Petras

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN EDWARD MORA, Case No. 2:20-cv-00749-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

v. ECF No. 39 O. PETRAS,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

Defendant. TO APPOINT COUNSEL ECF Nos. 46 & 47 17 The public generally has a right to inspect court records. See Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n.7 (1978); Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). Defendant asks to shield from public view 515 pages of records submitted with his motion for summary judgment. But defendant has not made the showing required to justify such sealing. There is a strong presumption in favor of public access to court records, and the party seeking to seal a record bears the burden of overcoming that presumption. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178. Records attached to non-dispositive motions must meet the lower “good cause” standard of…