M. E. v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 M. E. a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad No. 2:22-cv-00654-KJM-DMC Litem, Elijah Elizalde, 12 ORDER B Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 Lowe’s Homes Centers, LLC, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff's first amended complaint contain the minor plaintiff M.E.’s full name. First 19 | Am. Compl., ECF No. 30. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, unless ordered otherwise, 20 | filings may include only “the minor’s initials.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a)(3). The court finds good 21 | cause to seal the filing sua sponte. See Kamakana vy. City of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th 22 | Cir. 2006); see, e.g., Nelson v. County of Pima, No. 21-00455, 2022 WL 16834712, at *1 n.3 23 | (D. Ariz. Nov. 9, 2022) (sua sponte sealing documents containing sensitive personal information). 24 | The clerk of court is directed to seal the filing at ECF No. 30. Plaintiff is directed to redact the 25 | filing in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 and Local Rule 140 and refile the 26 | amended complaint immediately and no later than seven (7) days of the filing date of this 27 | order. 28 | ///// 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 DATED: September 20, 2023. 3 CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE