Defendants' and Counterclaimants' Administrative Motion to Seal
đź”— **Source:** [Defendants' and Counterclaimants' Administrative Motion to Seal](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.288.0.pdf)
> [!note]+ Document Notes
> # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 288: WordPress Parties' motion to seal (WPE privilege-redaction letter brief, Slide 5)
> **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli MartĂnez-OlguĂn; 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
> Seeks to seal portions of the Joint Letter Brief about WP Engine's privilege redactions to Slide 5 of five Bates-numbered documents (the 'Redacted Documents'), plus supporting papers; supported by the Dore declaration (288.1).
> ## Key points
> - Tied to the single-redacted-sentence privilege dispute (Dkt. 287).
> - Identifies five specific WPE Bates numbers.
> ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance
> Sealing layer over the privilege fight about WPE's brand-strategy/legal-analysis slide.
> ## đź”— Part of
> Sealing layer of the privilege dispute (Dkt. 287).
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