Quackenbush

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARY QUACKENBUSH, GHERI

SUELEN, ANNE PELLETTIERI,

No. C 20-05599 WHA MARISSA FEENEY, and CARYN

PRASSE, on behalf of themselves and all

others similarly situated,

13 Plaintiffs, OMNIBUS ORDER RE MOTIONS

TO SEAL

14 v.

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR

COMPANY, INC., and

HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD.

17 Defendants.

In connection with a motion for class certification, plaintiffs have moved to file under seal certain exhibits and portions of their briefing. Defendants have moved to do the same (Dkt. Nos. 67, 82, 99, 109). Because the underlying motion for class certification was more than tangentially related to the merits of the case, compelling reasons are required to warrant sealing. See Civil L.R. 7-11, 79-5(e); Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–79 (9th Cir. 2006).1 26 Our new Civil Local Rules became effective on November 1, 2021. The class…