Fernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANK J. FERNANDEZ, Case No.: 3:22-cv-00446-BAS-VET

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

E. DUARTE, [Doc. No. 79] Defendant. 15 16 17 Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to File Documents Under Seal (“Motion to Seal”). Doc. No. 79. Therein, Defendant requests that the Court seal two documents: (1) Section III of Defendant’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Request for a Court Order to Obtain Inmate Declarations (“Opposition”); and (2) paragraphs 4–13 and 15 of the Declaration of B. Chaucer (filed in support of Defendant’s Opposition). Id. at 1–2. Defendant represents that these documents rely upon highly confidential documents and sealing them is necessary for security reasons. Doc. 79-11 at 3. Defendant further represents that failing to seal these documents would “endanger and pose an unnecessary risk to the safety of other 26 27 Page numbers for docketed materials refer to those…