1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DON ALLIO, No. 2:22-cv-2021 KJM DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 UNITED COLLECTION BUREAU, INC., 15 Defendant. 16 17 On February 27, 2023, the parties filed a proposed stipulated protective order regarding 18 the use of confidential information. (ECF No. 13.) The parties’ proposed stipulated protective 19 order states that all “Confidential Information filed with the Court . . . shall be filed under seal[.]” 20 (Id. at 10.) 21 The parties are advised that, all documents filed with the court are presumptively public. 22 See San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Court,

, 1103 (9th Cir. 1999) (“It is 23 well-established that the fruits of pretrial discovery are, in the absence of a court order to the 24 contrary, presumptively public.”). Therefore, documents that are the subject of a protective order 25 may be filed under seal only if a sealing order is first obtained. See Local Rule 141.1. A party 26 seeking to obtain a sealing order shall comply with the provisions of Local Rule 141, which sets 27 forth a specific procedure for seeking a sealing order. After compliance with Local Rule 141, the 28 //// 1 | the court will issue an order granting or denying the request to seal. The parties’ proposed 2 | stipulated protective order does not acknowledge the need to comply with Local Rule 141. 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ February 27, 2023 request for 4 | entry of the proposed stipulated protective order (ECF No. 13) is denied without prejudice to 5 | renewal. 6 | Dated: March 1, 2023

9 ‘BORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DBlorders\orders.civilallio2021stip.protord.den 24 25 26 27 28