What is the current state of the law on sealing documents attached to a dispositive motion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bell v. Home Depot United Statesa., Inc., No. 2:12-cv-02499-GEB-CKD (E.D. Cal. 2015):
"Two standards generally govern [requests] to seal documents like the one at issue here." Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'n, 605 F.3d 665, 677 (9th Cir. 2010). "[J]udicial records attached to dispositive motions [are treated] differently from records attached to non-dispositive motions." Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). "Those who seek to maintain the secrecy of documents attached to
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