ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST TO SEAL

(ECF No. 3)

STANLEY A. BOONE, Magistrate Judge.

On March 15, 2018, Plaintiff filed this action and a motion to proceed with partial anonymity. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Plaintiff filed a notice of request to seal documents on March 15, 2018. (ECF No. 3.)

Courts have long recognized a "general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents." Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n. 7 (1978)). Nevertheless, this access to judicial records is not absolute. Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1172. The court has recognized a category of documents that is not subject to the right of public access because the documents have "traditionally been kept secret for important policy reasons." Times Mirror Co. v. United States, 873 F.2d 1210, 1219 (9th Cir. 1989). Since resolution of disputes on the merits "is at the heart of the interest in ensuring the `public's understanding of the judicial process and of significant public events[,]' . . . `compelling reasons' must be shown to seal judicial records attached to a dispositive motion." Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179. However, for requests to seal documents attached to a nondispositive motion, a party is "required to show good cause for documents attached to a nondispositive motion." Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass'n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2009).

Here, Plaintiff seeks to seal the one-page, unredacted March 15, 2018 declaration of Angelica H. Salceda that is in support of Plaintiff's motion to proceed with partial anonymity. This declaration contains the full legal name of Plaintiff. Plaintiff asserts that she should not have to disclose her full name to the public because she was a minor at the time of the alleged incidents. Plaintiff's claims involve allegations of sexual assault. She contends that disclosure of her identity may cause emotional and psychological harm to her. She asserts that she risks significant harassment and humiliation from her extended family, high school peers, and the public should her name be revealed.

The Court finds that Plaintiff has shown good cause to seal her full name in the March 15, 2018 declaration of Angelica H. Salceda. However, the declaration that Plaintiff is seeking to seal contains more than just Plaintiff's full name and there has been no justification to seal the declaration in its entirety. Therefore, the Court finds that the motion to seal shall be granted in part, and the unredacted March 15, 2018 declaration of Angelica H. Salceda shall be sealed. Only the Court and the parties will have access to this sealed declaration. However, Plaintiff shall redact her name from the declaration and file the redacted declaration on the public docket. The Court notes that there is nothing in the request to seal itself that warrants the request be sealed. In fact, much of the information in the request to seal is also in the notice of request to seal, which was filed on the public docket. Therefore, Plaintiff shall also file the request to seal on the public docket.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

IT IS SO ORDERED.