UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TANSEER KAZI, et al., Case No. 18-cv-04810-JCS
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
FILE UNDER SEAL
PNC, BANK, N.A., Re: Dkt. Nos. 72, 76, 80 Defendant.
I. LEGAL STANDARD In order to rebut the presumption of public access to judicial proceedings, a party must show “compelling reasons” to maintain documents under seal if they are filed in connection with motions “more than tangentially related to the merits of a case.” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). The present motion for class certification meets that standard. Under this Court’s local rules, a request to seal also must be “narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material.” Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). II. MOTION TO SEAL PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION Plaintiffs Tanseer Kazi and Linda Scheid filed an administrative motion to seal portions of their motion for class certification, as well as…