Smith v. City of Bakersfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELTON SMITH, Case No. 1:22-cv-00494-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S v. REQUEST TO SEAL

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., (Doc. 90)

Defendants. 16 Pursuant to Local Rule 141(b) and based upon the representations contained in Plaintiff’s ex parte application to seal, filed on October 3, 2024 (Doc. 90), and in the declaration of counsel for Plaintiff proposed for sealing, emailed to the undersigned’s chambers on October 3, 2024, the declaration of counsel for Plaintiff, Brian M. Bush, dated October 3, 2024, shall be ordered sealed until further order of this Court. The Court has considered the factors set forth in Oregonian Publ’g Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Dist. of Or., 920 F.2d 1462 (9th Cir. 1990). The Court finds that, for the reasons stated in the ex parte application, sealing the declaration of counsel for Plaintiff serves a compelling interest. The Court further finds that, in the…