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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LINDSEY SHAMBERGER, as an 

individual and on behalf of 

her minor son, E.C.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DANA TELLO,

Defendant.

CIV. NO. 2:14-243 WBS DB

ORDER RE: REQUEST TO SEAL

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Plaintiff Lindsey Shamberger brought this action on 

behalf of herself and her minor son E.C. against defendant Dana 

Tello under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant filed a motion for 

summary judgment on September 30, 2016 and attached a 

declaration--the declaration of Amanda McDermott (Docket No. 23-

3)--to that motion. Defendant inadvertently left plaintiff

Shamberger’s birth date and the full names of her minor children

in the McDermott declaration. (Notice of Request to Seal at 2 

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(Docket No. 24).) Defendant requests that the court seal the

pages of the McDermott declaration containing that personal

information or the declaration in its entirety. (Id. at 1.)

While a party seeking to seal a judicial record bears 

the burden of overcoming a strong presumption in favor of public 

access, defendant meets that presumption here. Kamakana v. City 

& County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). Local 

Rule 140 permits parties to seal birth dates and minors’ names 

where the identity of the minor is not necessary to the action. 

E.D. Cal. L.R. 140(a)(i), (iv). The personal information 

defendant seeks to seal here is not necessary to plaintiffs’

action, so the public does not have an interest in that

information. Plaintiffs have an interest in keeping their 

personal information private. Accordingly, the court will seal

the pages of the McDermott declaration containing plaintiff 

Shamberger’s birth date (page 50) and the names of her minor 

children (page 13). Because the parties have dismissed the case, 

defendant need not file redacted versions of the sealed pages.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendant’s request to 

seal pages 13 and 50 of Docket No. 23-3 be, and the same hereby 

is, GRANTED. 

Dated: October 26, 2016

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