Parker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 GARY RAY BETTENCOURT, Case No. 1:16-cv-00150-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

REQUEST TO SEAL RECORDS

v. (ECF No. 92) PARKER, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff Gary Ray Bettencourt (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s claims of deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendant Crooks for pulling two teeth that did not need to be pulled, and against Defendants Parker and Guzman for filing down six healthy teeth with a dental tool used for drilling cavities. On October 15, 2021, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, together with a request to seal approximately 90 pages of Plaintiff’s redacted dental records filed in support of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (ECF Nos. 91, 92.) Although Plaintiff has not yet had the opportunity to respond to the request to seal,…