Hernandez
Hernandez v. County of Monterey
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 JESSE HERNANDEZ, et al., Case No. 13-cv-02354-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL THE JOINT STATUS
COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al., REPORT CONTAINING DRAFT
MONITOR FINDINGS
Defendants. [Re: ECF 891] 13
15 Defendants have filed a motion to seal (ECF 891) portions of the Joint Status Report (ECF 893) filed by the parties in advance of the Status Conference scheduled for August 1, 2024. Specifically, Defendants seek to redact material in the Joint Status Report that is drawn from the draft 11th neutral monitor dental report prepared by the dental monitor, Dr. Viviane Winthrop, D.D.S. Plaintiffs oppose Defendants’ sealing motion. The Court first must determine whether Defendants’ motion to seal should be evaluated under the “compelling reasons” standard applicable to documents that are “more than tangentially related to the merits…