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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

E. SANDY, et al., 

Defendant. 

No. 2:12-cv-2922 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendants’ request to file documents under seal. 

ECF No. 162. 

 By order filed February 9, 2016, defendants Austin, Cobian, Destafano, Hutcheson, 

Lahey, Lavagnino, Lavergne, Shadday, Swarthout, and Cruzen were required to provide plaintiff 

an opportunity to review certain sensitive discovery documents and to file those documents under 

seal within seven days of plaintiff’s review. ECF No. 160. Defendants now seek to file those 

documents under seal. ECF No. 162. Because the court already ordered the documents filed 

under seal (ECF No. 160), it was not necessary for defendants to file this motion. Nevertheless, 

the motion will be granted, and defendants shall submit the discovery documents Bates numbered 

pages 28-34, 36-42, and 46-51 to the Clerk of the Court for filing under seal in compliance with 

Local Rule 141(e)(2)(i). Additionally, since the outstanding discovery issues have now been 

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resolved, the court will also set a deadline for defendants to re-submit their motions for summary 

judgment. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Defendants’ motion to file under seal (ECF No. 162) is granted and defendants shall 

submit the discovery documents Bates numbered pages 28-34, 36-42, and 46-51 to the Clerk of 

the Court for filing under seal in compliance with Local Rule 141(e)(2)(i). 

 2. Defendants shall re-file and re-serve their original motions for summary judgment with 

an updated certificate of service within seven days of the filing of this order. In accordance with 

Local Rule 230(l), plaintiff’s response to each motion shall be filed within twenty-one days after 

service of the motion. Defendants may reply within seven days after the response has been filed 

in CM/ECF. 

DATED: March 14, 2016 

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