CZ Services, Inc. v. Express Scripts Holding Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CZ SERVICES, INC., et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-04217-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTIONS TO SEAL

v.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY, et al., 11 Defendants.

13 A hallmark of our federal judiciary is the “strong presumption in favor of access to court 14 records.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). Public 15 access maintains confidence in the fair and impartial administration of justice, and protects the 16 integrity and independence of the courts. This is why the business of the federal judiciary is done 17 in open court. 18 In limited circumstances, there may be grounds for curtailing public access. This is an 19 exception to the rule, and so a party requesting that a document or evidence be sealed from the 20 public needs to present a good reason explaining why. A particularized showing of good cause is 21 required to seal documents related to non-dispositive motions, and a compelling reason supported 22 by specific facts is needed before the Court will consider sealing records…