L.S.
L.S. v. Henderson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
L.S., et al., Case No. 20-cv-04637-VC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’
v. MOTION TO SEAL WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
RICHARD HENDERSON, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 82 Defendants.
The plaintiffs’ second administrative motion to file documents under seal is denied. “Those who seek to maintain the secrecy of documents attached” to non-dispositive motions must show good cause. Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). As to Exhibits D and E, both declarations appear to be available on the public docket of Villanueva v. State of California in the Central District of California, Case No. 8:17-cv-01302. No good cause exists to seal documents that are already publicly available elsewhere. As to the remaining exhibits, the plaintiffs have failed to sufficiently articulate sound reasons for sealing the documents. The declaration from Sergeant Zhou states that “[t]his matter is an open murder investigation” and opines that “[p]ublic disclosure of the records of the investigation of this incident . . . could potentially taint or…