Figueroa, et al. v. City of Fresno

Filing 52

ORDER DENYING Defendants' Request to File Sealed Documents (Doc. 51). signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 7/29/2016. (Herman, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AURORA FIGUEROA, et al., 12 13 Plaintiffs, v. 14 CITY OF FRESNO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:15-cv-00349-DAD-BAM ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO FILE SEALED DOCUMENTS (Doc. 51) 17 Currently pending before the Court is Defendants City of Fresno, Officer Alvarez, and Officer 18 Clement’s request to file their Expert Designation and Report under seal. Doc. 51. Having considered 19 Defendants’ papers, the request shall be denied. Defendants have not explained why they intend to 20 file the Expert Designation and Report with the Court. It does not appear that Defendants presently 21 intend to file the expert designation and report in conjunction with, or as attachments to, a dispositive 22 or non-dispositive motion or in response to a court order. Rather, it appears that Defendants seek to 23 file their expert designation and report made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 during the 24 course of discovery. See Docs. 48, 51. Rule 26(a)(2) only requires that the disclosures be made to the 25 other parties. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(A) (“In addition to the disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1), a 26 party must disclose to the other parties the identity of any witness it may use at trial to present 27 evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, 703, or 705.”) (emphasis added). Expert designations 28 and reports exchanged between the parties are not routinely filed with the Court during discovery. 1 1 Defendants also have failed to provide sufficient information warranting a sealing order. Local 2 Rule 141 requires that the request to seal documents “set forth the statutory or other authority for 3 sealing, the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to 4 the documents, and all other relevant information.” Local Rule 141(b). Defendants have not complied 5 with these requirements. 6 7 For these reasons, Defendants’ request to file their Expert Designation and Report under seal is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 8 9 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Barbara July 29, 2016 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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