Barnes
Barnes v. The Coca-Cola Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Keith Barnes, No. 1:22-cv-01511-KJM-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER v. The Coca-Cola Company, 1S Defendant. 16 In a previous order, the court ordered defendant The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) to show cause why its Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 18, Requests to Seal, ECF Nos. 19, 27, and 19 related documents, ECF Nos. 20, 28, should not be fully unsealed. Order (Apr. 7, 2025) at 12, ECF No. 40. Coca-Cola responded to the court’s order and requests all sealed documents remain under seal. Response, ECF No. 41. In support of its request, Coca-Cola makes three primary arguments: 1) another judge in this district previously allowed it to file the aforementioned documents under seal; 2) another judge in the Southern District of Florida previously determined 24 that good cause existed to seal that district’s Report and Recommendation, which Coca-Cola cites 25 to in these documents; and 3) good cause…