Petras

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN EDWARD MORA, Case No. 2:20-cv-00749-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO SEAL

v. ECF Nos. 53 & 54 O. PETRAS, Defendant. 16 Defendant moves to seal exhibits B, C, and D to the declaration of Deputy Attorney General Norman D. Morrison IV—submitted in support of defendant’s pending motion for summary judgment—because they include plaintiff’s medical and prison records. ECF No. 54. Defendant filed a similar motion, ECF No. 39, which the court denied because such records are routinely filed on the public docket in Eighth Amendment medical indifference cases. ECF No. 49. The court acknowledged in its order that medical records can be sealed, but found that defendant had not advanced compelling reasons for sealing. See Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179-80 (9th Cir. 2006). The court ordered defendant either to renew his motion or to stipulate to filing the records on the public docket. …