Gamboa
(HC) Buchanan v. Gamboa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JEFFREY BUCHANAN, No. 2:24-cv-01632-SCR P Petitioner, v. ORDER MARTIN GAMBOA, Respondent. 15 Petitioner, a state prisoner, proceeds through counsel and seeks habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 15, 2024, respondent filed a notice of request to seal documents, seeking to file “three volumes of confidential clerk’s transcripts” under seal on the ground that counsel for petitioner does not oppose filing the transcripts under seal. (ECF No. 11.) The request to seal documents does not comply with Local Rule 141, which requires such a request to 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 document, and all relevant information.” Local Rule 141(b). There is a “strong presumption in favor of access to court records[.]” Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir.…