Shanker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EAST WEST BANK, Case No. 20-cv-07364-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

SUKEERT SHANKER, UNDER SEAL Defendant. Re: Dkt. No.

12 Plaintiff East West Bank (“EWB”) has filed a motion to seal in conjunction with its Complaint. Plaintiff’s Administrative Motion to File Documents Under Seal [Dkt. No. 2]. EWB seeks to seal Exhibit C to the Complaint, which is a Settlement Agreement between EWB and defendant Sukeert Shanker that was signed shortly after Shanker left his employment at EWB. Id. EWB also seeks to seal portions of the Complaint that refer to the Settlement Agreement. Id. In its supporting declaration, EWB only states that the “parties agreed to keep the terms and amount of the Settlement Agreement confidential.” Declaration of Warren Bleeker in Support of Plaintiff’s Administrative Motion to File Documents Under Seal [Dkt. No. 2-1].…