Chappell
(HC) (DP) Gordon v. Chappell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK BRUCE GORDON, Case No. 2:91-cv-00882-MCE-JDP (DP) Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
REQUEST TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER
v. SEAL KEVIN CHAPPELL, ECF No. 424 Respondent. ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S
REQUEST TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER
SEAL ECF No. 445 18 19 Pending before the court are two related requests to file documents under seal, one filed by petitioner, ECF No. 424, and the other by respondent, ECF No. 445. Petitioner requests to seal claim E and a portion of claim D in his supplemental brief in support of his amended petition for habeas corpus because those claims relate to the disclosure of a confidential informant’s identity. The claims cite and discuss the transcript of an in camera hearing held in the San Joaquin Superior Court at which a law enforcement officer declined to reveal the identity of the 26 …