Collins
Collins v. Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN GARY COLLINS, Case No.: 19-cv-1392-GPC-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO
v. FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS [ECF Nos. 28, 38] INSURANCE COMPANY; and DOES 1
THROUGH 10,
16 Defendants.
Before this Court is Defendant Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company’s two motions to file under seal certain documents in support of its motion for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 28, 38. The Court DENIES both motions. Courts apply a “strong presumption in favor of access” to documents filed in litigation. Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1137 (9th Cir. 2003). To overcome that presumption, the movant must provide “compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings . . . that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, such as the ‘public interest in understanding the judicial 26 27 1 || process.’” Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu,…