lyles (id; at Exhibit 43: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains personal identifying information of Solid Ground residents other than Ms. Lyles (id. at Exhibit 44: Contains sensitive personal information regarding Ms. Lyles (id. at contains communications between Solid Ground and DSHS regarding Ms. Lyles and her children (id. at 11 - LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 ORDER GRANTING SECOND TEL (206) 407_2200 FAX (206) 407_2224 MOTION TO SEAL DOCUMENTS - 7 FURTHER ORDERED that any documents sealed pursuant to this Order shall be accessible only by the parties and their legal representatives. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any remaining documents or exhibits submitted in support of Plaintiffs? Opposition to Solid Ground?s Motion to Dismiss and not identi?ed for sealing herein do not merit con?dential treatment and need not be sealed or redacted. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this day of AF 1 I ,2018. HONO Magi} SPECTOR KING co SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE Presented by: CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC By: 5/ Andrea lLeLgadillo Ostrovsky Andrea Del gadillo Ostrovsky, WSBA #37749 Nathan Bays, WSBA #43 025 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 407-2200 Email: andreao@calfoeakes.com natlianb@calfoeakes.com Attorneys for Defendant Solid Ground LAW OFFICES CALFO EAKES OSTROVSKY PLLC 1301 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 2800 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 ?ggm] SECOND TEL (206) 407-2200 FAX (206) 407-2224