Humphries v. Button

Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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4 SAGE HUMPHRIES, GINA MENICHINO, Case No. 2:21-cv-01412-ART-EJY ROSEMARIE DeANGELO, DANIELLE 5 GUTIERREZ, JANE DOE 100, JULIET DOHERTY, and JANE DOE 200 6 ORDER Plaintiffs, 7 v. 8 MITCHELL TAYLOR BUTTON and DUSTY 9 BUTTON,

10 Defendants.

11 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Seal Exhibit D to their Opposition to 13 Defendants’ Motion for Protective Order. ECF No. 201 at 3. Exhibit D is an excerpt from the 14 deposition of Jane Doe 1, an alleged victim of sexual abuse. Id. Plaintiffs request the excerpt be 15 sealed to shield her identity. Id. 16 As the party seeking to seal a judicial record, Plaintiffs must meet their burden of overcoming 17 the strong presumption in favor of access and public policies favoring disclosure. Kamakana v. City 18 and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-79 (9th Cir. 2006) (holding that those who seek to 19 maintain the secrecy of documents attached to dispositive motions must meet the high threshold of 20 showing that “compelling reasons” support secrecy). Where a party seeks to seal documents 21 attached to a non-dispositive motion, the “public policies that support the right of access to 22 dispositive motions … do not apply with equal force … .” Id. at 1179 (citation omitted). Any public 23 interest favoring disclosure of information is outweighed by allowing victims of sexual assault to 24 remain anonymous. Doe v. Penzato, No. CV10-5154 MEJ, 2011 WL 1833007, at *5 (N.D. Cal. 25 May 13, 2011). The Court previously permitted portions of Jane Doe 1’s deposition to be sealed 26 and does so for the same reasons here. ECF No. 199. 27 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Seal Exhibit D to their 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Exhibit D to the Opposition to Defendants’ Motion f 2 || Protective Order, found under seal at ECF Nos. 202 and 203, is and shall remain sealed.! 3 DATED this 10th day of July, 2023. {2 nob 5 Veg JY) y GL ELAYNA\ J. YO [CHIA H 6 UNITE A TATESMA RATE JUDGE 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ECF Nos. 202 and 203, which contain the unredacted excerpt of Jane Doe 1’s deposition, are duplicates.