Johnson v. California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RANDALL SCOTT JOHNSON No. 2:19-cv-1722 JAM DB DECEASED, etc., et al., 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. CITY OF REDDING, et al., Defendants. 17 On June 2, 2023, plaintiff filed a notice of request to file documents under seal. (ECF No. 197.) The documents are offered “in support of Plaintiff’s” argument related to the parties’ pending discovery dispute, set for hearing before the undersigned on June 9, 2023. (Id. at 2.) In evaluating requests to seal, the court starts “‘with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.’” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016) (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)). “The presumption of access is ‘based on the need for federal courts, although independent – indeed, particularly because they are independent – to have a measure of accountability and for the public to have confidence in the administration of…