Opinion
Case No. C05-5733 RBL.
May 31, 2006
ORDER
THIS MATTER comes on before the above-entitled Court upon Plaintiff's Motion to Seal Portions of Court File "Disclosure Documents."
Having considered the entirety of the records and file herein, the Court rules as follows:
On May 19, 2006 plaintiff filed documents in paper form with the Clerk entitled Motion to Seal Portions of Court File "Disclosure Documents." Included in the filing was a motion to seal and a proposed protective order together with a one-inch stack of what appears to be discovery documents (copies of emails, memos, schedules, and calendar excerpts). Plaintiff apparently seeks to file these documents pursuant to her requirement to provide initial disclosures under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) provides that initial disclosures be "provide[d] to other parties"; initial disclosures are not required to be filed with the Court. Therefore, the Clerk is directed to return to plaintiff the "disclosure documents" she has filed. The Clerk is directed to docket plaintiff's motion to seal and proposed protective order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
The Clerk shall send uncertified copies of this order to all counsel of record, and to any party appearing pro se.