Motion To Seal With Case Number And Date
SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC26636343 - June 1, 2026 Hearing date: June 1, 2026 Case number: CGC26636343 Case title: JASON SCUTT VS. JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA ET AL Case Number: | | CGC26636343 | Case Title: | | JASON SCUTT VS. JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA ET AL | Court Date: | | 2026-06-01 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Motion To Seal With Case Number And Date | Rulings: | | On the Law & Motion/Discovery calendar for Monday, June 1, 2026, Line 9 PLAINTIFF JASON SCUTT'S Motion To Seal With Case Number And Date.
The unopposed motion to seal the unredacted version of plaintiff Jason Scutt's Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief is granted for good cause shown. Private medical information is protected by a state constitutional privacy guarantee. The court further notes that the public's interest in viewing the complaint in unredacted form is attenuated by the fact that Scutt has filed a superseding first amended complaint; the original complaint is no longer submitted to the court as a basis for adjudication. (Cf. Mercury Interactive Corp. v. Klein (2007) 158 Cal.App.4th 60, 105 ["material that was not admitted at trial or used as a basis of the court's adjudication of a substantive matter" was not subject to presumptive public access].)
The court finds as to the redacted portions of the original complaint that (1) there exists an overriding interest that overcomes the right of public access to the record; (2) the overriding interest supports sealing the record; (3) a substantial probability exists that the overriding interest will be prejudiced if the record is not sealed; (4) the proposed sealing is narrowly tailored; and (5) no less restrictive means exist to achieve the overriding interest.
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