Ortega
Ortega v. Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Ronald Ortega, No. 2:21-cv-00845-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Chick-fil-A, Inc., 1S Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Ronald Ortega brings this proposed class action against defendant Chick-fil-A, Inc. See generally First Am. Compl. (FAC), ECF No. 31. Ortega seeks to file an unredacted Second Amended Complaint (SAC), which, Chick-fil-A claims, contains “commercially sensitive 20 and propriety information.” Req. to Seal at 1. Accordingly, Chick-fil-A requests the unredacted SAC be sealed. /d. Because Chick-fil-A has not shown compelling reasons for the unredacted SAC to be sealed, the request is denied (ECF No. 67). “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records 24 and documents, including judicial records and documents.” Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns, 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978) (footnotes omitted). Although that right is not…