Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 VICTOR MOLINERO PUENTE, Case No. 1:23-cv-00083-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING RESPONDENT’S

APPLICATION TO SEAL

v. (Doc. 24) WARDEN, Respondent. 7-Day Deadline 16 17 Petitioner Victor Molinero Puente (“Petitioner”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). On September 19, 2025, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss the petition. (Doc. 22). In connection therewith, Respondent filed a notice to request the sealing of Petitioner’s final order of removal. (Docs. 23, 24). Concurrent with the filing and consistent with Local Rule 141, Respondent lodged with chambers of the undersigned a Request to Seal, the document to be sealed (a “Notice and Order of Expedited Removal”), and proposed sealing order. As Respondent acknowledges in the Request to Seal, the press and the public have a presumed right of access to court proceedings and documents. See generally Press-Enterprise…