Simmons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 JOYCE MARIE SIMMONS, Case No.18-cv-02193-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE

UNDER SEAL

T. MISCHEL, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 31 Defendants.

Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 29. In connection with that motion, defendants filed an administrative motion to seal Attachment 11 of the declaration of Jacquelyn Herrera (“the Herrera declaration”) pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5. Dkt. No. 31. Plaintiff Joyce Simmons did not file a response to defendants’ motion to seal. There is a strong presumption in favor of access by the public to judicial records and documents accompanying dispositive motions that can be overcome only by a showing of “compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings.” Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–79 (9th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and…