Huntsman
Huntsman v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JAYSON HUNTSMAN, Case No. 19-cv-00083-PJH Plaintiff,
v. ORDER RE ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO SEAL
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., Re: Dkt. No. 99 Defendant.
13 Before the court is defendant Southwest Airlines Co.’s renewed administrative motion to seal portions of its opposition to plaintiff’s motion for class certification and exhibits in support of the opposition. Dkt. 99. A party seeking to seal materials submitted with a motion that is “more than tangentially related to the merits of the case”—regardless whether that motion is “technically dispositive”—must demonstrate that there are compelling reasons to keep the documents under seal. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101-02 (9th Cir. 2016). Class certification motions are more than tangentially related to the merits of the case. See A.B. v. Pac. Fertility Ctr., 441 F.Supp.3d 902, 906 (N.D. Cal. 2020); Racies v. Quincy Bioscience, LLC, 2017 WL 6405612,…