Upshaw
Upshaw v. Alameda County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 TIKISHA UPSHAW, et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-07814-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
SEAL
ALAMEDA COUNTY, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 22, 23 Defendants.
10 This order resolves the pending administrative motion to file documents under seal in this case, Dkt. No. 23, as well as approves the parties’ stipulated protective order regarding the same documents, Dkt. No. 22, except in those cases where the stipulated protective order conflicts with the Court’s standing orders. I. LEGAL STANDARD In our circuit, in evaluating a motion to seal, two different standards apply depending on whether the request is being made in connection with a dispositive motion or a non-dispositive motion. For dispositive motions, the historic “strong presumption of access to judicial records” fully applies, and a party seeking sealing must establish “compelling reasons” to overcome that presumption. Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu,…