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Parties Involved:
Bankers Life and Casualty Company
Defendant
Conseco, Inc.
Defendant
Margaret E. Smith
Plaintiff

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Ex Parte Application For Court Order Requesting Filing Under Seal; Prop. Order 1

DOUGLAS K. deVRIES (SB#70633)

deVRIES LAW FIRM

1792 Tribute Road, Suite 480

Sacramento, CA 95815

Tel: 916/473-4343

Fax: 916/473-4342

ROBERT K. SCOTT (SB#67466)

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT K. SCOTT

7700 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 605

Irvine, CA 92618

Tel: 949/753-4950

Fax: 949/753-4949 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARGARET E. SMITH, AN INCOMPETENT

ADULT, BY AND THROUGH WALLACE

RODERICK PALON, HER SON, BY POWER OF

ATTORNEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY,

AND CONSECO, INC.

Defendants. 

 

______________________________________/

No. 2:06-CV-02407-WBS-EFB

 

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR

COURT ORDER REQUESTING

FILING UNDER SEAL; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

___________________________________

Date: June 11, 2007

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Courtroom: 5

Judge: Honorable William B.

Shubb

 

TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD:

I, Douglas K. deVries, pursuant to Eastern District Local Rule 39-141, hereby apply on

behalf of Plaintiff MARGARET E. SMITH, AN INCOMPETENT ADULT, BY AND

THROUGH WALLACE RODERICK PALON, HER SON, BY POWER OF ATTORNEY, and

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Ex Parte Application For Court Order Requesting Filing Under Seal; Prop. Order 2

Defendants BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, AND CONSECO, INC. and

their attorneys of record, for an order that certain documents pertaining to the Notice Of Motion For

Approval Of Compromise Of Pending Action Of An Incompetent Adult be filed under seal, as follows:

1. Motion For Approval Of Compromise Of Pending Action Of An Incompetent Adult;

Verifications Of Douglas K. deVries And Wallace Roderick Palon; Exhibits (A-D); and

2. (Proposed) Order Approving Compromise Of Pending Action Of An Incompetent Adult.

 Plaintiff and Defendant agree that these documents should be field under seal due to the fact that

the proposed settlement is subject to a confidentiality agreement and also due to the fact that sensitive,

privileged medical information contained in or referred to in the documents.

Dated: ___________2007 deVRIES LAW FIRM

By: /s/ 

DOUGLAS K. deVRIES

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Ex Parte Application For Court Order Requesting Filing Under Seal; Prop. Order 3

ORDER

The Court having read the Ex Parte Application for Court Order Requesting Filing Under

Seal and the documents subject thereto, which have been served, and good cause appearing

therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application be, and hereby is, granted. This order

is subject to reconsideration, and the documents may be ordered unsealed upon the written

application of any party.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 3, 2007

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