(PC) Smithee v. California Correctional Institution

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANA SMITHEE, et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-00004 LJO JLT

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL

CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE MOTION TO

v. AMEND THE AMENDED COMPLAINT (Doc. 118) CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 The plaintiffs seek an order sealing portions of certain documents filed with their motion to amend their pleading. (Doc. 118) The plaintiffs offer no explanation why these documents should be sealed. At most, they assert that the information at issue comes within the protective order issued by this Court (Doc. 106). The Court has reviewed the documents at issue to attempt to discern why they should be kept from the public view, but it cannot find a basis for sealing. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) determines when documents may be sealed. The Rule permits the Court to issue orders to “protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including . . . requiring that a…