Kirk v. County of Alameda et al

Filing 150

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 134 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal; granting 145 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Mailing) (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/10/2011)

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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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BELINDA K.,
Plaintiff,
v.
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No.: 10-CV-05797-LHK
ORDER GRANTING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
SEAL

Plaintiff has filed Administrative Motions to Seal, Docket Numbers 134 and 145. Docket

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Number 134 seeks to seal unredacted versions of several documents attached to Plaintiff’s Sur-

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Reply (Docket Number 133). The attachments contain information relating to the underlying child

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dependency proceedings in Alameda County Superior Court. These documents contain sensitive

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information relating to the minor J.H. This information is properly sealable, and Plaintiff’s request

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to seal redactions from and attachments to Docket Number 133 is GRANTED.

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Docket Number 145 seeks to seal Exhibit A to Plaintiff’s Declaration filed in support of her

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Motion to Strike the East Bay Children’s Law Office and Jonna Thomas’s Motion to Dismiss, and

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the unredacted version of her Motion to Strike. Because Exhibit A to Plaintiff’s Declaration

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contains a sealed transcript of the proceedings of the underlying juvenile dependency proceedings,

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it is properly sealable. Because the redacted portions of Plaintiff’s Motion contain information

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previously designated sealable, this information is properly sealable as well. Thus, Plaintiff’s

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request is GRANTED and sealing of Docket Numbers 143 and 144 is approved.
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Plaintiff is reminded that Administrative Motions to Seal, Proposed Orders, and other

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supporting documents (other than the documents Plaintiff seeks to seal) should not themselves be

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filed under seal. Therefore, the Court does not approve sealing of Docket Number 145. In

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addition, parties should not publicly file the redacted versions of sealed documents until sealing has

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been approved by the Court. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(c)(5).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: June 10, 2011

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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