William

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SHERRY A. WILLIAM, et al., Case No. 18-cv-02542-JSC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: JOINT DISCOVERY

v. LETTER BRIEF AND

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, SEAL SAME Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 137

12 The parties’ joint discovery letter brief regarding a privilege dispute is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 137.) The parties have filed a “consent administrative motion to seal” the discovery letter brief and all the exhibits thereto arguing that the letter brief and exhibits are sealable because the dispute involves a claim of attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine and the dispute is “highly sensitive.” (Dkt. No. 137 at 2.) Neither is a proper basis for sealing. “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.” Nixon v. Warner Comm’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 n.7 (1978); see…