Meador v. Brown et al

Filing 13

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/22/2018 ORDERING the settlement agreement attached to plaintiff's 5/11/2018 declaration 11 shall be filed UNDER SEAL; and access to the sealed document by nonparties to the agreement be prohibited. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GORDON DALE MEADOR,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:18-cv-0696 AC P

v.

ORDER

JERRY BROWN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On May 11, 2018, plaintiff filed a

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declaration stating that he has not been receiving his mail. ECF No. 11. In the declaration,

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plaintiff referenced two unrelated matters he has recently settled in this court.1 See id. at 2. A

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copy of the settlement agreement of those matters accompanies the declaration.
The settlement agreement does not appear to relate to this case, nor does plaintiff provide

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any information regarding its relevance. Moreover, given that settlement agreements often

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contain personal and/or sensitive information, the court will order the agreement sealed in this

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action.

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The cases referenced are: Meador v. Director CDCR, No. 2:16-cv-1982 CMK P, 2016 WL
5404346 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2016) and Meador v. Martin, No. 2:17-cv-0203 KJM EFB P, 2017
WL 4037634 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 13, 2017). See ECF No. 11 at 2.
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Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The settlement agreement attached to plaintiff’s May 11, 2018 declaration (see ECF

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No. 11) be filed under seal, and
2. Access to the sealed document by nonparties to the agreement be prohibited. See Fed.

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R. Civ. Proc. 5.2(d), (e)(2).

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DATED: May 22, 2018

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