Ramos v. Williams Unified School District

Filing 56

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/25/18 ORDERING that the parties' joint request to seal (ECF No. 43 ) is GRANTED; Defendants' ex parte application to enforce order compelling plaintiff to produce mental health records and its exhibits (ECF Nos. 34, 34-1, and 34-2) shall be SEALED; Only plaintiff, his counsel, and defendants' counsel shall be permitted to access the sealed documents. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARMANDO RAMOS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-1941-JAM-EFB

v.

ORDER

WILLIAMS UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT; JUDITH ROSSI as an
individual and DOES 1 through 20,

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Defendants.

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The parties jointly request to seal certain documents. ECF No. 43. The documents in

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question are those submitted by defendants with their ex parte application to enforce order

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compelling plaintiff to produce mental health records (ECF No. 34) and consist of the motion and

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its supporting exhibits. ECF Nos. 34-1 and 34-2.1 The grounds for the request are that the

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documents are replete with references to plaintiff’s confidential and sensitive personal medical

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information. ECF No. 34.

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The court finds that good cause exists to seal the ex parte application and supporting
exhibits. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179-80 (9th Cir. 2006)

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The court previously granted plaintiff’s emergency motion to temporarily seal these
documents and directed defendants to file a motion to seal in compliance with Local Rule 141,
which they failed to do prior to filing the confidential documents on the public docket.
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(a party is required to show good cause “to warrant preserving the secrecy of sealed discovery

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material attached to non-dispositive motions.”).

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

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1. The parties’ joint request to seal (ECF No. 43) is granted.

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2. Defendants’ ex parte application to enforce order compelling plaintiff to produce

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mental health records and its exhibits (ECF Nos. 34, 34-1, and 34-2) shall be sealed.
3. Only plaintiff, his counsel, and defendants’ counsel shall be permitted to access the

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sealed documents.

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DATED: July 25, 2018.

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