dotStrategy Co. v. Facebook Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOTSTRATEGY, CO., Plaintiff, No. 20-00170 WHA

v.

FACEBOOK, INC., OMNIBUS SEALING ORDER RE

DKT. NOS. 121, 123, 124, 133, 134

Defendant.

15 16 This case centers on Facebook, Inc.’s, alleged obligation to refund its advertiser- customers when fake accounts interact with their advertisements. This order addresses requests by Facebook to maintain under seal portions of nine documents—and a tenth in its entirety—the parties seek to file in connection with plaintiff’s motion for class certification. The public has “a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.” Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). Thus, “we start with a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). “A party seeking to seal a judicial record then bears the burden of overcoming this strong…