Free Order on Motion to Seal - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-03758-SC

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For the Northern District of California

VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE and VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, INC., Plaintiffs, v. JAMES B. PEAKE, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al., Defendants.

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No. C-07-3758 SC ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE REPLY DECLARATION OF MOTHER CONTAINING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION UNDER SEAL AND LIMITING WITNESSES FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING

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MOTION TO SEAL Plaintiffs have filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction.

See Docket No. 88.

The Court has scheduled a hearing on this See Docket No. 135. In support

Motion for Monday, March 3, 2008.

of their Motion, Plaintiffs have filed an Administrative Motion to File Reply Declaration of Mother Containing Personal Identifying Information Under Seal. that: The unredacted Reply Declaration of Mother shall be filed under seal to protect the information from public disclosure. redacted version shall be filed on the public docket. Plaintiffs' Motion is DENIED in all other respects. A See Docket No. 120. It is hereby ORDERED

Case 3:07-cv-03758-SC

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WITNESSES FOR HEARING As requested by the Court, both parties have submitted lists

of possible witnesses for the March 3 hearing.

After reviewing

the lists, the Court hereby limits Plaintiffs' witnesses to those who are named; the anonymous witnesses (Mother 1, Mother 3, Father 2, Father 3, and Wife 1) will not be necessary to resolving the issues that will be before the Court at the hearing. The parties

may, however, refer to any affidavits submitted by these witnesses.

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III. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' Administrative Motion to File Reply Declaration of Mother Containing Personal Identifying Information Under Seal is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. In addition, Plaintiffs' witnesses for the March 3

hearing are to conform to the above-stated parameters.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 21, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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