Flanigan

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 WILLIE M. FLANIGAN, 11 Plaintiff, No. C 16-00066 WHA

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13 OFFICER JARED HARRIS, OFFICER OMNIBUS ORDER RE REMAINING BRIAN HICKLIN, and SERGEANT SEALING MOTIONS 14 CONROY TAM, 15 Defendants.

16 17 This omnibus order addresses all remaining administrative motions to seal (Dkt. 18 Nos. 268, 295, 297, 335, 346, 349). 19 There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is 20 entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not) and why. See Kamakana v. City & 21 Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–80 (9th Cir. 2006). Consequently, access to motions 22 and their attachments that are “more than tangentially related to the merits of a case” may be 23 sealed only upon a showing of “compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. 24 Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101–02 (9th Cir. 2016). Filings that are only tangentially 25 related to the merits may be sealed upon a lesser showing of “good cause.” Id. at 1097. …