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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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The Court notes that the Lodged Issue Brief exceeds the Court’s three-page limit for

trial briefs.

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Sealing documents may be appropriate when court files might become a vehicle for

improper purposes, such as the use of records to promote public scandal or to circulate

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Mark H. Goldberg, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Pacific Indemnity Company, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-05-2670-PHX-JAT

ORDER

Plaintiffs have filed a Motion to File Under Seal (Doc. #750). Plaintiffs have filed a

Lodged Issue Brief (Doc. #751).1

 A party seeking to seal a judicial record bears the burden

of overcoming the strong presumption in favor of open access to court documents and

proceedings. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir.

2006). Pursuant to Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179, and Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. United

States District Court for the District of Arizona, 156 F.3d 940, 946-47 (9th Cir. 1998),

Plaintiffs must provide compelling reasons for sealing the brief and the transcript of any

proceedings regarding the brief. The Court finds that Plaintiffs have not provided compelling

reasons for sealing the issue brief.2

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libelous statements. Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179. But in this case, it is the Plaintiffs that

would be spreading allegedly improper characterizations by filing the brief.

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED DENYING Plaintiffs’ Motion to File Under Seal (Doc. #750).

Plaintiffs may file an unsealed version of the issue brief if they would like, or they can make

the appropriate objections at the appropriate time during trial.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall strike the issue brief

currently lodged at Docket #751.

DATED this 5th day of September, 2008.

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