Holbach v. Stenjehem

Filing 7

ORDER re Sealing Documents by Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr.(KT) Distributed on 1/14/2013 (jt).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Mitchell David Holbach,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Wayne Stenejhem, Attorney General,
State of North Dakota,
Defendant.

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ORDER RE SEALING
DOCUMENTS

Case No. 1:12-cv-170

On December 27, 2012, the court received a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis
and a proposed complaint from plaintiff Mitchell David Holbach. (Docket Nos. 1-2). Plaintiff
submitted several exhibits with the proposed complaint. (Docket Nos. 2-1 to 2-14). Upon reviewing
the documents submitted by plaintiff, the court has observed that some of the exhibits include
private identifying information, including the full names of minors and the birth dates and social
security numbers of individuals other than plaintiff.
The court has the discretionary authority to order the sealing of its own records. Webster
Groves Sch. Dist. v. Pulitzer Pub. Co., 898 F.2d 1371, 1376 (8th Cir. 1990); see Fed.R.Civ.P. 5.2(d)
(“The court may order that a filing be made under seal without redaction.”). The court finds good
cause to protect the private information in the documents filed by plaintiff, and therefore ORDERS
that the clerk shall seal Docket Nos. 2-1, 2-2, and 2-6.
Dated this 14th day of January, 2013.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge