K.R.
K.R. v. G6 Hospitality, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
K.R., Case No. 19-cv-08252-VC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT
v. PREJUDICE MOTION FOR
PROTECTIVE ORDER; IMPOSING
G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC, INTERIM PROTECTIVE ORDER
Defendant. Re: Dkt. No.
Through her proposed protective order, the plaintiff seeks to impose severe restrictions on the defendant’s ability to investigate and litigate this case. Deciding whether these restrictions are warranted requires balancing the plaintiff’s privacy interests and safety concerns against the prejudice to the defendant and the public’s interest in the case. See Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 596 F.3d 1036, 1042 (9th Cir. 2010); Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. General Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1211 (9th Cir. 2002); see also Doe v. JBF RAK LLC, 2014 WL 5286512, at *3-4 (D. Nev. Oct. 15, 2014). But the plaintiff has provided the Court with virtually no facts about herself, her trafficker(s), or their relationship to allow this balancing to be conducted in a meaningful way. The motion for a protective order is thus denied without…