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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Dec. 19, 2022

Butler v. Woods

Judge
Vince Chhabria
Docket
3:21-cv-00867
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureDiscovery
In one sentence

In Butler v. Woods, Judge Chhabria granted a motion to seal documents because they contained sensitive personal information.

Who this affects

The parties and other people whose sensitive personal information appears in the sealed documents.

What happened

In Butler v. Woods, the parties asked the Northern District of California to seal documents containing sensitive personal information.

The court found compelling reasons to keep the documents under seal and granted the motion to seal.

Judge Vince Chhabria issued the order on December 19, 2022.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Butler v. Woods · No. 3:21-cv-00867
Judge
Vince Chhabria
Date
Dec. 19, 2022

Ruling

The court granted the motion to seal. It stated that the documents included sensitive personal information and that this provided compelling reasons to keep them under seal.

Disposition

The motion to seal was granted. The order references Docket Nos. 74 and 89.

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