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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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN JOSE DIVISION United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BELINDA K., Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 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 17 Number 134 seeks to seal unredacted versions of several documents attached to Plaintiff’s Sur- 18 Reply (Docket Number 133). The attachments contain information relating to the underlying child 19 dependency proceedings in Alameda County Superior Court. These documents contain sensitive 20 information relating to the minor J.H. This information is properly sealable, and Plaintiff’s request 21 to seal redactions from and attachments to Docket Number 133 is GRANTED. 22 Docket Number 145 seeks to seal Exhibit A to Plaintiff’s Declaration filed in support of her 23 Motion to Strike the East Bay Children’s Law Office and Jonna Thomas’s Motion to Dismiss, and 24 the unredacted version of her Motion to Strike. Because Exhibit A to Plaintiff’s Declaration 25 contains a sealed transcript of the proceedings of the underlying juvenile dependency proceedings, 26 it is properly sealable. Because the redacted portions of Plaintiff’s Motion contain information 27 previously designated sealable, this information is properly sealable as well. Thus, Plaintiff’s 28 request is GRANTED and sealing of Docket Numbers 143 and 144 is approved. 1 Case No.: 10-CV-05797-LHK ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL 1 Plaintiff is reminded that Administrative Motions to Seal, Proposed Orders, and other 2 supporting documents (other than the documents Plaintiff seeks to seal) should not themselves be 3 filed under seal. Therefore, the Court does not approve sealing of Docket Number 145. In 4 addition, parties should not publicly file the redacted versions of sealed documents until sealing has 5 been approved by the Court. See Civ. L.R. 79-5(c)(5). 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Dated: June 10, 2011 _________________________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Case No.: 10-CV-05797-LHK ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL

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