Gordon
Gordon v. Pacchetti
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CARLOS GORDON, Case No. 20-cv-03910-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL SHOULD NOT BE
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN DENIED FRANCISCO, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 52 Defendants.
12 A party seeking to overcome the presumption of public access to documents filed in 13 judicial proceedings generally must establish “compelling reasons” to file documents under seal, 14 including in the context of a motion for summary judgment. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler 15 Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016). Requests to seal must be narrowly tailored. Civ. 16 L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(B). Defendants move to seal the two individual officer defendants’ body camera 17 recordings, as well as a medical document concerning Plaintiff’s injury. 18 With respect to the video recordings, Defendants cite various provisions of California law 19 concerning the confidentiality of police personnel records and investigations…