Stephens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 P. BART STEPHENS, Case No. 23-cv-04183-JD

Plaintiff,

SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER RE

v. SEALING ORDER AND ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE

JANE DOE,

Defendant.

11 Plaintiff Stephens has, for the most part, not handled a number of sealing requests in a manner consistent with governing standards. This has resulted in orders denying his requests, and an Order to Show Cause. The Court issued the OSC because Stephens did not comply with an order directing him to file unredacted public versions of provisionally sealed documents. Dkt. No. 36. In response to the OSC, Stephens, who replaced prior counsel with a new attorney, suggests that the OSC should be withdrawn because he voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit. See Dkt. No. 37. This point is not well-taken. Stephens’ decision to terminate his case does not displace the public’s right of access to court filings preceding the termination. Stephens also takes another run at sealing the names of his email,…