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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 20:1400 Civil Rights of Handicapped Child

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ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

Nicole Hodge Amey (SBN 215157)

LAW OFFICE OF NICOLE HODGE AMEY

8033 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 5100

P.O. Box 5100

Oakland, California 94605

Telephone: (510) 569-3666

Email: hodgelaw@gmail.com

Attorneys for,

STUDENT AV by and through his parent

Kimberly A. Smith, SBN 176659

ksmith@f3law.com

Jennifer R. Rowe Gonzalez, SBN 226914

jrowegonzalez@f3law.com

FAGEN FRIEDMAN & FULFROST, LLP

7108 N. Fresno Street, Suite 270

Fresno, CA 93720

Phone: (559) 860-4700

Fax: (559) 860-4799

Attorneys for Defendant Panama-Buena Vista 

Union School District

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

A.V., a minor, by parent and Guardian ad 

Litem CONCEPCION VARELA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION 

SCHOOL DISTRICT, DOES 1-20,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:15-cv-00246-MCE-JLT

ORDER RE: THE PARTIES’ REQUEST 

TO SEAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Trial Date: None Set

Related Case: 1:15-cv-01375-MCE-JLT

On or about September 21, 2016, the Parties to this matter filed the expedited and non-expedited 

administrative record from California Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”) Special Education 

Case No. 2014100290 (“Administrative Record”). The Parties jointly and concurrently requested that 

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ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO SEAL ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

the Court to permit the full Administrative Record to be filed under seal. Having considering the 

Parties’ request and declaration, the Court finds the following:

1. The Administrative Record is more than “tangentially related” to the merits of the 

instant case. Therefore, the parties must have a “compelling reason” that the 

Administrative Record may be filed under seal to overcome the public’s interest in 

public court records. Ctr. For Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d, 1092, 

1101.

2. Compelling reasons exist to seal full administrative record. Defendant A.V., a minor 

and special education student, has a compelling privacy interest in his personally 

identifiable information and student records, which are protected from disclosure by 

Individuals with Disabilities with Education Act (“IDEA”), the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), and California law. See, 34 C.F.R., §§ 99.3, 

99.31; 300.610, et seq.; Cal. Ed. Code, §§ 49076, 56515.

3. As compelling reasons exist, the Court must fashion an order balancing the compelling 

interests of the public to judicial records and those of student A.V..

4. The Court finds that the redaction of confidential information is insufficient to prevent 

the significant risk that Defendant A.V.’s identity and confidential information may be 

disclosed, due to the volume of the Administrative Record. Accordingly, the Court 

orders that the full Administrative Record be filed under seal.

5. Accordingly, the Parties motion to seal is GRANTED, and the full Administrative 

Record shall be filed under seal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 23, 2016

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