Dekker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERRIE DEKKER, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-07918 WHA

v.

VIVINT SOLAR, INC., et al., ORDER RE MOTION TO SEAL Defendants.

15 16 This order addresses the motion to seal filed in conjunction with plaintiff’s rely in support of her Rule 36(b) motion to amend her admissions (Dkt. No. 267). Plaintiff lodged those exhibits conditionally under seal, and defendants filed a declaration in support of sealing some of that material (Dkt. No. 269). There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana v. City & Cty. Of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–80 (9th Cir. 2006). Consequently, access to motions and their attachments that are “more than tangentially related to the merits of a case” may be sealed only upon a showing of “compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101–02 (9th Cir.…