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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:1651 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

DESHAWN LEE CAMPBELL,

Petitioner,

v.

RANDY GROUNDS,

Respondent.

Case No. 12-cv-06089-BLF 

ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE

UNDER SEAL PORTIONS OF 

PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR RELIEF 

FROM NON-DISPOSITIVE ORDER OF

MAGISTRATE JUDGE; DIRECTING 

PETITIONER TO FILE SEPARATELY 

BOTH UNREDACTED AND 

REDACTED VERSIONS OF HIS 

MOTION FOR RELIEF; AND SETTING 

A BRIEFING SCHEDULE RE THE 

MOTION FOR RELIEF

[RE: ECF 140]

Petitioner seeks leave to file under seal portions of a motion for relief from a nondispositive order issued by Magistrate Judge Cousins and docketed at ECF 138. A party moving 

to seal judicial records that are filed in connection with a non-dispositive motion must satisfy the 

“good cause” standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of 

Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). In this district, a party moving to seal judicial 

records also must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5, which requires that a sealing request be 

“narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). Here, Petitioner 

has shown good cause for sealing portions of his motion for relief from Judge Cousins’ order. 

Because of the nature of the crime involved, allowing the documents in question to be filed 

publicly in their entirety could put at risk the safety of one or more individuals. The proposed 

redactions are narrowly tailored to leave as much information as possible available to the public. 

Accordingly, Petitioner’s administrative sealing motion is GRANTED.

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Petitioner shall file separately both sealed and redacted versions of his motion for relief 

from Judge Cousins’ order. On or before January 6, 2016, the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation shall file a response to Petitioner’s motion for relief and shall 

submit the twenty-one pages of records in dispute in hard copy, unfiled, to the undersigned for in 

camera review. The matter thereafter will be submitted without oral argument.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 19, 2016

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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