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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

SONJA C. THUNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

LOCALS 302 AND 612 OF THE

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF

OPERATING

ENGINEERS–EMPLOYERS

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

RETIREMENT PLAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. C05-1539RSL

ORDER TO SEAL DOCUMENTS 

AND FILE REDACTED COPIES 

OF SEALED DOCUMENTS

This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The parties’ recent filings in this

case are replete with private and personal information that needs to be redacted from

public documents. 

Pursuant to the General Order of the Court regarding Public Access to Electronic

Case Files (filed 5/29/03), parties are to redact the following information from documents

and exhibits before they are filed with the court:

* Dates of Birth - redact to the year of birth

* Names of Minor Children - redact to the initials

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* Social Security Numbers - redact to the last four digits

* Financial Accounting Information - redact to the last four digits

The General Order was issued by the court pursuant to the official policy on

privacy adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States and can be found on the

court’s website at http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/docs. All documents filed in the

above-captioned matter must comply with the Privacy Policy and the General Order.

In order to restrict access to the private and confidential information that has

already made its way into the record in an expeditious manner, the Clerk of Court is

hereby directed to seal (1) the Complaint, Dkt. #1, (2) plaintiff’s memorandum, Dkt. #24,

(3) Affidavit of Sonja Thuney, Dkt. #25, (4) Response by Plaintiff, Dkt. #26, (5)

plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. #30, (6) Affidavit of Sonja Thuney, Dkt.

#31, and (7) Exhibit, Dkt. #41 in the above-captioned matter. The parties are directed to

promptly review all previously filed documents to ensure that they do not contain

additional information that should have been redacted. The parties shall make every

effort to avoid such public disclosures of confidential information in the future.

As a result of the improper filings, a substantial portion of the record is now

sealed, which is inconsistent with the public’s right of access. The parties are therefore

ORDERED to file, within ten days of the date of this order, redacted copies of all

documents which have been sealed in this case. If the parties have any questions about

the Privacy Policy and the General Order or need assistance in filing and properly 

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labeling the redacted copies, they should contact the CM/ECF Helpdesk at 1-866-ECFWAWD (1-866-323-9293). 

DATED this 10th day of May, 2007.

A

Robert S. Lasnik

United States District Judge

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