Castellanos
Castellanos v. Frauenheim
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROLANDO CASTELLANOS, Case No. 17-cv-01307-JD
Petitioner
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. FILE UNDER SEAL
SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Re: Dkt. Nos. 33, 38 Respondent.
12 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 13 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent has filed an answer and seeks to file several documents from 14 state court under seal. 15 The Court may order a document filed under seal “upon a request that establishes that the document, or portions thereof are privileged, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law (hereinafter referred to as ‘sealable’). The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material.” N. D. Cal. Local Rule 79-5. There is a strong presumption favoring the public’s right of access to court records which should be overridden only 19 for a compelling reason. Hagestad v. Tragesser, 49 F.3d 1430, 1433-34 (9th Cir. 1995). 20 “Counseling…