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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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 The complaint was transferred to this court from the U.S. District Court of Arizona by

order filed on September 23, 2003.

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 The California Department of Justice was dismissed with prejudice as a defendant by

order filed on January 20, 2004.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ALLEN MAZURAK,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S- 03-2114 GEB GGH P

vs.

CA. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has been proceeding in an action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed in this court on October 7, 2003.1 Plaintiff proceeds against

defendants Bill Lockyer, the Attorney General of California, and Robert Santos, Assistant

Manager of the California Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information (BCII).2 The

gravamen of his complaint, wherein he seeks both money damages and injunctive relief, is that 

defendants, despite being made aware of erroneous information in plaintiff’s criminal records,

have failed to purge the inaccuracies from his arrest and conviction record in violation of his

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 Plaintiff’s August 22, 2005 request has already been denied without prejudice due to his

failure to demonstrate proper service of the motion. See Order, filed on September 7, 2005.

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constitutional rights, including his right to a fair trial and his right to due process.

Almost two years after filing this action and placing his criminal record at issue,

plaintiff seeks to have the court “keep all pleadings, procedures confidential due to the nature of

the subject matter of this case,” incompletely citing state law code sections. See filing of August

22, 2005;3 duplicate request filed on September 16, 2005. Plaintiff’s request to have this federal

court place this matter under seal retroactively, purportedly based on state law, will be denied

because it is insufficiently supported, overbroad, belated and otherwise inappropriate. 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s request, filed on 

on September 16, 2005, which the court will construe as a request to place this matter under seal,

is denied. 

DATED: 10/11/05 

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH:009

mazu2114.ord

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