Loggervale

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AASYLEI LOGGERVALE, AASYLEI HARDGE-LOGGERVALE, and AAOTTAE LOGGERVALE, No. C 20-04679 WHA

Plaintiffs,

v.

ORDER RE MOTIONS TO SEAL

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, STEVEN

HOLLAND, MONICA POPE, KEITH

LEEPER, ANTHONY DESOUSA, CAMERON GALLOWAY, and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.

18 Our federal courts belong to the people. The public has every right and every interest in 19 looking over our shoulders to see why and how we grant relief (or not) and specifically what 20 record justified (or not) the relief. This is equally, if not more, true as to municipal defendants 21 as to private-party defendants. So, our court of appeals has recognized a strong presumption of 22 public access to our records. Sealing a record requires, without “hypothesis or conjecture,” a 23 compelling factual basis that outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. 24 Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016) (emphasis added); Kamakana v. City 25 & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172,…