Northshore School District v. A.J.
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Opinion
1 Honorable John H. Chun 2
5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7
8 NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 9 No. 2:22-cv-01630-JHC Plaintiff, 10 ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE v. UNREDACTED ADMINISTRATIVE 11 RECORD UNDER SEAL A.J. and N.J. on behalf of their minor child, P.J., 12
13 Defendants.
14 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to file the 15 16 administrative record under seal. The Court starts from the position that there is “a strong 17 presumption in favor of access to court records.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 18 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). To overcome this presumption, there must be a “compelling 19 reason” for sealing that is “sufficient to outweigh the public’s interest in disclosure.” Kamakana 20 v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). Compelling reasons exist in 21 this case. The parties’ interests in keeping the information in the record confidential to protect 22 the minor student at issue outweighs the public’s interest in disclosure of these confidential 23 24 records. See id. Given the volume of the record and the prevalence of sensitive information 25 contained in the record, redacting this confidential information would be overly burdensome and 26 would render the record difficult to understand – and thus far less valuable – to the public and the 27 ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE 1 Court. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion and DIRECTS the Clerk 2 to maintain the administrative record under seal once it is filed. 3 DATED this 15th day of March, 2023. 4 5 A 6 John H. Chun 7 United States District Judge 8 9 Presented by:
10 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP
11 By /s/ Sarah C. Johnson 12 Carlos A. Chavez, WSBA #34076 Sarah C. Johnson, WSBA #34529 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff Northshore School District
14 FORD LAW FIRM 15
16 By: /s/ Ryan P. Ford Ryan P. Ford, WSBA #50628 17 Attorneys for Defendants
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE
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