Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Molina ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE Case No. 1:23-cv-01553-NODJ-CDB COMPANY, 12 ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL 13 Plaintiff-in-Interpleader, (Docs. 11-1, 15) 14 v. 15 CONCEPCION FLORES MOLINA and LUPE C. NUNES, 16 Defendants-in-Interpleader. 17 18 Pending before the Court is the request to seal documents by Plaintiff Metropolitan Life 19 Insurance Company (“MetLife”), filed January 30, 2024 (Doc. 15) and emailed to the 20 undersigned’s chambers on the same date. 21 The Court has considered the factors set forth in Oregonian Publ’g Co. v. U.S. Dist. 22 Court for Dist. of Or., 920 F.2d 1462 (9th Cir. 1990). The Court finds that, for the reasons stated 23 in MetLife’s Notice and Request, including the supporting declaration of MetLife’s counsel 24 Karen T. Tsui, sealing the inadvertently filed and unredacted exhibits (Doc. 11-1) serves a 25 compelling interest. The Court further finds that, in the absence of closure, the compelling 26 interests identified by MetLife would be harmed. Due to the extensive presentation of personal 27 identifying and financial information throughout the exhibit, the Court further finds that there 1 | compelling interests identified by MetLife, particularly given that a redacted version of the 2 | exhibit containing sensitive information now has been filed. (See Doc. 12-2). 3 Accordingly, pursuant to Local Rule 141(b) and based upon the representations 4 | contained in MetLife’s Notice and Request to Seal, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the exhibit 5 | to the parties’ joint scheduling report (Doc. 11-1), shall be SEALED until further order of this 6 | Court. By separate order, the Court will transmit to the Clerk of Court MetLife’s supporting 7 | Request and declaration of counsel for filing under seal. 8 | IT IS SO ORDERED. ” | Dated: _ January 31, 2024 | hr 10 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28