Island View Residential Treatment Center et al v. Kaiser Permanente et al

Filing 63

ORDER by Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong GRANTING #59 Joint Motion to Seal Pre-Litigation Record (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/16/2010) Modified on 4/19/2010 (jlm, COURT STAFF).

1 2 3 4 5 6 ISLAND VIEW RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER, ANNA L., THOMAS L., and 7 ANDREW L., 8 9 10 vs. Plaintiffs, Case No: CV 09-3921 SBA ORDER TO SEAL PRE-LITIGATION RECORD [Docket No. 59] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION

KAISER PERMANENTE, and KAISER 11 PERMANENTE TRADITIONAL PLAN FOR SMALL BUSINESS, 12 Defendants. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: April 15, 2010 ______________ SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG United States District Judge Presently before the Court is the parties' Joint Motion to Seal Pre-Litigation Record. (Docket No. 59.) The parties request that the pre-litigation record be filed under seal because the records consist of, among other things, documents that contain protected health information and other confidential information. Local Rule 79-5(a) specifies that a sealing order may issue only upon a request that establishes that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable. The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material, and must conform with Civil L.R. 795(b) or (c). A review of the pre-ligation records shows that the parties' joint motion is narrowly tailored and complies with L.R. 79-5(b). Accordingly, the parties' Joint Motion to Seal Pre-Litigation Record is GRANTED.