Wolf et al v. Clark County Department of Family Services et al

Filing 103

ORDER Granting in part and Denying in part Plaintiffs' 102 Second Renewed Motion for Leave to File Exhibits Under Seal.The Court orders Plaintiffs to file a redacted version of Docket No. 88 -3 on the public docket no later than 8/9/2018. The filing at Docket No. 88 -3 shall remain under seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 8/7/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BRUCE WOLF,

Case No.: 2:17-cv-02084-JCM-NJK

Plaintiff(s),

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v.

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Order

CLARK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
FAMILY SERVICES, et al.,

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(Docket No. 102)

Defendant(s).
Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ second renewed motion for leave to file exhibits

17 under seal. Docket No. 102. Plaintiffs submit that Docket Nos. 88-1 and 88-3 should be sealed to
18 maintain the confidentiality of information regarding Plaintiffs and third parties pursuant to
19 Nevada Revised Statute 432B.280 and Ninth Circuit case law. Id. at 4-5. Plaintiffs further submit
20 that redaction of Docket No. 88-1 “would render [it] all but unreadable…[and] would prove
21 confusing.” Id. at 5. Lastly, Plaintiffs submit that “[r]edaction of Docket No. 88-3 would be
22 slightly less confusing,” and that they could redact minor Plaintiffs’ names and “replace them with
23 Plaintiffs’ initials.” Id. at 6.
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Parties “who seek to maintain the secrecy of documents attached to dispositive motions

25 must meet the high threshold of showing that ‘compelling reasons’ support secrecy.” Kamakana
26 v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). Those compelling reasons
27 must outweigh the competing interests of the public in having access to the judicial records and
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1 understanding the judicial process. Id. at 1178-79. In this case, the Court finds that compelling
2 reasons exist to support filing Docket No. 88-1 under seal.
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Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ second renewed motion for leave to file exhibits under seal is

4 GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Docket No. 102. Docket No. 88-1 shall remain under
5 seal. The Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to file a redacted version of Docket No. 88-3 on the public
6 docket, no later than August 9, 2018. The filing at Docket No. 88-3 shall remain under seal.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 7, 2018
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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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