Reade
Reade v. New York Times Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 TARA READE, No. 2:22-cv-00543 WBS KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER RE: REQUEST TO FILE
DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant. 17 ----oo0oo---- In conjunction with its motion to dismiss (Docket No. 10) and its special motion to strike (Docket No. 11), defendant has submitted a request to file under seal an unredacted version of the photograph plaintiff provided to it. (Request to File Under Seal (“Request”), Docket No. 13.)) That photograph is an image of plaintiff’s ID card from the United States Senate and contains what the parties represent is the upper half of her Social Security number. “The proponent of sealing bears the burden” of overcoming a “strong presumption in favor of [public] access.” Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178, 1182 (9th Cir. 2006). To do so, the party must…