UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 18-cv-05931-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER SEALING EXHIBITS AND
v. ATTACHING STANDING ORDER
TIMBERLY E. HUGHES, Re: Dkt. No. 68 Defendants.
I. EX PARTE REQUEST TO SEAL Defendant Timberly Hughes, pro se, filed a number of motions on September 4, 2020. In an order issued the same day denying those motions, the Court noted that Hughes waived the protection of Rule 5.2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by filing personal information included in exhibits in the public record. See dkt. 75 at 1 n.2. After that order was issued, Hughes sent an ex parte request via email to the Courtroom Deputy requesting that the exhibits to docket entry 68 be placed under seal. Sealing documents in a federal court docket is the exception rather than the rule, and generally must be supported by “compelling reasons.” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016). Requests to…