Opinion
Case No. CV-00-735-S-BLW.
February 4, 2003
AMENDED ORDER
Pursuant to General Order 174, beginning on May 15, 2002, counsel or parties are required to remove or redact from all pleadings filed with the District Court, including exhibits, the names of minor children and, if the involvement of a minor child must be mentioned, only the initials of that child should be used. The Court notes that there are documents in the record that were filed on or after May 15, 2002 that contain the full names of the minor children. Although some of these documents have been sealed, thereby protecting the identity of the minor children, other documents have not. The Court will therefore require the parties, within five days of the date this Order is entered, to provide the Court with a list of the pleadings in the record, including the docket numbers, filed on or after May 15, 2002, which list the minor children's names and which have not been filed under seal. The Court will also require the party that filed the relevant pleading to provide to the Court an envelope in which to place the pleading under seal. Finally, the Court will require that all future pleadings in this action be filed in compliance with General Order 174, including the use of only a minor child's initials in pleadings in which the minor child's name must be mentioned.