Bowman v. Unibank

W.D. Washington

Bowman v. Unibank

DecidedAugust 14, 2023

Docket2:23-cv-00971

StatusUnknown

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 BRODIE L. BOWMAN, et al., CASE NO. CV23-0971-JCC 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 UNIBANK, et al., 13 Defendants. 14

15 This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ unopposed motion to seal (Dkt. No. 16 31) certain exhibits attached to the Declaration of Sunny Kim (Dkt. No. 30) in support of 17 Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Dkt. No. 28.) While 18 the public has a common law right to inspect and copy public records, including those from 19 judicial proceedings, these rights are not absolute. They must yield when (1) sealing a document 20 serves a compelling interest, (2) that is substantially likely to be harmed if the document is not 21 sealed, and (3) there are no less restrictive alternatives for protecting the interest. See United 22 States v. Doe, 870 F.3d 991, 998 (9th Cir. 2017). 23 Given the sensitive financial nature and non-public data contained in the exhibits at issue, 24 these criteria are met here. Accordingly, Defendants’ motion to seal (Dkt. No. 31) is GRANTED 25 and the Clerk is DIRECTED to maintain the following documents under seal: Exhibits 5, 11, 19, 26 26, 33, 40, 47, 54, 61, 68, 75, and 81 to the Declaration of Sunny Kim (Dkt. No. 30) in support 1 of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Dkt. No. 28.) 2 DATED this 14th day of August 2023. A 3 4 5 John C. Coughenour 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 BRODIE L. BOWMAN, et al., CASE NO. CV23-0971-JCC 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER 11 v. 12 UNIBANK, et al., 13 Defendants. 14

15 This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ unopposed motion to seal (Dkt. No. 16 31) certain exhibits attached to the Declaration of Sunny Kim (Dkt. No. 30) in support of 17 Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Dkt. No. 28.) While 18 the public has a common law right to inspect and copy public records, including those from 19 judicial proceedings, these rights are not absolute. They must yield when (1) sealing a document 20 serves a compelling interest, (2) that is substantially likely to be harmed if the document is not 21 sealed, and (3) there are no less restrictive alternatives for protecting the interest. See United 22 States v. Doe, 870 F.3d 991, 998 (9th Cir. 2017). 23 Given the sensitive financial nature and non-public data contained in the exhibits at issue, 24 these criteria are met here. Accordingly, Defendants’ motion to seal (Dkt. No. 31) is GRANTED 25 and the Clerk is DIRECTED to maintain the following documents under seal: Exhibits 5, 11, 19, 26 26, 33, 40, 47, 54, 61, 68, 75, and 81 to the Declaration of Sunny Kim (Dkt. No. 30) in support 1 of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Dkt. No. 28.) 2 DATED this 14th day of August 2023. A 3 4 5 John C. Coughenour 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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