NAACP of San Jose/ Silicon Valley v. City Of San Jose

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NAACP OF SAN JOSE/ SILICON VALLEY, et al., Case No. 21-cv-01705-PJH 6 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE CLASS CERTIFICATION, v. DISCOVERY, AND SEALING 8 CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 87, 101, 102 9 Defendants.

11 Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification came on for hearing on February 23, 2023. Plaintiffs appeared through their counsel, Mitchell Engel, Rachel Lederman, and Tammy Webb. Defendants appeared through their counsel, Matthew Pritchard. Also before the court are the parties’ discovery letter brief and plaintiffs’ motion to seal. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and relevant authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. BACKGROUND This is a civil rights case arising out of the May 2020 protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by police. Specifically, on May 29 and 30, 2020, plaintiffs …