Willis v. City of Bakersfield

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BYRON WILLIS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01077-CDB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 13 v. REQUEST TO SEAL

14 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, ET AL., (Doc. 56)

15 Defendants. 16 17 Pursuant to Local Rule 141(b) and based upon the representations contained in 18 Defendants’ Notice and Request to Seal, filed and emailed to the undersigned’s chambers on 19 August 11, 2023 (Doc. 56), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Exhibit 1 to evidence filed in 20 support of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, shall be SEALED until further order of 21 this Court. 22 The Court has considered the factors set forth in Oregonian Publ’g Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court 23 for Dist. of Or., 920 F.2d 1462 (9th Cir. 1990). The Court finds that, for the reasons stated in 24 Defendants’ Notice and Request, sealing Exhibit 1 serves a compelling interest. The Court 25 further finds that, in the absence of closure, the compelling interests identified by Defendants 26 would be harmed. In light of the public filing of Defendants’ Notice and Request and redacted 27 Exhibit 1(Doc. 56), the Court further finds that there are no additional alternatives to sealing the 28 Supplement that would adequately protect the compelling interests identified by Defendants. 1 ACCORDINGLY, Defendants’ application to file Exhibit 1 under seal is GRANTED, and 2 | the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to seal Exhibit 1. 3 The Court separately will transmit Exhibit 1 to the Clerk of Court for sealed filing. 4 | IT IS SO ORDERED. ° Dated: _ August 11, 2023 | Ww KD i 6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28