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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 B&G FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC., No. 2:20-cv-0526 KJM DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 KIM EMBRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

HEALTH ADVOCATES, INC.,

15 16 Defendants. 17 18 On February 9, 2024, plaintiff filed a notice of request to seal. (ECF No. 161.) Local 19 Rule 141(b) requires, in relevant part, that a “‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the 20 statutory or other authority for sealing, the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, 21 of persons permitted access to the documents, and all other relevant information.” In evaluating 22 requests to seal, the court starts “‘with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.’” 23 Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016) (quoting Foltz v. 24 State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)). “The presumption of 25 access is ‘based on the need for federal courts, although independent – indeed, particularly 26 because they are independent – to…