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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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[Proposed] Order re: Plaintiff’s Request to Seal 

Booker Cook v. Board of Trustees of California State University, et al. 

Case No.: 2:23-cv-00843-DJC-CKD 

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Law Offices of Johnny L. Griffin III 

1010 F Street, Suite 200; Sacramento, CA 95814 

(916) 444-5557 

www.johnnygriffinlaw.com

LAW OFFICES OF JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN III 

JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN, III (SBN 118694) 

MANOLO OLASO (SBN 195629) 

1010 F Street, Suite 200 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 444-5557 

Fax: (916) 444-5558 

Email: jgriffin@johnnygriffinlaw.com; 

molaso@johnnygriffinlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff BOOKER COOK 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

BOOKER COOK, an individual, 

 Plaintiff, 

 

vs. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE UNIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA 

STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO; 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; ELVIA 

RAMIREZ, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:23-cv-00843-DJC-CKD 

Order re: Plaintiff Booker Cook’s Request 

to Seal Documents 

Before the Honorable District Judge Daniel J. 

Calabretta 

ORDER 

 The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s Notice of Request to Seal, Request to Seal, Declaration of 

Manolo Olaso, and copy of the document to be sealed (investigator report) and finds good cause to 

grant the request to seal based on compelling interest. The request to file under seal is granted as to 

the following documents: 

Exhibit 4 to the Declaration of Booker Cook (filed in support of his opposition to the 

defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF Docs. 20 through 20-6)). Exhibit 4 is a 41-page 

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[Proposed] Order re: Plaintiff’s Request to Seal 

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Law Offices of Johnny L. Griffin III 

1010 F Street, Suite 200; Sacramento, CA 95814 

(916) 444-5557 

www.johnnygriffinlaw.com

investigation report dated May 6, 2022 and written by Investigator Susan Hua who was retained by 

defendants to investigate Plaintiff’s complaint of discrimination. The report is Bates stamped 

PL000017 through PL000057, produced in discovery by Plaintiff on 09/13/2023. 

Exhibit 5 to the Declaration of Manolo Olaso (filed in support of Plaintiff’s opposition to the 

defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF Docs. 20 through 20-6)). Exhibit 5 is a 21-page 

document which consists of excerpts of the same investigation report that is Exhibit 4 to the 

Declaration of Booker Cook. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 6, 2025 /s/ Daniel J. Calabretta 

 THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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