Richard Zeitlin, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bank of America, N.A., Defendant Case No. 2:18-cv-01919-RFB-BNW United States District Court, D. Nevada Signed September 30, 2021 Counsel Daniel James Treuden, Pro Hac Vice, Robert G. Bernhoft, Pro Hac Vice, Charles Jamison Beuerman, Pro Hac Vice, Patrick Kane, Pro Hac Vice, Thomas Kimble, Pro Hac Vice, The Bernhoft Law Firm, S.C., Austin, TX, Joel F. Hansen, Hansen & Hansen LLC, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff Richard Zeitlin. Joel F. Hansen, Hansen & Hansen LLC, Las Vegas, NV, Robert G. Bernhoft, Pro Hac Vice, Charles Jamison Beuerman, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel James Treuden, Pro Hac Vice, Thomas Kimble, Pro Hac Vice, The Bernhoft Law Firm, S.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs Advanced Telephony Consultants, MRZ Management, LLC, Donor Relations, LLC, TPFE, Inc., American Technology Services, Compliance Consultants, Chrome Builders Construction, Inc. Joel F. Hansen, Hansen & Hansen LLC, Las Vegas, NV, Robert G. Bernhoft, Pro Hac Vice, Charles Jamison Beuerman, Pro Hac Vice, Daniel James Treuden, Pro Hac Vice, The Bernhoft Law Firm S.C., Austin, TX, Thomas Kimble, Pro Hac Vice, The Bernhoft Law Firm, S.C., Arlington, TX, for Plaintiff Unified Data Services. Amy F. Sorenson, Blakeley E. Griffith, Holly Cheong, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Wayne Klomp, Great Basin Law, Kiah D. Beverly-Graham, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Reno, NV, for Defendant Bank of America, N.A. Weksler, Brenda, United States Magistrate Judge Order re ECF No. 183 *1 Before the Court is Defendant's motion to seal. ECF No. 183. As discussed in detail below, no response is required, as this Court has already found good cause in previous orders to maintain these documents under seal. Defendant Bank of America seeks to seal certain documents in support of their opposition to Plaintiffs' Refiled Second Motion to Compel Discovery and for Sanctions. The documents sought to be sealed are currently under seal at ECF No. 169. Defendant relies on this Court's previous orders (at ECF Nos. 135 and 141) and explains that this Court has already found good cause to maintain the exhibits in question sealed. I. ANALYSIS Generally, the public has a right to inspect and copy judicial records. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). Such records are presumptively publicly accessible. Id. Consequently, a party seeking to seal a judicial record bears the burden of overcoming this strong presumption. Id. In the case of dispositive motions, the party seeking to seal the record must articulate compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, such as the public interest in understanding the judicial process. Id. at 1178–79 (alteration and internal quotation marks and citations omitted). The Ninth Circuit has further held that the full presumption of public access also applies to technically non-dispositive motions and attached documents if the motion is “more than tangentially related to the merits of the case.” Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). “[A] different standard applies to ‘private materials unearthed during discovery,’ as such documents are not part of the judicial record.” Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. 2009) (citing Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), a court may enter a protective order “to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense.” “The relevant standard for purposes of Rule 26(c) is whether good cause exists to protect the information from being disclosed to the public by balancing the needs for discovery against the need for confidentiality.” Pintos, 605 F.3d at 678 (quotation omitted). Given the “weaker public interest in non-dispositive materials,” the court applies the good cause standard in evaluating whether to seal documents attached to a non-dispositive motion. Id. “Nondispositive motions ‘are often unrelated, or only tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,’ and, as a result, the public's interest in accessing dispositive materials does ‘not apply with equal force’ to non-dispositive materials.” Id. (citing Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179). It is within the court's discretion whether to seal documents. Id. at 679. The documents in question relate to a discovery motion, which is neither dispositive nor more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action. As a result, the good cause standard applies. *2 Here, good cause exists because the documents in question relate to the Bank's non-public investigatory methods or contain other non-public information which the Bank maintains as confidential. Public disclosure will undermine the Bank's ability to detect and prevent illegal activity in its accounts because it will give future wrongdoers insight into its processes for monitoring for such activity. In addition, the Bank's chart at page 2 of ECF No. 183 shows the corresponding exhibits for which this Court has previously found good cause to seal. II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Seal (at ECF No. 183) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to maintain all documents filed at ECF No. 169 under seal.