The following excerpt is from Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. McAleenan, Case No.: 17-cv-02366-BAS-KSC (S.D. Cal. 2019):
relying on hypothesis or conjecture." Hagestad v. Tragesser, 49 F.3d 1430, 1434 (9th Cir. 1995). This requires the party seeking to seal documents to "make a particularized showing . . . supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the important public policies favoring disclosure of that document." Unknown Parties v. Johnson, No. CV-15-00250-TUC-DCB, 2016 WL 8199309, at *4 (D. Ariz. June 27, 2016) (citing Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178, 1180-81). Therefore, blanket claims of privacy or law enforcement are insufficient; instead, the party "must demonstrate specific prejudice or harm flowing from the disclosure of a specific document." Id.
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