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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELINDA ESPINELI, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00698-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, v. ORDER TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A., INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On August 19, 2019, defendant Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. requested the court seal Exhibits Q, R and S, and allow redaction of references to those exhibits in Exhibits J and P, all attached to plaintiffs’ ex parte application at ECF No. 77; ECF No. 79 (request). On August 28, 2019, plaintiffs filed the motion to amend that was in part the subject of plaintiffs’ ex parte application and defendant’s prior request to seal, and defendant filed a new request to seal and redact portions of the newly filed motion to amend. ECF No. 83 (motion); ECF No. 85 (request). For the following reasons, the court DENIES in part and GRANTS in part defendant’s requests. “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and…