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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PETER HOLLAND, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

THE RELATED COMPANIES, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-03220-JSW 

ORDER RESOLVING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION RE 

SEALING OF EXHIBITS 

Re: Dkt. No. 110 

Plaintiffs have filed an administrative motion regarding the sealing of Exhibits 11-15 to the 

Declaration of Celia McGuinness in support of their motion for summary judgment. Each of these 

exhibits was designated as confidential by Defendants. Plaintiff contends that none of the 

documents should be filed under seal, and they ask that they be permitted to file the exhibits in the 

public record. Defendants have submitted a declaration that withdraws the confidentiality 

designation for Exhibits 11-13 and 15. Accordingly, Plaintiff shall file those exhibits in the public 

record. 

A party must present “‘compelling reasons’” “to seal judicial records attached to a 

dispositive motion.” Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 

2006); accord Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 

2016). Defendant attests that Exhibit 14 consists of confidential financial information. 

(Declaration of Lyn R. Agre, ¶¶ 5-6.) Defendants have shown compelling reasons to seal a 

portion of this document. Center for Auto Safety, 809 F.3d at 1097. Defendants note, however, 

that the pages that are bates stamped “Related002225-2226 and Related002248 do not contain any 

sensitive financial information. Thus, Defendants also have satisfied the requirement to ensure 

that a sealing order is narrowly tailored. 

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