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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN POTTS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01236-NONE-HBK Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION TO SEAL DOCUMENT

v. (Doc. No. 32) DANNY SAMUEL, Respondent. 16 Petitioner Kevin Potts, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner is proceeding on his first amended petition. (Doc. No. 19). Before the court is Respondent’s motion to seal a document from the state court record. (Doc. No. 32). 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). The presumption, however, is not absolute and “can be overridden given sufficiently compelling reasons for doing so.” See id. Respondent requests to file under seal one volume of Petitioner’s state court record that contains the Confidential Clerk’s Transcript, which was sealed by…