Mitchum
Mitchum v. California Highway Patrol
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TRACY MITCHUM, Case No. 1:19-cv-00446-AWI-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS IN
v. ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 141 KENNY JAMES ARNOLD, individually and in his capacity as a sworn peace officer of the California Highway Patrol, (Doc. 18) Defendant. 13 On June 2, 2020, Plaintiff’s counsel submitted a request to file under seal (the “Request to 14 Seal”) a motion to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff. (See Doc. 18.) Plaintiff’s counsel states that 15 the motion to withdraw and accompanying declarations must be filed under seal because “they 16 contain sensitive, privileged, and confidential information under the attorney-client privilege, 17 work-product doctrine, and all other applicable rules of confidentiality[.]” (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff 18 submitted the Request to Seal, motion to withdraw as counsel, and accompanying declarations to 19 the Court and opposing counsel. 20 Pursuant to Local Rule 141(b), a request to seal a document “shall…