Quilling

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Colby Quilling, No. 2:20-cv-01552-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Sacramento County Probation Dept., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on plaintiff Colby Quilling’s request to seal the court 18 records related to the action he brought against his former employer, defendant Sacramento County Probation Department. See Request to Seal, ECF No. 21; FAC, ECF No. 6. Soon after 20 the court’s dismissal of plaintiff's first amended complaint in mid-2021, ECF No. 16, the parties stipulated to a dismissal of the complaint, ECF No. 19. For the reasons below, the court denies 22 the request to seal. LL DISCUSSION There is a strong presumption in favor of public access to court records. See Phillips ex 25 rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210 (9th Cir. 2002). However, “access to judicial records is not absolute.” Kamakana v. City…