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. 573
12 Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) has filed an administrative motion to seal portions of an interrogatory response it included, at the Court’s direction, as an exhibit to a supplemental submission regarding a discovery dispute. See Dkt. Nos. 566, 572, 573. Plaintiffs have not responded to Google’s motion. 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) (cleaned up). 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 Group, LLC,…