Lyons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN HAMMLER, 1:19-cv-01650-AWI-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS

vs.

ORDER FOR CLERK TO FILE

J. LYONS, et al., DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

Defendants.

18 19 20 I. BACKGROUND Allen Hammler (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint filed on April 3, 2019, against defendant A. Lucas (Appeals Coordinator) (“Defendant”) for violation of freedom of speech under the First Amendment.1 (ECF No. 12.) 27 1 On July 27, 2021, the court dismissed all other claims from this case based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 36.) On February 23, 2022, Defendant Lucas filed a Notice of Request to Seal Documents. (ECF No. 53.) Defendant submitted the Notice, Request to Seal Documents, proposed order,…