Hightower v. United States

Filing 13

ORDER: The Motion for Leave to File Document Under Seal 8 is Granted to the extent that the attachments to the complaint contain medical and other personal information regarding the plaintiff. The Clerk is directed to place and maintain the attachm ents (Docket Entry No. 1-1) UNDER SEAL. The Court's review of the actual complaint 1 does not indicate any basis for placing the complaint under seal. It is not clear why the plaintiff filed the four pages (paginated 37-40) or why they need to be under seal. Therefore, the Clerk is directed to UNSEAL Docket Entry No. 9. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to admit a DVD 11 is Denied. Signed by Magistrate Judge Juliet E. Griffin on 4/27/11. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.)(dt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
JEFFREY ELIJAH HIGHTOWER
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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NO. 3:11-0235

ORDER
The pro se plaintiff has filed a motion (Docket Entry No. 8) to seal in which he appears to
request to seal his complaint and multiple pages of attachments or to redact from the complaint his
social security number. He also filed four pages of a factual statement which appear to be intended
by the plaintiff as a supplement to his original complaint or a replacement of part of the complaint.
See Docket Entry No. 9.
The motion to seal is GRANTED to the extent that the attachments to the complaint contain
medical and other personal information regarding the plaintiff. The Clerk is directed to place and
maintain the attachments (Docket Entry No. 1-1) UNDER SEAL. The Court’s review of the actual
complaint (Docket Entry No. 1) does not indicate any basis for placing the complaint under seal.
It is not clear why the plaintiff filed the four pages (paginated 37-40) or why they need to be under
seal. Therefore, the Clerk is directed to UNSEAL Docket Entry No. 9.
The plaintiff’s motion (Docket Entry No. 11) for leave to admit a DVD is DENIED. The
plaintiff has not provided any indication of what is contained on the DVD or how the contents of
the DVD are either relevant to his action or, if intended as supporting evidence, how it is admissible.
Any party desiring to appeal this Order may do so by filing a motion for review no later than
fourteen (14) days from the date this Order is served upon the party. The motion for review must
be accompanied by a brief or other pertinent documents to apprise the District Judge of the basis for
appeal. See Rule 72.02(b) of the Local Rules of Court.
So ORDERED.
JULIET GRIFFIN
United States Magistrate Judge