Estrada

Estrada v. United States of America

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaDecember 6, 20223:22-cv-00373California357 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 Silvestre ESTRADA, a minor, by and Case No.: 22-cv-00373-AJB-BGS through is proposed guardian ad litem 10 Emily Prieto, et al., SEALING ORDER 11 Plaintiffs, [ECF No. 30] v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

14 Defendant.

16 The parties have filed a joint motion to file Exhibits 1 and 2 to their joint discovery 17 brief under seal, and to allow Defendant, the United States of America, to file Exhibit 3 18 to the parties’ joint discovery brief ex parte and under seal. (ECF Nos. 29 and 30.) 19 “A ‘good cause’ showing will suffice to seal documents produced in discovery.” 20 Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (2006) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 26(c)). “[W]hen a district court grants a protective order to seal documents during 22 discovery, ‘it already has determined that good cause exists to protect this information 23 from being disclosed to the public by balancing the needs for discovery against the need 24 for confidentiality.’” Id. at 1179-80 (quoting Phillips ex rel. Estates of…

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