Hutchins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 KENNETH HUTCHINS, Case No. 17-cv-03921-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE

UNDER SEAL

JOE A. LIZARRAGA,

Defendant.

12 On August 18, 2020, Petitioner, by and through his counsel of record, filed an ex parte administrative motion to file under seal the declaration of appointed counsel, which counsel filed to support her ex parte application for replacing appointed counsel. See Mot., ECF 38; Appl., ECF 37. For the reasons stated below, the administrative motion to seal at ECF 38 is GRANTED. I. LEGAL STANDARD “Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.’” Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n.7 (1978)). Consequently, filings that are “more than…