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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 K.O., by and through her parents and Case No.: 22-cv-01703-H-BGS 12 guardians ad litem, MIKHAIL and

KELLY OGAWA, ORDER:

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Plaintiff, 14 (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION TO FILE OFFICE OF 15

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

SAN DIEGUITO UNION HIGH

16 RECORD UNDER SEAL; AND

SCHOOL DISTRICT,

17 Defendant. [Doc. No. 14.] 18 (2) DIRECTING THE CLERK TO 19

FILE THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT

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23 24 On May 3, 2023, Plaintiff K.O. (“Plaintiff”) filed a motion to file under seal a copy 25 of the California Office of Administrative Hearings’ (“OAH”) administrative record and 26 hearing transcripts. (Doc. No. 14.) On May 8, 2023, Defendant San Dieguito Union High 27 School District submitted a statement of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s motion to seal. (Doc. 28 No. 17.) 1 Plaintiff seeks to seal the OAH administrative record and hearing transcripts because 2 contain the medical, disability, and education records of a minor. (Doc. No. 14-1 at 3 After reviewing the documents in question, the Court concludes that compelling 4 reasons exist to seal the OAH administrative record and hearing transcripts.' See D.L. by 5 Through Lazaro v. Poway Unified Sch. Dist., No. 19-cv-00780-GPC-RBB, at *2 (S.D. 6 || Cal. Nov. 1, 2019) (Compelling reasons exist to seal the OAH record because it “contains 7 || references to the learning disability, private educational records, and personally identifiable 8 ||information of a minor, and thus, should be protected”’) (internal quotations omitted); see 9 also JM. v. Oakland Unified Sch. Dist., No. 17-cv-04986-HSG, 2018 WL 6574190, at *8 10 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2018) (such records are “largely protected from public disclosure by 11 federal and state law”). 12 Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiffs request to file the entire OAH 13 |}administrative record and hearing transcripts under seal without prejudice to the Court 14 || modifying this order at a later time or using the information in a written order. The Court 15 || directs the Clerk to file the proposed documents under seal. (Doc. No. 15.) 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 || DATED: May 9, 2023 lal | | J 18 MARILYN WN. HUF F, Distric ge 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 21 22 23 24 The prohibited references are “too numerous to redact” given the voluminous nature 25 the OAH administrative record and hearing transcript. See A.B. ex rel. W.F.B. v. San %6 Francisco Unified Sch. Dist., No. C 07-4738 PJH, 2007 WL 2900527, at *] (N.D. Cal. Oct. 2, 2007); see also D.L. by and Through Lazaro v. Poway Unified Sch. Dist., No. 19-cv- 27 ||00780-GPC-RBB, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 1, 2019) (finding it appropriate to seal the OAH 28 record without redaction given the ubiquitous nature of sensitive details throughout the record and hearing transcripts).