Berton

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARA BERTON, Case No. 23-cv-01849-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS AND

9 v. GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING

IN PART MOTIONS TO SEAL

10 AETNA INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 40, 41, 44 11 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 40. The Court held a hearing 13 on the motion. Dkt. No. 52. Defendants and Plaintiff also filed administrative motions to seal. 14 See Dkt. Nos. 41, 44. For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Defendants’ motion to 15 dismiss, and GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motions to seal. 16 I. BACKGROUND 17 Plaintiff Mara Berton is a 32-year-old woman married to her wife, June Higginbotham. 18 Compl. ¶ 5. Plaintiff alleges that she and her wife are enrolled in an employer health plan 19 administered by Defendants Aetna Inc. and Aetna Life Insurance Company (collectively, 20 “Defendants”). Id. ¶ 13. Plaintiff and her wife want to have children but…