Molina
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Molina
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE Case No. 1:23-cv-01553-NODJ-CDB
COMPANY,
ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL
Plaintiff-in-Interpleader, (Docs. 11-1, 15)
v.
CONCEPCION FLORES MOLINA and
LUPE C. NUNES,
16 Defendants-in-Interpleader. 17 Pending before the Court is the request to seal documents by Plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”), filed January 30, 2024 (Doc. 15) and emailed to the undersigned’s chambers on the same date. The Court has considered the factors set forth in Oregonian Publ’g Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Dist. of Or., 920 F.2d 1462 (9th Cir. 1990). The Court finds that, for the reasons stated in MetLife’s Notice and Request, including the supporting declaration of MetLife’s counsel Karen T. Tsui, sealing the inadvertently filed and unredacted exhibits (Doc. 11-1) serves a compelling interest. The Court further finds that, in the absence of closure, the compelling interests identified by…