Opinion
Civil Action 1:19-CV-346-HSO
11-08-2021
TIMOTHY RONK PETITIONER v. BURL CAIN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections and LYNN FITCH, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi RESPONDENTS
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO UNSEAL ORDER
HALIL SULEYMAN OZERDEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter is before the Court on the Motion to Unseal Order filed by Timothy Ronk [Doc. #55]. The Motion seeks to unseal the Court's earlier Order Denying Petitioner's Motion for Approval of Funding [Doc. #54]. The Order was sealed because the Motion for Approval of Funding [Doc. #52] was sealed at Ronk's request, to protect the mental impressions and strategies of counsel. Ronk's attorneys now wish to include the Court's Order in a request to the Mississippi Supreme Court for appointment and funding. As the sealing was for Ronk's benefit, and he is the party seeking that the Order be unsealed, the Court finds that the Motion should be granted.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Petitioner Timothy Ronk's Motion to Unseal Order [Doc. #55] is hereby GRANTED, and the Clerk of Court is directed to unseal the Order Denying Petitioner's Motion for Approval of Funding [Doc. #54]. The Motion for Approval of Funding [Doc. #52] is to remain sealed.