United States et al v. John Muir Health et al

Filing 81

Order by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero granting 78 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal and instructing Plaintiff-Relator to file a corrected redacted version redacting identifying information no later than September 1, 2016. (jcslc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/25/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES, et al.,

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Case No. 13-cv-01924-SI (JCS)

Plaintiffs,
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v.
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JOHN MUIR HEALTH, et al.,

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Defendants.

ORDER REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL
Re: Dkt. No. 78

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Good cause showing, Plaintiff-Relator’s administrative motion to file under seal (dkt. 78)

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is GRANTED. In addition to the material that Plaintiff-Relator has redacted and requested to seal,

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however, the Court notes that the first page of the document at issue also contains Plaintiff-

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Relator’s unredacted social security number,1 and a taxpayer identification number that appears to

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correspond to a non-party individual. Such identifying information is protected by Rule 5.2(a) of

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the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court has therefore sealed docket entries 76-4 and 78-3

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sua sponte. Plaintiff-Relator is instructed to file a revised redacted version of that document, with

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the above mentioned identification numbers redacted,2 no later than September 1, 2016. If

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Plaintiff-Relator fails to do so, the Court will not consider the document at issue.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 25, 2016
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JOSEPH C. SPERO
Chief Magistrate Judge

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Although Rule 5.2(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a person waives
protection of his or her own identifying information by filing it without redaction, the Court, in an
abundance of caution, grants Plaintiff-Relator an opportunity to redact her social security number
if she wishes to do so.
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It is unclear whether the “TIN” included on the final two pages of the document is an
individual’s taxpayer identification number. If it is, that must be redacted as well.