Hargrove

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TATYANA HARGROVE, Case No.: 1:17-cv-01743- JLT

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

v. (Doc. 33)

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.,

Defendants.

As agreed by the parties, the plaintiff has sought to have her opposition to the motions in limine and her opposition to the change in the City’s Rule 30(b)(6) witness filed under seal. The only rationale for the sealing was that the parties had agreed that certain depositions, upon which her oppositions rely, would be treated as confidential. In reviewing the oppositions, the Court finds the request for sealing is not supported by law. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) determines when documents may be sealed. The Rule permits the Court to issue orders to “protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including . . . requiring that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not…