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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JARED M. VILLERY, Case No. 1:15-cv-01360-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

v.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO MODIFY

JAY JONES, ET. AL., PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendants. (Doc. No. 166) 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to file documents under seal, or in the alternative to modify the protective order. (Doc. No. 166, “Motion”). Defendant filed a response stating they had no opposition to Plaintiff’s request to file specified exhibits under seal but objecting to any modification of the protective order. (Doc. No. 172). For the reasons discussed below, the Court grants Plaintiff’s Motion to the extent Plaintiff’s specified exhibits appended to his Motion shall be filed under seal. The Court, otherwise, denies Plaintiff’s Motion to the extent he seeks to modify the operable protective order. As background, Plaintiff initiated this action pro se by filing a civil…