Eidler
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STACIA STINER, et al., Case No. 17-cv-03962-HSG Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
v. UNDER SEAL BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING, INC., et Re: Dkt. No. 264 al., 11 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to File Under Seal portions of the Proof of Service of the Motion for Substitution (“Proof of Service”). Dkt. No. 264 (“Mot.”). Plaintiffs seek to seal the Proof of Service and attached exhibits to remove any personal identifying information of the named Plaintiffs’ family members. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion. I. LEGAL STANARD Courts generally apply a “compelling reasons” standard when considering motions to seal documents. Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting Kamakana v.City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006)). “This standard derives from the common law right ‘to inspect and…