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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 94-2307 CW

ORDER GRANTING

MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

(Docket No. 2482)

Plaintiffs have filed a motion to file under seal unredacted 

versions of Exhibits B through F of the Second Declaration of

Rebekah Evenson (Docket No. 2482), which they offer in support of 

their motion for a Further Enforcement Order to Prohibit 

Defendants from Housing Class Members in Administrative 

Segregation Due to Lack of Accessible Housing (Docket No. 2473). 

Plaintiffs also seek to file redacted versions of these documents 

in the public record. Docket No. 2482. Plaintiffs attest that 

Defendants’ counsel has stipulated that the exhibits may be filed 

under seal. 

These exhibits contain personal information of inmates, 

including their names and CDCR numbers. 

Because the public interest favors filing all court documents 

in the public record, any party seeking to file a document under 

seal must demonstrate good cause to do so. Pintos v. Pac. 

Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. 2010). This cannot 

be established simply by showing that the document is subject to a 

protective order or by stating in general terms that the material 

is considered to be confidential, but rather must be supported by 

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a sworn declaration demonstrating with particularity the need to 

file each document under seal. See Civil Local Rule 79-5(a). If 

a document has been designated as confidential by another party, 

that party must file a declaration establishing that the document 

is sealable. Civil Local Rule 79-5(d).

Plaintiffs have provided reasons sufficient to support the 

sealing of the unredacted documents. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ 

motion for leave to file under seal is GRANTED (Docket No. 2482). 

Within four days of the date of this Order, Plaintiffs shall 

electronically file under seal Exhibits B through F of the Second 

Declaration of Rebekah and shall file redacted versions of these 

documents in the public record.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 15, 2015 CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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