Chappell

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PATRICK BRUCE GORDON, Case No. 2:91-cv-00882-MCE-JDP (DP) 12 Petitioner, ORDER TO RESUBMIT REQUEST TO SEAL 13 v. ECF No. 443 14 KEVIN CHAPPELL, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Respondent, alongside his response to petitioner’s “brief on all claims for relief,” ECF No. 18 421, has filed a notice of request to seal. ECF No. 443. Respondent states that his response to 19 petitioner’s claims “4(B) and 5” should be sealed because it contains information related to the 20 disclosure of a confidential informant’s identity. Id. at 2. Petitioner has not filed an objection to 21 the notice within the time allotted by the Local Rules. See Local Rule 141(c). 22 In the Ninth Circuit, there is a “strong presumption in favor of access to court records.” 23 See Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). However, the 24 presumption is not absolute and “can be overridden given sufficiently compelling reasons for 25 doing so.” See id. …