M. v. City of King City et al

Filing 24

ORDER Sealing #11 Second Amended Complaint to Protect Minor's Privacy and Ordering Re-filing of Redacted Second Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 9/6/12. (lhklc3S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/6/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 8 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 12 13 14 15 16 J.M., a minor by and through MARTIN M., as ) Guardian Ad Litem; MARTIN M. and ADELA ) M., individually, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) CITY OF KING CITY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) Case No.: 12-CV-01951-LHK ORDER SEALING SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND ORDERING RE-FILING OF REDACTED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT (re: dkt. #11) 17 On May 9, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint 1 in which they disclose, for 18 19 the first time, minor Plaintiff J.M.’s full name and birth date. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 20 Procedure 5.2(a), parties may include in any filing with the Court only a minor’s initials and only 21 the year of the individual’s birth. Accordingly, to protect the interests of the minor J.M., the Clerk 22 shall seal ECF No. 11. By September 10, 2012, Plaintiffs shall re-file properly redacted versions of 23 their previously filed Second Amended Complaint. The parties must ensure that the minor’s name 24 and date of birth, as well as the parents’ last name, have been redacted in all publicly filed 25 documents. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a). 26 1 27 28 On the docket, Plaintiffs’ SAC is labeled simply “Amended Complaint,” and in the document itself, the pleading is titled “Third Amended Complaint.” The Court deems the operative pleading the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), and refers to it as such. 1 Case No.: 12-CV-01951-LHK ORDER SEALING SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND ORDERING RE-FILING OF REDACTED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: September 6, 2012 3 _________________________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge 4 5 6 7 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.: 12-CV-01951-LHK ORDER SEALING SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND ORDERING RE-FILING OF REDACTED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

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