(PC) Ribot v. Smith ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HUGO RIBOT, No. 2:19-CV-01361-JAM-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CHRISTOPHER SMITH, M.D., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is Defendant Christopher Smith’s request that certain 19 documents be filed under seal. ECF No. 31. The Court construes Defendant’s request as a motion. 20 Specifically, the Court construes Defendant’s request as a motion to seal documents under 21 Eastern District of California Local Rule 141. 22 Defendant moves to seal medical records of Plaintiff Hugo Ribot that Defendant 23 filed as exhibits to his motion for summary judgment. Id. at 1–2. Defendant specifically moves to 24 seal Exhibits A–D and F–HH. Id. 25 The Court finds that Defendant, for the reasons stated in his motion, has satisfied 26 applicable law and shown that sealing of the identified documents is warranted. See L.R. 141(a); 27 see also Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). 28 /// 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. Defendant’s motion to seal documents (ECF No. 31) is GRANTED; 3 2. Under Local Rule 141, the documents identified as Exhibits A—D and F— 4 | HH, filed as exhibits with Defendant’s counsel’s declaration (ECF No. 29-3) in support of 5 | Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No 29), shall be filed under seal of this Court 6 | and shall not be publicly filed in this matter. The page numbers to be sealed include ECF No. 29- 7 | 3 pages 3-12 and 41-165. 8 9 10 | Dated: January 7, 2021 Ssvcqo_ DENNIS M. COTA 12 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28