Stiles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHARIDAN STILES, an individual, No. 2:14-cv-02234--KJM-DMC STILES 4 U, INC, a California Corporation, Plaintiff, ORDER v. WAL-MART STORES, Inc., AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, Inc., and DOES 1-100, Defendants.

19 Defendant American International Industries (“AI”) requests the court seal 20 Exhibits 33, 63, 64 and 65 and excerpts of the deposition of Sharidan Stiles filed in support of 21 AI’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Not. Req. to Seal, ECF No. 475. For the following 22 reasons, the court DENIES defendant’s request. 23 “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public 24 records and documents, including judicial records and documents.” Nixon v. Warner 25 Communications, 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). While “the right to inspect and copy judicial records 26 is not absolute,” access in civil cases is properly denied for clearly justifiable reasons: to protect 27 against “‘gratif[ication of] private spite or promot[ion of] public scandal,’” or…