STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO SEAL EXHIBIT B TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO ANSWER THE COMPLAINT

BENJAMIN H. SETTLE, District Judge.

I. STIPULATED MOTION

Plaintiff Entrepreneur Media, Inc. ("EMI") and Defendants David D. Hobley and Our World Enterprises LLC ("Defendants") (collectively, the "Parties") request that the Court seal Exhibit B to Defendants' Motion for Extension of Time to Answer the Complaint ("Exhibit B"). On February 19, 2019, Defendant David D. Hobley, acting Pro Se on behalf of Defendants, filed a Motion for Extension of Time to File an Answer to the Complaint (the "Motion") (Dkt. # 15). Included with this motion were Exhibits A and B (Dkt. Nos. 15-1 and 15-2). Exhibit B contains confidential information and confidential settlement communications between the Parties.

"There is a strong presumption of public access to the court's files and records." LCR 5(g); see also Valley Broadcasting Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Dist. of Nevada, 798 F.2d 1289 (9th Cir. 1986). In Valley Broadcasting, the court stated that, "the district court must weigh the interests advanced by the parties in the light of the public interest and the duty of the courts." 798 F. 2d at 1294. Under LCR 5(g)(2)(A), a document may be sealed only "if a statute, rule, or prior court order expressly authorizes the party to file the document under seal."

Here, the Parties agree that Exhibit B is a Settlement Communication subject Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and that it should not have been included with Defendants' Motion. Therefore, in accordance with LCR 5(g) and the applicable law, the Parties respectfully request that the Court seal Exhibit B.

II. ORDER

It is so ORDERED.