18-CIV-01355 COLLEEN KAY CUDD, ET AL. VS. TIFFANY LI, ET AL.

COLLEEN KAY CUDD TIFFANY LI
ALISON E. CORDOVA CAITLIN T. DIMAGGIO

TIFFANY LI’S MOTION TO FILE RECORDS UNDER SEAL, PURSUANT TO CRC 2.5502.551 TENTATIVE RULING:

The motion to file records under seal is denied.

A motion to seal records must be directed at specific existing identifiable records. The moving party must lodge the subject record under seal and file a publicly accessible redacted version. (CRC Rule 2.551.) Redactions must be narrowly tailored with only the confidential or specific sensitive matter redacted. (Id. Rule 2.550.)

Further, a motion to seal records must identify the specific factual matter that the moving party contends outweighs the right of public access to court records. The present motion mentions only generally “minor children” and “private financial information,” which is insufficient. To grant a motion to seal records, the court must “expressly find facts” to support the order as it pertains to a particular record. (CRC Rule 2.550(d).) The present motion does not allow the court to make any such factual findings about any record.

The present motion fails to comply with any of the requirements for a motion to seal records. Counsel is encouraged to become familiar with the requirements of CRC Rules 2.550 and 2.551.

Denial of this motion is without prejudice to making subsequent motions that pertain to actual records that will be filed in this action.

If the tentative ruling is uncontested, it shall become the order of the Court, pursuant to Rule 3.1308(a)(1), adopted by Local Rule 3.10, effective immediately, and no formal order pursuant to Rule 3.1312 or any other notice is required as the tentative ruling affords sufficient notice to the parties.