Foran
Foran v. Ulthera, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELIZABETH FORAN, No. 1:20-cv-00267-DAD-BAM Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL ULTHERA, INC., et al., (Doc. No. 24) Defendants. 16 On June 5, 2020, defendants Ulthera, Inc., Merz Incorporated, and Merz North America filed a motion to dismiss in this action. (Doc. No. 23.) In connection with that motion, those same defendants filed a notice of a request to file a document under seal pursuant to Local Rule 141. (Doc. No. 24.) Having reviewed the document that defendants seek to have sealed, the court will grant defendants’ request. LEGAL STANDARD All documents filed with the court are presumptively public. San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Court, 187 F.3d 1096, 1103 (9th Cir. 1999) (“It is well-established that the fruits of pretrial discovery are, in the absence of a court order to the contrary, presumptively public.”).1 26 Pursuant to Rule 5.2(d) of the…