Magdziak
Magdziak v. Berryhill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 DARYL M. MAGDZIAK, Case No.: 3:17-cv-01367-JAH-RNB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. SEAL (ECF No. 35) NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 13 Defendant.
15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Daryl M. Magdziak’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to 16 Seal. (ECF No. 35, “Mot.”). Therein, Plaintiff requests this Court issue an order sealing 17 “sensitive information . . . [that] inva[des his] privacy” from this matter, although Plaintiff 18 does not identify what information he considers to be sensitive. 19 In the United States, “courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy 20 public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.’ ” Kamakana v. 21 City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner 22 Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n. 7 (1978)). To overcome the strong presumption 23 in favor of public access to court records, a party seeking to maintain a judicial record…