Mendoza
Mendoza v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIKA MENDOZA, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01133-DAD-BAM Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS (Doc. No. 197) INC., et al., 15 Defendants.
17 On November 30, 2020, defendant Sharp Appliances Thailand Limited filed a motion to dismiss in this action. (Doc. No. 198.) In connection with that motion, defendant filed a notice of a request to file a document under seal pursuant to Local Rule 141. (Doc. No. 197.) Having reviewed the document that defendant seeks to have sealed, the court will grant defendant’s 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 “Historically, courts have…