Castellanos

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ROLANDO CASTELLANOS, Case No. 17-cv-01307-JD

8 Petitioner

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

9 v. FILE UNDER SEAL

10 SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Re: Dkt. Nos. 33, 38 Respondent. 11

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 16 document, or portions thereof are privileged, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to 17 protection under the law (hereinafter referred to as ‘sealable’). The request must be narrowly 18 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…