Johnson v. Chevron Corporation et al

Filing 454

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL 450 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 5/23/2013)

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1 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 No. C 07-5756 SI SAMUEL B JOHNSON III, 7 ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL Plaintiff, 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 v. CHEVRON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. / 11 12 This case was closed on May 20, 2009. Plaintiff has now filed an administrative motion to seal 13 certain documents filed in this case years ago. Defendants have opposed the motion. Having considered 14 the parties’ arguments and the material submitted, the Court finds that plaintiff has not shown good 15 cause for these documents to be sealed. 16 Plaintiff seeks to seal dozens of documents that he “inadvertently” filed over the course of this 17 case, which contain information and allegations about his medical conditions that gave rise to his 18 various disability-related claims. Bernard Decl. ¶ 8. The Court rejects plaintiffs assertion. The 19 information he now seeks to seal was intentionally filed: it formed the “entire basis for plaintiff’s 20 disability claim,” see Dkt. 132, and he included it repeatedly in filings throughout this case. Morever, 21 the Court has previously rejected plaintiff’s request to seal such information. See Dkts. 118, 132. 22 Plaintiff’s current motion is no different; it does not establish why the Court should seal the information 23 Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to file under seal is hereby DENIED. 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 23, 2013 26 27 28 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge

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