Bernstein v. Banco Popular North America

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California grants Plaintiffs’ administrative motion to file exhibits under seal in connection with a motion to extend deadlines. The Court finds that the exhibits contain confidential health information and that sealing is narrowly tailored and supported by compelling reasons.

Holdings

1. Because the motion to seal concerned a motion for relief from a pretrial schedule and was only tangentially related to the merits, the court applied the good-cause standard.
2. Plaintiffs established sufficient grounds to seal the exhibits because disclosure would reveal confidential health information, and the requested sealing was narrowly tailored with no less restrictive alternative adequate to protect the information.

Questions Presented

1. What standard governs plaintiffs' request to seal exhibits filed in connection with a motion concerning pretrial deadlines?
2. Whether plaintiffs established sufficient grounds under Ninth Circuit sealing law and Civil Local Rule 79-5 to keep the exhibits under seal.

Disposition

other