Sprowson Jr v. Baker ( 2024 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 * * * 6 MELVYN SPROWSON, Case No. 3:20-cv-00170-MMD-CLB 7 Petitioner, ORDER v. 8 9 RENEE BAKER, et al., 10 Respondents. 11 12 Petitioner Melvyn Sprowson has filed a motion to seal documents. (ECF No. 87 13 (“Motion to Seal”).) Sprowson seeks leave to file 16 documents under seal: Exhibits 19 14 through 32, a minor’s mental health records. (ECF Nos. 88-1, 88-2, 88-3, 88-4, 88-5, 88- 15 6, 88-7, 88-8, 88-9, 88-10, 88-11, 88-12, 88-13, 88-14, 88-15, 88-16.) Having reviewed 16 and considered these exhibits in accordance with Kamakana v. City and County of 17 Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006), and its progeny, the Court grants the Motion to 18 Seal, finding that a compelling need to protect privacy and/or personal identifying 19 information outweighs the public interest in open access to court records. 20 Sprowson has also filed an unopposed motion for a 14-day extension of time to 21 file his reply brief. (ECF No. 89 (“Extension Motion”).) This is Sprowson’s seventh request 22 for an extension of this deadline. (Id.) The Court finds good cause exists to grant the 23 Extension Motion, but it warns that any future requests for an extension of this deadline 24 will be viewed unfavorably. 25 It is therefore ordered that the Motion to Seal (ECF No. 87) is granted. Exhibits 19 26 through 32 (ECF Nos. 88-1, 88-2, 88-3, 88-4, 88-5, 88-6, 88-7, 88-8, 88-9, 88-10, 88-11, 27 88-12, 88-13, 88-14, 88-15, 88-16) are considered properly filed under seal. 1 It is further ordered that the Extension Motion (ECF No. 89) is granted. Sprowson 2 || will have up to and including November 6, 2024, to file his reply to the second-amended 3 || petition. 4 DATED THIS 24" Day of October 2024. 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28