Doe v. The Regents of the University of CA, et al

Filing 13

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 11/25/24 GRANTING #12 Request to Seal Exhibit F to the Declaration of Nicholas R. Sidney; within 30 days, Plaintiff shall file a noticed motion for leave to proceed anonymously and to show good cause why his name should be redacted from Exhibits E and F; Defendants may respond and Plaintiff may file an optional reply per Local Rules; within 5 days after the Court rules on Plaintiff's motion or, in the event that Plaintiff does not file a timely motion, within 35 days after the date of this Order, Defendants shall file public, redacted copies of Exhibits E and/or F that redact the names of the student witnesses and, if ordered by the Court, Plaintiff's name. (Benson, A.)

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1 HAILYN J. CHEN (SBN 237436) hailyn.chen@mto.com 2 NICHOLAS R. SIDNEY (SBN 308080) nick.sidney@mto.com 3 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 350 South Grand Avenue, Fiftieth Floor 4 Los Angeles, California 90071-3426 Telephone: (213) 683-9100 5 Facsimile: (213) 687-3702 6 Attorneys for THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; DONALD 7 DUDLEY; WENDI DELMENDO; and LIZ PARIS 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 10 11 12 13 14 JOHN DOE, an individual, Case No. 2:24-cv-02770-TLN-CSK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS vs. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 15 CALIFORNIA, DONALD DUDLEY in his individual capacity, WENDI DELMENDO in 16 her individual capacity, LIZ PARIS, an individual, and DOES I – V, 17 Defendants. 18 Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -1Case No. 2:24-cv-02770-TLN-CSK ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO SEAL 1 ORDER 2 Having considered Defendants’ Request to Seal Documents, the Court ORDERS as follows: 3 1. Defendants’ request to seal the unredacted copy of Exhibit F to the Declaration of 4 Nicholas R. Sidney is GRANTED because there is little, if any, interest in public disclosure of the 5 identifies of non-party student witnesses in a dating violence investigation, and there is a 6 compelling public interest in preserving the confidentiality of student witnesses. 7 2. Within 30 days of this Order, Plaintiff shall file a noticed motion for leave to 8 proceed anonymously and to show good cause why his name should be redacted from Exhibits E 9 and F to the Declaration of Nicholas R. Sidney. Defendants may respond and Plaintiff may file an 10 optional reply consistent with the Local Rules. 11 3. Within five days after the Court rules on Plaintiff’s motion or, in the event that 12 Plaintiff does not file a timely motion, within 35 days after the date of this Order, Defendants shall 13 file public, redacted copies of Exhibits E and/or F that redact the names of the student witnesses 14 and, if ordered by the Court, Plaintiff’s name. 15 16 17 18 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 25, 2024 ____________________________ Troy L. Nunley Chief United States District Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2Case No. 2:24-cv-02770-TLN-CSK ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO SEAL

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