(PC) Gelazela v. United States of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 MARK GELAZELA, Case No. 1:21-cv-1499-EPG (PC) 9 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. REQUESTS TO SEAL (ECF Nos. 3 & 4) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 Plaintiff did not file a motion to seal. However, at the end of two separate documents, Plaintiff asks for the proceedings to be sealed and not published for public view. (ECF No. 3, p. 2; ECF No. 4, p. 5). This sealing request is governed by the compelling-reason standard, which requires the party asking the Court to seal judicial records to overcome the strong presumption in favor of access to court records by providing a compelling reason for the Court to seal the records:
22 Following the Supreme Court’s lead, we start with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records. The presumption of access is based on the need for federal courts, although independent—indeed, particularly because they are independent—to have a measure of…