USA v. Sterling Centrecorp Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and No. 2:08-cv-2556 MCE DB

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, Plaintiffs, ORDER v. STERLING CENTRECORP INC., STEPHEN P. ELDER and ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC.,

Defendants. 18 On February 14, 2020, plaintiff/judgment creditor United States of America filed a notice of request to file documents under seal. (ECF No. 355.) The documents are related to the parties’ pending discovery dispute. In evaluating requests to seal, the court starts “‘with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.’” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016) (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)). “The presumption of access is ‘based on the need for federal courts, although independent – indeed, particularly because they are independent – to have a measure of accountability and for the public to have confidence in the administration…