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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 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

JEFFREY CONCEPCION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

JAMES E. TILTON, Secretary, California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; 

SCOTT KERNAN, Chief Deputy Secretary 

Adult Operations, California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation; RICK 

RIMMER, Correctional Safety Assistant 

Secretary, California Department of Corrections 

and Rehabilitation; ROBERT HOREL, Warden 

of Pelican Bay State Prison, 

 Defendants. 

Case No: C 08-2296 SBA (PR)

ORDER 

Docket 24 and 28 

Defendants have filed a motion to seal and to have reviewed in camera confidential 

documents identified as Exhibits A and B to the Declaration of Everett Fischer. (Docket 24.) 

Defendants seek to have these exhibits sealed by the Court for 75 years on the ground that 

these documents contain the identity of persons whose safety could be jeopardized in the event 

that their names are made public. However, Defendants have not complied with the 

requirements to file an entire document under seal. See L.R. 79-5(b). In addition, Defendants 

fail to cite any authority for the proposition that the Court has the authority to seal a document 

for 75 years.1

 Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to File Confidential Documents Under Seal 

for In Camera Review is DENIED. Said denial is without prejudice to Defendants’ 

resubmitting their motion in conformance with Local Rule 79-5 within 14 days of this Order. 

 1 It is possible for the Court to maintain these documents under seal until the conclusion of 

the case and any appellate proceedings, after which time Defendants may request that the Clerk 

return the confidential documents. 

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The exhibits at issue shall remain under seal pending Defendants’ submission of a proper 

motion to seal. 

Also before the Court is Plaintiff’s unopposed request for a one-day extension to file his 

opposition (Docket 28), which is GRANTED. 

Finally, the Court notes that there is no indication that the parties met and conferred 

prior to the filing of either motion, as required by the Court’s Standing Orders. The parties are 

advised that no further motions or requests will be considered unless the submitting party 

certifies that it has complied with this requirement. 

This Order terminates Docket Nos. 24 and 28. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 9, 2010 _______________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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