Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar et al

Filing 266

ORDER AND REASONS granting 263 Motion to Request copy of sign in sheet. A copy of the sign-in sheet will be separately filed in the record and may be obtained from the Clerk of Court pursuant to the Clerks usual procedures. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr. (cms, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
HORNBECK OFFSHORE
SERVICES, L.L.C.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 10-1663

KENNETH LEE SALAZAR ET AL.

SECTION “F” (2)

ORDER AND REASONS ON MOTION
Because it requests court action, Dr. Orly Taitz’s letter, received by the court on
May 19, 2011 and separately filed in the record, Record Doc. No. 263, has been
construed as a motion as indicated by Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(b)(1). In her motion, she requests
a copy of the “sign in sheet for 05.11.2011 motion hearing” conducted before me in this
matter concerning her Motion for Leave of Court to Intervene as an Additional Plaintiff,
Record Doc. Nos. 252 and 262. By order dated May 23, 2011, and in compliance with
this court’s Local Rules 7.2 and 7.5, I required that written opposition to the request must
be filed no later than May 31, 2011. Record Doc. No. 264. No such opposition has been
filed. Accordingly, the motion is deemed unopposed. In the absence of any opposition
of record, the motion appears to have merit.
The sign-in sheet is an informal document obtained by my staff before all inperson hearings and conferences to assist me in remembering the names of persons who
appear before me, in the event that they are called upon during court proceedings or

otherwise address the court. The sign-in sheet in this instance reflects public proceedings
in open court. The court is a public forum that conducts its proceedings in the open and
of record. Information in connection with public matters may be kept secret only under
limited circumstances and in compliance with strict procedures. Local Rule 5.6. Persons
who appear in an open court of record for public proceedings should not expect to do so
anonymously.
IT IS ORDERED that the motion is granted. A copy of the sign-in sheet will be
separately filed in the record and may be obtained from the Clerk of Court pursuant to
the Clerk’s usual procedures.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this

1st

day of June, 2011.

JOSEPH C. WILKINSON, JR.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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