M.G.
M.G. v. Bodum USA, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
M. G.,
Case No. 19-cv-01069-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
BODUM USA, INC.,
Re: Dkt. No. 87 Defendant.
12 Defendant Bodum has filed an administrative motion (“Motion”) under Civil Local Rule 79-5 in which is seeks leave to file under seal Plaintiff’s Motion to Approve Settlement and the supporting declaration, including exhibits. In the Motion, which is unopposed, Bodum contends there is good cause to place these documents under seal. Recent Ninth Circuit case law, however, supports the conclusion that Bodum’s request is governed by the “compelling reasons” standard. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016) (“Consistent with our precedent, we make clear that public access to filed motions and their attachments does not merely depend on whether the motion is technically ‘dispositive.’…