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. 83 13 (“Motion to Seal”).) Sprowson seeks leave to file six documents under seal: Exhibit 17, a 14 hospital letter from Dr. Emanuel Nwape (ECF No. 84-1), dated November 21, 2013; and 15 Exhibits 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, provocative photographs (ECF Nos. 84-2, 84-3, 84-4, 84- 16 5, and 84-6) from his trial. Having reviewed and considered these exhibits in accordance 17 with Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006), and its 18 progeny, the Court grants the Motion to Seal, finding that a compelling need to protect 19 privacy and/or personal identifying information outweighs the public interest in open 20 access to court records. 21 Sprowson has also filed an unopposed motion for a 30-day extension of time to 22 file his reply brief. (ECF No. 85 (“Extension Motion”).) This is Sprowson’s sixth request 23 for an extension of this deadline, and he represents that it will be his last request for more 24 time absent extraordinary circumstances. (Id.) The Court finds good cause exists to grant 25 the Extension Motion. 26 It is therefore ordered that the Motion to Seal (ECF No. 83) is granted. Exhibits 17, 27 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 (ECF Nos. 84-1, 84-2, 84-3, 84-4, 84-5, and 84-6) are considered 1 It is further ordered that the Extension Motion (ECF No. 85) is granted. Sprowson 2 || will have up to and including October 23, 2024, to file his reply to the second-amended 3 || petition. 4 DATED THIS 24" Day of September 2024. 6 eee 7 CHIEF UN TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28