R. v. City of Salinas

Filing 16

ORDER Modifying Caption, Sealing Documents, and Ordering Re-Filing of Redacted Documents. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 3/7/12. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/7/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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COLUMBA R., as Guardian Ad Litem for M.R., )
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Plaintiff,
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CITY OF SALINAS; SCOTT KENNETH
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CALLAN; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 12-cv-00743-LHK
ORDER MODIFYING CAPTION AND
SEALING DOCUMENTS
(re: dkt. #1-15, inclusive)

Defendant City of Salinas (“Defendant”) removed this action to federal court on February

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15, 2012, and included a minor’s name in the caption. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

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5.2(a), parties may include only a minor’s initials in any filing with the Court. Accordingly, all

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future filings in this case shall conform to the new caption as modified above. To protect the

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interests of the minor M.R., the Clerk shall seal all previously filed documents containing the

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minor’s name or the parent’s last name, which includes ECF Nos. 1 through 12, 14, and 15. By

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March 14, 2012, the parties shall re-file properly redacted versions of their previously filed

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documents. The parties must ensure that the minor’s name and date of birth, as well as the parent’s

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last name, have been redacted in all publicly filed documents. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 7, 2012

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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Case No.: 12-cv-00743-LHK
ORDER MODIFYING CAPTION AND SEALING DOCUMENTS