Gaines
Gaines v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RONISHA SHARDE GAINES, Case No. 24-cv-01280-TSH
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL
v. Re: Dkt. No. 12 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Ronisha Gaines has filed two documents that appear to be identical versions of her amended complaint. ECF Nos. 11, 12. However, she efiled ECF No. 11 as an “Amended Complaint” and ECF No. 12 as a “First Administrative Motion to File Under Seal.” If Plaintiff seeks to file her amended complaint (or any other document) under seal, she must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5, which sets forth the requirements for any motion to seal. Rule 79-5 states that “[t]he public has a right of access to the Court’s files” and Plaintiff “must explore all reasonable alternatives to filing documents under seal, minimize the number of documents filed under seal, and avoid wherever possible sealing entire documents (as opposed to merely redacting the truly sensitive information in a document).” Civ. L.R. 79-5(a). …