Issaquah School District v. K.R. and P.W. on behalf of their minor child, P.W.

Honorable Jamal N. Whitehead 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 2:25-cv-01933-JNW 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION TO FILE UNREDACTED v. ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD UNDER 13 SEAL K.R. AND P.W. ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, P.W., 15 Defendant.

17 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to file the administrative record under seal. The Court starts from the position that there is “a strong presumption in favor of access to court records.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 20 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). To overcome this presumption, there must be a “compelling reason” for sealing that is “sufficient to outweigh the public’s interest in disclosure.” Kamakana v. City & Cnty of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). Compelling reasons exist in this case. The parties’ interests in keeping the information in the record confidential to protect the minor student at issue outweighs the public’s interest in disclosure of these confidential records. See id. Given the volume of the record and the prevalence of sensitive information contained in the record, redacting this confidential information would be overly burdensome and ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION TO would render the record difficult to understand — and thus far less valuable — to the public and the 2|| Court.

3 Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion and DIRECTS the Clerk 4] to maintain the administrative record under seal once it is filed.

6 DATED this 15th day December, 2025. g norable Jamal N. Whitehead Presented by: PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP CEDAR LAW PLLC By: _s/_ Sarah Johnson By: _s/ Elicia Johnson 13 Carlos A. Chavez, wsBa #34076 Anna Moritz, wspa # 49157 Sarah C. Johnson, wspa # 34529 Elicia Johnson, wsBa # 50969 14] Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendants ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION TO FILE UNREDACTED ADMINISTRATIVE PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP RECORD UNDER SEAL - 2 401 UNION STREET