Vang

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KHOUA VANG, et al., Case No. 2:19-cv-00374-JAM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO

MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY

v. ECF Nos. 41, 45 CITY OF SACRAMENTO, et al.,

ORDER DENYING REQUESTS TO FILE

Defendants. UNDER SEAL ECF Nos. 48, 50 17 In multiple motions, defendants seek to establish the confidentiality of a disciplinary letter in the personnel file of a former police officer who was involved in a deadly shooting while on the force. The disciplinary letter, which defendants have multiple times disclosed publicly— albeit, it seems, inadvertently—relates to an apparent incident that took place one year after the shooting. Although defendants did not seek to maintain confidentiality as provided in the stipulated and approved protective order, they ask that the court somehow re-establish confidentiality, an action that they argue should be supported by a finding of excusable neglect. I will deny…