Black v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Filing 29

ORDER Granting 26 Motion for Leave to File Under Seal Exhibit 18. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 12/7/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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P. JEFFREY BLACK,

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2:10-CV-2040 JCM (VCF)

Plaintiff,
v.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY,

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Defendant.

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ORDER

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Presently before the court is plaintiff P. Jeffrey Black’s pro se motion for leave to file under

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seal exhibit 18. (Doc. #26). Defendant United States Department of Homeland Security has not

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opposed this motion.

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Plaintiff asserts that “[e]xhibit 18 is a copy of an official and confidential [c]omplaint that

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was filed by the [p]laintiff in 2004.” (Doc. #26). Plaintiff alleges that this exhibit may contain

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sensitive security information regarding activities by and information about the Transportation

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Security Administration and the Federal Air Marshal Service. (Doc. #26). Plaintiff further asserts

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that making this information public “may constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.” (Doc.

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#26).

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Plaintiff seeks to file exhibit 18 under seal as an attachment to his previously filed motion

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for summary judgment. (Doc. #24).

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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Good cause appearing,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that plaintiff P. Jeffrey Black’s

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pro se motion for leave to file under seal exhibit 18 (doc. #26) be, and the same hereby is,

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GRANTED.

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DATED December 7, 2011.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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