Judge: David A. Hoffer, Case: 30-2021-01193090, Date: 2023-08-07 Tentative Ruling

The Motion to Seal filed by Defendants International Paper Company (“IP”) and Eric Anderson (“Defendants”) is GRANTED.

Defendants move for an order permitting them to file under seal Exhibits 10, 12-19, 21, 25-26, 31, 33-34, 37-39, 41-42, 44-45, 47-48, 52, 54, and 57-59 in Plaintiff’s Index of Evidence in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment.  The Court determines that an overriding interest exists that overcomes the right of public access to the records at issue as the materials to be sealed involve private personnel records concerning Defendant IP’s employees and records related to IP’s confidential personnel policies, and a substantial probability exists that the overriding interest will be prejudiced if the records at issue are not sealed.  Appropriately redacted versions of the documents which are narrowly tailored to seal only the confidential materials at issue have been filed, and no less restrictive means exist to achieve the overriding interest.  Accordingly, the unopposed motion is GRANTED.  (C.R.C. 2.550(d); McGuan v. Endovascular Technologies, Inc. (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 974, 988.)

Counsel for defendants are ordered to give notice of this ruling.