Davis

INTRODUCTION

15 On October 25, 2022, Petitioner Jorge Contreras, through counsel Brian Pomerantz and 16 Craig Cooley, filed a notice of a request to seal documents on the public docket; the notice is 17 associated with a motion that will be filed ex parte and under seal to transfer this case to the 18 Sacramento Division in order to resolve a conflict. See Doc. No. 113. Petitioner has submitted 19 under seal and ex parte the underlying request/motion to seal documents, the motion to transfer 20 this case to the Sacramento Division, supporting exhibits 1 through 4 to the motion to transfer, and 21 a proposed order. 22 Petitioner states that the motion and four supporting exhibits must be filed under seal “so 23 as not to publicly divulge budget matters which are normally sealed.” Doc. No. 113 at 2. Petitioner 24 further states that the documents to be sealed, the ex parte motion and four supporting exhibits, 25 and the proposed sealing order, have not been served upon Respondent because case budgeting 26 matters are presumptively confidential and handled ex parte. See id. Respondent has not opposed 27 1 Ron Broomfield, appointed as warden of San Quentin State Prison in…