Williams v. United Airlines, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CLARENCE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, No. C 19-02988 WHA
v.
UNITED AIRLINES, INC., ORDER RE ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO SEAL
Defendant.
20 Our federal courts belong to the people, not to corporate America. The public has every right and every interest in looking over our shoulders to see why and how we grant relief (or not) and specifically what record justified (or not) the relief. So, our court of appeals has recognized a strong presumption of public access to our records. Sealing a record requires, without “hypothesis or conjecture,” a compelling factual basis that outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016) (emphasis added); Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178– Plaintiff, with defendant’s support, moves to file under seal certain portions of the summary judgment briefing and record. Defendant offers security-related…