Chung

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HOPE CHUNG, et al., Case No. 21-cv-03074-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

SEAL

INTELLECTSOFT GROUP CORPORATION, et al., Re: ECF No. 168 11 Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ administrative motion to seal documents in support of their motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 168. Defendants seek to file under seal Exhibits A-Y to the declaration of Richard de Bodo in support of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (the “de Bodo Declaration”). The Court will deny the motion. A party seeking to seal a document filed with the court must (1) comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and (2) rebut the “strong presumption in favor of access” that applies to most judicial records. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). Local Rule 79-5 requires that the request “establish[] that the document, or portions thereof, are privileged, protectable as…