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Parties Involved:
Benson Ben
Plaintiff
Elsie Ben
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Benson Ben and Elsie Ben, individually; and

on behalf of J.B., K.B., and Z.B., minors; and

as Personal Representatives of the Estates of

R.B. and C.B., deceased, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

United States of America,

Defendant.

CV 04-1850-PCT-PGR

ORDER

Pending before the Court is the parties Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order and

to File Dispositive Motions Under Seal (Doc. 73). The Court issues the following ruling:

For good cause, and upon stipulation of the parties, IT IS ORDERED that the

deadline to file dispositive motions in this case is extended to November 20, 2006.

 The portion of the motion that seeks permission to file the dispositive motions and

their accompanying exhibits under seal is hereby DENIED. The parties are advised that it

is the Court's policy, given the strong presumption in favor of public access to court records

in civil cases and the Court's limited storage space for sealed documents, not to allow parties

to file entire documents under seal simply because some portion of the document may

contain confidential information.

In order to ensure that the parties use the least restrictive means possible to protect

confidential information contained in documents filed with the Court, the Court will require

the parties to adhere to the following guidelines: (1) Any documents filed with the Court,

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including memoranda of points and authorities, deposition transcripts, and exhibits, that

reference confidential information shall have deleted, from the original filed document only,

just those specific sentences or paragraphs containing the confidential information and those

sentences or paragraphs shall be filed separately in a sealed envelope that is endorsed with

the caption of the case, the caption of the document, and an appropriate designation

regarding the confidential nature of the contents; a blank space shall be inserted at the site

of the deletion in the original document which shall contain the notation that confidential

information has been deleted and filed separately under seal; and (2) the Judge's copy of the

filed documents shall not contain any deletions, but the paragraphs deleted from the original

document shall be double underlined on the Judge's copy and a notation placed on those

pages stating that confidential information is contained therein. 

 Furthermore, no motion seeking a resolution of any dispute concerning any production

or designation of confidential information shall be filed with the Court unless a statement

of moving counsel is attached thereto certifying that after personal consultation and sincere

efforts to do so, counsel have been unable to satisfactorily resolve the matter. 

DATED this 1st day of November, 2006.

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