Allio
Allio v. United Collection Bureau, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DON ALLIO, No. 2:22-cv-2021 KJM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED COLLECTION BUREAU, INC., Defendant. 16 On February 27, 2023, the parties filed a proposed stipulated protective order regarding the use of confidential information. (ECF No. 13.) The parties’ proposed stipulated protective order states that all “Confidential Information filed with the Court . . . shall be filed under seal[.]” (Id. at 10.) The parties are advised that, all documents filed with the court are presumptively public. See San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Court, 187 F.3d 1096, 1103 (9th Cir. 1999) (“It is well-established that the fruits of pretrial discovery are, in the absence of a court order to the contrary, presumptively public.”). Therefore, documents that are the subject of a protective order may be filed under seal only if a sealing order is first obtained. See Local Rule 141.1. A party seeking to obtain a sealing…