Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MATT JONES, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04486-BLF

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART THE NEW YORK

v. TIMES CO.’S MOTION TO UNSEAL

PGA TOUR, INC., Re: ECF No. 460 Defendant.

12 Presently before the Court is non-party The New York Times Company’s (“NYT”) motion to unseal certain judicial records in this action (the “Motion to Unseal”). See Mot., ECF No. 460. The Motion to Unseal concerns records related to the Court’s jurisdiction over the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“PIF”) and His Excellency Yasir Othman Al- Rumayyan (“HE”), and its determinations that PIF and HE were not shielded by sovereign immunity. See Reply 6, 10, ECF No. 473. For the reasons discussed below, NYT’s motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. I. BACKGROUND A. Parties and Claims In August 2022, several professional golfers filed suit against Defendant PGA Tour, Inc.…