Tanseer Kazi v. PNC, Bank, N.A.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TANSEER KAZI, et al., Case No. 18-cv-04810-JCS
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
FILE UNDER SEAL
PNC, BANK, N.A., Re: Dkt. Nos. 157, 160, 163 Defendant.
12 The parties filed three administrative motions to file certain materials under seal in connection with their cross-motions for summary judgment. Where, as here, the underlying motions are more than tangentially related to the merits of a case, a party seeking to file under seal must show compelling reasons to do so. See generally Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2016). Under this Court’s local rules, requests to file under seal must be narrowly tailored. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(B). The Court is satisfied that, with respect to PNC’s January 15, 2021 administrative motion (dkt. 157) and January 29, 2021 administrative motion (dkt. 163), PNC has shown compelling reasons to seal narrowly tailored portions of the documents…