LM v. Kern High School District

Filing 39

ORDER re 38 , signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 3/6/19. Seven Day Deadline. (Marrujo, C)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 L.M., a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, GRISELDA MARTIN, Plaintiffs, 13 14 15 16 No. 1:17-cv-01123-DAD-JLT ORDER v. (Doc. No. 38) KERN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT and DOES 1–100, Defendants. 17 18 On February 26, 2019, the undersigned issued a minute order directing plaintiff’s counsel 19 to file the settlement agreement underlying plaintiff’s petition for approval of a minor’s 20 compromise. (Doc. No. 37.) On February 28, 2019, plaintiff’s counsel filed a declaration and 21 attached thereto the parties’ settlement agreement. (Doc. No. 38.) Upon review of that filing, the 22 court notes that the attached settlement agreement on page four contains the full name of the 23 minor plaintiff in this action, L.M. (See Doc. No. 38 at 4.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 24 5.2(a)(3) and Local Rule 140(a)(i) require that a minor’s initials be used in court filings rather 25 than the minor’s full name. 26 Accordingly, 27 28 1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to strike defendant’s supplemental filing (Doc. No. 38) from the docket; and 1 1 2. Defendant is granted seven days from the date of service of this order to refile the 2 declaration of attorney J. Miguel Flores and the settlement agreement attached 3 thereto with the appropriate redactions. 4 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March 6, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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