Lopez v. Schwarzenneger

Filing 314

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 04/14/17 ordering plaintiff's request to seal the subject documents designated Exhibit A and Exhibit B, 214 is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to file under seal the above-identified exhibits and to designate on the docket SEALING EVENT: Confidential Memoranda (for Court Use Only). These documents, which were electronically submitted to the court, shall be filed and maintained under seal during the pendency of this litigation and thereafter, ad infinitum, absent further order of this court or any higher court having jurisdiction over this case. See Local Rule141(f).(Plummer, M) Modified on 4/14/2017 (Plummer, M).

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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 ANDREW RICK LOPEZ, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:09-cv-1760 MCE AC P v. ORDER ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 This court has reviewed plaintiff’s Request to Seal Documents, filed in conjunction with 17 18 the parties’ pending cross-motions for summary judgment. See ECF Nos. 214, 313. Plaintiff 19 seeks an order of this court directing the sealing of two submitted exhibits: Exhibit A, which 20 contains gang validation information, is subject to the parties’ protective order because 21 determined to be confidential by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; 22 Exhibit B is the declaration of plaintiff’s expert concerning the contents of Exhibit A. Both 23 exhibits are already in the possession of defendants’ counsel. Plaintiff’s counsel avers that the 24 exhibits, which are not available to plaintiff, should not be made available to the public in an open 25 filing. Defendants’ counsel has filed a statement of non-opposition to plaintiff’s sealing request. 26 See ECF No. 220. The court has reviewed the subject exhibits in camera and finds good cause to grant 27 28 //// 1 plaintiff’s request to file these matters under seal. Accordingly, for good cause shown, IT IS 2 HEREBY ORDERED that: 3 4 1. Plaintiff’s request to seal the subject documents designated Exhibit A and Exhibit B, ECF No. 214, is granted. 5 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to file under seal the above-identified exhibits and to 6 designate on the docket “SEALING EVENT: Confidential Memoranda (for Court Use Only).” 7 3. These documents, which were electronically submitted to the court, shall be filed and 8 maintained under seal during the pendency of this litigation and thereafter, ad infinitum, absent 9 further order of this court or any higher court having jurisdiction over this case. See Local Rule 10 11 12 141(f). IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: April 14, 2017 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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