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Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 2 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RENNIE TRULY COWAN, an individual, No. 12-55149 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:08-cv-00917-VAP- RNB v. WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC., MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 25, 2014** Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, C
Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 2 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RENNIE TRULY COWAN, an individual, No. 12-55149 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:08-cv-00917-VAP- RNB v. WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC., MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 25, 2014** Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Ci..
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FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 2 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RENNIE TRULY COWAN, an individual, No. 12-55149
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:08-cv-00917-VAP-
RNB
v.
WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC., MEMORANDUM*
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 25, 2014**
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Rennie Truly Cowan appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying
her motion to seal the entire record in her employment discrimination and
retaliation action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an
abuse of discretion, Oliner v. Kontrabecki,
745 F.3d 1024, 1025 (9th Cir. 2014),
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
and we affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Cowan’s motion to
seal the entire record in her case because Cowan failed to establish compelling
reasons to do so. See
id. at 1026 (applying the “compelling reasons” standard to
request to seal the entire record of the district court proceedings, including the
court’s opinion); Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n,
605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir.
2010) (discussing the “compelling reasons” standard and explaining that a court
may not rely on hypothesis or conjecture in ruling on a motion to seal); Kamakana
v. City & County of Honolulu,
447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006) (“The mere fact
that the production of records may lead to a litigant’s embarrassment,
incrimination, or exposure to further litigation will not, without more, compel the
court to seal its records.”).
We do not consider Cowan’s challenge to the district court’s entry of a
vexatious litigant order against her because Cowan failed to file a timely notice of
appeal from the entry of judgment and the vexatious litigant order. See Fed. R.
App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (establishing the time for filing a notice of appeal).
AFFIRMED.
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