Dev v. Donahoe

Filing 10

ORDER granting 9 Motion to redact signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 12/1/11: The Clerk is directed to redact all social security numbers/employee ID numbers from the exhibits attached to plaintiff's complaint 1 and include only the last four numbers. (Kaminski, H)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LAL DEV,
Plaintiff,

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No. CIV S-11-2950 JAM EFB PS

vs.
PATRICK R. DONAHOE,
ORDER

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Defendant.
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Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this action, which was referred to the undersigned pursuant to

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Eastern District of California Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On November

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29, 2011, plaintiff filed a motion to redact certain exhibits attached to plaintiff’s complaint.

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Dckt. No. 9; see also Dckt. No. 1. Specifically, plaintiff seeks to redact his social security

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number from three pages (Exhibit P-9, page 3; Exhibit 14, page 1; and Exhibit 14, page 2). Id.

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Plaintiff also filed redacted versions of those documents. Id.

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Local Rule 140(a) provides that “pursuant to the Judicial Conference Policy on Privacy

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and Electronic Access to Case Files, and the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347,

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effective April 16, 2003, when filing documents, counsel and the Court shall omit or, where

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reference is necessary, partially redact the following personal data identifiers from all pleadings,

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documents, and exhibits, whether filed electronically or on paper, unless the Court orders
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otherwise: . . . Social Security numbers: Use only the last four numbers . . . .” E.D. Cal. L.R.

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140(a). The court notes that although the first document that plaintiff seeks to redact (Ex. P-9 at

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3) does not contain plaintiff’s social security number, the latter two documents (Ex. 14 at 1, 2)

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do. Therefore, plaintiff’s request to redact those exhibits will be granted. Additionally, upon

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review of plaintiff’s complaint, the court observed three additional references to plaintiff’s social

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security number (or plaintiff’s Employee ID number, which in some instances is the same as

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plaintiff’s social security number). Accordingly, the Clerk will be directed to redact those

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documents, as well.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s motion to redact, Dckt. No. 9, is granted.

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2. The Clerk is directed to redact all social security numbers/employee ID numbers from

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the exhibits attached to plaintiff’s complaint, Dckt. No. 1, and include only the last four

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numbers:

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Ex. P-9 at p.2 (Dckt. No. 1-1 at 38);

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Ex. P-9 at p.15 (Dckt. No. 1-1 at 51);

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Ex. P-10 at p.5 (Dckt. No. 1-1 at 65);

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Ex. 14 at p.1 (Dckt. No. 1-2 at 12); and

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Ex. 14 at p.2 (Dckt. No. 1-2 at 13);

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SO ORDERED.
DATED: December 1, 2011.

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