Anderson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 COURTNEY ANDERSON, et al., Case No. 12-cv-06386-DMR

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO SEAL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 102 11 Defendants. 12 On June 23, 2022, Defendant National Football League Management Council (“NFL”) filed a Motion for Contempt as to Plaintiff Sammy Knight and filed an administrative motion to file the entire motion and the evidence supporting the motion under seal. [Docket No. 102.] In assessing whether documents may be filed under seal there is “a strong presumption in favor of access.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). The Ninth Circuit established standards governing requests to seal in Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006). In accordance with the strong public policy favoring access to court records, “[a] party seeking to seal a judicial record . . . bears the…