Koop
Koop v. Healthcare Markets, Inc
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DALE KOOP,
Case No. 24-cv-05103-DMR Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SEAL
HEALTHCARE MARKETS, INC,
Re: Dkt. No. 8 Defendant.
Defendant and Counter-Claimant Healthcare Markets, Inc. (“HMI”) filed an administrative motion to file under seal the exhibits to its answer/counterclaim. [Docket Nos. 7 (Countercl.); 8 (MTS).] Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Dale Koop did not oppose. The court grants the motion to seal. In assessing whether documents may be filed under seal, there is “a strong presumption in favor of access.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). The Ninth Circuit established standards governing requests to seal in Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006). In accordance with the strong public policy favoring access to court records, “[a] party seeking to seal a judicial record…