govinfo:USCOURTS-cand-3_25-cv-01139-6

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United States District Court 
Northern District of California 
 
 
 
 
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
ROBLOX CORPORATION, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
 
PLAYERAUCTIONS, INC., 
Defendant. 
 

 
ORDER DEFERRING RULING ON 
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO FILE 
UNDER SEAL; AFFORDING 
DEFENDANT OPPORTUNITY TO FILE 
RESPONSIVE DECLARATION 
Re: Dkt. No. 117 
 
 
Before the Court is plaintiff Roblox Corporation’s (“Roblox”) “Motion to File Under 
Seal for Summary Judgment Pursuant to Local Rule 7-11 and 79-5,” filed May 11, 2026, 
whereby Roblox proposes redactions of six documents containing information it 
designated confidential and “requests that the [ten] documents of PlayerAuctions 
identified [therein] remain under seal pending PlayerAuctions’ review of the specific 
material included in Roblox’s filing.” (See Doc. No. 117 at 10:2-3.) To date, 
PlayerAuctions has not filed a responsive declaration. 
Roblox, for the second time in the instant action, has filed a deficient motion to 
seal.1 Here, Roblox fails to move under the applicable subsection as to sealing a 
document “designated confidential by another party.” See Civil L.R. 79-5(f) (stating filing 
party “must, instead of filing an Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, file an 
 
1 On March 24, 2026, the Court deferred ruling on Roblox’s then pending, earlier 
motion to seal, for the reason that “[a]lthough the motion [wa]s brought pursuant to Rule 
79-5 of the Civil Local Rules of this District, it ha[d] not been filed in accordance with the 
provisions thereof.” (See Doc. No. 91 at 1:20-22). 

 
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United States District Court 
Northern District of California 
Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Another Party’s Material Should Be Sealed”). 
Given that the motion was not filed properly under the Civil Loval Rules of this District see 
Civil L.R. 79-5(f)(5), the Court affords PlayerAuctions the opportunity to file a responsive 
“statement and/or declaration” setting forth, with the requisite specificity, “the reasons 
warranting sealing of the material it has designated confidential, see Civil L.R. 79-5(f)(3); 
see id. 79-5(c)(1)). 
Accordingly, the Court hereby DEFERS ruling on Roblox’s Motion to File Under 
Seal and affords PlayerAuctions an opportunity to file a responsive declaration or 
statement. Any such response shall be filed no later than June 16, 2026. 
 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
 
Dated: June 9, 2026 
 MAXINE M. CHESNEY 
 United States District Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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