Raiser
Raiser v. San Diego County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AARON RAISER, Case No.: 19-cv-0751-GPC-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX
v. PARTE APPLICATION TO SEAL
CLETS DOCUMENTS AND FILING
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, et al.,
THE DOCUMENTS UNSEALED
Defendants. [ECF No. 163]
On April 14, 2021, Plaintiff filed an Ex Parte Application for an Order to (Not) Seal CLETS [California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System] Documents. ECF No. 163. Plaintiff moves to file the CLETS documents sealed solely to comply with the Magistrate Judge’s Protective Order, see ECF Nos. 138, 159, 162, and wishes to file the underlying documents as a publicly available record instead. Upon review of the underlying documents, the Court agrees with Plaintiff that the matter does not need to be sealed. 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.…