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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC SBN 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ABRAHAM A. SIMMONS (SBN 146400)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-7264

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: abraham.simmons@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ROY L. MORRISON,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney General

of the United States Department of Justice,

Defendant.

 

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No. C 05-04351 JSW

DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

REFILE CORRECTED DIGNAM

DECLARATION UNDER SEAL;

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5 

Before: Hon. Jeffrey S. White

I. 

On March 3, 2007, Defendant filed the declaration of John T. Dignam. The document

was not filed under seal and did not have attached the two public documents that were referenced

in the declaration as exhibits. The document contains information that should remain

confidential and should have attached to it the exhibits. Accordingly, defendant respectfully

requests that pursuant to Local Rule 79-5(b), the document filed March 3, 2007 be stricken from

the record and that it be replaced with the document submitted herewith under seal.

II.

The declaration of John T. Dignam was file March 3, 2007. The document contains

evidence regarding the facts developed during the course of several investigations by the Bureau

GRANTING REQUEST IN PART

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Administrative Request

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of Prisons Office of Internal Affairs. Specifically, the document identifies witnesses who were

questioned and came forward in the numerous investigations conducted into plaintiff’s conduct. 

The statements should not be unnecessarily disclosed to the public. In accordance with

the Bureau of Prisons’ Program Statement 1210.24 part 12, the contents of reports should remain

“safeguarded from loss or unauthorized disclosure.” In addition, disclosure of witness statements

may raise concerns under 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(1) (the “Privacy Act”). See generally, Roberts v.

U.S. Dept. of Justice, 366 F. Supp. 2d 13, 24 (D.D.C., 2005). For these reasons, the statements in

the facts established in the Dignam declaration should not remain in the public record.

Additionally, the Dignam Declaration references two documents that inadvertently were

not attached to the document at the time it was filed. The documents both are program

statements that appear on the Bureau of Prisons website. Both program statements are a matter

of public record and this court properly can take judicial notice of them. See F.R.E. 201(b) (A

judicially noticed fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1)

generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and

ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned). For

ease of reference, defendant requests that the declaration of John T. Dignam be corrected so as to

include the program statements that should have been attached.

III.

The undersigned counsel has informed plaintiff’s counsel that this administrative motion

would be filed. Plaintiff’s counsel has affirmed that plaintiff has no objection to sealing the

document nor to including the program statements in the corrected copy of the declaration. 

Accordingly, defendant respectfully requests that the Court permit these administrative changes

pursuant to Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5.

Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

Dated: April 12, 2007 /s/ 

ABRAHAM A. SIMMONS

Assistant United States Attorney

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Administrative Request

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

It is so ORDERED. The Declaration of John T. Dignam filed March 3, 2007 is stricken

from the public record and shall be replaced with the corrected document which shall be

filed under seal.

Date:______________________ _____________________________

United States District Judge

Defendant, however, must file a redacted version of the declaration as set forth 

below. April 12, 2007

Defendant shall be permitted to redact paragaraphs 10-12 of the Dignam declaration from 

the public version to be refiled. If the parties believe that additional paragraphs require 

filing under seal or if the exhibits referenced need to be filed under seal, they must submit 

a further administrative motion demonstrating good cause for sealing those portions of the 

declaration.

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