Thomas v. East Bay Law et al

Filing 5

ORDER sealing 1 Complaint pursuant to Rule 5.2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero on February 7, 2018. (Attachments: # 1 Redacted Complaint) (jcslc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/7/2018) (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/7/2018: # 2 Certificate/Proof of Service) (klhS, COURT STAFF).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALEXSIS S. THOMAS,

Case No. 18-cv-00502-JCS

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER SEALING COMPLAINT
PURSUANT TO RULE 5.2

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EAST BAY LAW, et al.,

Re: Dkt. No. 1

Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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In order to protect the privacy of minor children, Rule 5.2(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure provides that no party may file documents containing “the name of an individual known

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to be a minor” in the public record of a federal court proceeding, and that a party referring to a

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minor child must instead use the minor’s initials. Plaintiff Alexsis Thomas’s complaint and its

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attachments include references to the name of Thomas’s minor daughter in violation of Rule

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5.2(a). The complaint is hereby SEALED. A redacted version of Thomas’s complaint is attached

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as an exhibit to this order. Although a party generally waives protection of that party’s own

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personal information by filing it in the public record, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(h), the Court in an

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abundance of caution has also redacted all but the last four digits of Thomas’s social security

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number and all but the year of her date of birth. Thomas is instructed to comply with Rule 5.2 in

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any future filings.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 7, 2018
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JOSEPH C. SPERO
Chief Magistrate Judge