Defendants’ and Counterclaimants’ Administrative Motion to Seal ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parsed_document_assets/458640640/4jHCW9RuEoXYYl8EDK4f-3FeuXKbrXHH2SHY1a5Vcy0-cove_4JzNIS4.png) 🔗 **Source:** [Defendants’ and Counterclaimants’ Administrative Motion to Seal](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.290.0.pdf) > [!note]+ Document Notes > # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 290: WordPress Parties' motion to seal (WPE-designated material in Hogan declaration) > **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín; discovery before Mag. J. Ajay S. Krishnan). Late-May-2026 discovery-phase filing (fact discovery closed May 14, 2026). > **Filing:** Administrative motion to seal · By: Defendants/Counterclaimants · May 2026 > ## Summary > Under LR 79-5(f), the WordPress Parties provisionally seal the Letter Brief, the Hogan declaration, and its Exhibits 1–5 because they reference material WP Engine — not the WordPress Parties — designated CONFIDENTIAL / AEO, letting WPE file a sealing statement. > ## Key points > - 79-5(f) designating-party mechanism, here protecting WPE's designations. > - Concerns the marketing-documents letter brief (Dkt. 289). > ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance > The reciprocal of the WPE seal motions — each side files the other's designated material under seal to honor the Protective Order. > ## 🔗 Part of > Sealing layer of the marketing/platform-documents dispute (Dkt. 289). Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/458640640), Defendants’ and Counterclaimants’ Administrative Motion to Seal, Joseph P. Rose, Michael H. Dore, Ilissa Samplin, Josh A. Krevitt, Orin Snyder, Howard S. Hogan, Matt..., 01ksfts3npqfehrph1e2zbfnzq.