Troyer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASEY TROYER, Plaintiff, No. 20-06065-WHA

v.

THE YERBA MATE CO., LLC, and ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

GUAYAKI SUSTAINABLE FILE CERTAIN MATERAILS

RAINFOREST PRODUCTS, INC., UNDER SEAL Defendants.

16 Plaintiff has moved to file under seal two exhibits in support of his motion for class certification. There is generally “a strong presumption in favor of access” to court records and documents. Kamakana v. City and Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). “A party seeking to seal a judicial record then bears the burden of overcoming this strong presumption by meeting the compelling reasons standard. That is, the party must articulate compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure.” Id. at 1178–79 (cleaned up). A classic example of a compelling reason is “business information that might harm a …