In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE GOOGLE RTB CONSUMER Case No. 21-cv-02155-YGR (VKD)
PRIVACY LITIGATION
ORDER GRANTING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
SEAL
10 Re: Dkt. No. 536, 538
12 The plaintiffs and defendant Google LLC (“Google”) have both filed administrative motions asking the Court to seal portions of their June 5, 2023 joint discovery letter brief. Dkt. Nos. 536, 537, 538. Both motions ask for identical redactions. See Dkt. Nos. 536 at 2; 538 at 2. There is a strong presumption in favor of access by the public to judicial records and documents accompanying dispositive motions that can be overcome only by a showing of “compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings.” Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). However, the presumption does not apply equally to a motion addressing matters that are only “tangentially related to the merits of a case,” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler…