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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARIFE S. JARILLO, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant.

Case No.: 15cv2677-MMA (BLM)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION TO FILE THE 

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD 

UNDER SEAL 

[Doc. No. 18]

This action generally arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

of 1974 (“ERISA”). 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Pursuant to ERISA section 502, a 

beneficiary or plan participant may sue in federal court “to recover benefits due to him 

under the terms of his plan, to enforce his rights under the terms of the plan, or to clarify 

his rights to future benefits under the terms of the plan.” 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). On 

December 5, 2016, the parties filed a joint motion to file the administrative record in this 

action under seal. See Doc. No. 18. 

A court may seal dispositive documents upon a showing of “compelling reasons” 

to seal. Kamakana v. City and Cnty. Of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). 

The compelling reasons must be “supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the 

general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, such as the public 

interest in understanding the judicial process.” Id. (internal citations and quotations 

omitted). 

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Here, the administrative record involves Plaintiff Marife Jarillo’s (“Plaintiff”) 

medical conditions and the propriety of Defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance 

Company’s (“Defendant”) decisions concerning Plaintiff’s claim for further disability 

benefits. The record includes repeated references to Plaintiff’s name and other 

identifiers, as well as sensitive information of a personal nature that deserves 

confidentiality. The record contains this information listed throughout, making redaction 

impractical. Moreover, the parties jointly request the administrative record be filed under 

seal. Thus, the Court finds compelling reasons exist for the information contained in the 

record to remain private. 

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the joint motion and ORDERS that the 

administrative record is hereby filed under seal. The Clerk of Court is instructed to file 

the administrative record, bates stamped RS000001 through RS004604 (Doc. No. 19), 

and the DVD video footage included as part of the administrative record, as a sealed 

document on the case docket. With regards to the DVD, the parties must file a Notice of 

Lodgment in person at the Clerk’s Office and produce the DVD to ensure it becomes part 

of the Court’s record. 

The administrative record and DVD will remain under seal unless and until this 

Court orders otherwise. To the extent that either party’s trial briefs rely on documents in 

the administrative record that do not disclose Plaintiff’s personal identifying information, 

those documents shall be filed in the public record as separate exhibits, in addition to 

being lodged with the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 7, 2016 _____________________________

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

United States District Judge 

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