Opinion
C 10-0274 LHK (pr).
November 30, 2011.
KAMALA D. HARRIS, Attorney General of California
SUSAN M. CARSON, Supervising Deputy Attorney General
JENNIFER C. ADDAMS, Deputy Attorney General, Attorneys for Defendants
ORDER GRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL
Defendants David Graziani, Jeffrey Zwerin, D.O. and Ed Foulk (Defendants) filed an administrative motion to file the following documents under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5:
1. Defendants' Notice of Motion and Motion for Summary Judgment; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support Thereof;
2. Declaration of Jeffrey Zwerin, D.O. in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and documents attached thereto;
3. Declaration of David Graziani in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment;
4.Declaration of Paul Anderson, M.D. in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary 2 Judgment and documents attached thereto; 3 5.
5.Declaration of Claude Edward Foulk in Support of Defendants' Motion for Summary 4 Judgment.
The Court finds that each of the above-listed documents contains information relating 6 to plaintiffs treatment at Napa State Hospital, and that such information cannot reasonably be 7 redacted from any of the above-listed documents. The Court concludes that such information is 8 plaintiffs confidential and protected information; that Defendants may disclose such information 9 to the Court and to plaintiff for the purposes of defending themselves against plaintiffs 10 allegations in this action; and that plaintiffs privacy interest in such information outweighs any 11 interest in allowing the disclosure of such information to the general public. See 45 C.F.R. § 12 160.101 et seq. 164.102 et seq.; Cal. Welf. Inst. Code § 5328. Accordingly, the Court 13 hereby orders that the above-listed documents shall be sealed pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5. 14
IT IS SO ORDERED.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDER HAS BEEN SENT TO:
Martha Parker Brown, Courtroom Deputy