Dioquino
Dioquino v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JONI DIOQUINO, Case No. 20-cv-0167-BAS-RBB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL (ECF No. 23)
v.
UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
15 Defendant.
17 Defendant is moving for partial summary judgment on Plaintiff’s action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). (ECF No. 22.) In support of its motion, Defendant moves to seal the claim files for Plaintiff’s disability claims. (ECF No. 23.) These files total “937 pages, many of which contain personal and private information relating to Plaintiff, including her Social Security Number, date of birth, medial information, and financial information.” (Id.) Hence, Defendant argues “it would be very burdensome to redact all of that information from the voluminous records.” (Id.) Plaintiff does not oppose the sealing request. (Id.) I. LEGAL STANDARD “[T]he courts of this country recognize a general right to inspect and copy v. Warner Commc’ns,…