Biter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PABLO SALAS, Case No. 1:15-cv-00831-NONE-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

v. (ECF No. 57) M.D. BITER, Respondent.

14 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On May 24, 2021, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition. (ECF Nos. 56). Petitioner also filed a request to seal an electronic version of the probation officer reports for Petitioner Salas and his codefendant Casica, taken from the state court record on appeal. (ECF No. 57). Respondent has not opposed the request to seal, and the time for doing so has passed. See Local Rule 141(c). Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 5.2(d) provides that the Court may order that a filing be made under seal without redaction. In turn, Local Rule 141 provides, “Documents may be sealed only by written order of the Court, upon the showing required by applicable law.” As a general rule, the public is permitted ‘access…