Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc. — Entry #283: ORDER RE OMNIBUS SEALING MOTION
Case: Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc. cand · 4:22-cv-02485
filed April 22, 2022
What this document is
Docket entry #283 · filed September 17, 2026
ORDER RE OMNIBUS SEALING MOTION. Signed by Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on 9/17/2026. (ads, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2026)
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- Jennifer L. Cook
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Case 4:22-cv-02485-AMO Document 283 Filed 09/17/26 Page 1 of 14
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4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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7 JENNIFER L. COOK, Case No. 22-cv-02485-AMO
Plaintiff,
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ORDER RE OMNIBUS
v. SEALING MOTION
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10 META PLATFORMS, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 282
Defendant.
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United States District Court
13 Now pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Omnibus Sealing Motion regarding
14 certain documents submitted in connection with Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification, Dkt. No.
15 236, and Meta’s Motion to Exclude the Opinions and Testimony of Richard Eichmann and Dr.
Northern District of California
16 Jonathan Hochman, Dkt. Nos. 255-56.
17 Having considered the parties’ submissions, and given the compelling reasons set forth
18 therein, the Court rules as follows:
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Dkt.
20 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
21 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
22 sealing
Plaintiff’s 236-1 235-1 282-1 Meta Partial
23 Memorandum of GRANTED IN PART
Law in Support 8:20-24; and DENIED IN PART.
24 of Motion for 9:2-9;
Class 9:11-14; ECF pg. 8, DENIED.
25 Certification 12:17-25;
13:5-21; ECF pg. 9:2-6,
26 14:4-16; GRANTED. Otherwise,
14:20-21; DENIED.
27 14:23-28;
15:1-14; ECF pg. 12, GRANTED.
15:17-23;
28 15:25-28;
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
16:1-10; ECF pg.
4 16:16-21; 13,parentheticals
16:24-28 following citation to
5 17:1-11; Exhibits 5 and 29 at lines
17:15-21; 6-10, 15-17,
6 17:26-28; GRANTED. Proposed
19:3-6; redactions at 18-21,
7 21:5-7 GRANTED. Otherwise,
25:26-28 DENIED.
8 26:1-5;
26:14-25; ECF pg. 14:12-13,
29:17-18; GRANTED. Otherwise,
9 32:11-17 DENIED.
33:6-12;
10 33:14-17 ECF pg. 15,
parentheticals following
11 citations to Exhibits 15,
16, and 20, GRANTED.
12 The proposed redactions
United States District Court
of dollar amounts at lines
13 20, 21, and 23,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
14 DENIED.
15 ECF pg. 16:3-4, 8-10,
Northern District of California
16-18, GRANTED.
16 Proposed citations at line
19 and first three words
17 of line 20, GRANTED.
Proposed redactions at
18 lines 24-25, and the
parenthetical following
19 the citation to Exhibit
30, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
20
ECF pg. 17:10, the word
21 in quotation marks,
GRANTED. Proposed
22 redaction of dollar
amount at line 17,
23 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
24
ECF pg. 19, DENIED.
25
ECF pg. 21, DENIED.
26
ECF pg. 25:26-27,
27 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
28
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
ECF pg. 26:2-5,
4 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
5
ECF pg. 29, DENIED.
6
ECF pg. 32, DENIED.
7
ECF pg. 33, DENIED.
8
Ex. 5: Excerpts 236-7 235-2 282-1 Meta Partial
9
from 30(b)(6) DENIED without
Deposition of 53:1; prejudice to
10 George Kamps 53:5-25; resubmission. Should
(Aug. 27, 2025) 54:6-13; Meta choose to resubmit,
11 55:2-55:9; it shall file a version of
55:14-56:3; the deposition transcript
12 56:6-25; with highlighted
United States District Court
57:3-4; proposed redactions.
13 59:24-60:4;
60:14-19;
14 60:23-61:2;
61:16-23;
15 62:1-11;
Northern District of California
62:15-63:1;
16 63:4-63:23;
64:2-9;
17 64:13-23;
65:1-13;
18 65:16-66:15;
66:19-67:10;
19 67:14-67:23;
68:1-68:12;
20 68:16-22;
68:25
Ex. 6: Exhibit 10 236-8 235-3 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
21
to Deposition of
Jeffrey Allen
22 (Feb. 4, 2025),
document
23 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
24 046786
Ex. 9: Excerpts 236-11 235-4 282-1 Meta Partial
25 from Deposition DENIED without
of Tom Palesky 4:11-23; prejudice to
26 (July 9, 2025) 49:1-16; resubmission. Should
49:18-23; Meta choose to resubmit,
27 49:25-50:6; it shall file a version of
50:8-16; the deposition transcript
28 50:18-51:1; with highlighted
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
51:3-51:9; proposed redactions
4 51:14-51:24;
52:1-24;
5 53:1-24;
54:1-2;
6 54:6-8;
54:10-16;
7 54:18-55:4;
55:6-19;
8 55:21-56:21;
56:23-24
Ex. 10: Timeline 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full DENIED.
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of Meta’s Repeat
Infringer Policy,
10 as prepared by
Plaintiff
11 Ex. 10-A: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
Exhibit 3 to
12 30(b)(6)
United States District Court
Deposition
13 Transcript of
Tom Palesky
14 (Aug. 15, 2025),
document
15 bearing Bates
Northern District of California
META_JLC_000
16 059819
Ex. 10-B: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
17 document
bearing Bates
18 META_JLC_000
026033
19 Ex. 10-C: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
Exhibit 11 to
20 Deposition of
Travis Golden
21 (July 11, 2025),
document
bearing Bates
22
META_JLC_000
014341
23 Ex. 10-D: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
document
24 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
25 172341
Ex. 10-E: Exhibit 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full DENIED without
26 12 to Deposition prejudice to
of Glynis resubmission. Should
27 Braxton (June Meta choose to resubmit,
18, 2025), it shall propose partial
28 document redactions and identify
4
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
bearing Bates the basis for sealing.
4 META_JLC_000
082488
5 Ex. 10-F: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
document
6 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
7 022151
Ex. 10-G: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
8 Exhibit 4 to
30(b)(6)
9 Deposition
Transcript of
Tom Palesky
10 (Aug. 15, 2025),
document
11 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
12 014841
United States District Court
Ex. 10-H: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
13 Exhibit 3 to
Deposition of
14 Chase Oxner
(Feb. 21, 2025),
15 document
Northern District of California
bearing Bates
16 META_JLC_000
014368
17 Ex. 10-I: Exhibit 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full DENIED without
2 to Deposition prejudice to
18 of Chase Oxner resubmission. Should
(Feb. 21, 2025), Meta choose to resubmit,
19 document it shall propose partial
bearing Bates redactions and identify
20 META_JLC_000 the basis for sealing.
014350
21 Ex. 10-J: Exhibit 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
7 to 30(b)(6)
22 Deposition
Transcript of
Tom Palesky
23 (Aug. 15, 2025),
document
24 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
25 015531
Ex. 10-K: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
26 Exhibit 8 to
Deposition of
27 Travis Golden
(July 11, 2025),
28 document
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
bearing Bates
4 META_JLC_000
020298
5 Ex. 10-L: Exhibit 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
17 to Deposition
6 of Laura Lozano
(July 17, 2025),
7 document
bearing Bates
8 META_JLC_000
020894
9 Ex. 10-M: 236-12 235-5 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
Exhibit 12 to
Deposition of
10 Elizabeth
Castilla Miranda
11 (June 12, 2025),
document
12 bearing Bates
United States District Court
META_JLC_000
13 055057
Ex. 13: Excerpts 236-15 235-6 282-1 Meta Partial
14 from Deposition DENIED without
Transcript of 4:23-25; prejudice to
15 Jeffrey Allen 53:2-4; resubmission. Should
Northern District of California
(Feb. 4, 2025) 53:6-12; Meta choose to resubmit,
16 53:14-54:5; it shall file a version of
54:7-13; the deposition transcript
17 54:15-23; with highlighted
54:25-55:2; proposed redactions
18 55:4-6;
55:22-25;
19 57:11-19;
57:24-59:6;
20 59:13-60:21
Ex. 14: Exhibit 2 236-16 235-7 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
21 to Deposition of
Michelle Moon
(June 24, 2025),
22
document
bearing Bates
23 META_JLC_000
156989
24 Ex. 15: Exhibit 6 236-17 235-8 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
to 30(b)(6)
25 Deposition
Transcript of
26 Tom Palesky
(Aug. 15, 2025),
27 document
bearing Bates
28 META_JLC_000
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
145807
4 Ex. 16: 236-18 235-9 282-1 Meta Full DENIED.
document
5 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
6 032071
Ex. 17: 236-19 235-10 282-1 Meta Full DENIED without
7 document prejudice to
bearing Bates resubmission. Should
8 META_JLC_000 Meta choose to resubmit,
031207 it shall propose partial
9 redactions and identify
the basis for sealing.
Ex. 18: Exhibit 1 236-20 235-11 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
10
to Deposition of
Glynis Braxton
11 (June 18, 2025),
document
12 bearing Bates
United States District Court
META_JLC_000
13 090156
Ex. 19: Exhibit 236-21 235-12 282-1 Meta Full DENIED without
14 15 to Deposition prejudice to
Transcript of resubmission. Should
15 Tom Palesky Meta choose to resubmit,
Northern District of California
(July 9, 2025), it shall propose partial
16 document redactions and identify
bearing Bates the basis for sealing.
17 META_JLC_000
113354
18 Ex. 20: Exhibit 4 236-22 235-13 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
to Deposition of
19 Travis Golden
(July 11, 2025),
20 document
bearing Bates
21 META_JLC_000
069114
22 Ex. 21: Exhibit 236-23 235-14 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
22 to Deposition
of Laura Lozano
23
(July 17, 2025),
document
24 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
25 037278
Ex. 22: 236-24 235-15 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
26 document
bearing Bates
27 META_JLC_000
020072
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
Ex. 23: 236-25 235-16 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
4 document
bearing Bates
5 META_JLC_000
011524
6 Ex. 24: Exhibit 5 236-26 235-17 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
to Deposition of
7 Elizabeth
Castilla Miranda
8 (June 12, 2025),
document
bearing Bates
9
META_JLC_000
083425
10 Ex. 25: Exhibit 6 236-27 235-18 282-1 Meta Full GRANTED.
to Deposition of
11 Elizabeth
Castilla Miranda
12 (June 12, 2025),
United States District Court
document
13 bearing Bates
META_JLC_000
14 083377
Ex. 29: Expert 236-31 235-19 282-1 Meta Partial GRANTED IN PART
15 Report of and DENIED IN PART.
Northern District of California
Jonathan Highlighted
16 Hochman, Ph.D. portions of ECF pg. 9, DENIED.
(September 18, the
17 2025) following ECF pg. 10, DENIED.
pages in
18 ECF No. ECF pg. 11, subheading
238-11: “A.” and the content in
19 paragraphs 33 and 34,
9-29 GRANTED. Otherwise,
20 37 DENIED.
39-42
21 44-52 ECF pg. 12, GRANTED.
ECF pg. 13, paragraph
22 37, the sentence
beginning “That image”
23 to the end of the
paragraph, GRANTED.
24 Paragraph 38,
GRANTED.
25 Paragraph 39, the
sentence beginning “Mr.
26 Kamps testified,”
GRANTED.
27 Footnote 15,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
28 DENIED.
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
4 ECF pg. 14, GRANTED.
5 ECF pg. 15, first two
lines at top of the page,
6 GRANTED. Paragraph
43, line 3, sentence
7 beginning with “Ad
targeting” to end of
8 page, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
9 ECF pg. 16, GRANTED.
10 ECF pg. 17, paragraphs
49-53, GRANTED.
11 Otherwise, DENIED.
12 ECF pg. 18, GRANTED.
United States District Court
13 ECF pg. 19, GRANTED.
14 ECF pg. 20, GRANTED.
15 ECF pg. 21, bullet points
Northern District of California
3., 4., 5. at the top of the
16 page, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
17
ECF pg. 22, DENIED.
18
ECF pg. 23, the listed
19 file names, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
20
ECF pg. 24, paragraph
70, the sentence
21 beginning “For example”
to the end of the
22 paragraph, GRANTED.
Paragraphs 72-73,
23 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
24
ECF pg. 25, from the top
25 of the page down to
paragraph 75, line 3,
26 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
27
ECF pg. 26, DENIED.
28
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
ECF pg. 27, paragraph
4 82, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
5
ECF pg. 28, DENIED.
6
ECF pg. 29, paragraph
7 87, the last sentence
beginning with “Mr.
8 Kamps also,”
GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
9
Remaining redactions
10 from pgs. 30-55,
GRANTED.
11
Ex. 30: Expert 236-32 235-20 282-1 Meta Partial GRANTED IN PART
12 Report of and DENIED IN PART.
United States District Court
Richard J. Highlighted
13 Eichmann, portions of ECF pg. 6, information
MAFF, CVA the regarding the years of
14 (September 18, following data produced,
2025) pages in GRANTED. Otherwise,
15 ECF No. DENIED.
Northern District of California
238-13:
16 ECF pg. 7, as to file
6-36 names, GRANTED.
17 39-40 Information regarding
the years of the
18 takedown reports,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
19 DENIED.
20 ECF pg. 8, DENIED.
ECF pg. 9, DENIED.
21
ECF pg. 10, footnote 15,
22 GRANTED. Information
regarding the year of the
23 Reporting Data,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
24 DENIED.
25 ECF pg. 11, DENIED.
26 ECF pg. 12, information
regarding the years of
27 the data reported,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
28 DENIED.
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
4 ECF pg. 13, lines 1-3,
GRANTED. Information
5 regarding the year of the
dataset, GRANTED.
6 Otherwise, DENIED.
7 ECF pg. 14, DENIED.
8 ECF pg. 15, information
regarding the year of the
dataset and year of
9 reporting, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
10
ECF pg. 16, DENIED.
11
ECF pg. 17, information
12 regarding the year of the
United States District Court
dataset, GRANTED.
13 Otherwise, DENIED.
14 ECF pg. 18, DENIED.
15 ECF pg. 19, DENIED.
Northern District of California
16 ECF pg. 20, DENIED.
17 ECF pg. 21, paragraph
36, parenthetical
18 information,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
19 DENIED.
ECF pg. 22, DENIED.
20
ECF pg. 23, as to the
21 proposed redactions in
paragraph 39,
22 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
23
ECF pg. 24, as to the
24 years of the reporting
data, GRANTED. As to
25 paragraph 44,
GRANTED. Otherwise,
26 DENIED.
27 ECF pg. 25, GRANTED.
28 ECF pg. 26, as to
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
paragraph 46,
4 GRANTED. As to the
years of the data reports,
5 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
6
ECF pg. 27, DENIED.
7
ECF pg. 28, as to
8 paragraph 52, line 4 to
the end of the paragraph,
GRANTED. As to
9 subheading 1., and
paragraphs 53-54,
10 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
11
ECF pg. 29, GRANTED.
12
United States District Court
ECF pg. 30, as to
13 paragraphs 55-56,
GRANTED. As to
14 footnote 78, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
15
Northern District of California
ECF pg. 31, DENIED.
16
ECF pg. 32, as to
17 paragraph 60, lines 1-7,
GRANTED. As to
18 footnote 85, GRANTED.
Otherwise, DENIED.
19
ECF pg. 33, as to the
redaction of the term
20
“Business ID,” and
footnote 90, DENIED.
21 Otherwise, GRANTED.
22 ECF pg. 34, DENIED.
23 ECF pg. 35, DENIED.
24 ECF pg. 36, as to the
dollar amount of revenue
25 earned at line 3,
GRANTED. Similarly,
26 for the revenue figures
listed in footnote 97,
27 GRANTED. Otherwise,
DENIED.
28
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Dkt.
1 Dkt. No. Dkt. No. No. of Party with Full or
Document title of of decl. in burden to partial Granted/
2 or description redacted unredacted support substantiate sealing Denied
version version of need to seal sought
3 sealing
ECF pg. 39, as to the
4 revenue amount in
Opinion 3, GRANTED.
5 Otherwise, DENIED.
6
7 Regarding Plaintiff’s motion to seal, the Court rules as follows:
8 • Dkt. No. 242-1: As to the last names of deponents at ECF pgs. 31-32, DENIED.
9 As to the settlement amount, GRANTED. As to the name of the entity Cook hired
10 at ECF pg. 36, line 6, GRANTED. Otherwise, DENIED.
11 • Dkt. No. 242-2: GRANTED.
12 • Dkt. No. 242-3: GRANTED.
United States District Court
13 • Dkt. No. 242-4: GRANTED.
14 • Dkt. No. 242-6: DENIED, without prejudice to resubmission with partial
15 redactions. Plaintiff has not shown how third-party deponents would be injured by
Northern District of California
16 allowing the fact of their deposition to remain public.
17 • Dkt. No. 242-7: DENIED, without prejudice to resubmission with partial
18 redactions. Plaintiff has not shown how third-party deponents would be injured by
19 allowing the fact of their deposition to remain public.
20 • Dkt. No. 242-8: DENIED, without prejudice to resubmission with partial
21 redactions. Plaintiff has not shown how third-party deponents would be injured by
22 allowing the fact of their deposition to remain public.
23 As to those filings for which the motion to seal was denied without prejudice to
24 resubmission, the party must resubmit by September 25,2026, should they choose to renew their
25 motion. Otherwise, the parties must file updated redacted versions of these filings, in accordance
26 with the Court’s rulings, by September 25, 2026.
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1 The Court cautions that if a party chooses to resubmit their motions to seal and again does
2 not narrowly tailor their request, or fails to provide a basis for sealing the material, the Court is
3 likely to order the party to show cause why personal sanctions should not follow.
4 IT IS SO ORDERED.
5 Dated: September 17, 2026
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