Yates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN YATES, No. 2:22-cv-01081-DAD-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S AND

PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTS TO SEAL

CHEESEBURGER RESTAURANTS, INC., (Doc. Nos. 12-2, 14) 15 Defendant. 16 On August 15, 2022, the previously assigned district judge granted defendant’s initial request to seal its memorandum in support of its pending motion to dismiss and exhibits 1–3 of a defense counsel’s declaration filed in support of defendant’s motion to dismiss. (Doc. Nos. 7–9.) On August 26, 2022, plaintiff filed his opposition to the pending motion to dismiss on the public docket in this action and that opposition brief quoted from several of the previously sealed exhibits. (Doc. No. 12.) On September 6, 2022, defendant filed the pending notice of request to seal its reply brief in support of its pending motion to dismiss. (Doc. No. 14.) For the reasons 24 This case was reassigned to the undersigned on August 25, 2022. (Doc.…