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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 TAYLOR SMART AND MICHAEL HACKER, No. 2:22-cv-02125 WBS CSK Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: REQUEST TO SEAL v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, an unincorporated association, Defendant. 19 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiffs have filed a request to seal in connection with their pending motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement, seeking to redact the settlement agreement’s threshold percentage of opt-outs needed to trigger the agreement’s termination clause. (Docket No. 72.) A party seeking to seal a judicial record bears the burden of overcoming a strong presumption in favor of public access. See Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). The party must “articulate compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of…