Vineyard Investigations v. E. & J. Gallo Winery

I. INTRODUCTION

13 On April 30, 2024, Plaintiff Vineyard Investigations (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant E. & J. 14 Gallo (“Defendant”) filed a “Notice of Request to Seal Documents” (the “Notice”) and submitted 15 to the Court a “Joint Request to Seal Documents,” pursuant to E.D. Cal. Local Rule 141, seeking 16 to seal unredacted versions of their joint statement, appendix, and various exhibits related to their 17 Motion for a Discovery Dispute (the “Joint Request”). (Doc. 123). This Joint Request follows the 18 Court’s denial (Doc. 119) of the parties’ previous request (Doc. 118), in which the Court found the 19 parties had failed to establish the requisite good cause. (See Doc. 119). The Court has reviewed 20 the parties’ revised Notice and Joint Request and the documents sought to be sealed, and the Court 21 has determined that the parties have corrected the deficiencies identified in the Court’s previous 22 order. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the Notice and Joint Request. 23

II. LEGAL STANDARD

24 All documents filed with the court are presumptively public. San Jose Mercury News, Inc. 25 v. U.S. Dist. Court, 187 F.3d 1096, 1103 (9th Cir. 1999). This…