(PC) Concepcion v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MYCHAL CONCEPCION (a/k/a/ MICHELLE Case No.: 1:18-cv-01743-NONE -JLT
CONCEPCION),
12 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS v. (Doc. 47)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al.,
Defendants.
17 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) permits the Court to issue orders to “protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including . . . requiring that a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not be revealed or be revealed only in a specified way.” Only if good cause exists may the Court seal the information from public view after balancing “the needs for discovery against the need for confidentiality.’” Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. Cal. 2010) (quoting Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206,…