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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Plaintiff’s Aunt, Jane Talley, has been assisting Plaintiff in serving Defendants. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Armando Roberto Aros, III,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Robinson, et al., 

Defendants.

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No. CV-04-306-PHX-SRB (LOA)

ORDER

Defendant Fulton has filed a Motion for Protective Order regarding documents

in the Court’s file that reveal his home address and putative Defendant Robinson’s home

address. (Doc. 192) Defendant Fulton requests the Court to redact or seal the documents

that reveal his home address and that of Defendant Robinson. (See Docs. 151, 159, and

173) (Id.) Additionally, Defendant Fulton requests that the Court compel Plaintiff and his

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 to swear or affirm that they have either destroyed or sent Defendants’ counsel any

and all copies of documentation in their possession that contains the home addresses of

Defendant Fulton or Defendant Robinson. (Id.) 

I. Request to Seal or Redact Documents with the home addresses of Defendant

Fulton or Defendant Robinson

Defendant Fulton cites Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(e) in support of his Motion, which

states:

For good cause, the court may by order in a case:

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(1) require redaction of additional information; or 

(2) limit or prohibit a nonparty’s remote electronic access to a document filed

with the court. 

(Id.) Defendant Fulton contends that, due to their lengthy careers as prison officials,

Defendant Robinson and he have had contact with “hundreds, if not thousands, of

convicted felons.” (Id.) Additionally, in view of Plaintiff’s validated membership in the

Aryan Brotherhood Security Threat Group, Defendants Fulton and Robinson fear misuse

of their home addresses by inmates to retaliate against them. (Id.) 

The Court finds that Defendant has established good cause to limit or prohibit

a nonparty’s remote electronic access to documents filed with the Court that contain the

home addresses of either Defendant Fulton or Defendant Robinson. Thus, the Court will

order the Clerk of Court to seal those documents that contain Defendant Fulton’s and

Defendant Robinson’s home addresses. (Docs. 151, 159, 173) 

II. Request that Plaintiff and his Aunt to Swear or Affirm they have Destroyed

Documents with Defendant Fulton’s and Defendant Robinson’s Home Addresses

Defendant Fulton further requests that the Court compel Plaintiff and his aunt

to swear or affirm that they have either destroyed or sent undersigned counsel any and all

copies of documentation in their possession that contain the home addresses of Defendant

Fulton and Defendant Robinson. (Doc. 192) Although Defendant Fulton is not certain if

any such documents were ever in possession of Plaintiff or his aunt, if documents

containing the home addresses of either Defendant Fulton or Defendant Robinson are in

the possession of Plaintiff or his aunt, there could be a breach of security. (Id.) 

The court in Richardson v. Johnson, 598 F.3d 734, 739 (11th Cir. 2010) found

that it is a sensible precaution not to allow prisoners access to a prison guard’s home

address because the “prisoners aggrieved by guards’ conduct may resort to extra-legal

weapons after release if they do not deem the results of the litigation satisfactory.”

Defendant Fulton and Defendant Robinson have an interest that their home

addresses remain out of the possession of a prisoner or prisoner’s family members. 

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Therefore, the Court will grant Defendant Fulton’s Motion that Plaintiff and his Aunt

swear or affirm that they have destroyed any and all documents in their possession that

contain the home addresses of Defendant Fulton or Defendant Robinson.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Fulton’s Motion for a Protective Order

(Doc. 192) is GRANTED as follows:

1. The Clerk of Court shall seal docket numbers 151, 159, and 173.

2. Plaintiff and his aunt each shall file a notice on or before August 9, 2010

affirming that they have either destroyed or sent Defendant’s counsel any and all copies

of documents in their possession that contain the home addresses of Defendant Fulton and

Defendant Robinson.

DATED this 29th day of July, 2010.

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