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