Schmuckley

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., No. 2:12-CV-01699-KJM-EFB ex rel. LOYD F. SCHMUCKLEY, JR., 12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 14

RITE AID CORPORATION,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Relator has filed a notice of request to seal, ECF No. 344, along with an in camera 18 request for the sealing or redaction of the documents defendants seek to file in connection with 19 their opposition to plaintiff’s pending motion to amend. See ECF Nos. 318 and 318-2. Relators’ 20 filing is consistent with the procedures this court requires with respect to sealing requests, 21 recognizing the burden to justify sealing or redaction rests with the person or party claiming 22 confidentiality in the information covered by a request. 23 I. INTRODUCTION 24 Relator’s motion asserts the documents covered by its motion contain information 25 appropriated sealed or redacted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 and Local Rules 140 26 and 141, because they are employee pay stubs, including social security numbers,…