Dousa
Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KAJI DOUSA, CASE NO. 19cv1255-LAB (KSC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL [Dkt. 74] vs. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al.,
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Defendants. “Access to public proceedings and records is an indispensable predicate to free expression about the workings of government.” Courthouse News Svc. v. Planet, 750 F.3d 776, 785 (9th Cir. 2014). The public’s interest in access is so weighty that the Court previously found that Plaintiff Kaji Dousa’s competing interest in protecting her social security number and birthdate outweighed the public interest “only slightly.” Dkt. 62 at 2. U.S. Customs and Border Protection asks the Court to find the public interest again outweighed, this time by CBP’s interest in the secrecy of its sensitive law enforcement information. But the information CBP wants to seal has been on the docket since the turn of the year. It’s not secret anymore. CBP’s interest in a vain attempt to reclaim lost…