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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Currently pending before the Court is Defendants City of Fresno, Officer Alvarez, and Officer 

Clement’s request to file their Expert Designation and Report under seal. Doc. 51. Having considered 

Defendants’ papers, the request shall be denied. Defendants have not explained why they intend to 

file the Expert Designation and Report with the Court. It does not appear that Defendants presently 

intend to file the expert designation and report in conjunction with, or as attachments to, a dispositive 

or non-dispositive motion or in response to a court order. Rather, it appears that Defendants seek to 

file their expert designation and report made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 during the 

course of discovery. See Docs. 48, 51. Rule 26(a)(2) only requires that the disclosures be made to the 

other parties. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(A) (“In addition to the disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1), a 

party must disclose to the other parties the identity of any witness it may use at trial to present 

evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, 703, or 705.”) (emphasis added). Expert designations 

and reports exchanged between the parties are not routinely filed with the Court during discovery. 

AURORA FIGUEROA, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-00349-DAD-BAM

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST 

TO FILE SEALED DOCUMENTS

(Doc. 51)

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Defendants also have failed to provide sufficient information warranting a sealing order. Local 

Rule 141 requires that the request to seal documents “set forth the statutory or other authority for 

sealing, the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to 

the documents, and all other relevant information.” Local Rule 141(b). Defendants have not complied 

with these requirements. 

For these reasons, Defendants’ request to file their Expert Designation and Report under seal is 

DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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